NDI Ghana Observer Delegation Issues Post-Election Preliminary Statement, Applauds the People of Ghana The National Democratic Institute (NDI) today released its preliminary statement of findings and recommendations from its international election observation mission to Ghana’s presidential and parliamentary elections of December 7, 2016. “The NDI delegation applauds the people of Ghana for the largely peaceful […]

A Nigeria based NGO, Cleen Foundation has organized conflict management and crime prevention workshop to promote peace and security between herdsmen and the rural host communities in Nigeria. The workshop is part of series activities under a project geared towards promoting peace and security in Nigeria’s rural communities that has over the years been bedeviled […]

As the country anxiously awaits the final declaration of the December 7 parliamentary and presidential elections, Civil Society Organizations are of high hopes for either the continuing NDC administration or the provisionally Projected president elect Nana Addo and his administration. One such CSO is Policy Think Tank IMANI Ghana which is being headed over by […]

“Reputation is everything when it comes to business”, Rehia Giwa Osagie on Aim Higher Africa Ignite Series. The Ignite Series produced by education not for profit, Aim Higher Africa is an edutainment program with a focus on sharing tips to success by young entrepreneurs from across Africa. Aim Higher Africa aims to inspire a new […]

Lawyer Andy Appiah Kubi Presidential nominee of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo did not make the 30,000 votes as promised by party’s parliamentary candidate for  Asante Akim North constituency of the Ashanti Region, Lawyer Andy Appiah Kubi. Provisional results indicate that he polled 25,876 votes representing 70.81% and the parliamentary candidate […]

Majority of Ghanaian celebrities in the entertainment and creative arts industry on December 7 participated in the electoral process to vote  for their candidates. They took time off their busy schedules to vote. Some of the celebrities spotted in queues to cast their ballots include Jocelyn Dumas, DKB Nana Ama Mcbrown, Lydia Forson, Afia Schwazzeneggar, Clement Bonney popularly […]

Wu Feng, owner of a Tesla Model X, is the first to install the new plate in Shanghai, on Dec 1, 2016. [Photo/China Daily]  A total of 1,294 special license plates have been issued to the owners of new energy vehicles in Shanghai in a week since China rolled out the pilot program to promote […]

The European Union (EU) Thursday began legal action against seven member nations for failing to police emissions test cheating by carmakers after the Volkswagen diesel scandal? Reuters reported. The United Kingdom? Germany? Spain and Luxembourg are accused of failing to punish Volkswagen for installing software that helped the company cheat on its car emmisions? according […]

South Korean parliament overwhelmingly passed a historic bill Friday to impeach scandal-scarred President Park Geun-hye as it gained the two-thirds majority vote. The final tally was 234 votes cast in favor of impeachment, with 56 against and 2 abstentions. Seven votes were invalid. One legislator did not take part in the voting. President Park will […]

Emphatic on emerging the winner of the 2016 presidential elections, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Thursday called for calm as the Electoral Commission goes through the motions to declare the victor in the poll. “We have clinched a famous and historic victory…It is important that we remain […]

Nana Akua Owusu Afriyeh, the parliamentary candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has been declared as the Member of Parliament for the Ablekuma North. She won with a total of 54, 698 as against her fiercest contender Sally Amaki Darko Attoppe of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) who polled 26, 813 votes. Kwasi Asiamah […]

The Police Administration has called on the public, political parties and party sympathisers to exercise maximum restraint as the Electoral Commission goes through the laid-down process of declaring the results. Addressing a press conference in Accra, Commissioner of Police (COP) Christian Tetteh Yohuno, the Director General of Operations, Ghana Police Service, said there seemed to […]

Mr William Agyapong Quaittoo, an aspiring parliamentary candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has won the Akim Oda seat with 21,131 votes. The Akim Oda constituency has 72 polling stations and 28,812 electorates cast their votes out of the registered 42,159 voters. The list of results certified by Mr Ebenezer Odum Gaisie, the Returning […]

Mr Anthony Effah a Banker who represented the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has been elected the Member of Parliamentary for Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa (AOB). He pulled 23,760 votes out of 47,975 votes cast in 122 polling stations to beat three other contestants; Alhassan Kobina Ghansah of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) who obtained 23,330 votes, Mr Richard […]

The certified results for the Ablekuma South Parliamentary elections: Progressive Peoples Party (PPP)- 194, National Democratic Congress (NDC)- 31,927, New Patriotic Party (NPP) – 26,495, National Democratic Party (NDP)- 31, Independent – 82, Total valid votes was 58,729; total rejected votes 312; total votes cast 59,041. Source: GNA/NewsGhana.com.gh

The provisional results for the Ablekuma South Presidential elections are as follows: Convention People’s Party (CPP) – 40, National Democratic Party (NDP) – 30, National Democratic Congress (NDC) – 31,761, Progressive People’s Party (PPP) – 407, New Patriotic Party (NPP) – 26,302, Peoples National Congress (PNC) -16, Independent – 9. Total Valid votes: 58,569, total […]

China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba Thursday signed several agreements with Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce to help the southeastern Asian country develop e-commerce. The deals were signed as Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak headed a delegation to visit Alibaba’s headquarters in Hangzhou. Alibaba will help small and medium-sized Thai firms expand businesses on local and international […]

Fifa President Gianni Infantino attends a media briefing after the Fifa Executive Football Summit in Singapore on December 8, 2016. FIFA chief Gianni Infantino yesterday said Asian countries backed his plan to expand the World Cup to 48 teams — and added that up to three countries should be allowed to co-host the tournament. Infantino, […]

Michael Jordan visited Hong Kong on Oct. 9, 2015. (Xinhua file photo/Lu Binghui) Basketball legend Michael Jordan now owns his Chinese name after the nation’s highest court sides with him following a years-long legal battle. The former NBA star has been fighting a sportswear maker since 2012 over the Qiaodan name. In Mandarin, it sounds […]