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Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Niger show off presidential jets at ECOWAS summit in Accra

  • Sone countries within the ECOWAS sub-region shows off their presidential jets in Ghana • Ghana’s presidential jet has been described as smallest and oldest compared to its neighbours • ECOWAS held its 59th ordinary session in Ghana Some countries within the ECOWAS sub-region showed off their presidential jets …

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Why Akufo-Addo ditched presidential jet for £15,000 an hour airbus jet for his foreign travel

  • President Akufo-Addo recently travelled to Europe with Airbus ACJ320neo owned by Acropolis Aviation • The total cost of his 9-day trip is £345,000 • Nana Akomea has justified why Akufo-Addo hired an airbus for his recent foreign travel Several questions have been raised by Ghanaians and some politicians on why …

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Presidential inheritance?: Meet the ‘powerful’ sons of sitting African leaders

• A number of sons of long serving African presidents are holding infleuntial positions in their father’s government • There is talk of these children possibly succeeding their fathers • Africa has a history of father – son transitions as happened in Gabon, DR Congo, Togo and most recently Chad …

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Presidential bodyguard returns after 50-year absence

Getty ImagesCopyright: Getty Images Milton Obote, Uganda’s first elected president, was exiled in Tanzania along with his head of securityImage caption: Milton Obote, Uganda’s first elected president, was exiled in Tanzania along with his head of security A former head of security for late Ugandan President Milton Obote, who was …

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Has NDC ever picked an Ashanti as presidential candidate? – Kennedy Agyapong quizzes NPP

  Kennedy Agyapong, the Member of Parliament for Assin Central has launched a vicious attack on members of the New Patriotic Party, NPP, who brand the party as an ‘Akanfuor party.’ GhanaWeb monitored Kennedy Agyapong‘s submissions on Oman FM where he accused NPP members of perpetuating the perception that the party operates …

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Napaga, Ambassador Hassan Ahmed missing from Akufo-Addo’s ‘kitchen cabinet’

Names of some prominent presidential staffers including Clara Napaga Tia Sulemana’s are missing in the latest list of administrative staff named by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his second term in office. Also missing is Ambassador Hassan Ahmed who was the Director of State Protocol, though it is not immediately known …

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VIDEO+PHOTOS: receives 14 presidential results, seven certified so far

The Electoral Commission has released the results from seven regions. The Chairperson of the EC, Jean Mensaannounced at a press conference that they have received presidential results from fourteen of the sixteen regions. She stated a press conference held on Wednesday, December 9, 2020, that they are currently working to certify the remaining …

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2020 ELECTION: Provisional Presidential Results Updates

Provisional Presidential results Provisional Presidential results: Ayawaso North (Accra Girls Senior High) Special voting NPP-135 NDC-134 GUM- 0 CPP-0 GFP-0 GCPP-0 APC-1 LGP-0 PNC-0 PPP-0 NDP-0 INDEPENDENT -0 Rejected – 2 Follow every ballot counted here https://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com/   Volta Region- South Tongu Constituency, Sogakope Police Station polling station, Special Voting, NPP-107 NDC-256 …

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LIVESTREAMED: GBC, NCCE Presidential debate

With just seven days left for Ghanaians to go to the polls, the Presidential candidates of the minority political parties and the independent presidential candidates have been given a platform to convince Ghanaians why the duopoly of NPP and NDC should be broken in the upcoming elections. The Presidential candidates …

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Togo’s first female presidential candidate arrested

Two Togolese opposition leaders are being held by the authorities after they were arrested over the weekend. Brigitte Adjamagbo-Johnson, who in 2010 was the first woman in the country to run for president, was detained on Saturday shortly after visiting a fellow opposition member who had been arrested earlier. Gerard …

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