Ursula Owusu Member of Parliament (MP) for Ablekuma West, Ursula Owusu Ekuful, has said she does not know how to continue to live in the absence of Fennec Okyere, the artiste manager who was murdered last Thursday. “Fennec was everything to me. Anytime I wanted to get something done but did not know how to […]

Dr. Kwame Addo Kufuor Former Defence Minister in the Kufuor administration, Dr. Kwame Addo Kufuor, is rallying support for Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2016 elections. Dr. Kwame Addo Kufuor is convinced that the party’s twice defeated flagbearer represents the NPP’s best chance of snatching the […]

Gbevlo-Lartey National Security operations have earned a disturbing aura of notoriety. The total disregard for the rule of law by the department’s operatives remains but an indisputable feature. Many officials—from the Coordinator to others on the lower rungs of the structure—think the uncivil method of conducting themselves is normal. Little wonder the mostly ruling party […]

Alfred Agbesi Woyome Matthew Amponsah, a state attorney, yesterday admitted before an Accra Financial Court that he underestimated the workload involved in the trial of embattled National Democratic Congress (NDC) financier, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, for allegedly defrauding the state to the tune of GH¢51.28million. The chief state attorney made the admission in a court presided […]

Stephen Ntim, Paul Afoko, Fred Oware and Jake Obetsebi Lamptey The New Patriotic Party (NPP) yesterday organized a balloting session for all four aspirants contesting for the Chairmanship position of the party. The balloting process was suspended by the Vetting Committee of the party in order to investigate allegations against one of the aspirants, Paul […]

Isha Gangarey Six persons including Aisha Gangarey, a TV presenter, were yesterday arraigned for allegedly importing 3.7 kilograms of heroin into the United States of America (USA) through couriers who were nabbed by the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and US authorities there together with the drugs. The accused persons, who have been put before […]

Kwesi Nyantakyi, GFA President After several weeks of debate over the Black Stars purse for the Brazil 2014 World Cup, Cabinet has finally approved a GH¢10,500,000 budget to the Ghana Football Association (GFA) in that regard. Speculations about a staggering $20m budget for Ghana became rife among the sporting populace prior to government’s approval. This […]

Has the Energy Minister brought back any soothing news from Nigeria? Power generation and supply in Ghana has reduced by 270 megawatts due to the shutdown of Asogli Power Plant and the Mines Reserve Plant. This has led to an emergency load management, as consumers of electricity are forced to sleep in the dark or […]

Seth Terkper Minister of Finance Seth Terkper says his outfit is disappointed with the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) for its inability to meet its target for 2013. Making this known in an address read on his behalf at the GRA’s 2014 Management Retreat held at Takoradi recently, he stated: “This has not happened before in […]

Ghanaian investor and co-founder of Blue Skies, Seth Kwesi Dei will be speaking at the 11th MTN Business World Executive Breakfast meeting, MTN has announced. The much-anticipated event is scheduled to take place at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel on 27th March, 2014 on the theme: ‘Positioning Your Business for Global Expansion.’ Mr Dei is one […]

Fan Milk Limited, the dairy producer owned by private-equity firm Abraaj Group and Danone SA, says it will cut investment in Ghana because power outage was plaguing storage and distribution. The nation’s largest dairy producer will spend about 15 million Ghana cedis ($5.8 million) this year, lower than planned, Managing Director Jesper Bjorn Jeppesen said […]

Akwasi Opong-Fosu Canada is assisting Ghana with a $14.3 million food security and environmental facility over an eight-year period in the three Northern regions. The project, which became operational in 2008, is being executed by the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) and expected to end in 2016. The Minister of Local Government […]

The Accra Bourse ended last week with a total number of 1,340,706 shares valued at GH¢2,172,598.02 being traded, compared to 2,728,273 shares valued at GH¢7,191,811.00 in the previous week. CAL emerged as the highest traded stock by volume, exchanging 387,699 shares valued at GH¢389,539.00. This accounted for 28.92% and 21.21% of the total volumes and […]

Kojo Bonsu and his team during the inspection of KMA projects in Kumasi A SANITATION COURT at Asokwa in the Kumasi Metropolis, established to deal with sanitation issues will begin operations, latest by next month. Kumasi Mayor, Kojo Bonsu, during a tour of the facility on Thursday, charged those working on the project to speed-up […]

Mahmoud Dandey Mazawagay IV The Sarkiu Zango of Cape Coast, Mahmoud Mazawagay IV, has accused President Mahama for totally sidelining Muslim chiefs in the region after winning the 2012 general elections. He disclosed this in an interview with DAILY GUIDE at Cape Coast over the weekend that “this is about the third time President Mahama […]

Patrick Awuah, founder and president of the Ashesi University, has advocated an adjustment of Ghana’s educational curricular and assessment strategies. Speaking at a public lecture as part of activities marking the 50th birthday of Emmanuel De-Tumi, a motivational speaker in Accra on the theme: “Unleashing Youth Potentials for Continental Development”, the Ashesi University Founder stated […]

Officers at the NEIB conference The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has announced the establishment of the National Enforcement and Intelligence Bureau (NEIB) to reinforce the service’s intelligence and enforcement units. The mandate of the Bureau is to establish breaches of the immigration laws, investigates cases of migrant smuggling, human trafficking, travel and other document fraud […]

Prof. Naana Jane Opoku Agyeman The Ghana Book Publishers Associations (GBPA) is up in arms against government and the Ministry of Education (MoE) for their inability to settle a debt of US$35, 746, 750.00 owed five of its members. The DAILY GUIDE had discovered that the MoE contracted Approachers (Ghana) Limited, Winmat Publishers Limited, Adwinsa […]

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II will host the 4th Annual Teachers Awards at the Manhyia Palace on May 2, 2014. The Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Teachers Awards is organized by the Otumfuo Charity Foundation and sponsored annually by Asantehene, corporate and individual donors to recognize and honour outstanding teachers in deprived communities across Ghana. The Annual […]