POLITICS

Former Minister of Tourism, Arts, and Culture, Catherine Afeku, has announced her decision to support Vice President Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia’s bid for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer position. Catherine Afeku, a member of Alan Kyerematen’s campaign team, expressed her new stance citing discussions with party elders and personal contemplation …

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Tolon in the Northern Region, Habib Iddrisu is likely a battle in his quest to lead the people of the constituency for a second term in the 2024 general elections. This comes after a former Deputy Chief Executive Officer (DCEO) …

The Electoral Commission’s scheduled Limited Voters Registration Exercise will start today, Tuesday, September 12. The exercise which has become a subject of disagreements will be conducted at all the 268 District Offices of the EC. It is expected to end on Monday, October 2. This is despite a pending injunction …

The Member of Parliament for Assin Central and New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) flagbearer hopeful, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has stated that he will not withdraw from the upcoming race. According to him, he is determined to go the full haul and is prepared to accept the outcome, regardless of who emerges …

Below  are the major news headlines captured on the front pages of the various newspapers in Ghana today, Tuesday, September 12, 2023     The Daily Searchlight               Daily Graphic               The Finder           …

At least 26 people died in Nigeria’s northern Niger state after a wooden boat they were travelling in capsized in a dam on Sunday. The vessel was carrying over 100 passengers, including women and children, who live in communities between Jebba and Kainji dam in Mokwa area of the state, …

Majority Leader and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu has denied allegations of being party to a scheme to forcibly make Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia the flagbearer of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP). Mr Osei-Kyei Mensah Bonsu noted that the voice aired on Kumasi-based Sompa FM …

Leading member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and lecturer at the University of Ghana political science department, professor Michael Kpessa Whyte, has confessed that the party’s failed collation system is to blame for its election 2020 failure and not the chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs Jean Mensa. In …

Below  are the major news headlines captured on the front pages of the various newspapers in Ghana today, Monday, September 11, 2023     The Chronicle               The Ghanaian Observer               The Daily Searchlight         …

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