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Duffuor, Zanetor or Forson: Mahama to announce running mate in May

By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Dr Kwabena Duffuor, Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings and Ato Forson After several months of dithering and ‘insider-trading’, former President John Dramani Mahama, who is the flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), will be naming a running mate in May. According to one of our highly-placed sources …

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NDC supporters besiege City Escape Hotel over alleged EC workshop despite court injunction

  By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Some members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), led by some of its Members of Parliament and national Executives, have gathered at the City Escape Hotel in Accra over an alleged workshop being held by the Electoral Commission (EC). The Ningo Prampram Member of Parliament, Sam …

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Heavy security as NDC reports suspicious EC training to police after injunction on workshop (photos)

By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah The entrance of the hotel The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) suspects the Electoral Commission (EC) has blatantly ignored a court injunction secured by Ningo-Prampram Member of Parliament (MP), Sam Nartey George, to halt a training programme ahead of the new voter register registration exercise which is …

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Sam George secures injunction against EC’s workshop

By:brightwebtv/nana asare barimah     Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram Sam George has secured an injunction against the Electoral Commission’s decision to hold a workshop at the City Escape Hotel in his Constituency. The ex-parte injunction was granted by the Tema High Court. There is a ban on all public …

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PRESIDENT AKUFO-ADDO CALLS FOR TRUTHFUL & ACCURATE COVID-19 MEDIA REPORTAGE

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah     The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has admonished all media practitioners in the country to continue to ensure that their reportage on the Coronavirus pandemic is truthful and accurate. Describing the media as “a formidable ally”, President Akufo-Addo noted that the media …

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Court stops EC’s workshop on controversial new voters’ registration exercise

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah EC Chairperson, Jean Mensa Listen to the Article Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) has temporarily been stopped from going ahead with a planned workshop on the controversial new voters’ register set to be compiled for the country’s polls in December this year. Despite the outbreak of the deadly …

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NPP to hold parliamentary primaries on April 25, 2020

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah General Secretary of NPP, John Boadu The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has planned to hold Parliamentary primaries in areas where it has sitting Members of Parliament (MP) on April 25, 2020. The NPP has I69 sitting Members of Parliament out of the total 275 seats in Parliament. …

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Your pre-recorded addresses are boring and not reassuring – Okudzeto to Akufo-Addo

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Member of Parliament(MP) for North Tongu Samuel Okudzeto-Ablakwa has urged the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to stop the practice of playing recorded broadcasts (updates) on the fight against the novel coronavirus and rather give Ghanaians live addresses as is widely practised around the world. Accordingto him, …

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Parliament approves Bernard Oko-Boye as Deputy Health Minister

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Parliament has approved the nomination of Ledzokuku legislator, Dr Bernard Oko-Boye as Deputy Minister for Health. First Deputy Speaker Joe Osei Owusu earlier Friday submitted to the house a report of the Appointment Committee of Parliament requesting his approval, which the plenary approved. Members of parliament on …

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COVID-19 forces NPP to suspend primaries

by;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah NPP General Secretary John Boadu The governing New Patriotic Party, NPP, has suspended its parliamentary primaries originally scheduled for April 25, 2020, to elect parliamentary candidates in constituencies where the party has sitting Members of Parliament ahead of the 2020 general elections. The decision to suspend the …

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