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Delay broadcast of election case hearing – Group

The Protect My Vote Forum (PMVF), a civil society organisation, has called for a delayed broadcast of the election petition case currently ongoing at the Supreme Court in Accra. The court hearing is being broadcast live on television,…

Voting starts late in Kumbungu bye-election

Voting in the Kumbungu bye-election in the Northern Region, delayed in most of the polling stations due to late arrival of voting materials. Elections started at about 0800 hours in most of the polling stations at a slow pace with the…

Tsatsu cross-examines Bawumia

Mr Philip Addison, lead counsel for the petitioners, on Monday objected to Mr Tsatsu Tsikata’s cross-examination of Dr Mahamudu Bawumia since the first and third respondents filed a joint affidavit in the Election Petition hearing. Mr…

Parliament approves 35 deputy ministerial nominees

Parliament on Monday approved by consensus the nomination of 35 personalities appointed by President John Mahama to deputy ministerial positions. The nominees were approved after the House adopted the Reports of the Appointments Committee…

Bongo Presiding Member re-elected

Mr Alexis Ayamdor, the Assemblman for Zorko-Kanga Electoral Area has been re-elected for the second time as  the Presiding Member (PM) for the Bongo District Assembly. Two Assemblymen of the Assembly including Mr Peter Ayimbisa of…

Agona East Assembly suspends election of PM

Members of the Agona East District Assembly were on Friday disappointed when a meeting they were summoned to elect a Presiding Member could not take place. This was a result of a letter written by Mr Oscar Mensah, Agona East Constituency…

Cape Coast Metro re-elects Presiding Member

The Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly (CCMA) on Thursday re-elected Mr Samuel Atta-Mensah as the Presiding Member (PM) of the sixth Assembly. Mr Atta-Mensah, who is the incumbent PM, polled 58 votes out of  a total of 62 votes cast to win…