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Georginio Wijnaldum’s third goal of the season helped Liverpool climb back above Manchester City at the top of the Premier League[/caption] Jurgen Klopp said Liverpool “deserved” victory at Sheffield United despite needing a “lucky” Georginio Wijnaldum goal to continue their perfect start to the Premier League season at a raucous Bramall Lane. The winner was a moment to forget for the otherwise faultless Blades goalkeeper Dean Henderson, who spilled the Dutchman’s tame effort before it squirmed agonisingly over the line. “It’s normal you have to work hard for the points,” said Klopp. “You have to stay concentrated and do the…

A presidential staffer, Alex Martey, has emerged as parliamentary aspirant for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ningo Prampram Constituency. Mr. Martey polled 269 votes against his contender Rita Akweley Addotey, who got 207 votes out of total votes cast in the NPP parliamentary primary for orphan constituencies. The NPP has not won the seat in Ningo Prampram since 1992, and is seeking to annex the seat come 2020. Mr. Martey, who works with the Operations Directorate at the Jubilee House, has promised to embark on  a mission to get the seat for the NPP. Presidential staffer promises NPP…

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has defied a court order to endorse Alidu Seidu as its parliamentary candidate for Asawase constituency in the Ashanti Region in next year’s parliamentary election. By popular acclamation Saturday afternoon, Alidu Seidu was announced by executives of the party in the region as their candidate for the party for the Asawase constituency amidst heavy security presence at the St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Asawase. His confirmation received a rapturous jubilation from the delegates, our correspondent Evans William Evans-Nkum reported. With his controversial endorsement, Seidu will be making his second attempt at wrestling the seat from…

The timely intervention of military and police personnel has averted what would have been a chaotic situation at Ahwiam DA Primary School in the Ningo Prampram Constituency as delegates vote in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) primaries. The primaries, which are being held in constituencies whose seats are currently occupied by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), will see the NPP elect candidates to wrestle power from the opposition in 2020. Our reporter on the ground, Joseph Armstrong, reported on Saturday, September 28 that one of the two aspirants, Rita Akweley, was prevented by some delegates from casting her vote,…

A New Patriotic Party (NPP) delegate has collapsed and died Saturday in the party’s parliamentary primary at Ablekuma South in the Greater Accra Region. Jonathan Nii Otoo Ankrah collapsed at the Korle-Bu Police Station where the constituency primary is currently underway. He was rushed to the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital but was pronounced dead shortly. It is unclear what caused the middle aged man to collapse but some delegates at the event grounds say he was fine. “What everybody is saying is that there was nothing wrong with him. He had finished voting and was standing very close to the roadside…

Electoral Commission officials were forced to temporarily suspend voting in the parliamentary primary for the Kpone Katamanso in the Greater Accra region as messages went round purporting one of the five candidates in the election had pulled out. A viral message was sent round to the 695 delegates in the constituency Saturday morning while voting was ongoing, claiming William Ofosu Asante has withdrawn from the parliamentary race for the New Patriotic Party, triggering threats from some delegates, our correspondent Josephine Frempong reported. The message, which was couched to suggest it was coming from the candidate read in part “Patrons, from…

An Appeal Court Judge, Justice Dennis Adjei, has decried the use of the word “bastard” to describe a child who was born out of wedlock as discriminatory and in violation of the According to him, every child is protected by the law and for that matter cannot be described as an illegitimate child. He told The Mirror in an interview that it was wrong for any child to be discriminated against, and that anyone who did so could be prosecuted. Citing Section three of the Act which states that “no person shall discriminate against a child on the grounds of…

Three District Chief Executives are contesting in the New Patriotic Party’s parliamentary primaries in four orphan constituencies in the Western Region. They are District Chief Executive of Wassa East Wilson Arthur, District Chief Executive of Ellembelle Kwasi Bonzo and District Chief Executive of Amenfi Central Patrick Hockson Amponteng. For both District Chief executives for Ellembelle and Wassa East, Saturday’s primaries will be their third attempt to go to parliament. They failed in their bid to represent their respective constituencies in parliament in the 2012 and 2016 parliamentary candidate. For Mr Amponteng, this will be his second attempt to go to…

Two candidates have withdrawn from the ongoing New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primary in the Cape Coast South constituency of the Central region. Baron Isaac Kojo Mensah and Stephen Jeffrey Essien Dadson dropped out of the parliamentary primary race few minutes to the start of poll Saturday for various reasons, 3news.com can confirm. The two dropouts means there are now three candidates; the metropolitan chief executive of Cape Coast, Ernest Arthur, Ekow Dsane Selby and Emmanuel Andoh Perry Mensah, who are seeking to win the bid to contest next year’s parliamentary election on the ticket of the NPP. Mr Kojo…

Delegates of the New Patriotic Party at the Amasaman constituency in the Greater Accra region are angry over a last minute decision of the party to pull the breaks on today’s parliamentary primary in the constituency. Rockson Adu Boahene who was excluded from the polls after he was allegedly cleared to contest primary, secured an interim injunction to stop the EC and the party from going ahead with the conduct of the polls in the constituency. Four persons – Clement Nii Lamptey Wilkinson, Muriel Nana Oye Coffie-Agoe, Isaac Kwaku Minta Sackey and Akwasi Owusu Afrifa-Mensah – are contesting the primary…