Today's Front Pages

DOWN THEY GO
Contrary to concerns that the billboards and posters advertising Nigeria's upcoming elections compromise Ghana's security, the Advertising Association of Ghana (AAG) says they do not.

BREAK THE SILENCE MYTH – GHANAIAN NASA ENGINEER
A Ghanaian engineer with the National Aeronautics and space Administration (NASA) of the United States has stated that Science and Technology hold the key to the transformation of developing countries, including Ghana.

BOY, 15, ARRESTED FOR KILLING GIRL, 13
A 15-year-old boy resident at Tafo Pankrono in the Kumasi metropolis has been remanded in a juvenile home by the Ashtown Magistrate's Court for allegedly strangling a 13-year-old girl to death.

PORTUPHY MUST GO – BLOWS GHÈ»300M
There is a huge public outcry for the Coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Kofi Portuphy, and his deputy Anita De Sosoo to resign from their positions in the public service or get pushed.

NO GHANAIAN ARRESTED IN GERMANY – NPP
The Ghanaian branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has denied publications in sections of the media that two Ghanaians “without papers” have been arrested in Berlin.

PENTECOST UNIVERSITY CLEARS AIR ON DEGREE
Pentecost University College (PUC) has assured its students who undertook a programme in BA in Communications Studies and were unable to graduate at the end of the 2013/2014 academic year that their graduation and issuance of certificate are not in danger.

'DUMSOR' CRISIS: VRA TO BLAME FOR WORSENING PROBLEM

Investigations by The Finder indicate that the inability of the Volta River Authority (VRA) to utilize the 120 million standard cubic feet of gas per day produced by the Jubilee partners is partly responsible for the worsening power crisis.

NPP SEC, OTHERS IN SHOW OF EGO
Three General Secretaries of the opposition parties in the country threw away a golden opportunity last Saturday to make cogent contributions on proposals put forward by the Electoral Commission for electoral reforms and also make an impression on the voting public on alternatives to the current system of governance, which they described as being below expectation.

304 CHOLERA CASES RECORDED IN 16 DAYS
A total of 304 new cholera cases have been recorded in the first 16 days of 2015 in six districts in the Greater Accra and Volta regions of the country.

NDC FOOT SOLDIERS OCCUPY GHOST NAMES – IMANI TAKES TERPKER TO TASK

As negotiations with the International Monetary Fund reaches a critical stage over the number of public sector workers and the size of the public wage bill, genuine Ghanaian public sector workers are likely to be made to suffer another dip in their living standards because of corrupt practices beyond their control.

SAMMY AWUKU URGES NPP MEMBERS TO SHOW LOVE TO WIN NEIGHBOURS

Sammy Awuku, National Youth Organiser of the NPP, has called on members and symapathisers of the party to show love to their neighbours.

SICS SHAREHOLDERS ANGRY
Shareholders of embattled SIC Insurance Company Limited have called for an emergency meeting as they accuse management of sidelining them and going public with matters that should have been explained to them.

QATAR AIRWAYS TO START OPERATIONS FEBRUARY
Doha-based Qatar Airways will commence commercial flight into Accra by February 2015, reliable information reaching the Business and Financial Times (BFT) indicates.

TELCOS TO PROVIDE FIXED-LINE SERVICES
The National Communication Authority (NCA) is set to introduce Ghana's first unified access service licence onto the market to enable mobile network operators and broadband wireless service providers to participate in the fixed telephony markets.