With a day left before the deadline for the filing of nomination forms for the various aspiring presidential candidates, the office of the Electoral Commission got busy as several candidates thronged the premises to make their submissions. First on the list to submit his form was the Presidential aspirant of the opposition NPP, Nana Akufo-Addo. … Read more
Founder of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP) has submitted her presidential nomination forms to the Electoral Commission, making her the seventh aspirant to do so on Thursday, 29 September. Earlier, President John Dramani Mahama had his forms submitted on his behalf by Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, and the governing National Democratic Congress’ General Secretary Johnson … Read more
Mr Koku Anyidoho of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) has topped the foul language league table for August, according to the Media Foundation for West Africa’s monitoring of language use on the airwaves ahead of the December 7 polls. In its latest report, MFWA said a total of 39 incidents of indecent expressions were … Read more
The Electoral Commission (EC) says it is set to receive nomination forms from presidential aspirants at its headquarters in Accra tomorrow, Thursday, and Friday, September 29 and 30, 2016. The Director of Elections of the EC, Mr Samuel Tettey, told the Daily Graphic yesterday that the commission had put measures in place at its Information … Read more
The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has endorsed the decision by the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) to sue the Electoral Commission over what the parties have described as high filing fees for presidential and parliamentary nominees. There has been a 500 percent increase in the filing fees for presidential nominees between 2012 and 2016. The PPP … Read more
Folks, I have just come across the news report saying what has really made me wonder what is becoming of the Presidential aspect of the 2016 general elections. Just consider this: “Fifteen presidential hopefuls have so far picked nomination forms to contest in the upcoming general election in December. They are made up of 13 … Read more
Twenty-two parties and individuals have so far picked nomination forms from the Electoral Commission (EC) to contest for president in the December polls. These comprise seven independent presidential aspirants and 15 political parties. The political parties include the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the New Patriotic Party (NPP), the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), the National Democratic … Read more
The National Democratic Party (NDP) has vowed to resist any attempt by the Electoral Commission to disqualify its Flagbearer, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings for the second consecutive time ahead of the December 7 election. The former First lady who’s Presidential candidate for the NDP picked her Presidential nomination forms on Wednesday in readiness for the … Read more
Fifteen presidential hopefuls have so far picked nomination forms to contest in the upcoming general election in December. They are made up of 13 political parties and two independent candidates. The political parties are the Democratic People’s Party (DPP), the All People’s Party (APP) and the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP). The others are the … Read more
The Flagbearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has picked nomination forms at the headquarters of the Electoral Commission to enable him contest the 2016 election. The party’s acting General Secretary, John Boadu picked the forms on behalf of Nana Addo. This comes hours after President Mahama also sent his … Read more
The founder and leader of Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), Akua Donkor is calling for increase of the GHC50, 000 filing fee for presidential candidates announced by the Electoral Commission (EC). In her view, it is an honour for anyone seeking to lead the country to buy nomination forms for such ‘paltry amount’ thus the noise … Read more
The founder and leader of Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), Akua Donkor is calling for increase of the GH?50,000 filing fees for presidential candidates announced by the Electoral Commission (EC). In her view, it is an honour for anyone seeking to lead the country to buy nomination forms for such ‘paltry amount’ thus the noise being … Read more
Accra based Montie FM has for the second time topped the chart of stations in Ghana which uses abusive expressions. A recent report by the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) said the station “topped the pack of stations that recorded the use of abusive expressions on their platforms with 83 incidents followed by Oman … Read more
The end of justice is to produce and preserve the happiness of the social and political community (Aristotle). The whole nation seems to be discussing just one thing, the remission granted the Montie 3 gunsels by President Mahama. Right thinking members of the Ghanaian society believe that the action of the President is repugnant, contrary … Read more
The President of policy Think Tank Imani Ghana has accused the Ministers and other government officials who signed a petition seeking a presidential pardon for the jailed Montie FM trio, of endorsing ‘hooliganism.’ According to him the comments made by the three on the ‘Pampaso’ show on the Accra-based radio station were criminal and petitioning … Read more
International human rights advocacy group, Amnesty International, has backed calls for a presidential pardon for the jailed Montie FM panelists and host if they show genuine remorse for their actions. According to the group, the convicted men have every right to petition the President to exercise his prerogative of mercy and sanction their release from … Read more
International human rights advocacy group, Amnesty International, has backed calls for a presidential pardon for the jailed Montie FM panelists and host if they show genuine remorse for their actions. According to the group, the convicted men have every right to petition the President to exercise his prerogative of mercy and sanction their release from … Read more