Supporters of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) living in party stronghold Kumasi are divided over whether party leadership should go to court over alleged electoral fraud. The party?s 2012 flagbearer Nana Akufo-Addo has yet to accept defeat in Friday?s polls. According to former President John Kufuor, Nana Akufo-Addo felt cheated by the election?s outcome. The party is considering a variety of options, including seeking legal redress in court. Party executives will meet Tuesday ... Read More

The Greater Accra Police Commander, DCOP Patrick Timbilla, has confirmed that a man believed to be a supporter of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has been stabbed near the Iran Clinic around the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra. The man whose identity is not yet known was attacked by irate fans of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) who had converged at the Obra Spot which is a stone throw away from where he was attacked. DCOP Timbilla said the police around the area rescued the victim who ... Read More

The Islamic University College, Ghana (IUCG) held its 12th matriculation, with a call on students to dress decently. About 101 students were admitted to pursue the Bachelor of Business Administration degree course, with specialisations in Accounting, Banking and Finance, Marketing, Human Resource Management (Management Information systems option), while 40 of them will offer Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications. Addressing the students, the vice president (Academic Affairs) of the ... Read More

Exclusive Vista Entertainment [XVE] is set to rock lovers of great live band music, fashion and comedy this December, with the Christmas edition of Saturday Night Live GH. Saturday Night Live, presents a potpourri of rib-cracking comedy, dance, poetry, trendsetting fashion and turbo-charged live contemporary musical performances graced by some of Accra?s distinguished audiences. The once monthly event is now set to be held on a quarterly basis and the December edition is expected to be ... Read More

The Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr. Kwadwo Afari-Gyan has refuted allegations that his outfit rigged last Friday?s election in favour of President ? elect, John Dramani Mahama. Describing the allegations by the opposition New Patriotic Party(NPP) as unfounded, he said the only option for the party was to go to court to prove its case. Dr. Afari-Gyan told ?The Ghanaian Times? on phone that the results of the general elections were credible. He declined further ... Read More

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) yesterday announced that it will go to the Supreme Court to challenge the validity of the results declared by the Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Dr Kwadwo Afari Gyan, in the just ended presidential election. Though the party could not tell when it will head to court, it said it had constituted a legal team to gather enough evidence on the matter. Addressing the media after a crunch National Executive Meeting in Accra yesterday, party chairman, Jake ... Read More

Political Science Lecturer Kwesi Jonah says main opposition flagbearer, Nana Akufo Addo risks being sidelined by the international community if he adduces no substantial evidence to prove the 2012 elections were rigged as his party claims. The Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Democratic Governance says the executives of the NPP must also show leadership to reign in their riotous followers who have threatened violence on the streets if the Electoral Commission doesn?t reverse the ... Read More

A Kumasi Circuit Court yesterday sentenced a 19 year old Kofi Adjei, an unemployed, to 30 years jail in hard labour for robbing a Nigerian of his Techno mobile phone worth GH¢100 and a sum of GH¢18.00. He also inflicted knife wound on the head of the complainant, Henry Okoye when he tried to resist the attack. His three other accomplices are however, on the run. The court presided over by Mr. Emmanuel Amo-Yartey found Adjei guilty of the one count of robbery after he pleaded not ... Read More

President John Dramani Mahama has appointed a 22-member Transition Team to manage the transition to a new administration. A statement signed by the Spokesperson to the President, Mr John Jinapor said the Vice-President, Mr Kwesi Amissah-Arthur chairs the transition team. It explained that the composition of the transition was in accordance with the Presidential (Transition) Act, 2012 (Act 845). It said the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Joyce Bamford-Addo also chairs the Advisory ... Read More

The Brong Ahafo Regional Police has arrested a 28-year-old unemployed, Emmanuel Nebapo, for attempting to sell his four-year-old son for GH¢9,000. Chief Superintendent of Police, Peter Baba told the GNA in Sunyani that on December 3, Nebapo, a resident of Chiraa approached the complainant who is a contractor to sell his son to him (complainant) for GH¢9,000. He said the complainant expressed interest and after bargaining, asked the suspect to bring his son before the money would be ... Read More

The United States of America (U.S.A.) has congratulated President John Dramani Mahama and the people of Ghana for the successful election on December 7. A statement issued by the White House Press Secretary on the presidential election in Ghana noted that nearly 80 per cent of the electorate voted, continuing the Ghanaian tradition of widespread public participation in the democratic process. It said the December 7 poll which is the sixth successful presidential and parliamentary election ... Read More

TOMORROW is the D-day for Ghana?s official unveiling of its final 23-man contingent for next January?s CAF African Cup of Nations, but media reports suggest that the ultimate squad for the battle is already out. A local sports paper, Africa Sports, yesterday published a squad which the paper claimed, it got from an authoritative source within the Ghana Football Association (GFA). The paper?s final squad was without old-hand midfielder Sulley Muntari and full-house defender John Mensah, but ... Read More

THE Confederation of African Football (CAF) has donated medical equipment meant for the detection of possible cardiac arrest in players to the Ghana Football Association (GFA). The medical kit includes an electrical cardioverter shock machine with an external defibrillator (AED) which is able to reverse sudden cardiac arrest. The equipment also includes a medical life emergency kit containing various key items considered essential for life support and other treats faced by professional ... Read More

Barclays Bank Ghana, in partnership with Hollard of South Africa, represented locally by Metropolitan Insurance, has introduced three new Bancassurance products. The new products, Motor Insurance, Hospital Cash Back and Travel Insurance, all general insurance products, are an extension of the Barclays Bancassurance product bouquet. Barclays currently distributes Life Insurance products ? Credit Life on Loans and standalone Funeral Insurance and Education Plan. The diversification into the ... Read More

Yaw Kyei The flag bearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has appealed to his supporters to refrain from violence, as the leadership of the party contest the results of the just ended presidential election in court. Addressing a mini rally at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra yesterday, Nana Akufo-Addo said the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party had decided to use legal means to resolve the problem and urged ... Read More

To get Ghanaians to consume more chocolate To help resolve graduate unemployment in the country, the Cocoa Processing Company (CPC) is pioneering a programme to teach people the art of handmade chocolate making. Last week first batch of beneficiaries made up of 10 University and Polytechnic graduates, caterers and entrepreneurs have undergone a five-day course at the factory. The programme is also expected to increase business for the CPC. Mr. Frank Asante, Research and Development ... Read More

The Ghana Police Service wishes to debunk allegations being carried by a section of the electronic media to the effect that a team or Police and Military personnel raided the Headquarters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Tuesday, 11th December 2012. It was further alleged that on raiding the said premises, the team carried away a lot of materials and items, including computers and evidence being put together to fight their cause in the court. The Police Service wishes to state ... Read More