POLITICS

Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the vice president of Ghana, has won the New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential primary, setting him up for a showdown with former president and NDC flagbearer John Dramani Mahama in the 2024 general election. Dr Bawumia defeated a field of three other candidates, including Kennedy Agyapong, the …

As the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential Primaries have come to an end, early results have projected a win for Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. These early projections have sparked wild jubilation at Dr Bawumia’s office among his supporters and well-wishers. The atmosphere at the vice president’s campaign office was …

Some members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have confirmed receiving money from candidates in the ongoing primaries. The race is between the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the MP for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, former Agriculture Minister Dr. Owusu Akoto Afriyie, and former MP for Mampong, Francis Addai-Nimoh. …

Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, an aspiring presidential candidate has successfully cast his ballot at the voting centre at about 08:30 hours.     Supporters shouted his slogans to cheer him up whilst he approached the voting booth to cast his vote.     After successful voting, he appealed to delegates to …

The Member of Parliament for Shama, Erickson Abekah, may lose his chance to vote in the New Patriotic Party’s ongoing presidential primary as his name is not on the party’s voters album in his constituency. He was thus asked to step aside for others whose name are on the list …

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) will today, Saturday, November 4, vote to elect its flagbearer for the 2024 general elections. This critical poll involves over 200,000 party delegates, and is seen as a pivotal step in breaking the eight-year election cycle pattern in Ghana. The delegates, who make up …

Born in 1944 into a family dominated by careers in the law, politics and public service, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was destined to become a lawyer, a public servant, a politician or all three. Akufo-Addo is reported to have described from first-hand recollection the events during and immediately after …

Ahead of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) presidential primaries, the Ghana Police Service has beefed up security measures to ensure peace before, during, and after the elections. In a release signed by the Police Director of Public Affairs, ASP Grace Ansah-Akrofi, the service said enough police officers have been deployed …

Supporters of Kennedy Agyapong in the Awutu Senya East constituency in the Central Region have threatened to boycott Saturday’s elections if the voter album, which they believe has been altered, is not corrected. Bernard Danquah, Convener for Kennedy Agyepong supporters told Citi News in an interview on Friday “We realised …

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential Primaries in the Sunyani East constituency has been put on hold, the Electoral Commission (EC) has confirmed. Delegates in the constituency would therefore be disenfranchised, as the NPP goes to the poll on Saturday, November 4, to elect a flagbearer to lead the party …