The Atwima Kwanwoma District Assembly has overwhelmingly re-elected Mr Tony Yeboah-Asare as its Presiding Member at the third session of the assembly held at Foase in the Ashanti Region.

A short but colourful ceremony was performed yesterday at the Flagstaff House for the change-over of security duty at the presidency from the Air Force to the Navy.

The 8th edition of the executive breakfast meeting series organised by MTN Ghana and Business World has been held in Accra with a call on businesses to strategically position themselves in order to attract foreign investment.

The International Institute of ICT Journalism (Penplusbytes) has successfully completed the first phase of training for 10 selected journalists from various media houses across Ghana.

Cargill Ghana Limited, a major cocoa processing company situated in the freezones enclave, has indicated its intention to process more of the country’s cocoa on the grounds that it gets some more incentives from the government.

The University of Ghana, Legon, has named its Faculty of Law building in honour of Prof. J.E.A. Mills and a former Dean of the Faculty of Law, Prof. Akua Kuenyehia.

The Second Lady, Mrs Matilda Amissah-Arthur, has called on Christians to live above political and ethnic differences and become ambassadors of peace and progress in the country.

A group calling itself concerned local importers have accused the taskforce set up by the President to check corrupt practices at the nation’s entry ports of being involved in fraudulent activities and “making the process not only cumbersome but frustrating.”

KPMG, an international audit firm, has completed giving evidence with respect to the audit it conducted into pink sheets at the heart of the ongoing presidential election petition.

The Adontenhemaa of the Kwahu Traditional Area, Nana Amma Amanua II, last Monday laid the foundation stone to formally mark the commencement of work on a new palace complex for the queenmother of Kwahu Abetifi.

President John Dramani Mahama, on Monday said that the winner takes all in Ghana’s political dispensation was not helpful as the government and opposition remained parallel even after elections.

The wanton encroachment on lands earmarked for development projects is threatening infrastructural growth in the Northern Region. The situation, according to the Deputy Northern Regional Minister, Alhaji A. B. A Fuseini is partly responsible for the development lapses in that part of the country.Alhaji Fuseini, who is also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sagnerigu in the Tamale metropolis, noted that some lands demarcated for roads, schools, hospitals, markets, among others, had been heavily encroached upon, making it difficult, if not impossible, to effectively and efficiently execute government projects.The deputy minister and MP expressed the concern in an interview with the Daily Graphic in Tamale during an inspection tour of roads in the Northern and Upper East regions by the Minister of Roads and Highways .He laid the problem on the doorstep of some chiefs who, he said, sold lands indiscriminately.Citing a case he recently had to mediate between the people of Kumbugu and Zugu, Alhaji Fuseini said the access road from Zugu to Kumbugu had been heavily encroached upon by the people of Kumbungu such that the road was virtually non-existent. “The outcome is that the people of Zugu now have to travel long distances through Savelugu to Kumbungu, while the stretch from Zugu to Kumbungu would have been shorter,”he explained.Perhaps the rehabilitation of the Sagnerigu Batco road project inspected by Alhaji Sulemani and his directors, gave credence to Alhaji Fuseini's concerns.Sections of the road around the Sagneirigu dam have been encroached upon even though the area is flood-prone. This has made it difficult for the construction of storm drains in the area. It was evident that plots had been demarcated on waterways, and it is important that the practice is stopped immediately.In all, the minister inspected work on four projects, three of which are the rehabilitation of the Industrial Area roads, the rehabilitation of the Fuo-Taha main road, and the upgrading of the Vittin Target road.Work is yet to begin on the Fuo-Taha road, while the Vittin Target is now being cleared.At the industrial area, 4.5 kilometres of roads have been constructed to sub-base finish. Works were going on at the time of the visit.The contractor, Alhaji Sumani Kpegu of Messrs A.S Kpegu Company Limited, told the Daily Graphic that work was progressing steadily.The minister also inspected the condition of the 2.5km Kpalsi-Dimale road being considered for rehabilitation.That road leads to the Kpalsi Clinic, which is managed by the Catholic Church.Alhaji Fuseini said the Northern Regional Co- ordinating Council was engaging the chiefs in discussions in order to find lasting solution to the problem. Alhaji Sulemani, however, indicated that the assemblies also had a role to play in resolving the problem.By Naa Lamiley Bentil/Ghana

The Supreme Court resumed hearing of the election petition this morning.

After listening to Mr Justice William Atuguba, who read out the Supreme Court’s ruling on June 26, 2013, when Sammy Awuku of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) appeared before the highest court of the land, my mind went back to Paris, France in 1986 when the late Gerald Long, then Executive Director of the prestigious Journalists in Europe Programme, made this statement.

An environmental non-governmental organisation (NGO), Van-Argar Services Foundation, has mounted nine traffic direction stands at vantage points in the twin towns of Effiduase and Asokore in the Sekyere East District of Ashanti to aid schoolchildren  to cross the road without the threat of being knocked down by vehicles.

The Standing Committee of the People’s National Convention (PNC) has constituted a three-member committee to investigate funds meant for the 2012 election campaign activities but  could not be accounted for.

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Jewellery Design and Technology Centre( KJDTC) has matriculated 196 student trainees to officially commence a three-month training in jewellery design and manufacturing.

Tullow, a British multinational firm, has made a new oil discovery in the South Lokichar Basin in the Rift Valley and doubled oil production estimates for two other prospects.

The newly created Akatsi-South District Assembly, with the capital at Ave-Dakpa, is to revalue all properties in the district with the view to improving revenue generation for the assembly.

Tensions are high in Egypt as an army ultimatum for President Mohammed Morsi to resolve deadly unrest approaches.