Luckie Lawson and Yvonne NelsonIF YOU weren’t at the premiering of Venus Film’s new movie, The King Is Mine last Friday, then you have missed a lot. The night was indeed replete with glitz and glamour mixed with a lot of attractions. Despite a downpour on Friday evening, the event had a considerate attendance from movie enthusiasts as well as the crème de la crème of Ghanaian movie... 

Embattled Kotoko boss, Sylvestor Asare OwusuEmbattled Asante Kotoko CEO Sylvester Asare Owusu has denied reports that he has quit the club after being indicted by a government-backed committee into February’s Baba Yara Stadium disaster. The committee recommended a five-year ban away from football for Owusu among others. Reports claimed the 48-year-old has distanced himself from the... 

A-G, Betty Muold IddrisuThe Ministry of Justice and Attorney General, says it is not opposed to Tsatsu Tsikata’s application seeking leave of the Supreme Court to file further evidence to prove that Justice Henrietta Abban acted in “collusion with the Executive” in certain determinations preceding his sentencing on June 18, 2008. “I owe it a duty to the court to... 

phoneA group of men engaged in the snatching of mobile phones has been arrested by the Nsawam Police. They are Issaka Nyofunleh, 25, Christopher Gbenyetorku, 30, Emmanuel Tetteh an ex-convict, 18, and Kwabena Richard, 20. Superintendent Sebastian Atsu Wemegah, Police Commander in charge of Nsawam told the Ghana News Agency that they were arrested at their hideout at the Wofa Paye Street at Nsawam... 

Traditional warriors in the Volta Region have staged a demonstration against NPP Chairman Ken Wood Nuworsu for ‘insulting’ the President of the Regional House of Chiefs, Togbui Afede XIV. Togbui Afede, also Paramount Chief of the Asogli Traditional Area, during President Mills’ visit to the region said that the people of the Volta Region were made to feel as though they were outsiders during... 

Vice President John Dramani MahamaVice President John Mahama is in Libya to appeal to the Leader Muammar Al-Qathafi to have clemency a Ghanaian in jail in the north African country for attempting to spread Christianity. The Ghanaian Daniel Baidoo is said to have already served the first seven years of his 25-year sentence. He was jailed in 2001 and is serving his term at Jedidah Maximum Security Prison. Baidoo... 

EC Chairman, Dr. Kwadwo Afari GyanTwo prominent Ghanaians have expressed grave concern over the increasing rate at which the country is being polarised between the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The two, the Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Kwadwo Afari-Qyan, and Prof. Miranda Greenstreet, the Chairperson of the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers... 

Majority Leader, Alban BagbinThe Majority Leader in Parliament, Mr Alban Sumani Kingsford Bagbin, has announced that Parliament will soon establish an institute for parliamentary studies to help in the nurturing of the country’s parliamentary democracy. He stated that beside the establishment of the institute, discussions were going on between Parliament and OIMPA for the institution of a course... 

Police crack down on vehicles with tinted glassesThe Police Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) in Kumasi over the weekend began arresting and prosecuting commercial and private car owners who use tinted glasses. As many as 58 of such drivers were arrested during the exercise out of which 41 were prosecuted and convicted for flouting road traffic regulations. The convicts, who pleaded guilty... 

The security agencies have been urged to ensure a peaceful celebration of this year’s Ga Homowo festival. Mr Jonathan Nii Tackie Komme, Member of Parliament (MP) for Odododiodioo, said in a statement that the vigilance of the security agencies throughout the celebration of the traditional festivities of the Homowo was very important in view of the numerous chieftaincy disputes in the area. “This...