Cadbury, the world’s leading confectionery company, has reiterated its commitment to supporting Ghana’s cocoa industry with £30 million over the next 10 years.

Nana Obiri Boahen, Minister of State at the Interior Ministry, has frowned at the manner in which selected portions of the Kojo Armah Committee Report on the disappearance of cocaine from police hands are being published in sections of the media.

THE Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Kojo Afari-Gyan, has warned that no political party should call or declare any electoral results ahead of the Electoral Commission (EC) during the general elections in December this year.

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has revisited the 1979 mass execution of senior military officers including three former heads of state, saying that the exercise was only meant for two officers.

According to him, the execution of six other officers resulted from the pressure mounted on leadership of the coupists.

ALMOST a week after DAILY GUIDE carried a front page story on Nana Kweku Bomsam, a dreaded fetish priest who claims to have fortified some pastors with the power to perform miracles, the paper’s offices have been inundated with several phone calls from people who frantically beg for the address or contact number of the fetish priest.

­ THREE-TIME Member of Parliament (MP) for Juaben South and the immediate past Eastern Regional Minister, Yaw Barimah, was yesterday beaten in a keenly contested New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primary for the New Juaben South Constituency in the Eastern regional capital, Koforidua.

THE Minister of Transportation, Dr Richard Anane has got the nod to contest the Nhyieaso constituency seat on the ticket of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the December 7 parliamentary polls.

VICE PRESIDENT Alhaji Aliu Mahama has tasked musicians not to be swayed by profit in composing songs and jingles for the various political parties in order not to compromise the unity of the country.

General secretary of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), Nana Kwame Ampadu I has disclosed that he has composed a number of songs he intends to use to educate the people of Ghana against violence during the forthcoming general elections.

Imagine the release of good tidings for pregnant women from the state a few days to the celebration of Mothers’ Day.

By all standards, this is an auspicious piece of news coming especially at a time when families are coping with the rising cost of living necessitated by a sagging global economy.

Kumasi Asante Kotoko yesterday progressed to the last round of the CAF Confederations Cup when they whitewashed Dolphins of Nigeria 4-1 in the second round of the competition.

Former Ivory Coast coach Uli Stielike has turned down the opportunity to become Ghana’s coach following the departure of Claude Le Roy.

The proposed visit to Nigeria by Manchester United captain, Rio Ferdinand earlier fixed for May 25 has been rescheduled for June 4.

THE JAG Sports and Education Foundation, an organization that seeks to give the youth the opportunity to develop and achieve their potential through sports and education, will soon be operational in Ghana.

A HEAD-ON collision by two motorbikes has resulted in the death of one of the riders.

The accident occurred in Kpandai in the Northern Region when one of the motorbikes on which were a certain Maliboon Braimah and Masiboa Npuadan collided with another bike being ridden by Mbalbi Mborangna.

THE RECTOR of Sunyani Polytechnic (S-Poly), Professor Nsiah Gyabaah has criticized the Canadian Embassy in Ghana for allegedly trying to thwart the efforts of members of the Ghana-Canada in Partnership for Environmental Education.

NANA MENSAH Acquah, a Legal Practitioner and Counsel for the people of Nzema, has called for the scrutinizing of chiefs with questionable credentials by their peers at both the National and Regional House of Chiefs, to help curb the mushrooming chieftaincy disputes in the country.

We are still in a maze of confusion, unable to tell the truth from the lies even after so much state money and energy have been expended in seeking nothing but the veracity about the missing cocaine.

Birmingham suffered relegation from the Premier League despite a 4-1 win over Blackburn.

World Cup winner Marcel Desailly has ruled himself out of contention to succeed Claude Le Roy as Ghana coach.

The former France international has emerged as the frontrunner to take over from Le Roy who quits the post at the end of the month.

A LEADING member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and Member of Parliament (MP) for Oda, Hon. Yaw Osafo Maafo, has stated that the NPP will win the upcoming December elections based on its performance in government.

Distinctive rhythms from the Ghanaian neo-traditional group, Hewale Sounds, recently charmed an enthusiastic audience at the Centre Culturel Francais in the Guinean capital, Conakry.

The demand for diesel in Africa and most parts of the world is increasing rapidly due to the soaring price of petrol in the world market and other factors.

Global inflationary trend which has been on the rise since the beginning of the year, has replicated itself in Ghana with inflation for April 2008 being15.29 percent- a 1.5 percent increase over the previous month’s figure.

Confusion nearly marred the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primary held in the Ahanta West Constituency of the Western Region on Saturday when news broke that some people wanted to impersonate delegates.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primaries for constituencies with sitting MPs have produced fresh faces, with some incumbents losing their bids to represent the party in the next Parliament.

A large number of movie stars, producers and stakeholders in both film and music industries yesterday trooped to the community 19 residence of the late Kwame Owusu Ansah to give their condolences to his family.

London’s financial services industry will cut 10,000 jobs in the next three years as banks and insurers respond to the global credit squeeze, said Experian, the world’s largest credit-checking company.

Tullow Oil says there is a chance it could generate as much as 1.8 billion barrels of oil at West Cape Three Point and Tano Basin where it recently discovered oil.

Kumasi Asante Kotoko will be seeking to avenge their 0-2 loss to Dolphins of Nigeria a fortnight ago when the two clash in the return leg of the second round of the CAF Confederations championship.