Oscar Pistorius, pictured in 2012, outside the house in Pretoria, where he shot dead girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp The luxury home where Oscar Pistorius shot dead girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp has been sold for £250,000 – £100,000 less than the asking price.  The villa in a gated community in Pretoria had been on the market since March […]

New Patriotic Party flagbearer hopeful Nana Akufo-Addo has announced his intention to suspend his campaign from August 4, to August 13, 2014. This is to enable polling station and constituency party executives remain focused ahead of the limited registration exercise of new and eligible voters as announced by the Electoral Commission. “Despite the legitimate concerns raised by […]

The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is spreading faster than efforts to control it, World Health Organization (WHO) head Margaret Chan has said. She told a summit of regional leaders that failure to contain Ebola could be “catastrophic” in terms of lives lost. But she said the virus, which has claimed 729 lives in four […]

Nana Owusu Ofori The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has accused government of experimenting with Ghana’s economy. According to the party, government has shown over the months it has no pragmatic solutions in dealing with the difficulties the economy is facing. The party blamed the Mahama-led administration for rather engaging in needless talk shops. This comes on […]

Okyeame Kwame The new appointed GHAMRO board mandated by court to organize election for substantive executives have released their first official press statement. The board have appointed various officers to lead and occupy respective positions including Chairman, PRO and secretary. Read the statement unedited: Following the Order of an Accra High Court in the matter […]

Two security guards have reportedly been sacked for taking a selfie with Usain Bolt during the Commonwealth Games (incident not pictured) Three members of security at the Commonwealth Games have been sacked after taking a photograph with Usain Bolt. The incident occurred when the Jamaican sprinter was training beside Hampden Park ahead of his country’s […]

Richard Dido  The swift intervention of the Odorkor District police Command at dawn yesterday prevented residents of Kwashieman Official Town – a suburb of Accra – from lynching a 31-year-old suspected armed robber who allegedly stabbed two occupants of a house after his attempt to rob the household had failed. One of the victims, Bernard Adjei, 37, had his intestines gushing […]

The 2012 vice presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has made it clear to the delegates of the party – who will be electing the flagbearer during the upcoming presidential primary – that 2016 is not the time to experiment with a new candidate as the consequences for such an […]

Historians who care to write the history of this country will tell you some home truths. Kwame Nkrumah and his CPP administration were overthrown by self-imposed angels due to the gross human rights abuse by the administration. Dr. K.A. Busia and his PP administration were overthrown by politicians under military disguise because of the devaluation […]

 Kwabena Kesse  Kumasi-based businessman and Managing Director of Kessben Shipping, Forwarding and Trading Limited, Stephen Boateng, otherwise known as Kwabena Kesse (Kessben), was yesterday remanded into police custody by an Accra Circuit Court for alleged money laundering. The businessman is facing two counts of money laundering and forgery of documents, and he is expected to […]

Nana Akufo-Addo interacting with delegates in Tamale yesterday “Our message to Dr. Afari-Gyan and the Electoral Commission is simple. We need a register that truly represents those who are entitled to vote in Ghana. The current register is bogus. We are not interested in playing the blame game. We are only interested in doing what […]

Mona Helen Quartey The John Dramani Mahama administration has been mired in confusion over whether to opt for an International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout to salvage the rapidly deteriorating Ghanaian economy or not, DAILY GUIDE has gathered. Yesterday, the President and his team of economic advisors, including New Patriotic Party (NPP) founding member, Kwame Pianim, […]

Justice Rose Constance Owusu A justice at the Supreme Court who was part of the panel that adjudicated the landmark 2012 Presidential Election Petition has retired. Justice Rose Constance Owusu is bowing out after six years of service in the highest court of the land. A source at the Judicial Service in Accra said Justice […]

Kamal Deen Abdulai, Nasara Coordinator THE ASHANTI Regional branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has hatched a plan to break the ruling National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) invincibility at the Zongo areas during election periods. As part of the plan, the Nasara Club of the NPP in the region, led by its Coordinator, Mohammed Abdul […]

A Wa Circuit Court yesterday sentenced one of the three policemen who were accused of abducting and defiling a 14-year-old primary six pupil, to nine years imprisonment with hard labour. General Constable Appiah Donald pleaded guilty to the two charges and was sentenced accordingly. His other two colleagues, General Constable George Tanoe and Corporal Joseph […]

Dr Afari Gyan, EC Boss The abolition of the National Health Insurance Card by the Supreme Court is significant and a landmark decision by the apex court. That the health insurance card is no longer one of the acceptable documents for registering voters provokes further questions about the integrity of our electoral system. While we […]

 Nations are built by a succession of generations. The greatness of a nation can be traced by what successive generations did by way of planning. The history of the world, as we all know, has been characterised by ups and downs of varying degrees and circumstances.  Some nations had to go through very deadly internecine wars […]

Eric Amoateng There is a thick air of uncertainty over the reported release of Eric Amoateng, the former NPP Member of Parliament (MP) for the Nkoranza North constituency in the Brong Ahafo Region. The MP was arrested in the United States in 2007 for trafficking over 81 kilograms of heroin valued at $6million, but was […]

Israel and Hamas have agreed to an unconditional 72-hour humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza from 08:00 (05:00 GMT) on Friday. A joint US and UN statement urged all parties to “act with restraint” until the ceasefire begins. Talks on a more permanent truce are to start in Cairo. Since Israel began its offensive in Gaza on […]