The capital of the Ashanti Region, Kumasi, was virtually a ghost town yesterday following an order from the Manhyia Palace that residents should stay indoors owing to the funeral of the departed Asante queen mother, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II. Shops, financial institutions, offices and even schools in Kumasi were closed yesterday. Asanteman Traditional … Read more
Presidential nominee of the United Progressive Party’s [UPP] Kwasi Addai Odike has said the 44.40% votes obtained by President John Dramani Mahama in the December 7 general elections came as a huge surprise to him since he expected a very low percentage for the ‘disappointing’ NDC’s presidential candidate. According to the business tycoon, Mr. Mahama’s … Read more
The leader of United Progressive Party (UPP) Akwasi Addai Odike has stated that the inconsistent and indecisive nature of the outgoing President caused his defeat during the December 7 polls. He said the President John Dramani Mahama lost focus in the run up to the elections hence his antagonistic posture. Mr Addai observed that President … Read more
National Chairman for the United Progressive Party has disclosed the party decided to throw its support behind John Dramani Mahama because the party received huge financial assistance to prosecute its political campaigns. Alhaji Zakari also confessed, the president and ruling National Democratic Congress also presented three brand new Toyota Hilux pick-up trucks to facilitate the … Read more
The Leader of the United Progressive Party and one-time confidant of President John Dramani Mahama, Akwasi Addae Odike, has revealed that the President has personally told him the international community does not support the third term bid of the NDC. Mr. Odike stated emphatically that President Mahama is very much aware that he does not … Read more
Flagbearer of the United Front Party has vowed to increase the ruling National Democratic Congress’s one million votes target in the Ashanti Region by an additional five hundred thousand votes in the region. Nana Agyenim Boateng, popularly known as Gyataba made the pledge in an exclusive interview with Kwame Adinkrah, host of Abusua Nkomo during … Read more
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has welcomed the announcement by the Independent People’s Party (IPP) to support its flag bearer Nana Akufo-Addo for president in the December polls. Speaking to Class News, Mr Yaw Buabeng Asamoah, aide to Nana Akufo-Addo, said it was welcome news. “This election is turning out to be not about individual … Read more
Singer and actress Diamond Appiah endorses Nana Addo, presidential candidate of the New patriotic Party (NPP) and has declared that her vote will go for him come December 7. Diamond who is aspiring for MP for Trobu Constituency on the ticket of Odike’s United Progressive Party (UPP, revealed this in a recent post on her Instagram … Read more
United Progressive Party’s (UPP)’s candidate who pulled out of the presidential race at the eleventh hour has tasked Ghanaians to take every money John Dramani Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will offer but vote for Nana Addo on December 7th. In an interview with Ekourba Gyasi on Atinka AM Drive, Kwesi Adei Odike … Read more
‘Deeply troubling’, was how the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) described Electoral Commission’s action concerning errors the EC claimed it’d further discovered on nomination forms of some disqualified presidential nominees, after the Supreme Court (SC) had directed that the electoral body must reconsider its decision earlier in the week. The commission had been asked to … Read more
Mr Kwasi Addai Odike, the Presidential Nominee of the United Progressive Party’s (UPP) for the December 7 Polls has withdrawn his nomination. Speaking at a media briefing at the Head Office of the Electoral Commission (EC) in Accra, Mr Odike said his decision to withdraw his nomination was a personal matter. He said the UPP … Read more
Embattled presidential nominee, Kwasi Addai Odike has formally informed the Electoral Commission that he is backing out of the 2016 presidential election. His decision comes barely hours to the electoral body’s announcement of persons who made it to the final list of presidential candidates for the election. The nomination of Odike to contest on the … Read more
The flagbearer of the United Progressive Party (UPP), Akwasi Addai Odike has withdrawn his nomination from the December 7 polls few days to the election. The decision comes a day after his party reminded the Electoral Commission of a pending case in court challenging the eligibility of Mr. Odike to contest in the race. Some … Read more
The United Progressive Party (UPP) is still fighting its flagbearer, Akwasi Addai Odike in court, for picking nomination forms to contest in the upcoming general elections. Some executives of the UPP dragged Mr. Odike to court in September 2016, to prevent him from filling nomination forms to contest as the party’s presidential candidate. A letter dated … Read more
As some of the disqualified presidential candidates line up to effect corrections to allow them to contest the December 7 election, the United Progressive Party (UPP) is still in a standoff with its flagbearer, Akwasi Addai Odike. Mr. Addai Odike’s membership is being challenged as party executive Stephen Kwaku Saahene has filed a suit to … Read more
Nine out of the 13 candidates disqualified from the 2016 presidential elections by the Electoral Commission have managed to resubmit their nomination forms. According to Starr FM’s Wilberforce Asare, the parties who successfully submitted their forms include the Papa Kwesi Nduom’s Progressive People’s Party, (PPP), National Democratic Party (NDP), All People’s Congress (APC), People’s National … Read more
Presidential nominee for the United Progressive Party, Akwasi Addai Odike, whose disqualification was based on a court case challenging his status in his party, says his fate is in the hands of the Electoral Commission. Although the EC has not announced errors or irregularities on his presidential nomination forms yet, Mr Odike showed up at … Read more
Presidential nominee for the United Progressive Party, Akwasi Addai Odike, whose disqualification was based on a court case challenging his status in his party, says his fate is in the hands of the Electoral Commission. Although the EC has not announced errors or irregularities on his presidential nomination forms yet, Mr Odike showed up at … Read more
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has commenced investigations into alleged illegality committed by the 13 flag bearers who were disqualified by the Electoral Commission (EC) from contesting in the December 7 polls. This was revealed by ASP Joseph Benefo Darkwa, Public Relations Officer for the CID, in an interview with … Read more
Threats of court action against the Electoral Commission (EC) by disqualified presidential hopefuls would not distract the commission from carrying out its work. Spokesperson of the commission, Eric Kofi Dzakpasu speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen Programme Wednesday said that the commission is still focused on working to organize the elections on December 7th. The … Read more