My fellow Ghanaians, My Brothers and Sisters, A while ago, I phoned Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and offered him my congratulations for emerging the winner of the 2016 Presidential Elections.

I was an observer of last Wednesday\'s elections in Ghana with the National Democratic Institute. The outcome of the elections was victory by the opposition candidate. Nana Akufo-Addo on his third attempt with a massive 54.2% of the votes while President John Mahama got only 44% of the votes. The victory ended what Ghanaians call the John Jinx after having successive presidents with the John first name - John J, Rawlings, John A. Kuffour, John A. Mills and John Mahama before the movement to Nan

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the president-elect of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, describing his victory in the December 7 election as historic.

I am writing this column around 6 pm on Thursday, about 24 hours after Ghanaians voted and two issues stand out. Virtually all of us who observed the elections were impressed at the smooth, professional, almost incident free manner in which the elections were conducted in most polling stations. Electoral procedures were strictly followed, turnout was very high, and the verification machines worked almost without failure and voters found their names on the register. It was almost perfect. Nonetheless,

The ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) have both claimed to be leading in Wednesday\'s presidential and parliamentary elections in the country.

Accra -The ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) have both claimed to be leading in Wednesday\'s presidential and parliamentary elections in the country.

Ghana -As 37-year old Bright Mensah drove slowly into the heart of Kumasi Central Market, he hooted repeatedly to secure a passage for his 22-seater bus. Yet, that yielded little or no success. For the hundreds of traders and their customers who have since besieged the main access road Mensah and other drivers are trying to wade through, nothing else matters when trading activities are in full gear.

Seven political parties in Ghana have signed a peace accord, pledging to ensure a free, fair and credible ballot.

Accra -Ghana\'s President John Mahama said his administration was investigating alleged subsidy concessions enjoyed by Dangote cement that made its products more competitive than the locally manufactured cement in the country.

Twenty-three persons have picked nomination forms to contest in Ghana's presidential elections, scheduled to hold later this year, the Electoral Commission has said.

Accra -A 38- year old Nigerian, Dennis Ndukwu, has been arrested by the police in Ghana for allegedly forging the signatures of high-ranking Ghanaian government officials and reportedly defrauding a Vietnamese investor of $150,000.

Lagos -The age-long sporting rivalry between Nigeria and Ghana will again come to play at GOtv Boxing Night 9, holding at the Indoor Sports Hall of the National Stadium, Lagos, on 2 October.

The Ghanaian parliament yesterday rejected a motion from the minority seeking to probe President John Mahama for allegedly receiving a Ford Expedition vehicle as gift from a Burkinabe contractor.

Accra -Ghana's new national carrier is expected to commence operations in October this year, the country's Transport Minister, Mr. Fifi Kwetey, said in Accra yesterday.

'Watch out, the entertainers are coming,' seems to be the loud but unspoken warning to political enthusiasts in recent times. In the last few weeks, the media has been agog with news of entertainers declaring political ambitions.

Accra -The Ghanaian Trade Ministry this weekend directed non-natives to vacate all markets in the country. The Ghana Union of Traders Associations (GUTA) had persisted in mounting pressure on the authorities to eject non-Ghanaians from traditional markets.

Accra -Over 250 Nigerian teenagers trafficked for prostitution in Ghana and Europe have been rescued and reunited with their families in the last eight months, the Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana, Ambassador Ademola Seyi Onafowokan, has said.

Accra, Ghana -President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana has paid glowing tribute to the late Nigerian doctor, Dr. Ameyo Stella Shade Adadevoh for the role she played in averting an unprecedented epidemic in Nigeria.

Cocoa is a very important cash crop in Ghana and is one of the main contributors to the country's foreign exchange earnings. But like other crops, it is also plagued by various diseases and pests.

Accra, Ghana -Ghanaian authorities said they are establishing three Ebola isolation centres for the management of victims just as all the tests done on suspected cases of the virus haves returned negative.