The nominees are Nana Oye Lithur, Executive Director, Human Rights Advocacy Centre to the Ministry for Gender, Children and Social Protection; Ms Hanna Tetteh, out-going Minister of Trade and Industry to the Foreign Affairs and Professor Naana Nana Jane Opoku Agyemang, former Vice Chancellor at the University of Cape Coast as the Minister of Education.

The pleas of Akosua Addai, 40, and Ama Dapaah, 22, were not taken and were asked to re-appear on January 28.

The documents included Ghana at 50 and the National Vocational Institute Auditor General forensic reports.

It said the massive endorsement of President John Dramani Mahama and the Party’s Parliamentary Candidates was not only a clear manifestation of the unprecedented development projects undertaken by the NDC in its first four-year term but also marked the beginning of the end of NPP in the region in subsequent elections.

The group, described as “terrible and dangerous” had for some time now been terrorizing residents of Adankwame and Akropong, in the Atwima-Nwabiagya District.

Accra Jan. 15, GNA - The Court of Appeal (CA) on Tuesday ordered the state to file a formal application confirming presidential pardon offered to Adamu Dramani Sakande, former Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central, who is serving a two-year jail term.

Accra , Jan 15, GNA - The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has applauded the nomination of Professor Naana Opoku Agyeman for the position of Minister of Education by the President John Dramani Mahama, expressing confidence that her competence and expertise would inure to the benefit of Ghana.

Accra, Jan 15, GNA - The Ministry of Education on Tuesday presented a Toyota pickup valued at 35,000 dollars to the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) in Accra.

The figure is alarming but it is not the first time Ghana has recorded many deaths through road accidents, and over the years it appears that as a people we only express our fears and shock over the number of lives that road accidents have claimed but fail to make conscious efforts to halt the trend.

Accra, Jan. 15, GNA - The Electoral Commission (EC) on Tuesday fixed Wednesday February 6, for the holding of elections to elect regional representatives to the Council of State.

Takoradi, Jan. 15, GNA – The Most Reverend John Martin Darko, Catholic Bishop Emeritus of the Sekondi/Takoradi Diocese, has passed on.

Accra, Jan. 15, GNA – Profile of Ms Hanna Tetteh, nominated for the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Wa, Jan. 15, GNA – Amadu Abdulai, an 80-year-old man from Kabanye in Wa was on Sunday burnt to death by fire.

Accra, Jan.15 GNA – The Financial Court on Tuesday adjourned the case  involving Mr Alfred Agbesi Woyome, the businessman at the centre of the GH¢51.2 million judgment debt case, to January 30.

Accra, Jan. 15, GNA – Mr Alhassan Mumuni, National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Salaga North in the Northern Region, has expressed gratitude to his constituents for the confidence reposed in him by voting massively for him and President John Dramani Mahama in Election 2012.

Tema, Jan 15, GNA --- The Tema Office of the Driver Vehicle and Licensing  Authority (DVLA),  registered 1,462 vehicles during the first six working days of  2013.

Tema, Jan 15, GNA -- The Tema Regional Office of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), will in the first quarter of this year, issue probation plates (P-Plate) to new drivers before the issuance of permanent licenses.

Accra, Jan. 15, GNA – Staff at the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, renamed Gender, Children and Social Protection, on Tuesday hailed the nomination of Nana Oye Lithur by President John Dramani Mahama as the sector Minister.

Bolgatanga, Jan. 15, GNA -  Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have said there was the need for the Electoral Commission (EC) to also conduct by-elections in electoral areas for district and metropolitan assemblies who have lost some members.

Tema, Jan. 15, GNA - Assistant Chief Fire Officer (ACFO) Gilford Tetteh Adams, Tema Regional Fire Officer, has appealed to the Ghana Water Company to ensure that fire hydrants are located in every company in the Metropolis.