The running mate of the Progressive People Party Brigitte Dzogbenuku has downplayed claims that chairperson of the Electoral Commission Charlotte Osei has a personal problem with her flagbearer Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom. Speculations have heightened of a possible antagonism towards the business mogul by Mrs Osei following the EC’s disqualification of his candidacy from the … Read more
Another major hurdle has been cleared for the conduct of the December 7 elections as the seven qualified presidential candidates yesterday picked their positions on the presidential ballot paper. That was after the Electoral Commission (EC) had cleared three more presidential aspirants to bring the number of presidential candidates to seven. President John Dramani Mahama … Read more
The disqualified Presidential Candidate of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) Dr Henry Lartey has urged his supporters to consider their current living condition and vote for a party which will have their interest in the upcoming December 7 elections. According to him, though he’s hugely disappointed that he’s been kicked out out of the … Read more
Pressure group Let My Vote Count Alliance (LMVCA) has organized a public forum on the forthcoming December 7 elections in Tamale. Hundreds of the voter population in the Tamale Metropolis attended the event under the theme, “Protecting the ballot: strengthening the integrity of elections in Ghana.” Professor Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah, Dean of the Faculty of … Read more
Political Science lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr. Richard Amoako Baah has called on the Supreme Court to cite the Electoral Commission chairperson for contempt and jail her. Having been an ardent critic of the commission in recent times, the lecturer submitted that Mrs Charlotte Osei has on countless … Read more
The Electoral Commission has once again rejected the nomination forms of the All Progressive Congress’ Hassan Ayariga. The APC is joined by Independent Candidate Asiedu Walker, Henry Lartey’s GCPP, the United Freedom Party, Akua Donkor’s GFP, DPP, IPP, and the UDSP. Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei making the announcement Wednesday stated that the … Read more
The embattled presidential nominee for the United Progressive Party (UPP), Kwasi Addai Odike, who formally informed the Electoral Commission (EC) on Wednesday that he is backing out of the 2016 presidential election has thrown his weight behind the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Odike says he will hold an … Read more
The Independent People’s Party (IPP) Presidential Candidate says his re-disqualification by the Electoral Commission (EC) from the upcoming presidential race was deliberate. Kofi Akpaloo said he did not deserve the treatment meted to him by the Commission because he paid due diligence in the refilling of his nomination form. “They have made their mind not … Read more
The Electoral Commission has once again rejected the nomination forms of the All Progressive Congress’ Hassan Ayariga. The APC is joined by Independent Candidate Asiedu Walker, Henry Lartey’s GCPP, the United Freedom Party, Akua Donkor’s GFP, DPP, IPP, and the UDSP. Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei making the announcement Wednesday stated that the … Read more
Three more persons have finally surmounted the Electoral Commission’s watertight qualification hurdle, as they get the nod to contest the 2016 presidential election on December 7. Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom of Progressive People’s Party, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings of the National Democratic Congress and Dr. Edward Mahama of the Convention People’s Party add up to seven … Read more
On one hand, Putin became acting president after his predecessor resigned. But had opportunity to be voted for on two consecutive times as president of Russian Federation. On the other hand, Mahama became president after his predecessor passed on. He was also voted for, to begin the 1st half of his 8 year maximum term, … Read more
It is becoming crystal clear that Mrs. Charlotte Osei, the Nigerian-born Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, is hell bent on plunging this country into anarchy. The Chronicle does not need the services of a ghost to pontificate on the destruct button under her thumb. continued It was Mrs. Osei and her commission who decided to … Read more
The Deputy Coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) Joseph Yamin, has come at pastors predicting a win for the Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Akufo Addo, in the coming elections. According to him, it is only ‘fufu eating’ pastors who make such careless predictions. See Also: Nana Addo Is The … Read more
The presidential nominee of the Convention People’s Party (PNC), Dr. Edward Mahama although appears bitter after being disqualified by the Electoral Commission, he believes the EC is on course to build a strong institution. The EC’s move, he told journalists, is in line with his crusade to put strong institutions and systems in place under … Read more
Ten out of the 12 disqualified presidential aspirants from the December elections, have been able to meet the Supreme Court’s deadline, which made it possible for them to be given a hearing by the Electoral Commission, and to have errors on their forms for which they were disqualified corrected for re-submission. Citi News’ Sixtus Dong … Read more
The presidential nominee of the Convention People’s Party (PNC), Dr. Edward Mahama although appears bitter after being disqualified by the Electoral Commission, he believes the EC is on course to build a strong system. The EC’s move, he told journalists, is in line with his crusade to put strong institutions and systems in place under … Read more
Counsel for Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom and the Progressive People’s Party in the disqualification saga, Ayikoi Otoo has called the chairperson of the Electoral Commission liar as the party had rectified the only error on the nomination paper and submitted it to her. He explained that Charlotte Osei had also accepted their document after correction … Read more
Richard Aseda, whose contentious details led to the disqualification of Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, was Tuesday dragged to the Electoral Commission’s office to testify. Counsel for Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, Ayikoi Otoo told journalists Aseda “owned up” to the Electoral Commission and was made to “Sign specimen signatures”. The EC disqualified Dr. Nduom who is … Read more
Richard Aseda, whose contentious details led to the disqualification of Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, was Tuesday dragged to the Electoral Commission’s office to testify. Counsel for Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, Ayikoi Otoo told journalists Aseda “owned up” to the Electoral Commission and was made to “Sign specimen signatures”. The EC disqualified Dr. Nduom who is … Read more
Presided over by Mrs Justice Sophia Adinyira, the Supreme Court extended the nomination date to tomorrow, November 8, to enable all disqualified candidates to correct the mistakes on their forms and thus make themselves eligible to contest the Presidential elections. The Supreme Court order is victory for common sense. Unfortunately, it is also a slap … Read more