President Buhari Surrounded By ‘strangers,’
The wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, yesterday blamed the crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on ‘strangers’ around her husband, President Muhammadu Buhari. In an...
Tag: General Elections
Konadu, Nduom Run To Court
Flag bearers of the National Democratic Party (NDP) and the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings and Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom respectively are gearing up to sue the Electoral...
Analyst Allays Fears December Polls Will Negatively Affect Stock Market
A stock exchange analyst, Winslow Sackeyfio, has allayed fears Ghana’s December 7 general elections will have a negative impact on the performance of stocks on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE). The...
EC To Refund Filing Fees To 12 Disqualified Presidential Aspirants
The 12 presidential aspirants whose nomination forms were rejected and, by inference, disqualified from contesting the December 7, 2016 general elections would be given back their filing fees, the EC...
Bankers Debunk Claims of Possible Deposit Slowdown
Some banks have debunked claims of a possible slowdown in deposits from customers due to the upcoming general elections. According to them, although they are threatened by the upcoming elections as...
EC Unsure of Dec 7 Election Date Due To Legal Threats By Disqualified Aspirants
With less than sixty days to the December 7 general elections, the Chairperson for the Electoral Commission, Mrs Charlotte Osei, cannot say for sure if the elections will be held or not. Issues of...
A Wakeup Call Or An Act of Sentiment
Some are calling it a controversial conspiracy, incredible, annoying, unacceptable or needless. Yet others say thumbs up, waaaw, finally, someone did! I’m talking about the Electoral Commission’s...
Disqualified Aspirants Were Given Time To Rectify Errors – EC
The Electoral Commission has stated it is only the courts that can compel it to rescind its disqualification of the 12 presidential aspirants hoping to participate in the forthcoming general...
NDC Campaign Launch In Nalerigu-Gambaga Constituency
Alhaji Baba Seidu Issifu was the main political character as NDC launched its campaign on 8th October, 2016 at Gambaga. It was unprecedented in the political history of the Constituency . It was a...
‘Incompetent’ General Secretary Caused PNC’s Disqualification
The Director of Communications for the People’s National Convention (PNC), Emmanuel Wilson, has blamed the party’s General Secretary, Atik Mohammed, for the disqualification of their flagbearer,...
Asiedu Nketia Cautions NDC
General Secretary for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia has cautioned the party against complacency as they work hard to make gains in the political strongholds of the...
EC Chair Was Bold – Ken Agyapong
Kennedy Agyapong, New Patriotic Party’s fire brand and a great critic of Madam Charlotte Osei, Chairperson of Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC), has described the decision by the former to...
Too Many Political Parties Confuse the Electorate
Minority leader Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu has noted that the Electoral Commission's 'shocking' disqualification of 13 presidential candidates is long overdue. Weighing in on the impact of their...
‘Nana Addo Mocking’ Ayariga Unable To Locate Hometown
Hassan Ayariga, flagbearer of All Progressive Congress (APC), was disqualified by Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) for failing to write the name of his hometown on the forms he submitted to...
Barima Sydney’s New Song, ‘Kofi Yohane’ Aimed At Mahama, NDC?
As Ghanaians prepare to go to the polls this year, celebrities have already taken sides and have come out openly to declare their unflinching supports for various political parties. Actor John Dumelo...
How Aseda ‘killed’ Nduom’s 2016 Presidential Ambition
In 2012 Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom of the Progressive Peoples Party (PPP) emerged as the third best candidate in the general elections. In 2016 however, neither his photo, name nor the party's logo may be...
Dancing To The Rhythm Of Kalypo Calypso
The 4yearly electioneering campaign is in full swing across the country, and as usual, all kinds of promises are being made, while freebies are being showered on prospective Ghanaian electorates,...
4 To Contest Dec 7 Elections
Only four presidential aspirants have been given the nod by the Electoral Commission to contest the December 7 general elections. The four are Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party...
Mahama And The Bizarre Bribery And Corruption Cases (2)
It is quite bizarre that President Mahama does not seem to be fretted over the numerous bribery and corruption allegations that have been levelled against him. Apparently, the idiosyncratic...
Is There A Smoking Gun?
Hello Mr. IGP: Is there a smoking gun? It became operational on Tuesday October 4. If you didn’t know I’m talking about the directive by Ghana Police Service to suspend all checks on motorists’...