Coach Kwesi Appiah Black Stars head coach Kwesi Appiah has fended off calls for his resignation saying he is determined to keep his job. The embattled coach who supervised a disastrous world Cup campaign in Brazil said he had built young and confident players whose Black Stars future are bright and would want to shepherd […]

Kwamena Duncan “In my view, the presidency should be a place where you should have the experts but what has happened is that President Mahama has turned the presidency into a dumping ground,” says Central Regional Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwamena Duncan The NPP National Executive Committee (NEC) member was commenting on […]

President John Dramani Mahama A purported resignation of President John Dramani Mahama has prompted a swift denial from the Presidency. This was not before the hoax sent uncontrollable ripples, and shivers down the spines of those who heard it last Monday evening. A copy of the fake letter of resignation, which was full of grammatical […]

Kwesi Nyantekyi, GFA Boss Ghana’s widely condemned decision to physically transport about US$4.5 million cash to Brazil to settle players and officials who represented the country in the ongoing World Cup tournament, may have inadvertently benefited the Brazilian government with an estimated windfall of about US$790,000 (approximately GH¢2.3 million). The amount was realised by Brazil […]

A portion of the telltale document The complexity of the 2014 world cup in Brazil riddled with several scandals and controversies involving senior government appointees and officials of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) is far from over. Contents of emerging documents from the Ministry of Youth and Sports suggest the ambassadors and celebrities were given […]

HOT! Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah Former Minister of Youth and Sports Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah, who was relieved of his duties following the World Cup debacle, was yesterday summoned to the Flagstaff House to answer some serious questions, DAILY GUIDE has learnt. A source close to the Presidency told the paper that “the President has summoned the out-going Sports […]

Hundreds of Ghanaians yesterday defied the heavy rainfall to stage a demonstration at Afrikiko, a restaurant situated close to the Flagstaff House – the seat of Government. The police, on hearing that the people had gathered at the place, quickly blocked all the roads leading to the Flagstaff House, prevented pedestrians and the media from […]

President John Mahama Ominous clouds overlook the country. Perhaps these have accounted for the shortage of fuel, the vacillation by government over whether to direct another utilities’ tariff hike or not within a short span of time. The list is seemingly endless. We can stretch it to include a befuddled President not knowing what to […]

Awotwi Nkansah  Public sector workers have given government a two-week ultimatum to rescind its decision to appoint Pension Alliance Trust (PAT) Ltd as the sole trust to run the 2nd Tier Pension Scheme for all workers on government payroll or face industrial strike. According to the workers, government has no right to appoint a company […]

Franklin Cudjoe Franklin Cudjoe, Founding Director of IMANI Ghana, a policy think-tank, has called for the discontinuation of government subsidies on commodities due to its fiscal imbalances. Speaking at a roundtable discussion on the theme, ‘Revisiting the fuel subsidy debate: crossroads, hard choices’ organised by Citi Fm, an Accra-based radio station, Mr Cudjoe stated: “Government […]

The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved additional financing of $19.80 million to support the development of Ghana’s oil and gas reserves, bringing the total support to $57.80 million. The objectives of the project are first to help improve public management and regulatory capacity and enhance sector transparency by strengthening the institutions managing […]

Lilianne Ploumen (Right), Hans Doctor (Middle) seated alongside a Dutch Investor at the press briefing The Netherlands Government has pledged to render support to local cocoa producers in Ghana to stimulate growth in the country’s cocoa sector. The support, which is expected to come in the form of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), will see the […]

Archbishop Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle Members of the Institute of Economic Affairs /Winner-Takes-All (IEA/WTA) Committee of eleven dignitaries have agreed that appropriate constitutional amendments be taken to forestall the drawbacks of the winner-takes-all concept in local politics. They concluded that the concept is divisive and not in the interest of the country’s fledgling democracy. The committee […]

DCOP Sakipasgo presenting the parcel to the widow while ACP Adusei Sarpong and other senior officers look on The police administration has brought smiles to the face of a 29-year-old woman, whose husband, Lance Corporal Ebenezer Obeng died in the line of duty in a road accident in 2013. Pamela Obeng, a mother of two, […]

Sickle cell anaemia A quarter of all newborn babies in the country are carriers of the sickle cell disease, Professor George A. Ankrah-Badu at the Ghana Institute for Clinical Genetics (GICG), has disclosed at the celebration of the World this year’s Sickle Cell Day in Accra. He said two percent of all newborn babies in […]

Capt Baffour Assasie-Gyimah addressing the gathering A TOTAL of 9,924 narcotic drug-related cases were recorded in four different hospitals in the country from 2010 to mid-year 2013. The highest drug-related cases were recorded in 2012, with cases exceeding 3,782. Out of the figure, 3690 were male, while 89 were reported to be females, representing 98 […]

Cecilia Marfo Information reaching dailyguideonline.com indicates that renowned gospel musician, Cecilia Marfo, has been ex-communicated from the Church of Pentecost for opening and operating a prayer camp which is against the policies of the church. According to the Ashaiman area head of Pentecost, Cecilia Marfo who is also a deaconess in the church was called […]

A section of the musicians A large number of music rights owners who have declared their support for the Ghana Music Right Organisation (GHAMRO) and its board have called on Nana Kwame Ampadu and 100 others to withdraw the suit filed against GHAMRO in order to make way for peace to reign among the stakeholders […]

Michael Osei Kwame Kumawood actor, Michael Osei Kwame, known in Showbiz as Shapiro, visited the Dwenase Rehabilitation Centre, a home for the physically-challenged and the less-privileged in Kumasi. The actor as part of his social duties donated to the centre items worth thousands of Ghana cedis. Items donated to the centre included bags of rice, packs […]