President Barack Obama encouraged Americans Monday to give President-elect Donald Trump some time to get adjusted to the responsibilities of the presidency. But in his first news conference since last week’s stunning election results, Obama warned that some of Trump’s expectations will soon be shaken up by the gravity of the job. Obama said he … Read more
President Barack Obama welcomed President-elect Donald Trump to the White House Thursday, as both men put past antagonisms aside in a time-honored ritual epitomizing the peaceful transfer of political power. Three days after mocking Trump as unfit to control the codes needed to launch nuclear weapons, Obama told his successor that he wanted him to … Read more
The Supreme Court yesterday descended heavily on the six commissioners of the Electoral Commission (EC) for disrespecting the authority of the court by failing to appear before it in a suit bordering on the constitutionality of the special voting exercise. For two consecutive days, none of the commissioners or a designated official of the EC … Read more
Disgraced sports presenters Patrick Osei ‘Songo’ Agyemang and Kofi ‘Abatay’ Asare Brako are cowardly using the cover of darkness to plead with FIFA Council member Kwesi Nyantakyi to drop his $2m defamatory lawsuit against them, GHANAsoccernet.com can exclusively reveal. Songo, who had previously bragged that the Ghana FA president cannot take legal action against him … Read more
Counsel for Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC), Thaddeus Sory, welcomed on Monday the Supreme Court’s ruling ordering it to give all disqualified presidential aspirants a hearing. The court, in its ruling on Monday ordered the EC to extend the nomination to November 8. Monday’s ruling by the Supreme Court will bring to a close the controversy … 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
Lucy Tang, the Chinese woman who was allegedly arrested by the police in Kumasi for possessing four pump action guns, has been remanded into custody. The Kumasi Circuit Court has also issued a bench warrant for the arrest of one Felix Yeboah, an accused person in the case, who was absent in court. The court, … Read more
Calling on all believers to prayerfully rally behind Nana Akufo Addo Today, Sunday 6 November 2016, I, Rockson Adofo, from Kumawu/Asiampa, do solemnly call on all believers in God to rally in support behind Nana Akufo Addo and NPP to win the upcoming 7 December 2016 election. I believe in the power of prayers and … Read more
The Supreme Court of Ghana has ruled that the flag bearer of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom should be given a chance to correct errors on his nomination forms. Below is the full ruling: IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF JUDICATURE IN THE SUPREME COURT ACCRA – A. D. 2016 CIVIL MOTION … Read more
The Supreme Court has ordered the EC to take steps to allow 12 disqualified candidates to correct errors on their nomination forms that constituted the basis for their disqualification. The highest court of the land made the pronouncement on Monday morning after the Electoral Commission deferred to it to contest a high court ruling ordering … Read more
Upon reading the affidavits and statement of cases by the applicant and interested party respectively; Upon hearing Thaddeus Sory with him Sean Opoku, Sanya Anita Morrison and Reindof Twumasi Ankrah counsel for the applicant and Ayikoi Otoo with him Gary Nimako Marfo, Felix Ograh, Ofosu Appiah, Naa Djama Ayikoi Otoo and Barbara Brown Counsel for … Read more
The Supreme Court has ordered the Electoral Commission to extend the nomination period to the close of Tuesday, November,8 2016 for all disqualified presidential aspirants. The judges also ordered a suspension of all lawsuits challenging the EC’s disqualifications of Flagbearers, for all those affected to amend the errors on their forms. In explaining the judgment … Read more
EC hit with another suit over disqualification of presidential hopeful The Electoral Commission and its Chairperson, Charlotte Osei, have been dragged to the High Court in yet another suit against the disqualification of a presidential hopeful. Alfred Kwame Asiedu claims he had wanted to contest for the presidential slot as an independent candidate on December … Read more
The Electoral Commission and its Chairperson, Charlotte Osei, have been dragged to the High Court in yet another suit against the disqualification of a presidential hopeful. Alfred Kwame Asiedu claims he had wanted to contest for the presidential slot as an independent candidate on December 7 but was disqualified. He wants the court to compel … Read more
Today, Sunday 6 November 2016, I, Rockson Adofo, from Kumawu/Asiampa, do solemnly call on all believers in God to rally in support behind Nana Akufo Addo and NPP to win the upcoming 7 December 2016 election. I believe in the power of prayers and supplications to God to avert difficult circumstances or to facilitate situations … Read more
An application that sought to prevent an Accra High Court judge from hearing the disqualification case brought against Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) by the National Democratic Party has been dismissed. The EC applied to the Court to disqualify the presiding judge, Justice Eric Kyei Baffour, from hearing the case on grounds that the judge in … Read more
There were fireworks at the High Court as two lawyers battled it out over whether or not a judge could sit on a matter after he dismissed another case of similar facts. The case is seeking to reverse the Electoral Commission’s disqualification of former first Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings from contesting for President in next … Read more
Raymond Atuguba, counsel for PNC Presidential candidate has argued in court that the Electoral Commission was unreasonable in disqualifying his client, Dr. Edward Mahama from the 2016 presidential elections. At the second day of hearing his suit, Dr. Raymond Atuguba said the EC violated his client’s fundamental human right to contest elections by disqualifying him … Read more