Bolgatanga -Two women were burnt to death Saturday December 31, 2016, while on a rice farm at Bukob, a village in the Saboba District of the Northern Region.

When Okyenhyene Amoatia Ofori Panin II, in concert with his divisional chiefs and people, decided to welcome their most famous son and newly inaugurated 5th Head of State of the Republic of Ghana to his traditional home, they did not do so over food and drinks. They did not choose to invoke the ancestral spirits either.

Last Saturday, H.E. William Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was formally admitted into the Exclusive Club 193 (Heads of States/Governments with membership in the United Nations). Our new president is also a full member of the Exclusive Club 52 of the Commonwealth of Nations, the Exclusive 54 of the African Union (AU), and the Exclusive Club 15 of ECOWAS.

When Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo emerged the winner of the 2016 presidential election on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), many were those who felt so excited, expressing their warmest gratitude to God Almighty for the victory.

Kumasi -The Kumasi Central Market was thrown into a state of euphoria last Saturday, when Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was enthroned as the Fifth President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.

Kumasi -The Kumasi-based broadcast journalist working for ASHH FM, who went into hiding after the December polls, has been sacked by his employer. He had gone into self-imposed hibernation, which created uneasy calm across the media landscape in the Ashanti Region and beyond.

Flagstaff House, Accra -The Transition Team appointed by President Akufo-Addo, which was led by Mr Osafo Maafo, presented an interim report of their work to him yesterday, minus members of the team appointed by the immediate past Mahama government.

Kumasi -The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), the biggest health facility in the northern sector of the country, is set to begin the construction of a $300 million facility, dubbed \'Medical Centre of Excellence\', to provide first class medical service.

Last Saturday, before noon, the then President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and his Vice President-elect, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumiah, were sworn into office at the Black Star Square in Accra to commence the process of rebuilding Ghana\'s near-collapsed economy.

Over forty solid years in the wilderness, amid insults, public ridicule, outright insults of his personality and that of his family, and his resilience to withstand all this political madness, finally bore fruits on Saturday, when he held the national sword, and lifted it up after taking the oath office to signify his coronation as the new President of Ghana.

Many traders, on Saturday, took advantage of the large crowd that gathered at the Black Star Square for the swearing-in ceremony of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as President, to make brisk business.

Mr Speaker, the Ghanaian people give thanks to Almighty God for the blessings, favour and grace He continues to bestow on them. Exactly a month ago, that is 7th December last year, 2016, we, the people of Ghana, in all serenity and dignity, exercised our democratic franchise freely to elect a President and Parliament of our Republic. We are met here today to give effect to the outcome of that exercise. In accordance with our republican custom, I, having been declared the winner of the presidential

It may be early days yet, but certainly worth the thought. Memorabilia, or maybe just a fancy jargon - before the new president runs out of office, he may have been popular for one thing or another, maybe not just one. It\'s a thing with our presidents and how they manage to indelibly ink their memories in our minds as Ghanaians. It\'s the story of the legacies of the Johns!

Kumasi -Prophet Ebenezer Dabedwa Bossman of the Ebenezer Trumpet Ministry at Esaase near Ashanti Akropong has called on Ghanaians not to cease praying for the President-elect, to enable him deliver, in fulfillment of God\'s purpose of ensuring his victory in last December\'s elections.

Even before his official inauguration as President of the Republic, the President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has released the names of his first batch of appointments.

The National Democratic Party (NDP) has called on the President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addoto prosecute every case of corruption already unearthed, and to be unearthed in the outgoing administration.

Kumasi.. -The Nyinahini police have arrested two people for stealing 405 bags of cocoa beans belonging to Unicom Commodities Ghana Limited, a cocoa buying company in the country.

Ghana\'s Group opponents Uganda succumbed to a 2-0 loss to Tunisia in a pre-AFCON friendly in Tunis on Wednesday.

Goalkeeper Fatau Dauda has confirmed he has been called up to replace injured Adam Kwarasey in Ghana\'s squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.

Outgoing Sports Minister Nii Lante Vanderpuye has confirmed that the budget for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations has been slashed from US$ 5.4 million to US$ 3.4 million.