Ghana politics and election news

Deputy General Secretary of the NDC, Koku Anyidoho says he feels sorry for Nana Addo’s Director of communication at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin.

Incumbent Russian leader Vladimir Putin is set to secure a resounding victory in the Russian presidential election, according to partial results made public by the electoral commission.

Former President Jerry Rawlings has chastised the leadership of the opposition NDC over the neglect of Martin Amidu.

MP for Effutu, Alexander Afenyo Markin has asked the Former Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Cocoa Board, COCOBOD, Dr. Opuni to be happy he's being sent to court by the Attorney General.

Majority Leader Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu has been accused by George Loh of sabotaging the passage of the much-awaited RTI Bill into Law during the sixth Parliament.

Former Chief of Staff Kwadwo Mpiani says he concurs with calls for Ghana to amend or expunge from the 1992 constitution the age limit for Ghanaians who wish to contest for the Presidency.

Deputy Communication Officer of the National Democratic Congress, NDC, Fred Agbenyo says the charges levelled against Dr. Stephen Opuni will not stand the test of time because they are inaccurate. 

Sierra Leone’s elections body, the National Electoral Commission (NEC) says it is set to undertake a further recount of votes at 72 polling stations and that it hopes to declare final results soon.

The government says President Akufo-Addo is personally paying traders and artisans around his private residence to relocate.

Samura Kamara of the ruling All Peoples' Congress, APC has taken the lead in the March 7, 2018 elections in Sierra Leone after the Chairman of the National Election Commission declared 50 percent of the Presidential results.

Editor of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper Kweku Baako said there is nothing wrong with President Buhari’s pledge to Ghana in the fight against corruption.

Sierra Leone Election - A coalition of local and international civil society organization that has been observing the Sierra Leone elections has projected an election run-off, saying none of the candidates will secure the 55% constitutional threshold required to be declared an outright winner.

The Court of Appeal presided over by Justice Victor Osei has set aside the findings of the Judgement Debt Commission in the controversial GH¢51.2 million judgement debt, wrongfully paid to Alfred Agbesi Woyome.

The Ghana Centre for Democratic Development, CDD-Ghana, has asked the government of Ghana as part of ways to achieve gender parity in the country to pass the Affirmative Action Bill into law.

John Mahama, former President of Ghana on Wednesday, March 7, 2018, saved Sierra Leone from what would have marred an otherwise peaceful and smooth voting process.