Results for "Primaries"
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Courts
Duffuor withdraws suit against NDC primaries
The former Finance Minister withdrew his suit, indicating that his team would look to resolve the issues internally.
DL News
Courts
Restrain NDC from holding Presidential primaries until – Duffuor tells court
In the motion dated May 7, 2023, the applicant notes that the Director of the Elections Directorate of the party told aspirants subsequent to the balloting process that he would make available photo albums of credible delegates
DL News
Supreme Court News
Attorney-General backs suit seeking voting rights for all party members in primaries
In a 19-page statement of case filed on Monday, May 25, 2026, Deputy Attorney-General Dr Justice Srem-Sai urged the court to uphold the claims made by three senior statespersons: Prof Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe and Dr...
DL News
Supreme Court News
Supreme Court strikes down delegate system for party primaries as unconstitutional
In a majority decision delivered on Wednesday, the court held that all registered members of a political party must be allowed to vote in the selection of candidates for general elections.
DL News
Opinion
Conviction and Sentence in Absentia; Effective Date Of Sentence, Settling The Uncertainty; The Case Of Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, Former Masloc CEO
The article examines whether a sentence imposed in absentia begins from the date it is pronounced or from when the convicted person is brought into custody. Using the Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu case, the author argues that a purposive reading...
Frederick Gurah Sampson
Supreme Court News
Full Judgment: Supreme Court's full reasoning on political party delegate system
In its full judgment delivered on July 29, 2026, the court held by a 5-2 majority that delegate-based systems which prevent ordinary party members in good standing from voting in candidate-selection elections violate Article 55(5) of the 19...
DL News
General
NDC Majority MPs urge annulment of Ayawaso East primary amid vote-buying claims
In a statement dated 8 February 2026 and signed by the Majority Leader and Leader of Government Business, Mahama Ayariga, the caucus said it had taken note of widely circulated claims that delegates were induced during the process
DL News
Courts
A glimpse of 2024: Top news items on DL News
Our top picks for 2024 include the new requirement by the GBA for lawyers to show proof of CLE participation for licence renewal from 2025 onwards and the viral news of the marriage between the 80-year-old former Education Minister and his...
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Courts
Hajia Zuwera secures injunction against NPP Walewale Parliamentary results
The Electoral Commission declared Dr. Kabiru Tia Mahama the winner of Saturday’s election, having garnered 345 votes against Hajia’s 338 votes.
DL News
Africa
Nigeria presidential aspirant denies $7m graft charges
Rochas Okorocha is accused of stealing and money laundering involving 2.9 billion naira ($7m; £5.5m) of public funds between 2014 and 2016 when he was the governor of the south-eastern state of Imo.
BBC
General
Prohibition of Illicit funding: Amend Political Party Act-CDD
CDD makes recommendations that campaign periods must be defined as a way of reducing the rising cost of politics and that the EC and political parties must adopt a formula to determine the rate of increment in filing fees.
DL News