The New Patriotic Party (NPP) lost the 2024 general election because it failed to properly communicate its achievements to the electorate, according to Bosomtwe MP and flagbearer hopeful Yaw Osei Adutwum. Speaking in an interview with Africawatch, the former Education Minister reflected on the party’s crushing defeat, describing it as…

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has endorsed Solomon Kwame Asumadu as its parliamentary candidate for the upcoming by-election in the Akwatia Constituency, following the death of sitting MP Ernest Yaw Kumi. Asumadu, who currently serves as the NPP’s Constituency Treasurer, received unanimous support from local party executives. Known for his…

The Bekwai Constituency has solidified its status as a political powerhouse for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), emerging as a dominant constituency in the Ashanti Region. This assertion is supported by detailed 2024 presidential election results circulated during the NPP’s 2025 Annual Delegates Conference, which ranks the constituency 4th best…

Lawyer in private practice, Lawrence Kwesi Botchway Jnr, has formally petitioned President John Dramani Mahama to establish an independent Commission of Enquiry to investigate the violent incidents that marred the Ablekuma North parliamentary election rerun held on Friday, July 11, 2025. In an 8-page petition dated Tuesday, July 15, 2025,…

A leading academic, Prof Smart Sarpong, has criticised the Electoral Commission (EC) and Ghana’s security agencies for their “near ineptitude” in handling the Ablekuma North parliamentary rerun. The Director of Research at Kumasi Technical University (KsTU), is also warning that political violence could reoccur as the State prepares for a…

A former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kwabena Agyei Agyepong is preparing to enter the race for the party’s presidential flagbearer slot ahead of its crucial January 2026 primaries. Asaase News gathers that the one-time Press Secretary to former president John Agyekum Kufuor, is reportedly putting final…

The Minority Caucus in Parliament has condemned what it describes as the “most serious assault on Ghana’s democracy since the return to constitutional rule”, following violent incidents during Friday’s parliamentary rerun in the Ablekuma North constituency of Accra. In a strongly worded statement issued on 11 July 2025, the caucus…

The Mayor of Accra, Michael Kpakpo Allotey, is facing allegations of vote buying after being captured in a video purportedly handing out money to voters during the Ablekuma North parliamentary rerun on Friday. According to eyewitness footage seen by Asaase News, the mayor was seen interacting with several voters after…