President John Mahama and three other West African heads of state from Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone arrived in Gambia Tuesday to convince President Yahya Jammeh to accept defeat in this month’s election and “leave power”. After the surprise victory of Adama Barrow in the country’s election on December 1, Jammeh quickly conceded defeat. However, […]
The Municipal Chief Executive of Asokore Mampong Assembly, Alhaji Nurudeen Amidan, in the Ashanti Region has warned that persons who take the law into their hands in the course of jubilating the victory of the New Patriotic Party will be severely dealt with. Alhaji Amidan was reacting to actions by some rampaging NPP youth in
President John Dramani Mahama will on Tuesday, December 13, 2016 join other regional leaders to Banjul, The Gambia, to hold talks with the country’s leader Yahya Jammeh after he rejected results of that country’s election held earlier this month. President Jammeh who has ruled The Gambia for over 22 years has annulled the elections and
At least 669 persons have died from HIV/AIDS with 698 new infections recorded in the Upper East Region, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced. A report compiled in 2015 and cited this month by the Upper East Regional Health Directorate has also revealed that 6,397 people are living with the disease with 3,886 persons-
Head coach of the Black Queens, Yusif Basigi has advised female footballers in the country to abstain from lesbianism while in camp.His statement comes against the overall perception that most female footballers in the senior team indulge in lesbianism during camping for tournaments.Basigi who doubles as Hasaacas Ladies coach has been in charge of women
Former governance advisor at the UN, Prof. Agyemang Duah, has challenged the incoming New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration to learn from the “mistakes” of the outgoing government or suffer an early exit. Governance, observed Prof. Duah, is not a child’s play thus the need for “matured people with experience to rule the nation.” He urged
Despite listing a few irregularities, the National Peace Council has given the Electoral Commission a B+ as elections in Ghana draw to a close. Speaking to the media, Chairman on the council, Rev. Emmanuel Asante said in the face of obvious challenges, the Electoral Commission has done a fairly good job so far. He said the
A voter in Ghana’s on-going general election died soon after casting his votes, reports from the Kintampo North district of the country reveal. Reports say the man, popularly known as Abudu Abudu went to the Methodist Primary polling station at dawn to queue for his chance to cast his ballot and seemed fine. Moments after casting his
Gambia’s president of 22 years, Yahya Jammeh, has lost the country’s general election in a surprising turn of events. He has lost the election to property developer, Adama Barrow, who won more than 45% of the vote. Electoral commission chief Alieu Momar Njie says Jammeh has accordingly conceded defeat. Yahaya Jammeh came to power in a
