Alhaji Toyiba Mahama Alhaji Toyiba Mahama, a businessman who failed to win the chairmanship position of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Upper West Region in the just-ended elections, is frantically looking for the party’s delegates who received money from him. The 41-year-old businessman is reported to have stormed the residence of one of the delegates […]

President John Mahama In his first 2014 press conference, President John Mahama stated, “I recalled that the attention of President John Evans Atta Mills and I, then Vice-President, was drawn to the fact that Merchant Bank was in trouble and that the bank would collapse because of the debts that were owed it. The President […]

Ms Peace Seyram Ettuh testifying before the church and flanked by Prophet Dan Aboah The members of the Assemblies of God Noble Worship Centre at Animal Research Gate in the Greater Accra Region were moved to an awe-inspiring miracle on Sunday, January 19, 2014 when a 27-year-old Seyram Ettuh was resurrected after her death in […]

Manfred Darko-Konadu  The Government’s decision to introduce pre-paid water metres is not the ultimate solution to the country’s water problems, Manfred Darko-Konadu, Coordinator of Pinnacle Institute of Banking Studies in Takoradi has indicated. According to him, the pre-paid water metre would not enhance the water delivery in the country; instead, it would aggravate the plight […]

“And it seems to me you lived your life like a candle in the wind.  Never fading with the sunset when the rains set in. And your footsteps will always fall here along England’s greenest hill.  Your candle burned out long before your legend ever will” – Elton John When I was a little boy of about […]

Gabriel Barimma at a recent function The popularity of Gabriel Barimma, District Chief Executive (DCE) for Ahafo Ano South in the Ashanti Region, who recently shot to fame over his ‘Tweaaa’ rhetoric, keeps soaring. The beleaguered DCE, who is currently being investigated by Government over his outburst in public, was the toast of mourners at […]

Prestea residents demonstrating yesterday Activities at Prestea, a mining community in the Western Region, came to a standstill yesterday, as thousands of residents poured onto the streets to stage a massive demonstration against what they termed as harassment by military and police personnel. The Regional Security Council (REGSEC) is leaving no stone unturned in flushing […]

Emmanuel Attah-Obeng  Some unidentified supporters of National Democratic Congress (NDC) assaulted the wives and children of Emmanuel Attah-Obeng alias Soborae, the Kwahu South NDC Chairman at Kwahu-Bepong in the Mpraeso Constituency over the weekend. Owing to the development, the Mpreaso District Police Commander, DSP Emmanuel Amoah directed two policemen to protect the chairman and his […]

A 20-year-old house help is in the grip of the law for allegedly sodomising his boss’s 14-year-old daughter. The accused person, Kwasi Owusu, a physically challenged, allegedly discharged his semen into the victim’s mouth after having anal sex with her. According to the prosecution, the accused person after the act threatened the victim with a […]

The organisers of the Ghana DJ Awards slated for February 22 at the National Theatre of Ghana have announced that this year’s edition will bring together best disc jockeys (DJs) from Nigeria, South Africa and UK who will compete against each other on one stage. The organisers of the awards, Merqury Republic Events, are stopping […]

Kofi Portuphy expressing his disgust THE NATIONAL Coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Kofi Portuphy, has expressed his disgust about the way and manner the Tema Development Corporation (TDC) displaced over thousand persons at Promised Land near Adjei-Kojo in Tema. According to him, “TDC is feeling too pompous and taking unilateral decisions without […]

The debate on whether there is the need for the government to hand over mission schools to churches for effective management resurrected again in Parliament yesterday when the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Akatsi North, Peter Nortsu-Kotoe made a statement on it. The strong argument made by the Akatsi North MP who […]

Roselyn Ashkar, Ghana’s representative at the just-ended Africa’s Next Top Model reality show in South Africa said she did not go into the modelling contest with any strategy to win. “There was no game plan. It was just to go there and do my best because I knew it is not going to be something […]

A driver busy at work Commuters have expressed dissatisfaction with the recent increases in transport fares. Although some people indicated that the increment of the transport fares was properly communicated to them, others complained about the situation. “I had to argue with a mate and driver this morning when I boarded a trotro from Tsui […]

Madam Fautina Nelson, a board member of Goil gets ready to cut the tape while Prof. Asomaning, Board Chairman and other officials look on admiringly. Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL) yesterday opened two new service stations at Kpeshie Lagoon and Nungua to increase its network of branches nationwide. The two new service stations form part […]

About 150,000 students sitting this year’s West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASCE) may not be able to enter the university next year. This is because some of the public universities have decided not to offer admissions to applicants who will write the WASSCE this year, reports the Daily Graphic’s Severious Kale-Dery. The University of […]

The Big Fat Promotion logo was unveiled in August last year Fidelity Bank Ghana Limited has commenced the second phase of its touted ‘Big Fat Zero’ promotion to give customers the chance to win impressive prizes. In the first phase of the promotion that commenced in August 2013, customers were required to maintain a minimum […]

Akifa Khatun, 19, stopped growing just before her second birthday and must be carried everywhere by her mother Apila, 42. At first glance Ajifa Khatun could be any little girl, playing with her brothers and sisters and getting a hug from her doting mother. But although Ajifa looks like a toddler, she is in fact […]

A special conference on the development of factoring in Africa is expected to take place tomorrow at the Movenpick Hotel in Accra. The conference, which is at the instance of Factors Chain International (FCI), the world’s largest factoring chain, is the first-ever FCI factoring event to be held in Africa. Senior FCI representatives, factoring experts, […]

In order to offer its customers the best of services this year, Air Namibia has indicated plans to review its flight schedule effective 7th February, 2014. Operating on the same days – Wednesday, Friday and Sunday – the airline’s aircraft SW724 will depart Windhoek (WDH) at 11:00 hours and arrive in Accra 14:30 hours. Also, […]