Jerry John Rawlings delivering the acceptance speech at the University of Education, Winneba yesterday Former President Rawlings has descended upon President John Mahama and his appointees, criticising their opulent lifestyles and corrupt practices. Speaking at a special congregation at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), where honorary doctorate degrees were conferred on him and two […]

Kwame Assenso speaking to Prophet Kofi Sarfo (right) EMOTIONS ran high last Friday at Obuasi in the Ashanti Region following the startling confession of a 28-year‑old gold dealer of how he bonked more than 183 women and used their vaginal fluids for money rituals. Kwame Assenso, who raced to the Life Way Miracle Centre at […]

Paul Afoko, NPP National Chairman The special delegates’ congress of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) slated for Sunday, August 31, 2014, is likely to suffer yet another major setback if the signal being picked by DAILY GUIDE is anything to go by. Information has it that some leading persons in the party, including aspirants […]

The cocaine suspects Three of the five suspects arrested in Sekondi in the Western Region in connection with the importation of 400 kilograms of cocaine worth $50 million from British Guyana, using a semi-submarine vessel called Atiyah Ex Alisam, were yesterday jailed 34 years by an Accra High Court. This was after Justice C.K. Honyenugah, […]

The Nima police in Accra have begun investigation into the bizarre circumstances under which an 11-year-old boy allegedly split his father’s belly, causing his death. The belly of the deceased, Adam Osman, 38, was allegedly split open by his son at about 3:00 am on Monday when the latter was asleep at Maamobi, a suburb […]

Atimbila Baba swearing in the FUSSAG executives Public universities across the country have been shut down not because of government’s attempt to prevent the spread of the deadly Ebola virus disease (EVD) affecting the West African sub-region but because of the ongoing strike action of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), DAILY GUIDE has […]

Benjamin Kunbuor inspects a guard on arrival at the Command Gate, Burma Camp  The Minister of Defence, Dr Benjamin Bewa-Nyong Kunbuor, accompanied by his Deputy, Mr. Alex Segbefia, and the Chief Director of the Ministry, Mr. Alidu Fuseini, has paid a working visit to the General Headquarters of the Ghana Armed Forces. He was met […]

Council members pose with Samuel Ablakwa (2nd left) The Anglican University College of Technology (ANGUTECH) has inaugurated a 12-member council to steer the affairs of the College. The council is expected to approve new programmes for the university and assist in the annual evaluation of deans. Additionally, it will facilitate communication between the institution and […]

Some dignitaries cutting the sod for construction work to begin on the project The first President of Africa Development bank (ADB), Dr Donkor Fordjour, has bemoaned that the free fall of the nation’s currency poses a great danger to the survival of businesses. At a sod cutting ceremony for the construction of George and Angelina Owusu Medical Centre at Akyawkrom near Ejisu, he hinted that “it […]

President of Groupe Nduom (GN,) Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, has unveiled plans to create more jobs for residents in the Central region. And this time around, his focus is his own municipality, Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirim (KEEA) in the central region, where he has promised to create about five hundred (500) new jobs for various rural areas in […]

I first saw and met then Mr. Ekwow Spio Garbrah in Abuja, the federal capital of the Republic of Nigeria, around 1995 when he was the Director of Communication of the African Development Bank, then headquartered in Abidjan, la Cote d’Ivoire. I had been invited by Spio Garbrah’s office to cover the Annual General Meeting […]

Dr Mensa Otabil Head Pastor of the International Central Gospel Church Dr Mensa Otabil has called for a new leadership response to crisis situation in Ghana. In a short but thought provoking message at the festival of ideas 2014, Dr Otabil said there is the need for a decisive leadership response, one that follows the rules and […]

A Chinese businessman has been killed by unknown assailants at his construction site at Community 9, opposite the Tema General Hospital. The deceased who was only identified as ma, a resident of Community 8, Tema, was said have been shot in an uncompleted building behind Imperial Perking. The assailant reportedly arrived at the scene in a white vehicle together with other Chinese nationals, numbering about four, and shot the deceased. He […]

Dr Mensa Otabil Head Pastor of the International Central Gospel Church Dr Mensa Otabil has called for a new leadership response to crisis situation in Ghana. In a short but thought provoking message at the festival of ideas 2014, Dr Otabil said there is the need for a decisive leadership response, one that follows the rules and […]

Late Paul Victor Obeng The remains of the late Paul Victor Obeng, Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), will be interred later today. The astute politician and businessman, fondly called PV, was laid in state yesterday after a remembrance mass service had been held for him at the Good Shepherd Catholic Church at Community 2, Tema. Mourners were allowed to pay their last respects to the former Chairman at […]

Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah General Overseer of Glorious Word Power Ministry International, Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah has broken his silence over what led to his divorce with his former wife. Speaking on Hitz FM’s ‘The Profiler’ show hosted by Mark Okraku Mantey, Rev. Owusu Bempah stated that contrary to reports, his former wife, popularly known as […]

Walter Rodriguez (right) with APSP staff USAID’s Agriculture Policy Support Project (APSP), has urged farmers to desist from depending on government for support to manage their farms. According to him, government has a lot of responsibilities and therefore cannot meet all the needs of farmers across the country. Mr Rodriguez, who was speaking in an interview with BUSINESS GUIDE at a forum in […]

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and delegation being conducted round the Diageo Plc Staff Shop DIAGEO PLC, the parent company of Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited (GGBL), has committed to further growth and investment in its business in Ghana. This was made known when Otumfuo Osei Tutu II led a delegation to pay a courtesy visit to Diageo PLC – London, headquarters of Guinness Ghana […]

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana Interbank Payment & Settlements Systems (GhIPSS), Archie Hesse, has urged banks to complement the ongoing rollout of hybrid Point of Sales (POS) terminals by procuring some POS for their clients who own shops. He noted that it would enable the banks to deepen their relationship with their clients while […]