Politics

Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the governing NDC, Ade Coker has said that President John Dramani Mahama will retain power after the Electoral Commission declares the Election results. According to Mr. Ade Coker, the results available to them shows that President Mahama is in the lead and therefore implored party …

President Mahama has broken his silence on the outcome of the elections hours after the opposition NPP declared themselves winners of the 2016 general election. The President has remained silent even as leading media houses such as Multimedia Group has projected victory for the opposition NPP, confirming their claim of …

The house of the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for Jaman North constituency in the Brong Ahafo region Stevens Siaka has been gutted by fire. It is unclear what might have caused the fire but occupants suspect electrical fault. Properties worth millions of Ghana cedis have been lost in the …

Four persons are in the grips of the Daboase Police in the Wassa East Constituency of the Western Region for ransacking the residence of the Member of Parliament for the area during collation of election results Wednesday night. The MP, Isaac Adjei Mensah was at the Constituency collation centre Wednesday …

The Police Administration has called on the public, political parties and party sympathisers to exercise maximum restraint as the Electoral Commission goes through the laid-down process of declaring the results. Addressing a press conference in Accra, Commissioner of Police (COP) Christian Tetteh Yohuno, the Director General of Operations, Ghana Police …

The MP-elect for the Ningo-Prampram constituency Samuel George Nartey has denied knowledge of any message sent from his Facebook page to congratulate NPP Flagbearer Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo for winning the December elections. The following congratulatory message was posted on the NDC member’s Facebook page on Friday. But Sam George in …

Opposition New Patriotic Party announces it has won the 2016 polls.

The Electoral Commission (EC) has extended the voting period  in some polling stations in the Afram Plains North constituency of the Eastern Region to 10 pm. The Commission explained that it took the decision after receiving reports about challenges some prospective voters encountered while trying to arrive at some polling …

The Electoral Commission has called for calm following an announcement by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) indicating that the party has won the presidential elections per their projections. At a press conference Thursday, the Director of Elections, Mr Samuel Tettey said the Commission was yet to receive any certified results …

The Chairman of the National Peace Council (NPC), Reverend Prof Emmanuel Asante has asked the New Patriotic Party to respect the electoral rules and desist from further declaring themselves winners of the ongoing general elections. He further called on both the NPP and National Democratic Congress (NDC) to be circumspect …