[The Star]Nollywood actor Jim Iyke has been put on the spot by West African media after some comments he made about The African Movie Academy Awards in Nairobi recently.

[CAF]The confederation of African Football President Issa Hayatou has collected an honour in Ghana from one of the key football academies in the country, recognising his contribution to the sport.

[AEP]The Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Dr. Kwadwo Afari-Gyan has caused to be gazetted, the declaration of the results of the 2012 election which saw John Dramani Mahama elected as the President of the Republic of Ghana.

[State Department]Washington -The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women and network operator Millicom International Cellular S.A., have launched an innovative project to bring mobile financial services to women entrepreneurs throughout Tanzania, Rwanda and Ghana.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]A disabled person was yesterday jailed three years for defrauding a businessman of twenty thousand, seven hundred Ghana cedis (GH¢20,700). The presiding judge, Mrs. Doris Bimpong, convicted and sentenced George Tsawdzi to jail, in hard labour.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Kumasi -THE ASHANTI Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Augustine Gyenning has hinted that the police are ready to fight criminals who have vowed to make Ashanti Region a difficult place to stay.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The Heads of State of Governments of the African-Caribbean-Pacific (ACP) states rose from their two-day 7th Summit meeting held in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, last weekend.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Nii Ngmai Akwetey III, Chief of Akweteyman in the Okaikoi North Constituency, has advised the people to support the President-elect John Dramani Mahama and his government to enhance development of the community and the country.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The just-ended presidential and parliamentary elections recorded 27,515 rejected ballots in the Western Region.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]MTN Ghana, the leading telecommunications company in Ghana is rewarding MTN Mobile Money customers for using the service to send money to their friends, families and loved ones this Christmas.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]President John Dramani Mahama has called on the leaders of Africa-Caribbean-Pacific (ACP) countries to support the candidature of Mr. Alan Kyerematen for the Director-General position of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), because he had what it takes to make him suitable for the job.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Cape Coast -The University of Cape Coast (UCC) Centre for Continuing Education, on Monday, held its 2012/2013 matriculation ceremony for 10,722 students, making it the first matriculation ceremony of Professor D.D. Kuupole, the new Vice Chancellor who assumed office about two months ago.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]FAO and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group of states are to become strategic partners in the fight against hunger and poverty and for the sustainable management of natural resources in the 79-member bloc of countries.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Kumasi -SUPPORTERS OF the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) will hit the streets of Kumasi this morning, as part of ongoing protests against the Electoral Commission, over results of the presidential elections.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Professor Nii Otu Nartey, Chief Executive Officer of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, has announced his retirement from office with effect from January 1, 2013.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The 2012 general elections are over, but the outcomes are being disputed. Many Ghanaians who voted in a particular manner believe that they have been short-changed. Some discrepancies have been identified by the main opposition political party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Mr. Duke Osam-Duodu, acting Managing Director of ARB Apex Bank, on Friday announced that the bank has introduced a new product known as "Loan Protection Scheme" for rural banks to stimulate management of their loan portfolios.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]More qualified Senior High School (SHS) graduates may not gain admission into public universities from the next academic year (2013/2014) if infrastructural facilities remain as they are now.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Newly-elected parliamentarians of the New Patriotic Party stock are in a dilemma. With the party leadership insisting on not conceding defeat to the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) until the Supreme Court had adjudicated on the party's charge of a 'Stolen Verdict,' after the flawed elections of 2012, NPP parliamentarians are considering whether or not to be part of the swearing-in process of President John Dramani Mahama, the very person the party claims to have benefitted from the elections stol

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Parliament, yesterday, reconvened in a fashionable style, with the majority of members reporting for the commencement of sitting of the Third Session of the Fifth Parliament of the Fourth Republic, after going through an election which many have described as a tsunami.