Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2012 presidential elections says Ghana is threading on a dangerous path in not dealing with the issue of unemployment. “We are conscripting, year after year, a future army of unemployable adults. This is dangerous!” he warned. Nana Akufo-Addo was speaking at a […]

The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has cast doubts on President Mahama’s commitment to fulfill promises he made in his recent state of the Nation Address. Addressing a press conference in Accra, Wednesday, the PPP Director of operations, Nana Ofori Owusu noted that the president failed to talk about the true reflection of the state of […]

Four helicopters and three planes were flown away Russian soldiers have taken over a Ukrainian naval air base in Saki, western Crimea, as the gravest post-Cold War stand-off between the West and Moscow continues. Beforehand, they allowed Ukrainian servicemen to remove four MI-8 helicopters and three planes and fly them to Mykolaiv in mainland Ukraine. […]

The Director of the Parliamentary Center in Africa, Dr. Rasheed Dramani is asking  Ghana’s Parliament to provide with intepreters to enable MPs communicate in local languages of their choice. Reports from the House indicate that some MPs  struggle to effectively communicate in the English language. MP for Wa East, Ameen Salifu’s embarrassing moment on the […]

Gabriel Barimah ‘Once forgiven, twice unrepentant’, the Ahafo Ano South DCE faces fresh wrath of government after his unrepentant stance for his disrespectful local slang “tweaa”. Gabriel Barimah told Joy News – “how could a lady in London have heard of me. There are a lot of friends who have called to congratulate me. I […]

Lance Corporal Joseph Clottey and Lance Corporal Richard Osei Two police personnel have been arrested by the Accra Regional Police Command for brutally assaulting a victim while robbing him of $55,000. Lance Corporal Richard Osei, 30, attached to the Accra Regional Police CID and Lance Corporal Joseph Clottey, 33, also attached to the Striking Force […]

Haruna Iddrisu and Ursula Owusu The issue of corruption in the John Mahama administration reared its ugly head in Parliament yesterday when some MPs reacted to a publication in the current edition of Africa Watch magazine during the debate on the President’s State of the Nation Address. In the course of the debate, the Minority […]

Stranded passengers at the Kumasi and Accra Airport Activities at various domestic terminals at the country’s five local airports came to a standstill yesterday following a decision by members of the Ghana Air Traffic Controllers’ Association (GATCA) to embark on a sit-down strike to press home their demand for better conditions of service. They also […]

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2012 presidential elections says Ghana is threading on a dangerous path in not dealing with the issue of unemployment. “We are conscripting, year after year, a future army of unemployable adults. This is dangerous!” he warned. Nana Akufo-Addo was speaking at a […]

Prof Ernest Aryeetey Staff of the University of Ghana, the nation’s premier university, will not be paid soon because of delays in the release of government’s subvention to the institution. In the last three months, DAILY GUIDE can confirm, there has been delayed payment of the salaries of staff of the university largely due to […]

Mr. President has become tetchy these days. Innocuous questions get him on edge: sometimes questions he finds inappropriate evoke disturbing responses from his end. We are unable sometimes to strike a balance between how not to get him upset and simultaneously avoid shirking our sacred responsibility of keeping government on its toes. We are surprised […]

Abuga Pele and Phillip Akpeena Assibit Raymond Bagnabu, counsel for Phillip Akpeena Assibit standing trial in the infamous GYEEDA scandal yesterday claimed that cabinet once wrote a letter to the Ministry of Youth and Sports informing them $65million had been secured from the World Bank. However, when he suggested to the first Prosecution Witness (PW1) […]

Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, Energy Minister A 2013 World Bank report has established that Ghana’s energy sector is performing below expectation. The report, “Energizing Economic Growth in Ghana: Making the power and petroleum sectors rise to the challenge,” called on Government to fix the problems in the sector to ensure that energy problems did not […]

One Airport Square Laurus Development Partners, a real estate firm focused on property development in West Africa, on Friday held a topping out ceremony for its One Airport Square project in Accra. Stakeholders in the construction industry usually hold a topping out ceremony when the last roof concrete slab of a project they undertake is […]

Dr. William Derban, Director of Financial Inclusion, Fidelity Bank Fidelity Bank Ghana Limited last Thursday at Agbogbloshie in Accra outdoored agency banking called Fidelity Smart Agents, which allows the bank to use shops and supermarkets as its agents. Additionally, the bank announced that prospective customers could open bank accounts called Fidelity Smart Accounts and receive […]

Johnson Kombian Johnson Kombian, an alleged notorious armed robber serving time at Ankaful Maximum Security Prison for breaking jail and on trial at an Accra Fast Track High Court for murdering two police officers, was yesterday absent from court for the second time. The accused person facing conspiracy and two counts of murder in a […]

Sadat Karim and Adams Mahama have been remanded by an Accra Circuit Court for defrauding by false pretences. They are facing 16 counts of conspiracy, forgery of document and defrauding by false pretences. With the intent to defraud, Karim, a farmer, is said to have forged the Ghana Immigration Recruitment forms in the name of […]

 Eleanor Adjaho Sarpong receives an award on behalf of MTN from an official of GRA as Isaac Baidoo looks on Scancom Limited (MTN Ghana), the leading telecommunications service provider in Ghana, has been lauded by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) for its exceptional contribution to national development in terms of tax payments. MTN Ghana was […]

An Accra Circuit Court presided over by Mr. Francis Obiri, yesterday sentenced two robbers to a total of 40 years imprisonment for robbing a student of Africa University College of Communication (AUCC) in Accra. Mohammed Fuseini, unemployed and Isaac Rabiu Mohammed, aka Kwasi, a mechanic, pleaded guilty to both counts of conspiracy to commit crime […]