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NPP grassroots group petitions leadership to reverse annulment of Ashanti constituency polls
A group calling itself the Grassroots Patriotic Alliance has petitioned the leadership of Ghana’s opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) to withdraw its decision annulling constituency executive elections in three Ashanti Region constituencies, arguing the move breached the party’s constitution and denied affected offici...
Perez promises biggest deal in Real Madrid’s history
Florentino Perez has promised to make a club-record offer for an unnamed “great player” if re-elected as Real Madrid president on Sunday. He said he would offer “about 150 million euros” (£130m) for an attacking player – but said it was not Bayern Munich’s Harry Kane, Michel Olise or Manchester City’s Jeremy Doku. Pe.....
Democracy Is Not For Sale: 64.3% of Ghanaians believe vote buying influences elections – NCCE research
The Western Regional Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), Andrew Ofori Larbi, has described the growing practice of vote buying in Ghana’s elections as a worrying trend that requires collective action to address. According to him, research conducted by the NCCE ahead of the 2024 general elect...
Opinion: When insult was free speech and dissent became offence – The dangerous hypocrisy poisoning Ghana’s democracy
For nearly eight years, President Nana Akufo-Addo and Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia endured one of the harshest waves of political abuse ever witnessed in Ghana’s Fourth Republic. The attacks did not merely target policy. They targeted personality, family, ethnicity, religion, intelligence, dignity, and humanity itse...
NPP annuls Bantama, Afigya Sekyere East and Adansi Asokwa constituency elections
The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has annulled purported constituency executive elections held over the weekend in three Ashanti Region seats, citing “flagrant disregard” for party directives and rules. In a statement the NPP said the National Steering Committee took the decision at a meeting on Wednesday (15 Ju...
Opposition parties call Ethiopia’s 7th election peaceful, free and participatory
Opposition candidates and party leaders have described Ethiopia’s 7th Parliamentary and Regional Council Elections as peaceful, free, and democratic as voting continues across the country.
You are talking too much lately – Mussa Dankwah told
The Acting Director of Elections for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mahdi Jibil, has weighed in on pollster Mussa Dankwah’s work, urging him to maintain credibility while reducing his public commentary. Speaking on the JoyNews AM Show on March 26, during a discussion on election polling, Mr Jibil acknowledged...
Wontumi: I’m built to lead NPP’s 2028 comeback
Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has pledged to reunite the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), saying he would personally engage former presidential aspirant Kennedy Agyapong and strengthen ties with the party’s grassroots and diaspora if elected national chairma...
NPP annuls constituency executive elections in Bantama, Afigya Sekyere East and Adansi Asokwa
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has annulled the purported Constituency Executive Elections conducted in Bantama, Afigya Sekyere East and Adansi Asokwa.
Opare-Ansah leads NPP national elections committee, pledges transparent process
The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has inaugurated a committee to oversee preparations for its national elections, with former Suhum Member of Parliament Frederick Opare-Ansah appointed as chairperson. The committee was inaugurated by the party’s Acting National Chairman, Danquah Smith Butey, who urged members to...
NPP constituency executives’ election will be peaceful – Director of Elections
Henry Ametefe, Hohoe Constituency Director of Research and Elections, New Patriotic Party (NPP), says the July 11 election for constituency executives will be free without any incidents.
I never abandoned NPP – Paul Afoko
Former National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Paul Afoko, has reaffirmed his commitment to the party, insisting that he never abandoned the NPP despite his suspension. Speaking in Accra on his vision for the party as a candidate for the National Chairmanship position, Mr. Afoko said the NPP has the capacit...