Archbishop, Charles Gabriel Palmer-Buckle Last Sunday’s National Thanksgiving and Prayer Service held at the Holy Spirit Cathedral in Accra was characterised by interesting yet contradictory remarks by some dignitaries gracing the religious function. Accra’s Metropolitan Archbishop, Charles Gabriel Palmer-Buckle, provoked varied thoughts and therefore made the headlines when he told President John Mahama to “listen […]

Paul Afoko, NPP National Chairman Leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will today meet to decide on modalities for its upcoming flagbearership elections after the closing of nominations on Monday. Seven people have thrown their hats into the ring for the race to lead the party. A source at the party’s Asylum Down headquarters […]

Dr. Henry Kofi Wampah Marked depletion of foreign assets reserves at the Bank of Ghana (BoG) in the election year of 2012, yesterday became a huge bone of contention at the resumed sitting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament. At the sitting to look into foreign exchange receipts and payments of the Bank […]

Rev Albert Okpoti Botchway The Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), Reverend Albert Okpoti Botchway, has finally been axed after intense pressure on the government and the Ministry of Health for his removal. A letter dated July 7, 2014 and signed by Sherry Ayittey, outgoing Minister of Health, which […]

Janet Bandu. INSET Castro THE family of Janet Bandu, the lady who allegedly got drowned with hip-life artiste Theophilus Tagoe – known in the showbiz industry as Castro (the Destroyer) – is furious over claims by a section of the Ghanaian populace that the lady is a water spirit – known in the local parlance […]

Two traders have been arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court for human trafficking. The accused persons, Nana Yaw Kwakye and Jonson Kissi, both traders, denied the charges preferred against them. At Muus in Taifa, a suburb of Accra, the two were said to have agreed and acted together with a common purpose to recruit one […]

Tenants should prepare to pay more rent in the wake of the recent increase in the price of cement, the main ingredient used in the construction of houses. The determination of rent has been at the behest of landlords over the years. Most of them demand outrageous rent from tenants, especially in Accra and other […]

Felix Kwakye Ofosu (3rd right) in a chat with Okudzeto Ablakwa  Government says it has made massive investment which will increase urban water coverage from 63 percent to 85 percent and rural water coverage from 64 percent to 76 percent by 2015. Felix Kwakye Ofosu, Deputy Information and Media Relations Minister, at a press briefing […]

Prof Ernest Aryeetey Members of the Teachers Educational Workers’ Union, (TEWU) of the College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana Medical School at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, have threatened an indefinite strike, if management does not pay their interim market premium owed them since last year. According to them, the premium, which is an allowance […]

Lance Corporal Abdul Salam Lance Corporal Abdul Salam, a police officer stationed at the Kotobabi District Police Station, who was nearly lynched for allegedly shooting a taxi driver at Maamobi last Saturday evening, has been interdicted by the Police Administration. The action of Lance Corporal Salam led to the irate youth descending on management of […]

A section of the mourners Family, political associates and friends of the late Gladys Asmah, former Minister of Fisheries, yesterday converged on the Ridge Church in Accra to commemorate one week of her passing. The service was attended by high-powered members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and sympathisers. In attendance were former President John […]

The boy and Akakpo Katsekpor( the fetish priest) Information gathered by DAILY GUIDE indicates that a 13-year-old boy in the Shama District of the Western Region has been held hostage by a fetish priest on suspicion of practicing witchcraft. The paper learnt that the boy, a pupil of the Aboso Methodist Basic School in the […]

Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa Deputy Minister of Education, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, says he cannot fathom why members of the Polytechnic Teachers Association (POTAG) have embarked on a month-long strike action when payment of their book and research allowances was not due. Such allowance is paid once a year and therefore it was unfair for the lecturers […]

 Tsatsu Tsikata, Philip Addison, Frank Davies Four prominent Ghanaian lawyers are to be honoured at the 138th Mfantsipim National Fund-Raising Dinner Dance and Awards night in Accra scheduled for August 22, 2014. The four lawyers – Tsatsu Tsikata, Philip Addison, Frank Davies and Alex Quaynor – all old boys of Mfantsipim, are being honoured as […]

Superintendent Kofi Sarpong FOLLOWING his outstanding achievements in the gospel music industry in Ghana for some years now, the awarding-winning Ghanaian gospel music icon, Superintendent Kofi Sarpong, also known in the music scene as DSP Kofi Sarpong, has disclosed to the BEATWAVES that all is indeed set for him to host his maiden gospel musical […]

From left: Michael Udoh and Victor Aniete Solomon One of two Nigerians standing trial for allegedly kidnapping an eight-year-old boy, was yesterday handed a five-year jail term in hard labour by an Accra Circuit Court. Victor Anietie Solomon Sunday, a 21-year-old security personnel, pleaded guilty to the charges immediately he entered the dock last week. […]

Naa Oyoe Quartey Charterhouse, a leading event organising company and organisers of Miss Malaika, has announced Saturday, July 12 as the auditions date for this year’s edition of Miss Malaika. The auditions, which is expected to attract a large section of young enterprising ladies, would take place at the studios of GhOne Entertainment TV located […]

Dr. Kwame Addo Kufuor Former Minister of Defence in the previous Kufuor administration, Dr. Kwame Addo Kufuor has advocated the re-consideration of the composition of the membership of the Vetting Committee of Parliament. In his view, the Vetting Committee should be made up of some selected Members of Parliament (MPs), representatives of the Trade Union Congress […]

The participants in a pose after the ceremony  The British High Commissioner to Ghana, John Benjamin has lauded the Ghana Armed Forces for showing commitment to peace-keeping. He made the disclosure during the opening ceremony of the partnership programme between Cranfield University in the United Kingdom and the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) […]