Politics

With 46 days to election 2020 in Ghana, an embittered disqualified presidential candidate takes on the electoral commission at the law court, seeks court intervention to place injunction on the December 7 2020 general election. According to the writ filed today, thursday, October 22 2020, with a copy available to …

A political commentator, Charles Mintaba, has forecasted that the 2020 general elections could witness an increase in spoilt ballots due to how close the two main political parties are positioned on the ballot paper.“The NDC and NPP together will get more than 95 percent of the presidential votes. And if …

The upcoming December 7 polls will be a straight win for either the ruling New Patriotic Party’s (NPP’s) Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo or the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC’s) John Dramani Mahama without a run-off, a political scientist has said. Some pundits are of the view that this year’s polls …

The presidential candidate of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP), whose father founded the party, Henry Lartey, has said his party is strong enough to wrestle power from the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in this year’s elections. The GCPP has not made inroads in Ghana’s elections over the years. But he …

Some Chiefs in Nzema have appealed to the National Democratic Congress Presidential Candidate to reactivate the botched Atuabo Free Port Project. The over 700 million dollar project which was contracted to Lonhro Port Limited would have been Ghana’s third port. The project was expected to be operational in 2017 and serve as …

A presidential aspirant who rescinded his decision to support the bid of a disqualified Kofi Koranteng as an independent candidate in the upcoming December 7 2020 general election, Mr Onipayede Ossom Teye has revealed that Ghana would be in a total mess in the leadership of the ruling New Patriotic …

The Member of Parliament for South Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has condemned the shooting of protestors in Nigeria by the armed forces with a call on African leaders to speak out and demand an end to the bloodshed. The Nigerian military opened fire on protesters in Lagos on Tuesday night. …

On Tuesday, October 20, 2020, the Electoral Commission of Ghana got candidates’ reps to choose their positions on the ballot paper. Our elections do come down to a ballot in the end – and a new frenzy of interpretations and meanings are trending widely on social media and all around us. Advertisements …

Political marketing strategist and Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana Business School, Dr Kobby Mensah, has said that the position of flagbearers on ballot papers play a role on how Ghanaians will vote. According to Dr Kobby Mensah, being on top makes it easier for voters to decide easily …

The Vice Presidential Candidate for the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Kofi Asamoah Siaw, has noted that the Akufo-Addo administration has performed poorly in managing the public sector debt as against what the previous Mahama administration did. He said when it comes to the management of the debt, former President Mahama …