Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah Youth and Sports Minister, Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah, is running away from the tag of a millionaire. This follows a recently released list of supposed richest people in Ghana in which the minister was rated the 13th wealthiest person worth some $112 million, with names such as President John Dramani Mahama and two of his […]

Family members grieve next to the bodies of the father and son in the Chinese city of Fuzhou A Chinese father jumped to his death with his four-year-old son in apparent frustration at frequent arguments with his wife about how they should look after the boy. Huang Chiu grabbed the child, ran onto the roof […]

 Alhaji Asuma Banda Business man Asuma Banda has advised former President Jerry Rawlings to emulate the statesmanship of his successor John Kufuor. The Antrak Air Chairman said Mr Rawlings could use more tactful and diplomatic means to admonish President John Mahama rather than taking him to cleaners in the media all the time. According to […]

A 19-year-old second year student of the Emit Electronic Institute in Accra has hanged himself in his room at the Old Habitat residential area within the Assin Fosu Municipality. Gideon Bansah left no suicide note but the motive behind his action was believed to be a rift he had with his father on that day. […]

These photographs show the extraordinary moment a family were engulfed by a gigantic wave which crashed over the sea wall at a resort in Cornwall. The father, mother and three young children were walking along a barrier at Mullion Cove, which is almost the southernmost point in all of Britain. Suddenly, a 20ft wave came […]

KILLED! Inspector Awusi Yakubu.INSET: GUNNED DOWN! The Assailant Four persons, one of them a police inspector, were killed last Monday by assailants under bizarre circumstances in different parts of the Brong Ahafo Region. News of the incidents dampened the spirit of residents of the region and sent waves of panic during the Yuletide, as they […]

Cwesi Oteng Gospel musician Cwesi Oteng is the only artiste from Ghana whose song was named among the Top 30 Gospel Songs of 2013. Cwesi’s song ‘I Win’, was ranked the 7th  top gospel song in the world  in a shortlist that  includes works from world renowned gospel divas including  the  Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, Tasha […]

Wontumi being welcomed by NPP supporters at the party office at Bantama Members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) started the New Year on a flashy note, as they virtually took over the streets of Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital causing massive vehicular traffic on the streets. Hundreds of NPP supporters in Kumasi, who were […]

Ending a year on one of Jerry Rawlings’ comic series can be annoying, more so when he seeks to present himself as a political colossus, his signature performance. Some, for want of a more appropriate appellation, have dubbed the now incoherent and sometimes gibberish effusions as “Rawlings’ booms”. Spent and almost idle, the addle-headed former […]

Fortiz Private Equity Fund is now the legal and registered owner of 90 per cent shares of Merchant Bank, the bank announced in a recent statement. A statement signed by Clementia Djameh, Head of Corporate Affairs, Merchant Bank Ghana Limited, noted that this follows the full payment for shares of Merchant Bank (Ghana) Limited by […]

Joe Baidoe-Ansah The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Kwesimintsim in the Western Region, Joe Baidoe-Ansah, has chastised President John Mahama for showing willingness to appraise the performance of his ministers which according to him cannot be based on any measurable indicators. “This is a complete false hope because how can the President […]

Nana Akufo-Addo Nana Akufo-Addo has charged Ghanaians to put the nation first in all that they do. In a New Year message from London, where he is holidaying currently, he noted that although the year 2013 had its share of disappointments for many Ghanaians, they sailed through to its end. “In all that we do,” […]

The Nima Police are investigating a case in which a certain Faruk Ishak, 35, was stabbed by a fellow Muslim during the annual birthday celebration of Prophet Mohammed at Accra Newtown, last Saturday. According to information reaching DAILY GUIDE, during the programme, a group of Muslim youth also belonging to the Tijanniyya sect made their […]

A Fulani man has been shot dead by a police patrol team during a suspected highway robbery on the Ejisu-Juabeng trunk road. The incident happened between Bonwire Junction and Juaben where the unidentified man and his gang had mounted a roadblock on Thursday dawn. DCOP Augustine Gyening, Ashanti Regional Police Commander, told newsmen that the […]

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un sentenced his uncle to be eaten alive by a pack of 120 wild dogs in a savage punishment for treachery, it has been claimed. Jang Song-Thaek, 67, along with five close aides, was stripped naked and thrown into a cage of hounds which had been starved for three days, according […]

The Ministry of Trade and Industry has relaxed the ban of importation of rice through the country’s borders.The decision was taken after the Ministry considered a petition received from Ghana-Ivory Coast Rice Importers to enable them clear the commodity.A statement signed by Nana Akrasi Sarpong, Acting Director of Communication and Public Affairs at the Ministry […]

As people around the world partied their way into the new year, two mothers gave birth to two of the last babies of 2013 and two of the first babies of 2014. While born just minutes apart, their twin babies entered the world in two different years. On Dec. 31, 2013, at 11:58 p.m., Yaleni […]

Emmanuel K. Agyarko (left) speaking at the event The worsening state of Ghana’s economy in the just-ended 2013 year under the Mahama-led administration, has forcefully pushed the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency, Emmanuel Agyarko, to call on the government to carefully think about its economic decisions in […]

The Head Pastor of Calvary Charismatic Center (CCC) in Kumasi, Ransford Obeng has expressed grave concern about the rise in fornication and adultery among Christians in the country. Delivering the sermon at this year’s Watch Night Service, he said “the most annoying part is the fact that now some pastors are also guilty of the […]