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A total of nine incumbent Members of Parliament (MP) lost their bids to contest the 2020 Parliamentary Election on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Saturday’s primaries. In what will likely shape much of the narrative for the NDC ahead of the 2020 general election, the party started its crunch parliamentary primaries with 524 aspirants battling it out for spots in 163 constituencies on Saturday August 24, 2019. It was the first batch of the crucial primaries which was held on Saturday with the date for the second batch yet to be announced. Many political pundits have…

The US must lift restrictions on UK businesses if it wants a trade deal with the UK, Boris Johnson has said. Travelling to the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, the PM said there were “very considerable barriers in the US to British businesses”. Mr Johnson held a breakfast meeting with Mr Trump before discussions with other world leaders at the summit. Mr Trump said a “very big” trade deal between the US and the UK will happen “quickly”. Speaking to reporters after the working breakfast, Mr Trump said: “We’re going to do a very big trade deal, bigger than we’ve…

Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram who has booked a ticket for next year’s parliamentary election, has stated his next focus is to work towards getting the Akufo-Addo government voted out of power in the 2020 general elections. He told journalists Saturday that once he has crossed the first hurdle towards retaining his parliamentary seat, he would together with his NDC, move to the next stage of widening the vote gap between his party and the NPP by 20,000 in the constituency in the next elections. According to him, Ghanaians are fed up with the Akufo-Addo-led New Patriotic Party government, which…

A fully loaded Bawku-bound Metro Mass bus from Kumasi went up in flames Saturday morning at Kobore near the White Volta in the Upper East Region, forcing the driver to pull over for passengers to be evacuated. Thick smoke was said to have first emanated from the bus just after overtaking another vehicle before it bursts into flames soon after all the visibly shaken passengers had been evacuated from the bus. The passengers escaped unhurt but almost all their belongings were burnt to ashes. It is unclear what might have triggered the fire but the driver said he suspects electrical…

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, says his resounding victory in the National Democratic Congress’ parliamentary primary imposes on him a higher obligation. He polled 1043 votes on Saturday to beat his only contender, William Adagbo, who managed only 35 votes. The former deputy Education Minister who is elated about the victory took to Facebook to thank the NDC delegates after he was declared winner and candidate for the party in the constituency for the 2020 parliamentary elections. “I do not take your overwhelming confidence in me lightly,” he posted. “Indeed, it imposes on me a higher obligation…

People hire makeup artists with the expectation that these professionals can really deliver. Clients want to look better than what they can achieve by themselves and this is why in order to impress them, makeup artists must style them up with a dazzling combination of glamour. Whether you are a freelancer or under a makeup studio, it’s important that you need to surpass expectations on the spot. The following are the common mistakes that most self-trained makeup artists make and read on if you want to avoid these mistakes. Beauty Blunder #1: Putting makeup on dry skin This is one…

Superintendent Peter Lanchene Toobo, who resigned as the Executive Secretary to former IGP, David Asante-Apeatu, has beaten incumbent MP for Wa West, Joseph Yileh Chireh, to book a ticket for next year’s elections. He polled 755 as against Mr. Chireh’s 317 votes. Supt Toobo retd. on May 1, 2019 resigned from the Ghana Police Service to allow him contest as parliamentary candidate on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Wa West Constituency of the Upper West Region. He was among 45 other candidates who picked nomination forms for the August 24, 2019 primaries of the party…

Charles Hagan[/caption] Chief Fisherman for the Sekondi landing beach, Charles Hagan, has been elected as the parliamentary candidate for the National Democratic Congress for the Sekondi Constituency in the Western Region. Charles Hagan widely known as PANYA, secured 244 out of the total number of 585 votes cast, to beat a former deputy Western Region Minister Betty Bosomtwi Sam who had 175 votes and a former Mayor of Sekondi Takoradi, Charlotte Otuwa Odoom who had 163 votes. The delegates overwhelmingly settled on the unlettered Chief Fisherman whom many did not give a dog change going into the primaries. For many…

Human Rights lawyer Francis-Xavier Sosu has been elected National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for the Madina Constituency. Mr. Sosu won with 662 votes after results were collated and declared by the Electoral Commission at the close of polls in the NDC parliamentary primaries Saturday, August 24. This is the third time the Human Rights lawyer is contesting in the NDC primaries. He contested against three others in this year’s primaries; Alhaji Ibrahim Faila who pulled 219 votes, Hajia Rukaya Abubakar Alhassan with 16 votes and Sidii Abubakar Musah  who pulled 480 votes. A total number of  1384 votes were…

Delegates of the National Democratic Congress in Kumbungu have rejected the incumbent Member of Parliament for the area, Ras Mubarak. At the close of polls in the NDC parliamentary primary Saturday, Ras Mubarak had only 273 votes, meaning he cannot represent the party in the constituency in next year’s parliamentary election. A senior lecturer at the University of Development Studies, Dr Hamza Ada, polled 401 votes, making him the winner of the contest which Ras Mubarak was optimistic of winning to represent his people once more. The third aspirant, Abdallah Ibrahim Baba managed only 81 votes. Mr Mubarak took to…