For six years, he was harassed and subjected to extreme humiliation, put through clinical examination under duress, on claims that he had a psychiatric condition. Eventually and unjustly, he was dismissed from the Ghana Health Service in 2012. The woes of Dr Francis Ibrahim-Betonsi, a medical officer, started at the Effia Nkwanta Hospital in the Western Region, when he was serving as a Senior House Officer. He recounted that on June 2, 2009 while on duty at the Diabetic Clinic/OPD of the hospital,
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has said it had become unsustainable to keep the subsidy on Residual Fuel Oil (RFO), because the subsidy on it was affecting its supply. It explained the suspension of the subsidy on RFO was to ensure regular supply of the product to industry, since the high price of fuel and the continuous depreciation of the Cedi against the dollar have made it unsustainable to keep the subsidy on RFO. Speaking at a press conference in Accra yesterday, the Head of Economic
Police at Prampram are on the heels of two fetish priests suspected to have a link to ritual murders in the Ningo Prampram District of the Greater Accra Region. This follows the discoveries of two headless bodies of a female at Lerkpongunor and Old Ningo respectively last week. The fetish priests now on the run are; Addo and Francis, who are well known in Ningo for their practices. Information The Chronicle gathered from a police source in Tema revealed that on Monday October 24, 2022 police received
The Ranking Member on the Committee of Mines and Energy, Mr John Abdulai Jinapor, says the notion that government is not making money from petroleum proceeds is a fallacy. According to Mr Jinapor, the government has, this year alone, generated more revenue than it projected for. Briefing the Parliamentary Press Corps, the Yapei/Kusawgu legislator said in the 2022 budget, government projected that it will receive a total amount of about 6 billion cedis. “Today, as we speak, from the Public
Roger Nyarko, 62 years and a trader, is standing trial for offering GH¢15,000.00 bribe to influence a police officer to conceal a crime – illicit trafficking of firm arms and ammunition. Nyarko attempted paying the bribe to the officer, after the Accra Regional Police, upon a tip-off, arrested Dele Fascaro, a 50 years old driver, with 315 boxes of cartridges and 35 Jojef Magnum Pump Action guns at Achimota Mile 7. The ammunitions and pump action guns were allegedly being transported to
The Agape Love Initiative (ALI), which will function as a non-governmental organisation has been launched in Teshie, Accra, with the vision of helping the elderly and needy persons within the Ledzokuku Municipal Assembly, as its operational starting point. The vision of ALI is, therefore, to extend God’s Agape Love of willful sacrifices into the homes of the elderly and needy through projects and programmes in the area of healthcare and educational support. This is an initiative of some old
Prices of petroleum products are skyrocketing by the day and their ramifications on the economy are evident in the astronomical price hikes in goods and services. Ghana practices a deregulation policy, meaning changes in prices on the world market have a direct impact on prices at the pumps. That notwithstanding, several variables determine the final price build-up, some of which are beyond the control of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), the regulator, importers and the Oil Marketing Companies
President and Founder of Accident Victim Support Ghana (AVS), Revered Cyril Benedict Crabbe has launched a campaign to raise funds to support road crash victims. The fund will aid provision of relief items such as wheelchairs, beds, clothes, as well as payment of medical bills for some of the victims who cannot afford treatment. Launching the projects in Accra recently, Rev. Crabbe stated that about 90 percent of road traffic crashes in the country are a result of human attributes, namely overspeeding,
The curfews, sufferings and hardships being experienced in Bawku and its surrounding communities will soon be a thing of the past, as the Upper East Regional Minister, Mr Stephen Yakubu, has assured that the security situation in the area is getting better. According to the Regional Minister, some measures that were put in place to ameliorate the situation are yielding results. He noted that rigorous sensitisation campaign on “See Something, Say Something”, as well as the establishment of
Fans of Kanye West are trying to help him regain billionaire status via crowd funding. Supporters launched several pages; one succinctly being named “Make Kanye West a Billionaire Again” with a fundraising goal of $1 billion after West’s net worth took a serious hit last week when Adidas dropped him. That specific fundraiser only raised $5 and has since been taken down, as have copycats that popped up in its place. Dozens of people have since promoted their own GoFundMe pages encouraging
The United Kingdom’s new prime minister, Rishi Sunak, credits his experience studying business in California’s Silicon Valley with helping to expand his idea of what is possible. Sunak, who on October 24 became the U.K.’s youngest prime minister in modern history and its first of Indian descent, earned his MBA at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2006. “At Stanford, you’re in the heart of an ecosystem and a culture that is unlike anything else I’ve seen in the world,” Sunak,
More than 200,000 Nigerians displaced by long-running violence are struggling for food and shelter after authorities in the northeast shut some of the camps they were living in and stopped aid, international watchdog Human Rights Watch says. In October 2021, Borno state, epicentre of the Boko Haram conflict, announced that it was shutting all camps holding thousands of internally displaced people and returning some of them to their communities. It cited improved security and a need to wean the
Following the suspension of the prolonged strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the authorities of the concerned universities have in the past two weeks announced the resumption of activities in the institutions. Many revised their academic calendars and ordered the immediate resumption of academic activities with the aim of covering the lost ground. For the eight months that the industrial action lasted, the striking lecturers were not paid their salaries. Until the National
The Senate Committee on Power has summoned the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed over N147 billion allegedly included in the capital project of the Ministry of Power. Chairman of the committee, Senator Gabriel Suswan (PDP Benue North East), who summoned the minister during the budget defence of the Ministry of Power claimed that the committee can’t explain how the fund for the bilateral/multilateral project in the power sector is being expended. He said: “The
President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo are absent at the ongoing African Investment Forum in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire. This is as the President of the African Development Bank, AFDB, Adewumi Adesina highlighted the gains of investing in the continent. DAILY POST gathered that other African leaders, such as the Prime Minister of Cote d’Ivoire, Patrick Archi, and President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo are present at the event. Others are the President of
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Wednesday that he will be attending next week’s COP27 climate summit in Egypt, following widespread criticism of his previous decision not to. “There is no long-term prosperity without action on climate change. There is no energy security without investing in renewables,” tweeted Sunak. “That is why I will attend @COP27P next week: to deliver on Glasgow’s legacy of building a secure and sustainable future,” the post ends.
Police in Iran have launched an investigation after a video showed riot police repeatedly kicking and then shooting a man. The two-minute clip was posted on social media on Tuesday, in the seventh week of the protests that erupted across Iran after the death of a young woman in custody. It shows policemen walking in an alley at night and using their batons to beat a man lying on the ground. The man, whose lower body and feet are visible in the angle of the video, tries to protect his head and
President Xi Jinping has said China will continue to support Pakistan to help it stabilise its economy, as he hosted Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for talks. The leaders met at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People on Wednesday, the last day of Sharif’s two-day visit to China, his first since taking office in April. Xi said the two neighbours should boost collaboration in the development of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a $60bn infrastructure project, as well as speed
Five lions have sparked a brief emergency at an Australian zoo after escaping from their enclosure. The animals – one adult and four cubs – were spotted outside their exhibit at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo about 6:30 local time on Wednesday (22:30 GMT Tuesday). The zoo was put in lockdown and one cub had to be tranquillised but all lions were secured within minutes, a spokesman said. No-one was injured. An explanation for the escape has not been given. But zoo executive director Simon
North and South Korea have fired a number of missiles into waters near each other’s coasts in a marked escalation of hostilities. The North launched its most missiles in a single day – at least 23 – including one that landed less than 60km (37 miles) off the South’s city of Sokcho. Seoul responded with warplanes firing three air-to-ground missiles over the disputed maritime demarcation line. Later Pyongyang fired six more missiles and a barrage of 100 artillery shells.
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