The National House of Chiefs (NHC) has congratulated President John Mahama for being elected as the President of the Republic of Ghana. This was contained in a press release signed by Professor John S. Nabila, President of NHC and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra. ?As custodians of our culture and tradition, Nananom hope that under your Presidency, the peace we currently enjoy will be deepened and teach others about human dignity and sustainable development?, it added. The ... Read More
The Supreme Court will on Thursday, January 10, 2013, hear an application by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to join a petition challenging the declaration of President John Dramani Mahama as winner of the December 7,2012 presidential election. A member of the NDC?s legal and communications team, Victor K. Adawudu, told the Daily Graphic in Accra yesterday that the Registry of the Supreme Court had communicated the date to the party. He indicated the party's readiness to fully ... Read More
Ms Akua Sena Dansoa, Minister of Tourism, said preparation towards the inauguration of President John Dramani Mahama on January 7 is progressing according to the scheduled plan. Â Â Â Â ?We have learnt some lessons from previous inaugural challenges, especially during the late President John Evans Ata Mills? inauguration where there was limited time to prepare?, she said. Â Â Â Â Ms Dansoa said these at the independence square, when the GNA visited the place to ascertain preparations so far made ... Read More
Thirty locally-based players have been invited to begin camping with the Ghana U20 team. The camp that opens on January 8 at the Ghanaman Soccer School of Excellence will mark the commencement of preparations towards the African Youth Championships in March. It also marks the first piece of activity by Sellas Tetteh since he replaced Maxwell Konadu as the substantive coach of the side last month. Tetteh returns to the side he led to an historic treble ? winning the WAFU, African and ... Read More
Former IBF Bantamweight champion Joseph 'King Kong' Agbeko returns to the ring on February 22 against Colombian Luis Melendez for the vacant International Boxing Organisation (IBO) Bantamweight belt when he fights in Accra for the first time in six years. Scheduled for 12 rounds at the Accra Sports Stadium, it will be the former two-time world champion?s first fight since losing the bid to unify the IBF Bantamweight and WBC Silver Bantamweight titles against Abner Mares on December 3, ... Read More
The National Overseer of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor John Boham has said the Gospel should be used as a tool for fighting corruption and other social vices.     Pastor Boham, who said this in an interaction with newsmen in Bolgatanga said the good morals and values contained in the gospel can change people who engage in corrupt practices and other social vices and thus lead to the progress and development of the country. He therefore called on pastors to use their pulpits ... Read More
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has agreed to attend the inauguration of President-elect John Mahama at the Independence Square on Monday January 7, following an invitation from the State. A statement signed by his Spokesperson, Frank Agyekum, said the former President would be at the ceremony in his capacity as a former President. The decision by the former President comes in the wake of the intended boycott of the ceremony by the opposition NPP who are aggrieved over the results of ... Read More
The Majority Side in the incoming Parliament has vowed to block the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) from securing the Second Deputy Speaker position. This is in view of the NPP?s decision to boycott the inauguration of President John Mahama on Monday, January 7. Very reliable sources within the NDC Majority Caucus disclosed to ?The Ghanaian Times? yesterday, that many of the party?s MPs-elect decided agreed to vote against Mr Joe Ghartey, the NPP?s nominee for the Second Deputy ... Read More
Telecom giant MTN says it will put in place concrete measures to minimize any potential effects of Tuesday?s fire outbreak at its Spintex warehouse. The mobile company has, therefore, assured its customers of continuous service delivery. A shed at its warehouse on the Spintex Road caught fire on New Year day destroying sections of the facility. The fire which started around 11am was brought under control by 3pm with the support of the Ghana National Fire Service and the National ... Read More
Mr Dan Botwe, New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Okere, has praised the electorate for retaining him in Parliament, in the 2012 parliamentary polls. Mr Botwe, who was speaking to the GNA, also commended the constituency party officials, his campaign team and agents for working hard to ensure his victory a. He promised to continue with his plans to develop the area to improve the standards of living of the people. Mr Botwe appealed to the people to unite and support ... Read More
The National Co-ordinator of the Local Enterprises and Skills Development, LESDEP, Mr Adam Gariba, has said new innovative job creation modules would be introduced to augment the existing ones and thereby attract more people. He said LESDEP has repositioned itself as the pathway to an exciting, new era of business development and entrepreneurship. The LESDEP programme is a public-private partnership under the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development and aims at creating local ... Read More
President John Mahama says even as the nation pats itself on the back because of the "unprecedented" strides and "gargantuan" achievements of the ruling NDC government, the citizenry should be reminded that more hardwork lies ahead. More to follow ... Read More
Ghana FA boss Kwasi Nyantakyi wants the Nations Cup shifted to June in order to have the best players available for the tournament. European clubs have been agitating for Africa?s flagship competition to be moved from January during which time most of their leagues are grinding to their peak. These clubs who pay most of the African players mega cash are faced with the prospects of losing these players for up to five weeks to the Nations Cup. Some unlucky one?s stay even further after ... Read More
The President, Mr John Dramani Mahama, has entered appearance in the petition instituted by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at the Supreme Court challenging his being declared winner of the December 7, 2012 presidential election. The Electoral Commission (EC), which is also a party in the petition, entered appearance through its lawyers on Wednesday, while lawyers for President Mahama filed an appearance on his behalf yesterday. Ghana's biggest opposition party, the NPP, filed a petition ... Read More
Sanitation firm ZoomLion have offered a $50,000 package for Ghanaian supporters going to the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. The package will complement government?s efforts to raise funds to sponsor persons and groups travelling to South Africa to support the Black Stars. The State has been compelled to look for auxiliary means of financial support due to the immense pressure on government expenditure following the 2012 general elections and the proximity of the 2013 AFCON to the last edition ... Read More
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