Tag Archives: Election 2024

John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has been formally announced as the 2024 general election president-elect by Jean Mensa, the chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC). The former president, Mr. Mahama, won by a wide margin in ...

Dery Joseph, an Electoral Commission (EC) official, was arrested by the Ghana Police Service for suspected electoral misconduct at the Kintampo South Constituency in the Bono East Region. The suspect is under investigation by the police for allegedly distributing about ...

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the vice president and the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the 2024 elections, has voted in the North East Region’s Walewale constituency. At the polling place in his hometown, Dr. Bawumia, who is ...

As Ghana prepares to hold its eagerly awaited general election to choose a president and 276 lawmakers, voting has begun nationwide. With 12 people running for president, many consider this election to be among the most contested in Ghana’s history. ...

A plan to close the Kejetia Market in Kumasi on Saturday, December 07, 2024, has been opposed by the vendors who own stores there. The traders claim that, given the state of the economy, the market’s closure will have an ...

In 14 of the 16 areas, hundreds of security guards, emergency service workers, and representatives of the Electoral Commission are participating in the special voting process. Due to a vote paper error that forced the Electoral Commission to order a ...

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, has demanded that the parliamentary impasse in Ghana be resolved immediately. The majority leader’s attempt to call the House back after its indefinite adjournment was recently denied by Speaker of the House Alban Bagbin, ...

Prof. Michael Kpessa-Whyte, a political scientist at the University of Ghana’s Institute of African Studies, has expressed concerns regarding the Electoral Commission’s (EC) readiness and openness in the run-up to the elections. He claimed that the electoral process may have ...

On Monday, December 2, 2024, special voting for the 2024 general election will take place. Voting will begin at 7 a.m. and end at 5 p.m. Members of the media, election officials, and security agencies assigned to Election Day tasks ...

Regarding the dissemination of misleading information, Oheneba Nana Asiedu, a radio and television host of Kumasi-based Wontumi TV/FM, has been invited by the Ghana Police Service. Following a viral video, Nana Asiedu will help with investigations into the spread of ...