Patrons at last Saturday’s Miss Malaika finals at the National Theatre may have been disappointed at the two-hour late start but the overall performances of the 10 delegates plus those of Efya, Raquel, Eazzy and Becca made up for the three and a half-hour show.At the end of the show, it was 19-year-old former student of Wesley Girls’ High School, Naa Oyoe Quartey who won the coveted crown in addition to a brand new Kia Rio and GHC 6,000 cash prize.Nana Adwoa Twumwaa Baafi, 22, a student of the University Of Ghana  took the first runner-up position with  Aisha Kaleem, a Senior High School graduate of Ghana International School grabbing the second runner-up place.Though doors were to be opened at 7.00pm for the show to start at exactly 8.00pm, patrons who had been waiting outside the National Theatre because the doors were closed were allowed into the foyer around 8.00pm.As if that was not enough, they had to wait for about 20 minutes in the foyer before being allowed into the auditorium. In there, they had to watch the stage being mopped among others till the show eventually started around 10.00pm.Sultry singer Efya, however, came on stage and lifted the dampened spirits of patrons with her ‘magic wand.’ She was  at her best as she got the admiring audience to sing along to some of her popular songs like Little Things and Best In Me.She cleverly wove the introduction of the delegates into her Best in Me song  for the 10 ladies to step out in their white dresses.The delegates came back in pairs for what emcee Naa Ashorkor described a ‘crossfire’ where they posed their own questions to each other to test  intelligence and ability to think on their feet.

From the outside it is not certain what structure it is that is being constructed but when finished, it would be the first of its kind and the biggest office and apartment facility to be built in Accra and by extension, Ghana.

The Ghana AIDS Commission intends to halt the incidence of new cases of HIV and AIDS infections by the end of 2015 as part of efforts to reduce the spread of the disease.

The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has donated GH¢50,000 to the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) to support its 18th GJA Awards.

A founder member of the New Patriotic Party, Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, has said the NPP is Ghana’s only truly democratic party, and leadership decisions and pronouncements must not be made without consulting the grassroots.

The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has called for the adoption of an electronic voting system in the 2016 general elections to avoid the challenges the nation faced in the December 2012 election.

The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), under the auspices of the Ghana Political Parties Programme (GPPP), has organised a two-day non-partisan post-election workshop towards electoral reforms in the country.

The Mfantseman Municipal Assembly has elected a 39-year-old teacher, Mr Alex Kojo Appiah, as a Presiding Member in an election contested by six (PM) assembly members.

The Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, has expressed strong reservations about what he described as exaggerated reportage of the recent infractions committed by the Liberian subsidiary of Zoomlion Ghana.

The President, Mr John Dramani Mahama, has expressed disquiet about the 10-day ultimatum given by organised labour to the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) and the government to reduce the recent increases in electricity and water tariffs.

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has been honoured by the University for Development Studies (UDS) for his contribution towards the establishment and growth of the university.

Some farmers from the Kassena-Nankana East Municipality and the Bongo District in the Upper East Region have been introduced to new varieties of maize, sorghum and cowpea.

The Veterans Administration of Ghana (VAG) will rehabilitate its age-old apartments built by the British colonial administration at the Gurugu Lines in Kumasi to offer a pleasant place of residence for veterans who occupy the place.The rehabilitation, to be financed by the VAG, will start early next year and will initially affect about 500 occupants.An eviction notice will soon be sent to the occupants, including about 40 veterans, relatives of deceased veterans, as well as other illegal occupants who are not associated with VAG in any way, to enable them relocate.The Executive Director of VAG, Col Chris Oscar Affra Nutakor (Retd), who disclosed this at a day’s durbar of the Ashanti Regional members of the VAG in Kumasi, said only affected veterans and relatives of deceased veterans would be made to return to the apartments after the rehabilitation, and they would enter into a tenancy agreement with the veterans administration.

Only two out of 100 manufacturing companies scored a Green (Very Good) rating in the 2012 ‘Akoben’ trend analysis done by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for 2012.

The Ghana International Foundation for Trade and Entrepreneurship (GIFTE) has organised a three-month training in income-generating ventures for 150 young men and women at Akposo-Kabo in the Biakoye District in the Volta Region.

The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) is pursuing strategies to reduce the high spate of  maternal and child deaths.

Are you into rating cars according to their sophistication and style? Then there is a benchmark in Nissan’s newly improved Sentra’s fuel economy, with an additional wrapped up high-mpg engine technology in a package with premium design.

Priority Insurance Company Ltd, a fledgling general business insurance company, has paid a total loss claim of GH¢370,000 to Vision 2007, a haulage and passenger transport company.

Ghana and Turkey plan to strengthen their bilateral relations with the establishment of a $300 million industrial zone in Ghana.

Season five of Ghana’s first educational reality TV show, The Challenge premiered yesterday on TV3 and GHOne Entertainment TV.