NDC Members Dominate GFA
An executive member of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Nii Komietey Doku, has rejected claims by former Youth and Sports Minister Edwin Nii Lantey Vanderpuye that members of the Ghana Football...
Tag: Electoral Commission
Is E-Voting Possible In Ghana?
By: Kwami Ahiabenu An election is an important bedrock for any democracy. As the concept of democracy evolves, new technologies and mechanism are being introduced to ensure effective and efficient...
Why Francis Sosu, Maurice Ampaw Are Wrong With Akoto Ampaw’s Nomination
By: Charles Biney When the wind began whispering through the grapevine, as has been with most political appointments, I was like, " Wow, my man She-She - The President has done it again! If I owned a...
Randgold, AngloGold To Partner Again
Ghana’s President, Nana Akufo-Addo, has said miner Randgold Resources has renewed its interest in partnering AngloGold Ashanti to start operations in the West African country’s Obuasi mines. In...
EC Announces March 11 For Outstanding District Level Elections
The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced Saturday, March 11, 2017, as the new date for the District Level (District Assembly and Unit Committee) elections that was postponed in September 2015. The...
7 Contest For Seat On Council of State In Upper East
Seven persons in the Upper East Region have submitted completed forms to the Electoral Commission (EC) to contest in the upcoming council of state election scheduled for February 16. The seven are;...
Nduom Blames EC Over Stalled NI Project
2016 flag-bearer of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, says the problem with the implementation of the National Identification (NI) card project was due to initial strict...
GJA Opens Nominations For National, Regional Elections
Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has fixed Friday, March 31, 2017 for elections to be held to elect national and regional officers of the Association. Nominations for the various positions...
Involve Parliament In Appointment of EC Boss, Others – Mensah-Bonsu
The Minister-designate for parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, has bemoaned the executive’s continuous sidelining of parliament in appointing some key officers of certain...
NDC Will Not Contest 2016 Election Results; We’ve Accepted It
The National Democratic Congress’ (NDCs) Election Review Committee chaired by Prof. Kwesi Botchwey says, the party isn’t contesting the outcome of the elections and doesn’t propose to go on...
Election of Council of State Reps Rescheduled To Feb 16
The Electoral Commission (EC), has rescheduled the election of regional representatives to the Council of State. The election was set for Thursday, February 9, but will now come off on Thursday,...
EC Reschedules Council of State Elections To Feb. 16
The Electoral Commission has rescheduled the upcoming Council of State elections from Thursday February 9, 2017 to Thursday, 16th February, 2017. In a letter addressed to the candidates, the EC...
GJA Sets March 31 To Elect New Executives; Lloyd Evans Enters Race
The national executive of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has set Friday March 31, 2017 as the date for elections for both new national and regional branch executives. A statement signed and...
‘Suame Messi’ Spends Shortest Time At Appointments Committee
In a vetting that has taken more than three hours for some nominees, Parliament made an exception for the Majority leader Osei-Kyei Mensah Bonsu who has been nominated as minister for Parliamentary...
I’ll Spill Beans On ‘sex For Job’ Comment
Maverick lawmaker for Assin Central Constituency in the Central Region, Kennedy Ohene Agyepong has threatened to expose all the facts about his infamous misogynistic comment regarding the chairperson...
Franklin Cudjoe Tells Nana Addo
The Executive Director of IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe has criticised the NPP Government’s plan of creating new regions and districts to what the country already has. President Nana Addo during the...
Electoral Officers Cry Foul
Scores OF officers who were engaged by the Electoral Commission (EC) to work at the various polling stations during the December 7 elections are complaining about illegal deduction of monies due...
Is Ibrahim Mahama Threatening To Teach Ken Agyepong A Never-To-Forget Bitter Lesson?
From a publication on Ghanaweb on Tuesday, 31 January 2017, sourced from the Al-Hajj newspaper titled, “Ibrahim Mahama warns Kennedy Agyapong, as could be read via the web link below, I have my...
France Underscores the Indispensable Role of Ghanaian Media
Mr François Pujolas, the French Ambassador, has underscored the indispensable role of the Ghanaian media in the nation's 2016 general election. He was of the view that this was made possible in part...
GHAMRO To Constitute New Board
The Ghana Music Rights Organization (GHAMRO), a collective society for music right owners, is set to hold elections to constitute a new board. The elections, which will be conducted in Accra, Kumasi,...