John Dramani Mahama, the candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the largest opposition party, has urged all eligible voters to take advantage of the Electoral Commission’s (EC) limited voter registration exercise to register to vote. The NDC flagbearer urged eligible voters who turned 18 to register onto the voter …
Read More »Expand the limited voter registration exercise to all electoral areas – Mahama to EC
Former President John Mahama has urged the Electoral Commission to allow all eligible first-time voters and voters who have lost their ID cards to participate in the upcoming limited registration process. The EC has set the commencement date for the exercise as 12 September to 2 October 2023. The procedure …
Read More »Sammy Awuku invites well-known Alan supporters to join Team Bawumia
Sammy Awuku, a prominent supporter of Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia and a former national organizer of the New Patriotic Party, has invited known supporters of the former trade and industry minister Alan Kyerematen to join him and the Bawumia team as they work to keep the NPP in power come December …
Read More »GFA disqualifies George Afriyie from presidential elections
The Ghana Football Association has disqualified Mr. George Afriyie from running for president. Kurt Okraku, the current President of the Ghanaian football regulatory body, is up for reelection. Kurt Okraku’s only opponent is Afriyie, a former vice president of the GFA. Through his door-to-door campaign technique, Afriyie, who was formerly a …
Read More »Court throws out Peter Obi’s petition against Tinubu’s presidential victory
Following a pattern witnessed in previous election years in the most populous nation in Africa, Nigeria’s presidential election tribunal rejected an opposition appeal to Bola Tinubu’s victory in the contested race in February on Wednesday. In Nigeria, which had a history of electoral fraud and returned to democracy in 1999 …
Read More »DVLA replaces all Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) card drivers licence
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has disclosed that effective 31st March 2024, all Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) card driver’s license (drivers license issued before September 2017) will be rendered invalid. The DVLA has started the replacement of the PVC card driver’s license, so they are urging all holders of …
Read More »NPP postpones balloting for flagbearer aspirants
The balloting date for the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) remaining flagbearer candidates has been changed. Just a day after Trade Minister Alan Kyerematen withdrew from the presidential race, this choice was made. The election committee pondered on the four candidates’ proposals while speaking with them and their representatives. The meeting …
Read More »There will be more pull-outs, this isn’t the NPP BJ da Rocha and others led – Prof Gyampo
Professor Yaw Ransford Gyampo, a renowned senior political science lecturer at the University of Ghana, has issued a severe warning to the party following Hon. Alan Kyerematen’s departure from the NPP Presidential Primaries. The warning, which is motivated by worries about fairness and the possibility for divisive techniques, draws attention …
Read More »Alan withdraws from NPP flagbearer contest
Leading candidate Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen has resigned from the competition to be the flagbearer for the ruling New Patriotic Party. The official announcement of this momentous development was made in a statement dated September 5, 2023. The fact that the special delegates meeting held to restrict the number of candidates …
Read More »Ghana expects second $600m tranche from IMF in December – Ken Ofori-Atta
According to Ken Ofori-Atta, Ghana’s finance minister, the second installment of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout cash is expected to arrive in December. The goal of this assistance is to improve Ghana’s balance of payments in 2023 and 2024. At the end of June 2023, the country’s balance of …
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