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The Controller and Accountant General of Ghana, Kwasi Kwaning-Bosompem faced disappointment as he lost the NPP parliamentary primary in Akim Swedru. In the closely-watched contest, Kwaning-Bosompem secured 94 votes, while the incumbent MP, Kennedy Osei Nyarko, emerged victorious with 194 votes. Okyere Jerome Kwame polled 10 votes. The chairperson of …

Mr. George Aboagye has been retained by delegates in the Asene-Akroso-Manso constituency in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Primaries held on Saturday, January 27, 2024. George Aboagye made light work of his sole challenger, Alex Owusu-Adjei by beating him by 362 votes to 151. Speaking after his victory, he …

Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has successfully retained his position in the Ofoase Ayirebi constituency during the NPP primaries. The results reveal a commanding performance by Oppong Nkrumah, securing 378 votes. His opponents, Eric Owusu Mensah and Maxwell Dwamena garnered 92 and 100 votes, respectively. In 2015 he contested …

The Member of Parliament for Tolon Constituency in the Northern Region, Hon. Habib Iddrisu, has lamented how politicians currently use money as their way out through elections. In an interview with the media, he bemoaned that money alone cannot guarantee a candidate a win in an election. The lawmaker educated …

Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) in the Birim Central municipal assembly in the Eastern region have received items worth thousands of cedis to help them support themselves and their families. The distribution through the disability common fund is intended to alleviate the plight of PWDs by assisting them in establishing their …

Changing the December 7 election date has nothing to do with SDA’s petition, the EC clarifies. The Electoral Commission of Ghana says its push for a change in the December 7 election date is unrelated to the petition submitted by the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church. The SDA church, about a …

A senior lecturer at the Department of History and Political Science at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr. Kwasi Amakye Boateng, has stated that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will lose the 2024 presidential elections. Dr. Boateng attributed his forecast to what he perceives as the …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has promoted the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Thomas Oppong-Peprah, to the position of Chief of Defence Staff. The appointment was announced in a statement issued by the Director of Communications at the Office of the President, Eugene Arhin, on Wednesday, January 24. Major …

The Akyem Oda Divisional Police Command has arrested Nana Afia Henewaa Adontehemaa of Akyem Akroso and Solomon Obeng Asante, the campaign manager for New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary aspirant Alex Owusu Adjei. The arrests came after supporters of the parliamentary aspirant held a press conference expressing their disagreement with the …

The Chairperson of Ghana’s Electoral Commission, Madam Jean Mensa, has proposed the date for both Presidential and Parliamentary elections, be moved from December 7 to November 7. The EC also wants election days to be designated as national holidays. The proposals were put forward during the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) …