The Electoral Commission (EC) has urged political parties to desist from declaring the results of the election. Mr Samuel Tettey, the EC Director of Electoral Services speaking at a press conference in Accra on Thursday morning said by law it is the Commission that had the mandate to declare election results. The press conference was […]
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign rhetoric about building a “Great Wall” between the United States and Mexico is evaporating like a mirage in America’s vast southwest desert. “Most of his supporters knew the Great Wall was baloney,” James Ryder, a Denver Republican strategist, told Xinhua on Tuesday. “But they don’t care — he can do […]
Justice V.C.R.A.C. Crabbe, the Co-Chair of the Coalition of Domestic Elections Observers (CODEO), has observed that the arrangements put in place by the Electoral Commission (EC) prior to the commencement of the Presidential and Parliamentary elections on December 7, 2016 were adequate in most polling stations. In a press briefing held at the Kofi Annan […]
Security personnel in Bawku Thursday morning fired warning shots to disperse a large crowd of youth thronging the Bawku Community Centre to find out why the collation of Presidential and Parliamentary results was delaying. The previously defiant crowd dispersed following the incident, which occurred at about 0845 hours at the Divisional Police Command near the […]
Disagreements over alleged two unaccompanied ballot boxes in the Presidential and Parliamentary elections in the Bawku Central Constituency may delay the announcement of the results, as the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has raised concerns on the authenticity of those boxes. Two ballot boxes were found sitting in a bus in front of the Bawku Community […]
Russia and the United States are close to reaching an understanding on the settlement of Syria’s Aleppo, as the Syrian army has made major breakthroughs recently in its offensive to the rebel-held city, local media reported Thursday. The Interfax news agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying that Moscow and Washington are […]
Greece’s public sector and a part of private companies came to a halt on Thursday as the country’s largest labor unions held a new 24-hour nationwide strike to protest the latest package of budget cuts currently under discussion in Parliament. ADEDY and GSEE, the two umbrella unions representing public- and private-sector employees, have called for […]
Two thumb printed ballot boxes in favour of the Presidential nominee of National Democratic (NDC) Mr Dramani Mahama have been intercepted in Tamale. The parliamentary ballot papers were also thumb printed in favour of the NDC candidate. According to reports, the ballot boxes had only NDC seals with Electoral Commission (EC’s) stamp and serial numbers. The papers were […]
KT Hammond in cap Provisional results indicate that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) of Adansi Asokwa KT Hammond has retained his seat in the just ended presidential and parliamentary elections. A Number of (NDC) parliamentary candidates have lost their seats whiles there have been new entrants such as Anthony Abayifa Karbo of Lawra constituency, […]
Anthony Karbo flanked by his supporters Ecstatic jubilation has rocked the upper West Region town of Lawra following the victory of Deputy Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Anthony Abayifa Karbo at the polls. Mr. Karbo according to provisional results is leading the Former Upper West Regional Minister Bede Zideng who beat the […]
Heads of technical universities have been tasked to make the difference between their institutions and traditional universities manifest. The Minister of Education, Professor Naana Jane Opoku–Agyeman, said the mission of the technical universities is to deliver practical teaching and learning, applied research with emphasis on technology development, adaptation and transfer. “You are to bring the […]
Dancehall artiste Stonebwoy has been nominated in eight categories at the 2016 Bass Awards (AMAA) to be held on December 25 at the National Theatre in Accra. The BASS Awards is an event that seeks to reward African reggae and dancehall music by appreciating and celebrating musicians within the reggae and dancehall genre. The award […]
The Parliamentary seat of the Ekumfi constituency in the Central Region has for the first time fallen to the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), according to certified results from the Electoral Commission (EC). Known to be the hometown of the late John Evans Atta Mills and a National Democratic Congress stronghold, the NPP candidate, Ato Cudjoe, […]
Outspoken Member of Parliament for the Effutu constituency in the Central Region, Alex Afenyo Markin has retained the seat for the New Patriotic Party. Provisional figures sighted by Citi News show that Mr. Afenyo Markin polled 21,403 while his National Democratic Congress (NDC) contender, Eric Don Arthur, had 11, 748. Don Arthur The Progressive People’s […]
The National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) incumbent Member of Parliament for the Nantong constituency in the Northern Region, Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed has lost the seat to the opposition New Patriotic Party. Certified results from Wednesday’s polls show that the NPP’s parliamentary candidate for the area, Alhaji Hardi Tuferu polling 11,346 votes and Murtala gaining 10,451 of the total […]
Despite government’s efforts at achieving a budget deficit of 5.0 percent as at September, there are worries that the figure may go over the target by close of the year. Government targeted 5.3 percent under its program with the International Monetary Fund . Some observers are of the view that the figure may shoot up […]
The provisional results for the Ayawaso East Constituency Presidential Election: National Democratic Congress-22,699; New Patriotic Party (NPP) – 14,729; National Democratic Party (NDP) – 19; Convention Peoples Party (CPP) – 37; Progressive Peoples Party (PPP) – 223; Peoples National Convention (PNC) – 31; and the Independent candidate – 7 Total valid votes was 37,744; total […]
The certified results for the Ledzokuku Constituency Parliamentary Election: Benita Sena Okity-Duah of the NDC – 43,092; Bernard Okoe Boye of the NPP – 45,259; Emmanuel Nii Ashia Anyankor of the CPP – 433; Yakubu Faharudeen of the PNC -95; and Stephen Stanley Queye and Independent candidate – 310. Bernard Okoe Boye of the NPP […]
Presidential Navrongo Central Constituency PPP – 71- 0.18 per cent NDP – 110 – 0.28 per cent NDC – 18,810 – 47.16 per cent CPP – 901 – 2.86 per cent NPP – 18,759 – 47.03 per cent PNC – 136 – 0.34 per cent Independent – 41 -0.41 per cent Total Votes – 38,828 […]
Chinese State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Guo Shengkun on Wednesday met with U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson. During his meeting with Lynch, Guo noted that China-U.S. cooperation in law enforcement has developed steadily. Guo urged the two sides to act from a strategic height and […]
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