The nine-member panel last week heard arguments from the lead counsel for the NDC, Mr Tsatsu Tsikata who insisted the governing party offered President John Dramani Mahama the platform to contest for the presidency and was thus an interested party whose interest would be injured if it was not allowed to join the petition as a respondent.

The nine-member panel last week heard arguments from the lead counsel for the NDC, Mr Tsatsu Tsikata who insisted the governing party offered President John Dramani Mahama the platform to contest for the presidency and was thus an interested party whose interest would be injured if it was not allowed to join the petition as a respondent.

Sources close to the Western Regional Crime Office told the Ghana News Ageny on Tuesday at Sekondi that the police received a tip-off that four cartons suspected to contain Indian hemp were kept in a room at the Tarkwa Old Railway Quarters.

Sources close to the Western Regional Crime Office told the Ghana News Ageny on Tuesday at Sekondi that the police received a tip-off that four cartons suspected to contain Indian hemp were kept in a room at the Tarkwa Old Railway Quarters.

The complainant, Nana Kyem Kofi III, the chief of the town, reported to the Bibiani police that the Abusuapanyin and three elders of the town forcibly broke into the stool room and took away four sacred black stools belonging to the royal family.

The complainant, Nana Kyem Kofi III, the chief of the town, reported to the Bibiani police that the Abusuapanyin and three elders of the town forcibly broke into the stool room and took away four sacred black stools belonging to the royal family.

Their pleas were not taken and they would re-appear on Friday, February 1.

Their pleas were not taken and they would re-appear on Friday, February 1.

Paga (U/E), Jan. 22, GNA - A day’s training workshop to unravel some difficulties in doing business across Ghana’s frontiers and to promote trade and seemingly relevant legitimate businesses within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was held at Paga, Ghana’s frontier with Burkina Faso, on Monday.

Paga (U/E), Jan. 22, GNA - A day’s training workshop to unravel some difficulties in doing business across Ghana’s frontiers and to promote trade and seemingly relevant legitimate businesses within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was held at Paga, Ghana’s frontier with Burkina Faso, on Monday.

Sekondi, Jan. 22, GNA - The Western Regional Coordinator for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), Dr. Ronald Sowa, says there is high prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among Senior High School female students in the Region.

Sekondi, Jan. 22, GNA - The Western Regional Coordinator for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), Dr. Ronald Sowa, says there is high prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among Senior High School female students in the Region.

Apremdo(W/R), Jan. 22, GNA—The Kwesimintsim police have arrested Francis Agbemenya, 37, for murdering his ex-lover, Beatrice Enyonam Larwetey, last Saturday at Apremdo, near Takoradi.

Apremdo(W/R), Jan. 22, GNA—The Kwesimintsim police have arrested Francis Agbemenya, 37, for murdering his ex-lover, Beatrice Enyonam Larwetey, last Saturday at Apremdo, near Takoradi.

Sekondi, Jan. 22, GNA — Family Health International, an international non-governmental organisation,  in collaboration with the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital Voluntary HIV Counselling and Testing Centre, has trained owners and staff of spiritual camps across the Western Region to identify HIV symptoms of their clients.

Sekondi, Jan. 22, GNA — Family Health International, an international non-governmental organisation,  in collaboration with the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital Voluntary HIV Counselling and Testing Centre, has trained owners and staff of spiritual camps across the Western Region to identify HIV symptoms of their clients.

Hohoe, Jan 22, GNA - An international aid agency, Oxfam, on Tuesday warned that unless there is a significant shift in the way aid operations are undertaken, the effort to help over 147,000 Malian refugees could be overwhelmed as the conflict escalates.

Hohoe, Jan 22, GNA - An international aid agency, Oxfam, on Tuesday warned that unless there is a significant shift in the way aid operations are undertaken, the effort to help over 147,000 Malian refugees could be overwhelmed as the conflict escalates.

A statement in Accra on Tuesday from the Office of the President said some cooperation agreements that had been under discussion since President Gül’s visit to Ghana in 2011 would be signed.

Ghana relinquished a 2-0 lead to draw with the Leopards and Appiah told GNA Sports in a post match interview that 'the boys exhibited tactical indiscipline which cost us.