IMANI Africa Vice President, Kofi Bentil has urged the citizenry to actively engage in citizen journalism as the 2020 polls is ongoing. He underscored that the act would keep the stakeholders of elections on their toes and protect the democratic processes. Mr Bentil noted that it was within the rights

Cameroon’s first ever regional elections polling ended on Sunday evening despite interruptions by armed separatists in the country’s English-speaking regions.    Authorities said by the time voting ended at 6p.m. local time, there had been no reports of major incidents that could derail the elections.    “All the election material and documents were made available … The post Cameroon’s

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Kumasi Asante Kotoko will honour their Confederation of African Football (CAF) Champions League Second Preliminary Round stage on the mid-week of December 22-23 at the Accra Sports Stadium. Kotoko progressed to this stage of the competition

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has debunked claims of election infractions by the National Democratic Congress (NDC). According to Sammy Awuku, the Deputy Communications Director and National Youth Organiser the claims of stuffing materials were false and needed to be discarded. He said the elections had so far been peaceful with little or no infractions … The post NPP, NDC

The passage of the Bui Power Authority Bill will help it diversify its financial streams and increase revenue, Fred Oware, Chief Executive Officer of the Authority has said. Speaking to Citi Business News, Mr  Oware said “We think that we should operate quite profitably, not only in terms of making profit

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has asked Ghanaians to be wary of fake news sources that may call winners of this year’s elections. It cautioned that false news about winners of elections could be dangerous, lead to disruptive behaviour, incidents of violence

Global progress toward energy efficiency has slowed to its lowest rate in 10 years due to subdued prices amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Energy Agency said on Thursday, dealing a setback to efforts to curb climate change. “As a result of the crisis and continuing low energy prices, energy intensity is expected to improve … The post Global energy efficiency

The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP), a regional civil society organisation, in collaboration with the National Peace Council (NPC), has launched the Elections Situation Room (ESR) to monitor the December 7 polls. It is a situational analysis platform to observe, report, analyse, facilitate responses to violent threats, voter corruption, compliance to electoral code, aims … The post WANEP

The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO), deployed more than 4,400 observers for yesterday’s general elections and were stationed at all 275 Constituencies across the 16 regions. Out of the number, 1,502 were deployed as Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT) observers with other stationary

Skipper of the national U-20 side, the Black Satellites, Daniel Bannieh Afriyie says the team is ready to defend the flag of Ghana at the WAFU B U-20 tournament and return with the trophy. Ghana is making a second appearance at the tournament after a poor showing at the last edition. The Black Satellites

The man, who allegedly robed and kidnaped a businessman at Dambai in the Volta Region, has been sentenced to a total of 38 years imprisonment by the Jasikan Circuit Court. Mohammed Gariba was handed 30 years for robbery and eight years for kidnapping to run concurrently, contrary to section 23(1),49 and 89 of the criminal … The post Man jailed 38 years for kidnapping,

Residents of Bulengin community in the Wa West Constituency of the Upper West Region boycotted yesterday’s Presidential and Parliamentary polls with the excuse that they have been denied of basic social amenities befitting a community. With a voter population of 436 electorates, no single person patronised the polling centre in the community although the officials … The post Bulegin

George Padmore’s lifelong and single-minded devotion to the cause of African liberation, was ignited in him by another African who was also born abroad –  Edward Wilmot Blyden. Blyden was born in the Virgin Islands (then under Danish rule) but spent most of his life in West Africa, particularly in Liberia and Sierra Leone, but (rather … The post A

The TB Joshua and Emmanuel TV Partners have donated 40 Yamaha motorbikes to the Operations Unit of the Ghana Police Service to help them in their duties. Worth over US$100,000, office accessories like chairs, printers, laptops, a projector, television among others, were also part of the gesture to support operational activities on polling day.  Of … The post TB JOSHUA DONATES

The Electoral Commission, on the eve of the December 7 general election, cautioned political parties and the media to desist from declaring results of the just-ended election. According the Commission, as the mandated institution clothed with the powers to declare election results, it has instituted measures to ensure the timely release of results to reduce … The post Don’t declare results! appeared

The Bawku Divisional Police Command in the Upper East Region have arrested Electoral Commission (EC) official for allegedly tearing  two presidential ballot papers wrongfully, thereby removing from the ballot, the first candidate, President Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party,   The Regional Director of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mr William Obeng Adarkwa, confirmed the story, … The post EC

The Central Regional Police Command has mounted a search for the arrest of some unidentified men, who shot at a vehicle at the Awutu Senya East constituency. Two out of the five passengers in the car were injured as a result of the gunshots and were rushed to the hospital for treatment.