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The Electoral Commission (EC), 1st Respondent in the ongoing Election Petition at Ghana’s Supreme Court, says the petition is a strange one with the Petitioner not having evidence to challenge the December 7, 2020, election result which was declared on December 9, 2020. “It is unfortunate that an innocuous error …

Joyce Bawah Mogtari, Special Aide to John Dramani Mahama, the Petitioner in the ongoing Election Petition hearing at the Supreme Court, has indicated that asking the Petitioner to bring out a different figure to show his disagreement with the December 7, 2020, election results is not relevant to the case …

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has led a delegation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Pre-Election Mission to Benin. The visit is in line with ECOWAS Preventive Diplomacy mandate and electoral assistance to Member States, ahead of presidential elections scheduled to take …

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamal Central Alhaji Inusah Fuseini has revealed that he has no interest in Election Petition currently pending before the Supreme Court. He told Kwame Nkrumah Tikese on Accra-based Okay FM monitored by MyNewsGh.com that it is the reason he has not been following proceedings and therefore has not …

The Supreme Court of Ghana is set to hear former President John Dramani Mahama’s latest review application in the ongoing election petition in which he is challenging the results of the 2020 presidential elections. Mr Mahama filed for a review of the court’s decision not reopen his case. The court, on Tuesday, 16 …

  Naa Odofoley Nortey former member of the Normalization Committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), has been appointed Chairperson of the Election Committee (EC) of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC). She would chair a three-member committee with renowned sports journalist Michael Oti Adjei from Media General and Air Commodore George Kweku …

Director of Legal Affairs of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Abraham Amaliba, has expressed shock at the fact that the media in Ghana is quiet about the injustice at play currently in the country. According to him, the media is afraid of the governing New Patriotic Party and therefore cannot …

A good lawyer is not necessarily the one who relies on the statute and authorities to win legal arguments in Court. A distinguished lawyer knows the various legal provisions and authority, but choose to challenge those authorities and the statute so as to deepen the frontiers of the justice system. …

  If it was a football match, the scoreline would have read Akufo-Addo/ Electoral Commission – 6, John Dramani Mahama FC – 0, an indication of lopsided performance by the away team which in this case is the first and second respondents – Electoral Commission and Nana Akufo-Addo. To some …

A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko says the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) can’t be forced into the witness box when the petitioner, John Mahama has not satisfied the burden of proof. Speaking on Joy FM’s Newsfile Saturday, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko “we are …