Dmitriy Kanarikov, center, is seen here with his estranged wife Svetlana Bukharina, left, and their three-year-old son Kirill just three months ago in September A 35-year-old threw his three-year-old son to his death from the roof of a 52-story skyscraper and then jumped killing himself, after a judge ordered him to hand over the boy […]

Marietta Brew-Appiah Oppong, Minister For Justice and Attorney General The Attorney General’s Department (AG) is caught in a state of confusion on how to retrieve the multi-million judgment debt wrongfully paid to Spanish company Isofoton and Waterville Holdings owned by Italian-born real estate mogul Don Ernesto Taricone. Since June 2013 when the Ghanaian Supreme Court […]

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has announced new tariff figures which take effect from the January 1, 2013. Electricity has been increased by 9.7 percent across board and water, by 6.80 percent. The latest figures, according to a statement signed by the Chairman of the PURC, Dr E. K. Amenu, is as a result […]

A photographer has captured the wondrous, miraculous moment of birth – in all its raw and unglamourised glory. Taken before a mother has seen her baby for the first time these amazing photographs show the reality of how we all enter this world. The warts and all pictures are the work of respected Danish photographer […]

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has accused ex-leader Olusegun Obasanjo of threatening “national security” by whipping up opposition to his rule. Mr Obasanjo had “set the stage for subversion” after making false claims of assassination plots and “high corruption” in government, he said. Mr Jonathan was responding for this first time to a letter Mr Obasanjo […]

Joseph Nii Budu Tetteh and Nilla Selormey – New MD The immediate past Managing Director (MD) of troubled Merchant Bank, Joseph Nii Budu Tetteh, was given a whopping GH¢275, 400.00 (approximately ¢2.75billion in old currency) as his end of service benefit (ESB), also known as ex-gratia. Information gathered by DAILY GUIDE from reliable sources indicates that the state-owned […]

Another bank worker has been killed in his home under mysterious circumstances. Thirty-five-year-old branch Manager of the Zenith Bank at Akosombo, Kwesi Sekyi Prah was shot dead by unidentified gunmen Monday dawn. This comes after the murder of a Stanbic Bank worker in Accra barely a month ago. Confirming the incident to JoyNews, a family […]

Ernest Kwabena Koomson (left) and Isaac Ntie Two persons suspected to be behind the recent wave of kidnapping in Accra, have been arrested by the Police. The suspects, Ernest Kwabena Koomson aka Ernest Abotsi, 27, and his accomplice Isaac Ntie, 19, were arrested yesterday for allegedly kidnapping four children. This followed the kidnapping of two […]

A new trend in crime has docked in the country. The Police Administration, through the Greater Accra Regional Commander, DCOP Christian Yohuno, had earlier sounded the alarm bell about the creeping trend. When two kids were abducted at two separate churches in Accra and their parents compelled to pay ransoms to the criminals, following which […]

Franklin Cudjoe and Seth Terkper Founding President and CEO of IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe, has announced his resignation from government’s committee on the sustainability of the Single Spine Pay Policy (SSPP). He cited “needless intervention” from the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning on the committee’s work as his reason for quitting. In recent times, Mr. […]

Abraham Kwame Oyotey and Rosemond Nyampong ABRAHAM KWAME Oyotey Baah, the man who is facing trial for allegedly killing a 32-year-old Stanbic Bank staff, Rosemond Nyampong at Baatsona on the Spintex Road in Accra, will this morning be appearing before a Tema District Court. The suspect, a self-styled auto-electrician in whose custody the police found […]

National Youth Organizer of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Abu Ramadan has told Citi News, the party’s former Presidential Candidate, Dr. Edward Mahama will be more than welcome to contest on the party’s ticket again in 2016. This follows Dr. Mahama’s declaration that he will launch a comeback in 2016 to lead the PNC after four […]

Justice Barbara Ackah-Ayensu presenting the cheque to Angela Dwamena-Aboagye, while the other executives of the association look on. The International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ) Ghana Chapter, an organization which exists to promote better resolution of issues that women face generally, and also see to the concerns of women judges in particular, has presented a […]

Colonel Sampson Adenti  THE CHIEF of the Army Staff (COAS), Major General Richard Opoku-Adusei, has cautioned military personnel to desist from any act contrary to the traditions, customs and integrity of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF). According to him, the military would not hesitate to sanction any personnel found culpable in unprofessional conduct such as […]

Lordina Mahama with the kids of Osu Children’ Home after the donation The First Lady, Lordina Mahama, has presented food items to some orphanages in Accra, Techiman and Nkoranza as part of the Christmas celebration. The items included rice, sugar, cooking oil, milk, Milo, chocolate and assorted drinks, cloths and cash. Making the presentation, Mrs […]

Ms Joanna Adamson with representatives of the beneficiaries   Fourteen communities in eight West African countries will benefit from projects financed by the Australian High Commission’s Direct Aid Programme for the 2013-2014 fiscal years. A total budget of $300,000 had been earmarked for the poverty alleviation projects to be carried out in Ghana, Burkina Faso, Côte […]

Some of the stalled projects The authorities of St Mary’s Seminary Senior High School at Lolobi in the Hohoe Municipality of the Volta Region are facing   challenges in relation to the accommodation of its staff and students, as work on the GETFUND projects, which is supposed to address the current infrastructure challenges of the school, […]

CONVICTED! Agyemang Antwi A 32-year-old man, Agyemang Antwi who admitted to stealing fowls from the hen coop of his neighbour, has been sentenced to a fine of GH¢480 by a Circuit Court in Obuasi. The court, which was presided over by Daniel Kwaku Obeng ordered Agyemang Antwi, a driver, to pay a fine of GH¢480 […]

One outrage after another, yet no one is raging. Governance has become like a child’s play. Ministers are going to school; ministers are marrying; ministers are having children. These are the things ministers are appointed to do! They are the things the motherland’s money is being squandered on! If you want to form a bank, […]