The Supreme Court on Tuesday by majority decision of 6 ? 3 ruled in favour of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to join the election petition filed by the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The nine-member panel last week heard arguments from the lead counsel for the NDC, Mr Tsatsu Tsikata who insisted the governing party offered President John Dramani Mahama the platform to contest for the presidency and was thus an interested party whose interest would be injured if it was not allowed to join ... Read More

The Progressive Peoples Party (PPP) is in court to recover its Toyota Tundra vehicle with registration number ?GC 3706 12? in the custody of Madam Akua Donkor, Flag bearer of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP). It had been given to her to canvass for votes for the PPP in the December 7 elections, after she had failed in her bid to file her nomination with the Electoral Commission (EC) to contest the presidential poll. The said vehicle has sparked a row between Madam Donkor and the party as she ... Read More

Family Health International, an international non-governmental organisation, in collaboration with the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital Voluntary HIV Counselling and Testing Centre, has trained owners and staff of spiritual camps across the Western Region to identify HIV symptoms of their clients. The training had yielded positive results as more STI and HIV patients are being referred by those spiritual camps to health facilities in the region. Dr. Ronald Sowa, the Western Regional ... Read More

Accra Brewery Limited (ABL) and Voltic Ghana Limited in collaboration with the Engineering Training Centre of AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) has offered practical engineering training to their artisans and apprentices. The Apprenticeship Training and Artisans Development programme run by the AGA Engineering Training Centre and certified by City and Guilds, has so far trained 10 middle level technical and engineering employees from ABL and Voltic Ghana Limited. A statement issued in Accra on Monday ... Read More

President John Dramani Mahama has released a new list of Ministerial nominees, with six as Ministers designates for six of the ten regions in the country. The Regions are the Ashanti, Brong Ahafo, Central, Greater Accra, Western and the Upper West. The President has also re-assigned the Minister designate for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Rashid Pelpuo. He has been nominated as Minister of State at the Presidency in-charge of Public-Private Partnerships. The six who were ... Read More

Vice President Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur on Tuesday gave the assurance that Government is looking for ways to generate more power and increase access to small and medium scale entrepreneurs. This, he said, is to create more jobs for further growth in the Ghanaian economy. To this end Government would not depart from its pledge to double the power generation within the next four years as contained in the manifesto of the ruling National Democratic Congress. ?Most of the work is for ... Read More

The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) says it will not participate in activities of the Appointment Committee in the vetting of President John Mahama?s minister-designates. According to the party, ?the current John Mahama administration is temporary and transient and would not last beyond the determination of the case.? The NPP leadership led by Nana Akufo-Addo is in court seeking to invalidate the declaration of President Mahama by the Electoral Commission as winner of the December 7 ... Read More

Black Stars coach Kwasi Appiah has begun psyching talented midfielder Christian Atsu after a false start by the youngster at the 2103 Africa Cup of Nations. The FC Porto midfielder was quiet throughout the Stars opener against DR Congo last Sunday in Port Elizabeth and had to be replaced by Rabiu Mohammed early in the second half. Appiah told GNA Sports that the heavy weight of expectations might have had a negative influence and needs to be psyched up to get back to his best. ?I have ... Read More

A two-time flag-bearer aspirant of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Alan Kyerematen, has denied knowledge of posters campaigning for him for the 2016 presidential candidacy of the party. He said the persons putting up the posters were acting on their own accord and not on his express instructions. Mr. Kyerematen in a statement issued in Accra Tuesday, said he had faith in the legal challenge being mounted by three leaders of the NPP against the declaration of President Mahama ... Read More

The NHIS, as part of its efforts to extend coverage to various vulnerable groups across the country, has registered 401 inmates of the Pantang Psychiatric Hospital near Accra. At a short ceremony to present the NHIS Identification Cards to the inmates, Director of Operations at the National Health Identification Authority, Mr Anthony Gingong said one of the reasons why the NHIS was set up ?is to address inequity when it comes to financial access to healthcare in the country.? He said ... Read More

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), the majority shareholder of the beleaguered Intercity STC Company Limited, has paid an estimated GH¢23million to the latter?s creditors and suppliers, the B

Five unemployed men have been remanded into prison custody by a Fiapre Circuit Court presided over by Mr Benjamin Yaw Osei for allegedly robbing the leaders of St. Theresa?s Catholic Church, Berekum, of a file containing documents, two diaries and an amount of GH¢150. The accused persons, Suraj Osman, 22, Abudu Dramani, 30, Huru Watar, 38, Hamzah Musah 45, and Abdul Hamidu Zibo, 28, would reappear before the court on February 1. Their pleas were not taken and the court remanded them to ... Read More

The Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) has commended President John Mahama for fulfilling on his promise to elevating the creative arts industry to a ministerial status. A statement released by Union and signed by its president, Bice Osei Kuffour Monday, said the elevation of the sector is ?indeed a very positive development.? Previous governments received a lot of flak from members of the creative arts for placing the industry under the Chieftaincy and Culture Ministry - a situation they ... Read More

THE African Union Commission says it would continue to explore opportunities and enter into partnership with institutions and countries, to bring development to the continent and not partnership that would derail the effort of the continent. In that respect, the Commission is free to enter into partnership with anybody, institution or country which is focused and has the continent at heart and not the one that would divert or thwart the direction of the continent. Similarly, it would also ... Read More