Ghana politics and election news

Member of legal team of the Montie 3, Godwin Edudzi Tamakloe has pleaded the case of his clients noting the three, having been convicted of being in contempt of the Supreme Court already carry a sword around their necks since thy have been disabled for life regarding job search and travelling arrangements.

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has issued a report covering the month of June penciling the NDC as the most abusive party on radio.

Highlife music icon 'Abrantie' Amakye Dede has reacted to claims after performing on an NPP platform that he is a party member.

As the political season gets intense, a new endorsement for incumbent John Mahama has popped up from the quarters of sensual singer Mzbel real name Belinda Nana Ekua Amoah.

The Electoral Commission’s (EC) hope of organising this year’s presidential and parliamentary elections on November 7 has been dashed thanks to a vote in parliament on Thursday.

The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) distrust of the Electoral Commission (EC) has once again been manifested thanks to its Ashanti Regional Secretary, Samuel Pyne.

Implying bias on the part of national and regional executives against him in the Chiana-Paga party primary, former Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Development Agency (GYEEDA) Coordinator Abuga Pele says heeding the call of the people he shall stand as an independent candidate.

You would be forgiven to have thought businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome has paid to the state GH¢51m as directed by Ghana’s Apex court but three years on the man has defied all the odds and has still not made good his debt.

Suspended chairman Paul Afoko shall know his fate on July 26, 2016 when judgement is pronounced on the case involving his suspension as the National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) after oral submissions were heard in court and parties involved asked to submit written addresses simultaneously within seven days.

Progressive People’s Party (PPP) presidential candidate, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom has stated that he will not appoint any member of parliament as a minister if he becomes president.

The NPP’s parliamentary candidate for the Asante Akyem North constituency has expressed displeasure at Ernest Owusu Bempah’s supposed use of posters online with inscription ‘Owusu-Bempah nie, Nana Addo nie’ to court for votes since he is not an NPP candidate.

It was humorous as much as it was sad when Alistair Nelson, who stands accused of issuing death threats against justices of the Supreme Court, submitted to her ladyship Sophia Akuffo perhaps in a bid to solicit sympathy that he suffers from ‘Kpokpogbligbli’, a reportedly unknown disease that possesses a person’s frame and controls his actions.

The Apex court of the land has rendered on Monday July 18 that Dr. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings can present herself as the parliamentary nominee of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the forthcoming parliamentary elections.

The Asante Akyem North Constituency office of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) was soiled with human excreta, ahead of the party's Presidential Candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's visit on Sunday, July 17.

There was a low voter turnout in the Abetifi by-election on Saturday as only 35.55% of registered voters turning up and the New Patriotic Party snatched victory easily.