Articles from the ‘Lead Stories’ category

Nana Konadu will lead NDC after Mills not Mahama – Kofi Adams

Posted by on February 8, 2012 at 2:06 pm in Other Top Stories, Politics

A Deputy General Secretary of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and spokesperson for ex-president Rawlings, Mr. Kofi Adams has dismissed speculations that former first lady, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings intends to contest the December 2012 presidential election as an independent candidate. Fresh posters of Nana Konadu are reportedly splashed across Tamale in the Northern [...]

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Lee Addy starts for Ghana against Zambia

Posted by on at 2:06 pm in Sports, Top Story

Defender Lee Addy has been handed his first start for Ghana in the semi-final clash against Zambia at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.

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Agyemang Badu ruled out of Stars’ clash against Zambia

Posted by on at 9:54 am in Other Top Stories, Sports

Black Stars midfielder Emmanuel Agyemang Badu has confirmed that he is out of the crucial semi-final game against Zambia in Bata on Wednesday. The Udinese player who has been an integral part of the Black Stars squad in the tournament sustained a knee injury in the game against Tunisia and stayed out of the team’s [...]

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Wole Soyinka on Boko Haram’s hit list

Posted by on at 9:48 am in Arts, Other Top Stories

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has disclosed that he is one of the prominent Nigerians on the list of Boko Haram sect marked for assassination. In a down-to-earth interview with TheNEWS magazine which is circulated within outside Nigeria this week, Soyinka revealed that he was not only on the sect’s assassination list but very close [...]

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Young people in Northern Ghana have first sex out of curiosity

Posted by on at 9:29 am in Health & Lifestyle, Other Stories, Other Top Stories

Most young people in the Northern region of Ghana have their first sexual experience either out of curiosity or pressure from partners and peers, a survey conducted in six districts of the region has revealed. The survey conducted among young people aged 13 to 25 years in the Tamale Metropolis, Central Gonja, Karaga, Saboba, West [...]

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IEA to hold three presidential debates for 2012 elections

Posted by on at 9:25 am in Other Top Stories, Politics

The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), a Think-Tank, on Tuesday launched its pre-election debate series for political parties as an integral part of its efforts to entrench democracy in Ghana. Dr Michael Ofori Mensah, a fellow of the IEA said the 2012 Election Debate Series consists of three Presidential Debates, four evening encounters with presidential [...]

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Teye Nyaunu slams Kwabena Adjei over ‘belated letter’

Posted by on at 9:23 am in Other Top Stories, Politics

  The outspoken MP for Lower Manya Krobo, Michael Teye Nyaunu, is unconvinced the counsel of National Democratic Congress (NDC) Chairman, Dr. Kwabena Adjei, for President Mills to summon an urgent meeting to re-position the party or it loses election Election 2012 will yield much. He says not only is the call belated in the [...]

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Leaked NDC letter: There is no cause for alarm – Mills

Posted by on at 9:19 am in Politics, Top Story

The President of Ghana, John Evans Atta Mills, has assured supporters and executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the party is not collapsing and victory come the 2012 elections is assured.

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