The spokesperson for the vice president John Jinapor has denied the Daily Guide report that the vice president, John Dramani Mahama is courting ambitions of succeeding president John Mills. “He Mr Mahama is very much committed to his work as a vice president that he has no time of considering such intentions”, Mr Jinapor was speaking to Emefa Apawu host of the big bite, show on XFM 95.1,an Accra based radio station. Though the National Democratic Congress (NDC)

Can she be stopped? Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings will be the next President of  Ghana, unless she decided not to run. It's a fact; not only could it happen, but  it probably will happen. On January 7, 2013, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings will  be sworn in as the 4th President of the forth republic of Ghana, thanks to her  Machiavellian determination political astuteness -- and to the inexcusable  complacency of those who assume that she is unelectable.

Ghana will join the club of oil-producing nations this year, offering it the chance to transform the fortunes of its aid-dependent economy. Yet other countries have seen how the blessing of oil can turn into a curse, crowding out other sectors of the economy while triggering public spending sprees, official corruption and even fuelling insecurity. Here are some of the risk factors: THE OIL WINDFALL A string of discoveries in the Jubilee offshore oilfield from 2007 mean Ghana is confident of total reserves

His real name is Richard Cobbina and many Ghanaians fell in love with him after he acted the role of Shaka Zulu in the video clip of 4x4’s hit track ‘Fresh One’ and his popularity further increased since he started appearing in a TV commercial for Tigo. He is popularly called Shaka Zulu, keeps a strange beard and hairstyle and receives a lot of cheers from his fans almost everywhere he goes but NEWS-ONE can report that this TV star has been arrested by the Accra Regional Police

On Wednesday August 18, 2010 Kosmos Energy announced that its sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with ExxonMobil has been terminated. No reasons were given although Kosmos has since reaffirmed its intention to stay in Ghana for the foreseeable future and participate in the development and production of the commercial quantity oil that it discovered in 2007. Ghanaians greeted this announcement with mixed reaction. While those still feeling

Ghanaian girls who offer sex for money at Adum, a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti region, have expressed anger over some Nigerians importing younger and prettier girls who are gradually taking over the sex business. If not for the intervention of the assembly member for the area, Albert Osei-Banahene, the enraged sex workers would have hit the streets in their nakedness and marched from one office building to another, just to get the authorities to come to their aide.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) President, Issa Hayatou has commended telecommunication giants, Globacom Limited for bringing a positive global focus on African soccer and players. Hayatou made these remarks as both organisations signed a five-year extension of their partnership agreement for the Glo-CAF Awards on Friday August 27, at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.By the extended partnership, Globacom will sponsor the annual

The editor of the Daily Dispatch newspaper is calling on defeated flagbearer aspirant, Allan Kyeremanteng to disassociate himself from reports that there is a breakaway of the New Patriotic Party. Ben Ephson had published in Tuesday 31 August Edition of the paper that there are credible indications that a new political party, the United Front Party is being formed. That a new political party is being formed according to Mr Ephson is no news.

THE All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) is still a house divided against itself. This has further fuelled fears that the Nigerian political landscape may continue to be dominated by one or two political parties. In the current crisis in the ANPP, the antagonists seem not ready to sheathe their sword and allegations that the embattled leadership is working for the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is taking it to an inter-party feud.

TWO of the seven Nigerians arrested last year in Equatorial Guinea over an alleged coup d'etat in that West African country have died in detention while the remaining five have been jailed for 12 years, the United Nations (UN) has revealed in a statement first released in Geneva at the weekend. According to the UN statement, UN Independent Human Rights Experts also “received information that the Nigerian embassy has not been granted access to prisoners

The flag bearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the 2012 election, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo,  says “considering how badly President Mills is performing as leader of the country, coupled with the current political atmosphere in Ghana, President Mills and his NDC will reign for only one term.” He said “the Ghanaian people have seen today that President Mills and his NDC party have no good policies and programmes that can help move our country forward

Nine out of 10 jobs in Ghana’s nascent oil and gas industry should be held by Ghanaians by 2020 under newly drafted legislation set for government approval, Vice President John Dramani Mahama said. Companies that don’t comply with the target for local employment will have to provide “detailed” explanations to lawmakers and present a plan for how the staffing level will be met, Mahama told a conference in the capital, Accra, today.

Ghana captain Stephen Appiah will be honoured with a testimonial match following his decision to retire from international football. The Ghana Football Association (GFA) said it will bid the retiring Black Stars captain a befitting farewell after the influential player wrote to the federation to announce his decision to end his national team career. The match to celebrate Appiah's achievements as a Ghana international will come off later in the year against an opponent yet to be named.

The Secretary-General of the Trades Union Congress, Mr Kofi Asamoah, has called on the government to put in place adequate structures and appropriate legal measures to ensure that the ordinary Ghanaian benefited from the oil and gas find. He said it would be impossible for Ghana to overcome the challenges associated with the production of oil and gas if it failed to put in place measures to ensure that people and not leaders, as well as giant oil companies benefited from the find.

Ghana will join the League of Petroleum producing nations in December, this year, following the commercial production of oil scheduled to begin in November, Vice-President John Dramani Mahama has said. He said since the announcement of the first oil discovery was made in 2007, more discoveries had been made and conservative appraisal of the wells and available statistics based on credible scientific findings indicated that the country held potentially

Nana Akufo-Addo, 2012 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) yesterday met Sekou Nkrumah, son of Ghana’s first president at Osu for a friendly chat. Nana Addo was at Osu at the invitation of Henry Lartey, son of the late Dan Lartey of the GCPP, for a Homowo party. At the house overlooking the Castle 200 metres away, Nana Addo met Sekou, Nkrumah’s third son, who was recently sacked by President Atta Mills after he criticized

Four people are reported dead following an explosion at the Tema New Town Beach, Wednesday. The explosion occurred after a mob allegedly siphoned fuel from a vessel that had docked at the beach. Police are still looking for the remains of the dead bodies as well as several other injured persons. The crime officer at the Tema Newtown, Ousman Alhassan confirmed the incident to Adom FM's Maame

Fresh facts emerged yesterday on how a woman, Ms. Chinwe Masi, died on Thursday August 19, 2010 at the Potomac, United States residence of fomer Governor of Abia State, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu. The fresh facts emerged as the Homicide Section of the Montgomery County Police Department told THISDAY yesterday that the case is being treated as an undetermined death and that they were waiting for the result of the autopsy for a final conclusion.

President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed Nigeria's High Commis-sioner to the United Kingdom, Dr. Dalhatu Tafida, as the Director of his campaign - on a day his Special Adviser on National Assem-bly matters, Senator Muham-med Abba-Aji, announced that he would declare after the Ramadan fasting in September. Former military president Gen. Ibrahim Babangida has, meanwhile, appointed the CEO of Daar Communications which owns AIT and Ray Power broadcast stations

Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, on Tuesday revisited the June 12, 1993 presidential election, describing its annulment as a robbery. Ribadu, who spoke in Lagos at the public presentation of a book, Diary of a debacle: Tracking Nigeria’s failed democratic transition (1989-1994), written by a literary scholar, Dr. Olatunji Dare, said annulment of the polls won by the late Basorun MKO Abiola amounts to political corruption.

A Nigerian woman has died in the United States of America of suspected cardiac arrest.Chinwe Ogbonna, 47, had been visiting the Potomac, Maryland, home of former Abia State governor, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu, along with other friends, when she suffered what was believed to be a heart seizure. Her medical history later showed she had lived with a heart condition for some time. Ogbonna reportedly arrived the home of her host around 8.15pm on Thursday, last week,