ELECTIONS BOX

The High Court in Accra has ruled to allow the National Democratic Congress parliamentary candidate for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson to be absent in court on Friday, June 23, 2023. This follows the adjournment of the sittings to Friday where a ruling will be given on the motion by …

Flagbearer hopeful and Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has filed his presidential nomination forms at the party’s head office at Asylum Down. A massive crowd of party supporters joined the outspoken MP to proudly display placards bearing the inscription “Ken Ohene Agyapong for President 2024,” while jubilantly …

A senior lecturer at the University of Education, Mr. Eric Sakyi Nketia has discontinued the process of becoming the flagbearer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), citing deliberate attempts to sabotage his bid. In a press statement sighted by MyGhanaMedia.com ,  Mr. Eric Sakyi Nketia who has gained much …

The High Court has ruled that the perjury and forgery trial of James Gyakye Quayson will be heard on a day-to-day basis starting Tuesday, June 20, 2023. This decision follows the court’s rejection of a request made by Quayson’s lawyer, Justin Terriwajjah, to postpone the trial until after the Assin …

The Majority Chief Whip and the Member of Parliament for Nsawam-Adoagyiri, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, has issued a caution to all flagbearer aspirants of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), urging them to conduct their campaigns with civility and refrain from engaging in character assassination during the party’s internal elections. Annoh-Dompreh emphasized that …

Ghanaian media personality Paul Adom Otchere has alleged that there is mounting pressure on former President John Dramani Mahama to drop his 2020 running mate, Professor Jane Nana Opoku Agyeman, and consider former Auditor General Daniel Yaw Domelevo as his running mate in the upcoming 2024 general elections. He alleged …

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Dramani Mahama has strongly dismissed suggestions that the opposition party and the ruling New Patriotic Party are alike. In Mr Mahama’s view, the NDC cannot be reckless, contemptuous and wasteful as the NPP. “We have been in power, and our record …

Barely 15 days to the close of picking of nominations forms for the New Patriotic Party’s Presidential primaries, other key aspirants are in a state of dilemma as to how how to have access to the forms. The ruling New Patriotic Party will organize its presidential primaries to elect the …

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson who seeks to re-enter parliament, through the June 27, 2023 by-election, has some strong words for persons who indicate he is jail bound. While addressing National Democratic Congress (NDC) supporters who ushered him to the area ahead of the …

Mr Charles Opoku, a popular philanthropist in the Central Region and an indigene of the Assin North constituency, has won the parliamentary primaries of the New Patriotic Parties (NPP). Charles Opoku polled 397 (74.06%) of the valid votes cast and his closest contender, Freeman Amoah-Kyei, polled 136 (25.37%) of the …