Not allowing people of Guan to vote for MP clear gerrymandering – Alhassan Suhuyini

Not allowing people of Guan to vote for MP clear gerrymandering – Alhassan Suhuyini

Tamale North MP, Alhassan Suhuyini has said the Electoral Commission’s announcement on the eve of the 7 December 2020 general elections that eligible voters in the newly-created Guan District could only take part in the presidential election in Hohoe and not the parliamentary election, since the creation of the Guan Constituency was still pending, amounted to […]

There is total breakdown of law and order within the Police service – Nii Lante Vanderpuye

There is total breakdown of law and order within the Police service – Nii Lante Vanderpuye

Member of Parliament for Odododiodoo constituency, Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye, has revealed that there is total failure of law and order within the Ghana Police Service. The former Youth and Sports Minister said most of the officers who he claimed take instructions from politicians, exhibit high level of indiscipline within the service. Mr Vanderpuye has called for a […]

Ethics committee bans Kofi Manu for a year

Ethics committee bans Kofi Manu for a year

The GFA Ethics Committee has decided to ban Mr. Kofi Manu from taking part in all football-related activity for a period of one year for breaching Article 18 of the GFA Code of Ethics (2019). The GFA Ethics Committee at its meeting held on December 10, 2020, found Mr. Kofi Manu to have breached Article […]

UNESCO demands updates on Ahmed Suale’s death from government

UNESCO demands updates on Ahmed Suale’s death from government

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has called on the government of Ghana to provide updates on the investigations conducted so far into the death of investigative journalist Ahmed Suale. The call was made during the Ashanti Regional Consultative Meeting held in Kumasi on Monday, 21 December 2020. The meeting was organised […]

Amewu is an ‘illegally’ elected Member of Parliament – PPP

Amewu is an ‘illegally’ elected Member of Parliament – PPP

Vice Presidential candidate of the Progressive People’s Party, Kofi Asamoah Siaw has described the election of John Peter Amewu as illegal. Mr. Asamoah-Siaw argues that the Electoral Commission should have divided the Hohoe constituency into two following the creation of the Oti Region. He said the laws are clear on this hence the election of the Energy Minister as […]

NDC MPs, Police at EC Headquarters

NDC MPs, Police at EC Headquarters

Things turned confrontational at the Electoral Commission‘s Headquarters in Accra when some Minority members in parliament stormed the Electoral Commission‘s Headquarters to present a petition. A number of about 50 MPs who were clad in black attire were initially stopped at the Ridge roundabout but managed to cross the barricade while they were being pushed by the […]

We Will Defend Ourselves Against Tyranny; Aggrieved Political Parties Supporters Warn Security Personnel

We Will Defend Ourselves Against Tyranny; Aggrieved Political Parties Supporters Warn Security Personnel

Members of opposition parties, including the National Democratic Congress (NDC), have warned security personnel protecting demonstrators to desist from attacking them. According to them, the security personnel, mostly members of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) vigilantes group, should not try to mar their peaceful demonstration by firing tea gas, rubber or life bullets and […]

Concerned citizens of Hohoe want EC to nullify parliamentary poll results

Concerned citizens of Hohoe want EC to nullify parliamentary poll results

Some concerned citizens in the Hohoe constituency of the Volta Region, have petitioned the Electoral Commission (EC) to declare the results of the constituency’s parliamentary elections of the December 7 polls in which Energy Minister John Peter Amewu was declared winner, invalid. The petitioners, Paul Dzamboe and Godfred Osei, are also calling on the EC to conduct […]