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John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), failed to win the December 7, 2020, general elections. According to the Electoral Commission (EC), Mahama polled a total of 6,214,889 votes representing 47.36% while President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo won 6,730,413 representing 51.59% of the total valid votes. Jean Mensa, the …
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PROJECTION….Nana Akufo-Addo Wins 2020 Elections!
By law, it is the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission that is the Returning Officer for the Presidential elections in Ghana. But it is not out of the ordinary to see the media, per their collated figures “projecting likely” winners. Admittedly, Ghana has historically seen some incredibly tight elections, but it’s …
Read More »Presidential results will be declared today; with or without full figures from 2 remaining regions – EC
The Electoral Commission (EC) is confident of declaring the results for the 2020 presidential election today. This follows the failure of the Commission to meet an earlier 24-hour deadline announced by Chairperson, Jean Mensa. Addressing the press Wednesday, Deputy Chairman in-charge of Corporate Services, Dr Eric Asare Bossman, apologised for the delay. …
Read More »Live updates: NPP, NDC both claim victory; Dumelo loses, Sam George wins big
As many Ghanaians slept last night, the two main political parties have been claiming victory in the just ended general election. The NDC at a press conference at dawn alleged that its provisional results indicate that the party has flipped some 36 parliamentary seats nationwide. Although they didn’t say much about their …
Read More »Election 2020: The incumbent NPP MPs who failed to retain their seats
At least 28 incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) legislators have lost their parliamentary seats in Monday’s elections. Some 21 of them are either ministers, ministers of state or deputy ministers. That is aside from the 41 who lost the NPP primaries earlier this year and thus did not contest yesterday’s polls. Meanwhile, …
Read More »Man shot dead after snatching ballot box at Awutu Senya West
A man has been shot dead after he attempted to snatch a ballot box while EC officials were counting votes at Awutu Senya West Constituency. Speaking on JoyNews, correspondent Kofi Adjei said the men who came from nowhere started destroying chairs and properties at the polling station. They attempted to …
Read More »Son, Kane on target as Spurs beat Arsenal 2-0
The odds were very much against Arsenal ahead of their trip to Tottenham but a chaotic passage of play in the 2-0 win for Spurs perfectly summed up where both north London sides are at. Harry Kane doubled Tottenham’s advantage, making him the all-time top scorer in north London derbies …
Read More »Desist from declaring results – EC chair to political parties,other stakeholders
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa has called on political parties to desist from prematurely declaring elections results during the 2020 polls. She said with the Commission intends to declare the certified results within record time, all stakeholders including political parties must be patient for the commission …
Read More »Partey taken off with injury in north London derby
Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey was forced off injured during first-half stoppage time of his side’s Premier League match against Tottenham. Partey returned from injury to make his first appearance for the Gunners in over a month when he was named in the starting XI for the north London derby on …
Read More »Asante Kotoko vs FC Nouadhibou called off due to COVID-19
The return leg of Asante Kotoko’s CAF Champions League preliminary stage game against FC Nouadhibou has been called off. This is on the back of the earlier report some players and officials from the Mauritanian side have returned positive tests for COVID-19. Citi Sports can confirm that two players of FC …
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