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 […]

Dr. John Kwakye, Senior Economist of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) says interest payments are generally expected to rise due to high borrowing and interest rates. He said wage payments are also likely to increase due to the implementation of the Cost of Living Allowance (CLA) and payroll management challenges. Government paid a total […]

Betty-Mould Iddrisu and  Ebo Barton-Oduro In Tense pressure is being brought to bear on the Mahama administration to prosecute government officials who were neck-deep in the infamous Woyome judgement debt scandal. This follows a Supreme Court decision this week (Tuesday, July 29, 2014) ordering businessman and known financier of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alfred Agbesi Woyome, to refund an amount of GH¢52 million wrongfully paid […]

Galamsey operators in a pit Three Illegal miners in the prestea huni-Valley district died after the pit in which they were working collapsed on them last Wednesday. The three, who are yet to be identified, were believed to have died after they were trapped in the galamsey pit believed to contain some water. The incident happened at Busichim in the Prestea-Huni-Vally district of the Western […]

Seth Terkper, Finance Minister Ghana and the World Bank have signed a financing agreement for $156 million to enhance access to secondary education in underserved districts of the country. Finance Minister Seth Tekper signed for Ghana while Yusupha Crookes, World Bank Country Director, signed on behalf of his institution. The funding under the Ghana Secondary […]

Mawuena Trebah Mawuena Trebah, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Investment Promotion Center (GIPC), has dismissed reports that her outfit granted tax exemption to certain companies operating in the country. According to her, stringent measures governing the granting of tax exemptions make it impossible for the relief to be enjoyed by undeserving companies. Some […]

The much-anticipated judgment in the case which National Lottery Authority (NLA) filed  an ex-parte application in an Accra Circuit Court, presided over by Francis Obiri to stop MTN from holding its ‘Go Rio’ promotion could not be delivered. The trial judge, Justice L. L. Mensah said the about 40-page judgment was not ready although he […]

Haruna Iddrisu speaking at the launch  The Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Haruna Iddrisu has attributed the high youth unemployment rate in Ghana to the lack of technical qualifications. According to him, there were many job opportunities that Ghanaian youth could explore but due to lack of technical and vocational expertise, they remain unemployed […]