Dr. Emmanuel Akwetey The government should have used some diplomatic means, be it overtly or covertly, to woo the largest opposition New Patriotic Party to participate in the first National Economic Forum since 2012, Dr. Emmanuel Akwetey has said. The bi-partisan National Economic Forum is underway in Senchi in the Eastern Region aimed at achieving […]

The New Abirim Police Station in the Eastern Region has a duty to convince Ghanaians that nobody from their command assaulted final year students of a local school, injuring some of them in the course of the mayhem. A gory story and accompanying pictures in yesterday’s edition of the DAILY GUIDE were too graphic to […]

Paul Afoko and Seth Terkper The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) believes the National Economic Forum being put together by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration is nothing but a façade to outwit Ghanaians. At a press conference in Accra yesterday, General Secretary of the NPP, Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, could not fathom why government did […]

Alfred Agbesi Woyome Alfred Agbesi Woyome on Monday told the Accra High Court hearing his case that he paid $500,000 into the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) account at Prudential Bank to finance the initial projects of CAN 2008. He claimed that the payment was done on the orders of then Chief of Staff Kwadwo Mpiani. […]

The abducted girls Former President Jerry John Rawlings has joined the worldwide “bring back our daughters” campaign as he pleads with the abductors of the over 200 Nigerian girls to release them. As though communicating directly with the leader of the militant Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, Jerry said, “I am in the name of Allah […]

 Bernard Antwi Boasiako aka ‘Wontumi’ PRESIDENT JOHN Dramani Mahama met face-to-face with Bernard Antwi Boasiako aka ‘Wontumi’, the Ashanti Regional New Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman, in Kumasi on Sunday. The President and the NPP capo were among the top notch people in society that stormed the Baba Yara Stadium for a grand durbar commemorating the […]

Amandzeba Reports reaching BEATWAVES indicate that the much-awaited latest musical album of the celebrated highlife musician, Amandzeba Nat Brew, is ready and will be released soon for public consumption. Amandzeba, who is one of the greatest highlife musicians in Ghana today with international recognition, told BEATWAVES that “I am currently putting finishing touchings to my […]

Spencer Quaye (Right), Clement Anole, Prince Kassim, Godwin Tameklo and Peter Kojo Apisawn, the Forum members.  The People’s Forum, a Non-Governmental grouping, says the dismissal of the Minister of Finance, Seth Terkper by the President will not solve the country’s current economic problems. Speaking at a press conference yesterday in Accra, the group attributed the […]

Enoch Mensah  A 19-YEAR-old driver’s mate has been apprehended by the Sakumono District Police for allegedly stealing laptop computer and other personnel belongings. The culprit, Enoch Kwadjo Mensa, resident of Awoshie in Accra, was said to have scaled over the fence wall of a church and entered the church premises where a witness in the […]

Nii Adama Latse The swift intervention of the Kaneshie Divisional Police Command prevented a bloody clash between loyalists of the new Ga Mantse, King Bonin Nii Tachie Adama Latse and that of the Abola Stool at the Ga Mantse Palace at Kaneshie. One person was shot in the process of the clash which occurred around […]

Abu Bartel Abu Bartel, 37, who claims to be a former bodyguard of Laurent Gbagbo, a former President of Cote d’Ivoire, has been arrested by the Western Regional Police Command for fraud. The suspect was arrested when he decided to play a fast one on a Ghanaian and in the process revealed that he was […]

Mensah Egbenya and Kofi Adukpo in police custody Two persons, including a 50-year-old farmer and his driver, suspected of killing a Fulani family of seven at a village called Mafi Kanyikpo, near Adidome in the Central Tongu District of the Volta Region, have been apprehended by the police. The suspects are Mensah Egbenya, aka Bessa […]

Some harvested palm nuts The Benso Oil Palm Plantation (BOPP) Limited recorded a profit after tax of GH¢5.81 million in 2013, Ishmael Yamson, Chairman of the company, has said. He was speaking at the 2013 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of BOPP at Takoradi. Mr. Yamson said in 2012, the company recorded profit after tax of […]

Two senior nursing officers on Monday testified in the case of General Constable Ebenezer Owusu, who is being tried for allegedly killing a senior police officer and another person at the residence of the former Volta Regional Minister. Madam Margaret Akua Appiah of the Volta Regional Hospital, who first mounted the witness box, narrated that she first saw […]

Justice Apau The Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) yesterday failed to appear before the Commission of Enquiry investigating the payment of judgement debts. Also failing to appear at the commission sitting presided over by Justice Yaw Apau were the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MoFEP) as well as the Ghana Revenue Authority (Customs Division). […]

President John Mahama Government, private sector operators and a cross-section of Ghanaians will today begin the much-touted National Economic Forum at Akosombo in the Eastern region to find ways to address the country’s economic challenges. The four-day non-partisan forum, themed, ‘Changing the Narrative: National Consensus for Social Transformation,’ is also expected to come out with […]

A Cape Coast Circuit Court presided over by Eva Bannerman-Williams has remanded a 41-year-old prophet at Mankessim, Osofo Kojo Abraham of Holy Church of Ghana, and his assistant Yaw Nkansah, 28, into prison custody for burning a nine-year-old boy over demonic spirit. The suspects were charged with the offence of abetment of crime and intentionally […]

James Asante, JICA Prez, with some awardees. President of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), James Asante Adjei has advised corporate bodies not to shirk their responsibility of helping to transform society in the face of harsh economic conditions. Speaking at the 2014 Ghana CSR Diary and Awards in Accra, he emphasized the need for […]

Can you imagine what a great nation Ghana would be if our leaders hid and flourished as snakes? Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. Matthew 10:16 Jesus said, “Be wise as serpents.” What is the wisdom of a serpent? […]