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MONDAY

NPP’s addiction to rituals exposed – Asiedu Nketia

General Secretary of the ruling National Democratic Congress(NDC) Johnson Aseidu Nketia says God has exposed the opposition New Patriotic Party's (NPP) addiction to rituals in the run-up to a crucial by-election in Talensi in the Upper East region.

NPP’s addiction to rituals exposed – Asiedu Nketia

TUESDAY

Man arrested for possessing thumb-printed ballot papers

Police in Tongo in the Talensi Constituency have arrested one person who was allegedly caught with thumb-printed ballot papers in the ongoing by-election.

Man arrested for possessing thumb-printed ballot papers

WEDNESDAY

B.T Baba wins Talensi seat for NDC

The governing National Democratic Congress has recaptured the Talensi seat it lost to the opposition New Patriotic Party in a hot-tempered by-election that was not without violence.

Mr. B.T. Baba, 67, a retired Deputy Director General of the Ghana Prisons Service and the former chairman of the Ghana Olympic Committee returns to the eye of the public and now to the Chamber of Parliament after polling 10,366 votes to beat his closest contenders- Mr Thomas Duanab of the opposition New Patriotic Party and Michael Namail Teng of the People's National Convention.

B.T Baba wins Talensi seat for NDC

THURSDAY

Talensi Referendum: 57% rejects Mahama, NDC

It was President John Dramani Mahama who christened the Talensi bye-election a referendum on the performance of his administration.

Although the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, Benson Tongo Baba, won the seat, the outcome of the Talensi referendum, as declared by the Electoral Commission, shows Ghanaians have clearly rejected Mahama and the NDC.

Talensi Referendum: 57% rejects Mahama, NDC

FRIDAY

Arthur Kennedy shares Lessons from Talensi

Talensi is over and the spin-doctors are in full mode, explaining how what they failed to predict happened and its significance.

Before going to my take-homes, here are a few caveats and cautions.
First, both the President and the NPP flag-bearer went overboard in saying that Talensi would predict how 2016 would go. It will not.

Arthur Kennedy shares Lessons from Talensi

SATURDAY

Akufo-Addo may be barred from contesting 2016 – Lawyer

A private legal practitioner, Samson Lardy Ayenini, has indicated that findings made against NPP flagbearer Nana Akufo-Addo by the Judgement Debt Commission can dash his presidential ambition.

Akufo-Addo may be barred from contesting 2016 – Lawyer