Tag: Dec. 7
Nigeria announces plan to lift over 5 million farmers out of extreme poverty
Nigeria plans to lift at least five million smallholder farmers out of extreme poverty with support to increase their productivity, said a top agriculture...
Jirapa youth call for removal of “hotspot tag” from constituency
Political party youth in Jirapa Constituency have called for the name of their constituency to be removed from the list of “tagged” hotspot areas...
Incident of marked ballots in Asawase unverified – EC
The Electoral Commission on Monday said allegations of an incident of marked ballots made by Alhaji Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, the Member of Parliament for...
GAF urges public to disregard information on deployment of gadgets to Ho
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) on Monday debunked allegations circulating on social media that the Military has re-located “gadgets” from Accra to Ho to...
Torrential rains disrupt vote counting in Sunyani East
Torrential rains disrupted counting of ballots at various polling stations in the Sunyani East Constituency here on Monday.
The rains...
Polling officials converge at Korle Klotey Collation Centre
More than 200 presiding officers from the various polling stations within the Korle Klotey Constituency have converged at the Art Centre, designated as the...
CePTOM commends EC for professionalism in Elections
The Centre for Performance Tracking and Outcome Mapping (CePTOM), an Election Observer Group, has commended the Electoral Commission for exhibiting professionalism in the conduct...
EC Officials disallow two voters for reporting
Two voters who arrived at the Amasaman Polling Station Constituency after close of polls at 17:00 hours were not allowed to cast their ballot...
Voting ends peacefully in Akwatia Constituency
The 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary elections ended successfully in the Akwatia Constituency at 1700 hours, official closing time of the polls.
A significant number of...
NPC calls for increased security personnel at flashpoints
The National Peace Council (NPC), in conjunction with the West African Network for Peacebuilding, has called for an increased security personnel in all potential...
Voters at Art Centre gather anxiously for results
Voters at the Accra Arts Centre polling stations in the Korle Klotey Constituency gather anxiously for Electoral Commission officials to sort out ballots for...
Savelugu: Pressure eases at polling stations as voting ends
Voting pressure eased at most polling stations in the Savelugu Constituency at about 1700 hours.
Presiding Officers at Kugafong 1&2 and Yoo R/C 2A &...
Biggest polling station in Savelugu to vote till midnight
The projected time to end voting in Sawaba, the biggest polling Station in the Savelugu Constituency, is midnight.
This is so because Sawaba polling station...
Voting ends in Ghana’s general election
Voting ended on Monday in 38,622 polling stations within the 16 regions across Ghana.
The voting process generally went peacefully except for...
3 gunmen killed in central Nigeria
The Nigerian military said Monday that three gunmen were killed after troops thwarted an armed attack on a village in the central state...
68 killed, 129,000 affected by Nigerian floods in 2020
Authorities in Nigeria on Monday said 68 persons were killed so far by flooding in different parts of the country this year.
...
Ghana’s electoral commission removes officials tampering with ballot sheets: statement
Ghana's Electoral Commission (EC) removed some of its officers from polling station duties on Monday for tampering with ballot papers in the ongoing general...
I expect a big win, says Bolgatanga East MP
Dr Dominic Akutenga Ayine, Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga East Constituency says he expects a big win in the parliamentary election.
Dr Ayine, a former...
APC calls for unity after election
Dr Hassan Ayariga, the Presidential Candidate for the All People's Congress (APC) has called on Ghanaians to accept the results that would be declared...
EC Official under investigation in Bawku Central
An Electoral Commission Official in charge of issuing ballot papers at the Alhaji Salam Grinding mill polling station in the Saabo Zongo community in...
CODEO: Election proceeds smoothly with pockets of incidents
The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) on Monday said despite some pockets of incidents reported in Awutu Twene in Awutu Senya Constituency and...
NDC calls for swift action against persons caught indulging in electoral infractions
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Monday called for immediate action against persons caught to have engaged in any form of electoral malpractice to...
Voting ends in Asuogyaman amid downpour
Voting has ended peacefully in the Asuogyaman constituency amid heavy rains that nearly ended the voting process some few minutes to the official closing...
God will choose leader for Ghana – Greenstreet
Mr Ivor Kobina Greenstreet, the Presidential Candidate of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) on Monday cast his ballot in the ongoing December 7, polls.
After...
EC urged to address issues of new colour of verification stamps
The National Peace Council (NPC) and the West African Network for Peacebuilding on Monday urged the Electoral Commission (EC) to as a matter of...
I will shock my political opponents – GUM Presidential Candidate
Mr Christian Kwabena Andrews, the presidential candidate of the Ghana Union Movement (GUM), has said he is confident he will emerge as the...
Voters with challenges should seek help from Presiding Officers – EC
Voters with all forms of challenges should only seek assistance from Presiding Officers at the Polling Stations, the Electoral Commission (EC) directed on Monday.
This...
Political party agents comfortable with voting process in Navrongo
Political party agents in the Navrongo Central Constituency have expressed satisfaction with the ongoing Presidential and Parliamentary elections in the Constituency.
The Party agents, mostly...
Three blind electorate use braille to cast their ballot
Three blind electorate on Monday voted smoothly with the braille at the Ebenezer Day Care Centre B at the Ayawaso East Constituency in the...
Thirty-eight voters cast ballots at Gbawe-Bulemin Taxi Rank One Polling Station
Thirty-eight (38) voters had voted at the Gbawe-Bulemin Taxi Rank One Polling Stations as at 0848 hours in the Weija-Gbawe Constituency of the Greater...