ELECTIONS BOX

At a campaign event in the Bono Region, a final-year nursing student confronted Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the vice president of Ghana and flagbearer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), claiming she had never received the government allowance (‘allawa’) aimed for students. Before the question from the student came, the …

Residents of Walewale in the North East region defied morning rains on Monday to show enthusiastic support for Vice President and New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. The NPP flagbearer arrived in his home region to commence a campaign tour of the area as part of his nationwide …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) of the Oforikrom Constituency has strongly denounced the despicable acts and threats directed towards their parliamentary candidate, Ahmed Anwel Sadat, by NPP Constituency Chairman Anthony Amankwah. The NDC branch claims that on Saturday, May 11, 2024, during a critical voter registration process, Mr. Amankwah openly …

The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has reported significant progress in the ongoing voter registration exercise, with a total of 143,014 individuals registered nationwide. This registration, which began on Tuesday, May 7, is primarily aimed at first-time voters and individuals seeking to obtain a voter card. Scheduled to last for …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has stated that the Member of Parliament for Asutifi South, Collins Dauda, committed no crime despite the announcement by the Ghana Police Service of his involvement in some disturbances that occurred at Kukuom in the ongoing Limited Voter Registration Exercise. A statement by the police …

Richard Ahiagbah, the director of communications for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has denied claims that he attempted to register twice in the Limited Voter Registration Exercise. In a statement posted on the X platform, sighted by MyGhanaMedia.com, he dismissed the allegations as baseless and untrue. Chaos erupted at the …

The Ghana Police Service has interdicted three Police personnel, with immediate effect, over their failure to perform their duty professionally in the ongoing Limited Voter registration Exercise. A Police statement disclosed that the affected Policemen, “Inspector Michael Addo, G/CONST, Eric Boakye and G/CONST, Michael Gyan on 11th May, 2024 failed …

Lawyer Nana Obiri Boahen, a former deputy general secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has delivered a firm caution to Hopeson Adorye, a former party stalwart, regarding his recent barrage of criticism aimed at the NPP. Hopeson Adorye, now a member of the Movement for Change political party led …

Two persons have reportedly been injured following rioting between two factions at a voter registration centre at Adu Gyama in the Ahafo Ano South East constituency of the Ashanti region. The injured were part of a group who attempted to prevent two students from registering their details in the voters’ …

The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Communications Director, Justice Agyemang, was brutally attacked in the ongoing limited voter registration exercise in Cape Coast North and suffered cutlass wounds to his head. Agyemang was allegedly attacked by Eric Sampson, also known as Bullet, purportedly the bodyguard of Cape Coast North Member of …