Eighty-four registered voters in the Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo District will not be voting on Friday because they registered more than once. Explaining the situation at a durbar in Nasuan near Bunkpurugu on Thursday, Mr Lawrence Akundikya, District Electoral Officer, said most of …

Official campaign activities ended yesterday Wednesday December 5, 2012 as Ghana rounds up for its December 7 elections. And all TV, radio and newspaper campaign adverts have been banned. But it appears some supporters of the two main political parties …

London-based ratings agency, Moody’s today December 6, 2012 downgraded the global scale issuer rating of Gold Fields Limited and the senior unsecured rating of Gold Fields Orogen Holding (BVI) Limited to Ba1 from Baa3. The miner’s negative outlook on the …

South Africa’s banking group, Absa and British bank Barclays today December 6, 2012 announced they plan to combine their operations in Africa for a deal worth £1.3 billion. Absa is acquiring the operations of Barclays bank in nine African countries …

Ghanaians have been urged to play their expected part well to make the December 7 polls clean, fair and credible. Mrs Cynthia Frempong, Deputy Director of the Electoral Commission (EC) in the Ashanti Region, called for vigilance to prevent cheating …

The Offinso Physically Challenged Action Foundation Centre, has taken delivery of 105 wheel chairs valued at $26,250.00. These were gifts from “Point Hope Ghana”, an NGO, based at Budumburam in the Central Region. The “personal energy transport (PET)-cart” wheel chairs …

I made a promise to my friends on Facebook to write about my predictions of what are likely to happen after the elections are over. These predictions are nothing new. They happen in Ghana after every election. I am keeping …

Andre Dede Ayew Ghana’s mildfielder, Andre Dede Ayew has missed the final cut as the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced the top three candidates for this year‘s African player of the year December 5, 2012. CAF on November 23, …

Though these are not being trumpeted like other issues, some of Ghana’s leading political parties have made pledges to provide water, sanitation and hygiene services, should they be voted into power at Ghana’s general elections on December 7, 2012. The …

The Right Reverend Kofi Asare Bediako, Methodist Bishop of Sunyani Diocese, on Wednesday cut the sod for work to begin on an ultra modern office complex for the Church in Sunyani. The GH¢500,000 four storey “Wesley Cathedral Complex” will comprise …

President John Dramani Mahama has launched a nationwide Information and Communication Technology (ICT) training for teachers across the country aimed at improving their knowledge base. To this effect, rLG Institute of Technology, a subsidiary of rLG Communications, had been contracted …

Energy Bank Energy Bank says it plans to increase its branch network and Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs) to 60 countrywide by the end of 2012, in order to provide reliable products and services to its clients in all the 10 …

Penplusbytes, under its African Election Project (AEP), is currently implementing Ghana’s first Social Media Tracking Centre (STMC) to monitor the use of social media during Ghana’s 2012 elections. The SMTC will provide a real time response mechanism on election irregularities, …

Dr. Afari-Gyan – Chairman of Electoral Commission Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, Chairman of the Electoral Commission on Wednesday said the Commission would declare the results of Friday’s election within 72 hours after the close of polls even though the country would …

Nana Akufo-Addo The New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Wednesday brought the central business city of Accra to a halt with a massive rally held at the Efua Sutherland’s Park to climax this year’s election campaign. The rally was used as …

Large numbers of Ghanaians sojourning in Togo, Benin and Nigeria have started arriving in Aflao en-route their hometowns to participate in the Friday December 7 General Elections. Others were said to be coming by sea to places mainly in the …

Monsignor Raphael Owusu-Peprah, Rector of the Saint Peter’s Minor Basilica in Kumasi, has appealed to the police and other security agencies to maintain high standards of professionalism as the nation goes to the polls. They should be mindful of their …

Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, presidential candidate of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) for Election 2012, on Thursday advanced the frontiers of transparency and accountability in governance, declaring his source of campaign funds, income tax returns and assets. He revealed that …

The Juaso Circuit Court has remanded two people over 35 parcels of dried leaves suspected to be cannabis, intercepted by a police patrol team at Konongo. The pleas of Osei Agyemang Prempeh, owner of the parcels, and Emmanuel Bukari, driver …

President John Mahama President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday climaxed the 2012 National Democratic Congress campaign with a call on Ghanaians and all supporters of the party to maintain focus and unity to win Friday’s elections. He also dedicated this …