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Day: 21 December 2024

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Preacher jailed 5 years for vandalism at Parliament House

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a preacher, Christopher Kofi Okyere Sorkpa, to five years in prison for vandalising the windscreens of vehicles at Parliament House. The 33-year-old pleaded guilty to six counts of conspiracy and causing unlawful damage, and was handed the sentence by the presiding judge, Samuel Bright Asiedu. His accomplice, 41-year-old Wisdom…

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Military to be deployed as EC resumes re-collation of results

The National Election Security Task Force has confirmed the deployment of military personnel to assist the police in maintaining security at collation centres as the Electoral Commission (EC) prepares to resume the collation of results for the outstanding constituencies from the December 7 elections. The move comes in response to criticisms from the EC, which…

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Dossier on ‘ghost names’ at National Service Authority presented to ORAL team

The Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) team, chaired by Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has received a dossier on the National Service ghost names scandal. The dossier, presented by The Fourth Estate and the Media Foundation for West Africa, reveals that the scandal has cost Ghana over GHS500 million. In a Facebook post on Friday, Ablakwa expressed…

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You can’t change the rules to suit you; fairness, consistency are key – Mahama tells EC

President-elect John Dramani Mahama has urged the Electoral Commission (EC) to approach the disputed parliamentary results from nine constituencies with fairness, transparency, and consistency. He warned that applying rules selectively could undermine public trust and damage the credibility of the electoral process. The EC recently announced it would not confirm parliamentary results in constituencies such…

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Africa no longer wants promises but results – Mrs Charlotte Osei

The former Electoral Commissioner (EC) of Ghana, Mrs Charlotte Osei, has advised the graduating cohort of the PK Amoabeng Scholars Foundation Programme to lead the way in transforming Africa.  Speaking during the induction and graduation ceremony of Cohort 1 and 2 in Accra, on Thursday, December 19, 2024, Mrs Osei stressed the importance of leadership…

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