President Akufo-Addo has described as regrettable the violence that engulfed Thursday’s by-election at Ayawaso West-Wuogon in Accra. In a statement, the President said the police is committed to investigating the chaos in order to bring the culprits to book. In an apparent response to former president John Mahama comments on the matter, Mr. Akufo-Addo said the NPP will not compete ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commended the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) on the conduct of the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency by-election, which elected wife of the deceased Member of Parliament, Emmanuel Kwabena Kyeremanteng Agyarko, to succeed him in Parliament. While congratulating Lydia Syram Alhassan on her 69 per cent victory in the election, the president noted the EC displayed ...

Pressure group OccupgyGhana has condemned the violence which characterised the by-election in the Ayawaso West-Wuogon constituency on Thursday. Chaos fraught election saw the main opposition party withdrawing from the polls about two hours into the contest. The election which was won by the ruling New Patriotic Party’s candidate has received condemnation from various groups in the country. In a statement, ...

The Electoral Commission (EC)says the by-election held in the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency on Thursday went as planned with no hitches. Jean Mensa, the EC Chairperson said the polling process was successful and none of the Commission’s officials encountered a challenge at any of the 137 polling stations in the constituency. “At the end of the by-elections at the Ayawaso ...

The Electoral Commission has rejected and described some observations of the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) as far as the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election was concerned, as “untrue”. At a post-by-election press conference at the EC’s headquarters on Friday, 1 February 2019, the Chairperson of the election management body, Mrs Jean Mensa, said: “On the allegation of the shooting ...

Investigative Journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni has challenged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to ‘step up his game’ and redeem his crushed image while time allows him to. Mr. Azure, in an epistle to the President, noted how his response to some key issues, particularly, security issues have reduced his highly-earned reputation before citizens of the country. In his case, his ...

Real Madrid and Barcelona will go head to head in the semifinals of the Copa del Rey. The two iconic teams were pitched together on Friday in a draw in Spain. The Spanish giants will now face off against each other three times within a month, with both legs of their cup clash before their Liga meeting on March 2. ...

The United States Embassy in Ghana has specified that recent visa sanctions imposed by its Department of Homeland Security on Ghana will not affect student visa applicants of the West African country. Per a US Embassy statement, beginning on February 4, 2019, the US Embassy in Ghana will discontinue issuing all non-immigrant visas (NIV) to domestic employees (A3 and G5) ...

The Minority in Parliament has rejected the outcome of the violence-ridden by-election in Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency. Six people were shot at the Baweleshie polling centre of the constituency during the election Thursday, compelling the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to withdraw from the exercise citing safety concerns. No deaths were recorded, the police said. Voters were electing a new ...

The Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West constituency Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has stated that the members of the National Democratic Congress deserved the violence that was unleashed on them during the Ayawaso-Wuogon by-election on Thursday. Thursday’s by-election which was won by the NPP candidate was fraught with violence which led to the withdrawal of the opposition party from the polls. But ...