Lionel Messi could make his return from injury for Barcelona in the Copa del Rey match against Getafe on Wednesday. The 26-year-old has been out with a hamstring injury since 10 November but is in the Nou Camp outfit’s squad for the first leg of the last-16 tie. Messi’s return comes ahead of his side’s […]

Lt Col Larry Gbevlo Lartey (Rtd)  The position of National Security Coordinator, Lt Col Larry Gbevlo Lartey (Rtd) seems to be under threat. DAILY GUIDE had picked information from the corridors of power that somewhere last week, precisely in the evening of Monday, December 30, 2013, a meeting was held by key and influential members of […]

The sleepless nights are officially over and President Mahama can now enjoy his sleep without paying much attention to the erratic electricity supply in the country. His contribution to solving the power crisis can’t be easily brushed aside considering the effort he put in to resolve the issue. However, President Mahama has stated that he […]

Mr Tseng, centre, drifted to another beach 75km away from where he was swept into the sea A Taiwanese man has survived 60 hours in rough seas even though he did not know how to swim, local media report. Tseng Lien-fa, 42, was at a beach in Hualien county on Friday when he was swept […]

The Rawlingses are arguably the most famous couple in Ghana’s contemporary political history, but the genesis of the love that has bound them together as a married couple for the past decades, has never been known to many Ghanaians until none other than former President Jerry Rawlings himself told the story on Monday. It is […]

Moro Abubakar  There has been a great hurrah made about Ghana’s exclusion of Moro Abubakar from the impending CHAN, but the player has explained the context of his snub. The final African Nations’ Championships (CHAN) squad was named last week, prompting raised eyebrows about why the talented midfielder was left out. “Everything was okay until the results […]

Nana Boroo  NEWS BROKE in Accra Monday noon that popular Ghanaian musician Nana Boroo of ‘Aha Y3 D3’ fame may be feared dead after his involvement in a bloody car crash. Peace 104.3 FM was first to break the news of the accident and said it happened somewhere in the United States. Minutes after the […]

The dead landguard being removed from the site. INSET: The arrested landguards A SUSPECTED LAND-GUARD was killed on the spot while three others were arrested for opening fire on the police in an attempt to stop a demolition exercise being carried out on the aviation lands located at Adenta in Accra. The demolition exercise, which […]

Rt. Hon Edward Doe Adjaho  and Dominic Nitiwu There was drama in Parliament yesterday when the Minority group called for an emergency sitting to inquire into the controversial sale of Merchant Bank to Fortiz Private Equity Fund Limited. The Minority members thought they were going to have their way after the Speaker okayed a motion on […]

Bernard Srabih A Policeman, Bernard Srabi was found dead at his duty post at the residence of the former Speaker of Parliament, Begyina Sekyi-Hughes yesterday. The policeman, said to be a hardworking fellow, recently completed a degree programme and was said to have died in the sentry box in which he was found. The cause […]

The deceased woman and her daughter (pix: Courtesy Kwaku Abrampa) A 43-year-old woman, Abena Pomaa, and her 10-year-old daughter, Blessing Oppong, have been found dead in their bedroom at Ohene-Djan near Abesim in the Sunyani Municipality. The bodies of the two, which were found in a pool of blood, were retrieved by the police on […]

Rev Kwabena Frimpong The significance of the Christian Council of Ghana’s (CCG) treatise on the state of the nation as circulated to the media a couple of days ago lost its fervour to the unnecessary diplomacy and finesse it was mired in. The efforts of the Council to be nice to both the opposition and […]

Dzifa Ativor and felix ofosu kwakye being briefed on the new number plate. INSET: The new number plate on one of the government’s vehicles  Government will spend about GH¢1.5 million on the re-registration of all its motor vehicles across the country, Dzifa Ativor, Minister of Transport, made this known at a press conference in  Accra. […]

Rev Yarboi (3rdR) with Naana Opoku and Joyce Aryee at the function THE VICTORY Bible Church International (VBCI) on last Saturday relaunched its scholarship scheme at a colourful ceremony at its Awoshie head office in Accra. The scholarship scheme seeks primarily to help finance the education of brilliant but needy young people in the country. […]

Alhaji Limuna Mohammed-Muniru, Upper East Minister IN A STRONG display of commitment to peace, the Mamprusis have remained calm as the Kusasis celebrated their annual Samanpiid festival on December 29, 2013. This notwithstanding that fact, the Kusasis openly threatened and finally won the favour of Government and National Security to deny them (Mamprusis) their constitutional […]

Alhaji Oti Boateng presenting the cheque to Hajia Sherifatu at his office. Looking on is Kojo Ampah Sahara, Head of PR, Chocho Industries Chocho Industries has presented a GH¢15,000 cheque to Suhum Islamic Girls’ Senior High School at its head office in Suhum. The donation was in support of the re-roofing of some classroom blocks […]