Ghana politics and election news

Today is December 7, 2016, the day for Ghana's crucial presidential and parliamentary elections.

Kwabena Agyepong, the suspended General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has donated GHC 82,000 to support the campaign efforts of the parliamentary candidates of the party in deprived constituencies ahead of tomorrow’s elections.

President John Dramani Mahama says, apart from the National Democratic Congress(NDC), success under the New Patriotic Party(NPP) and any other political party is not guaranteed.

The management of Madison Lodge, the hotel in which three bags of fake ballot papers were impounded by the police, is blaming the Ashanti regional chairman for masterminding the scandal.

Campaigning for the 2016 elections has finally been brought to a close with barely 24 hours to the start of voting.

All is set for the today's crunch general elections, the Electoral Commission has assured.

Dr Sekou Nkrumah has declared he will vote for the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) Presidential Candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in Wednesday's presidential election.

Acting General Secretary of the Convention People's Party (CPP), Yaw Asani Tano has ditched his party's presidential candidate to endorse President John Mahama's second term bid.

Founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Nyaho Nyaho Tamakloe has stated that his party's presidential candidate Nana Akufo-Addo does not have what it takes to win the upcoming presidential elections.

The Electoral Commission (EC) has deployed 148,000 election officials to the over 28,000 polling stations across the country for Wednesday’s general elections to elect a president and 275 parliamentarians.

Dancehall star, Shatta Wale, delivered an inspiring performance at the Accra Sports Stadium to bring an end to the National Democratic Congress (NDC)'s final rally ahead of Wednesday's general election.

Shatta Wale performed several of his hit songs, including, Mahama Paper, driving the thousands of NDC supporters in the auditorium wild.

The atmosphere at the rally, which was attended by about 80,000 people, was a charged one, but Shatta Wale raised the temperature.

Several top NDC members, including President John Mahama and Johnson Asiedu Nketia, danced with Shatta Wale on stage.

Earlier, President Mahama gave an assurance to supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the party would emerge victorious in Wednesday''s general elections.

He said the achievements of his first term would ensure a one-touch victory for him on Wednesday.

He might not be the Electoral Commissioner but President John Dramani Mahama during the final rally of the National Democratic Congress(NDC) at the Accra Sports Stadium has declared victory for himself and the party after the general elections.

President John Mahama has assured supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the party will emerge victorious in Wednesday''s general elections.

The Vice President, Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has described the Vice Presidential Candidate of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP)  as not serious for expecting him to answer some 170 questions he [Bawumia] raised about Ghana's economy.

General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress(NDC) Asiedu Nketia has said he should be referred to as an incompetent General Secretary considering the New Patriotic Party(NPP)s definition of incompetence.