EC’s Website Targeted By Hackers
An attempt was made by hackers to shut the website of Ghana’s elections-management body down. Immediately after polls closed on Wednesday and results were expected to be released by the Electoral...
Category: Politics
Disregard NPP’s ‘irresponsible, Reckless’ Projection – NDC
The governing National Democratic Congress has condemned the opposition New Patriotic Party for acting in a “treasonable” manner by calling the results of the 2016 presidential election. The NPP...
NPP Asks Mahama To Concede Defeat
The opposition New Patriotic Party says it is in commanding lead in the 2016 presidential elections and per the results received by the party, there is no way President John Dramani Mahama of the...
John Mahama In A ‘comfortable Lead’ – NDC Campaign Team Claims & Urges Calm
The President John Mahama campaign team is urging Ghanaians to disregard provisional election results by various media houses which puts one of the seven presidential candidates in the lead in...
EU Chief Observer Lauds Voting In Volta Region
The Chief Observer of the European Union Election Observation Mission, Tamas Meszerics, has lauded the people of the Volta Region for the orderly manner they conducted themselves in Wednesday’s...
No Voting Yet In Jaman North Despite EC Directive
Despite a directive by the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) for voting to resume in Jaman North Constituency in the Brong Ahafo Region, there is no sign of such, 3news.com gathers. Officials of the...
Karni Residents Boycott 2016 Elections
Residents of karni in the Lambussie Karni District of the Upper West region have boycotted the 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections in the area. They were supposed to vote in the Lambussie...
[Photos] Visually Impaired Monitor Polls For CODEO
The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) has deployed well over 8,000 officials for Ghana’s elections. Among the deployed officials is Alexander Bankole Williams, a visually impaired...
Check Out Where the Flagbearers Voted
The flagbearers of the various political parties have cast their ballots at various polling stations across the country. President John Dramani Mahama, who is the candidate of the National Democratic...
Hungry Voters Cry For Special Accreditation For Waakye and Koko Sellers In Future Elections
Hungry voters at some polling centres across the country all had the same concern on the morning of December 7 with a request for special accreditation for waakye and koko sellers in future...
Man Dies After Casting Vote At Techiman
A man believed to be in his 40s is reported to have died immediately after casting his vote Wednesday morning in Techiman in the Brong Ahafo Region. In a report filed by Onua FM‘s correspondent...
NDC Prevents Voting At Sampa Over Alleged Bloated Register; EC Urges Calm
Voting is yet to begin at various polling stations the Sampa polling station in Jaman North Constituency of the Brong Ahafo Region where the National Democratic Congress is challenging the voters’...
A Minute By Minute Update
Polls have opened across Ghana as over 15 million eligible voters are expected to elect a president and 275 members of parliament to administer the West African nation that has been hailed for its...
Election Day Early Birds In Pictures
Across the length and breadth of Ghana, hundreds of eligible Ghanaian voters have thronged the about 30,000 polling stations anxious to be among the first people to cast their vote in the 2016...
Unorthodox Queues Formed At Polling Stations Ahead of Opening of Polls
With few hours to go before Ghana’s 2016 general elections, unorthodox long queues have started forming at various polling stations across the country, with people hoping to be among the first to...
It’s Your Civic Responsibility To Vote – Mahama To Ghanaians On the Eve of Elections
President John Dramani Mahama has called on eligible Ghanaians to be at the polling stations to exercise their franchise on Wednesday, December 7. According to him, all is ready for the seventh...
Peace Council Establishes Election Situation Room To Monitor Polls
The National Peace Council and West Africa Network for Peace Building (WANEP) with its other partners have deployed 750 accredited observers in prioritized risk areas based on hot spot mapping...
Mahama Addresses Ghanaians Ahead of General Elections
President John Dramani Mahama is scheduled to address the nation at 9:00pm Tuesday ahead of Wednesday’s general elections. The president will address the nation in his capacity as the...
No Motorbikes To Move Immediately After Elections, Till Next Morning
The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has reached an agreement with the state security agencies to ban the movement of motorbikes from 5:00pm Wednesday, December 7 to 6:00am Thursday, its Chair has...
Do Not Sit On the Fence, Go Out and Vote – US-Ghana Chamber Of Commerce
The president of the US Ghana Chamber Of Commerce, Florence Torson Hart has urged Ghanaians to take the upcoming elections serious and vote. Speaking to Onua Business News, she says beyond being a...