Ghana politics and election news

The Burma Camp, a pro-NPP group in Tamale has shut down the office of the School Feeding programme Monday.

Coalition for Democratic Change’s George Weah and Unity Party’s Joseph Boakai are headed for a run-off in Liberia's presidential election.

Joseph Boakai has served faithfully as deputy to Liberia's president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf for about 11 years.

Minister of the Interior, has ordered the management of Maxam Explosive Company to address all the short falls in their operations within eight weeks.

The Former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Afram Plains North in the Eastern Region, Emmanuel Aboagye Didieye, has died.

Vice President Joseph Boakai says he is very confident in winning the election in the first round but results declared so far does not favour the incumbent Vice President and his Unity Party.

Former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Reverend Professor Emmanuel Martey, says some officials of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration, are already exhibiting signs of corruption.

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia uses a maximum of seven cars on trips outside Accra and not 16. 

Former Member of Parliament for North Dayi in the Volta region has described as a fraud the restoration of trainee nurses allowances by the New Patriotic Party [NPP] government.

The Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) led by George Weah has retained lead as the second batch of provisional results of presidential elections in Liberia were released yesterday. 

Provisional results announced by the National Elections Commission (NEC) yesterday, has put Sen. George Manneh Weah of the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) in a comfortable lead over his closest contender Joseph N. Boakai of the Unity Party (UP) by an eclectic margin of 31,150 votes.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has sworn-in Alhaji Ahmed Ramadan as Ghana’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirate (UAE).

Beninoise President Patrice Talon arrived in Ghana on Wednesday for a day’s State visit that is expected to boost ties between both West African nations.

Some of Jubilee MPs want the electoral body to declare Uhuru Kenyatta elected unopposed after his challenger, Raila Odinga, withdrew from the repeat poll.

The Vice President has disclosed Government has developed a comprehensive renewable energy policy to increase the country’s installed capacity, which is currently below one per cent.