A US billionaire financier who helped pioneer the debt-fuelled corporate acquisition known as a leveraged buyout has been found dead, his family says. In a statement, Thomas H Lee’s family said they were “extremely saddened” by the 78-year-old’s death. The New York Post reports that he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his Manhattan […]
The Accra High Court has ordered that a former CEO of Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, will be tried in absentia. Attionu, who is on trial for allegedly causing financial loss of GH¢90 million to the state during her tenure as the CEO of MASLOC between 2013 and January 2017, has […]
A four-year national project to reintegrate 70,000 out-of-school children from 29 selected districts in school has been launched. In addition, the project is designed to improve learning outcomes for an estimated 98,000 children for the in-school mainstream school improvement programme (MSIP). On the theme: “Getting all children educated through support to schools and communities,” the […]
Parliament has invited the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) to brief the Committee of the Whole on a new Constitutional Instrument (C.I.) ahead of Election 2024. The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban S.K. Bagbin has directed that the Chairperson herself, Jean Mensah should appear for the briefing. According to the Speaker, the EC must […]
“Excellence”, “dedication,” “hard work”, “principled”, “commitment,” “integrity” and “fairness” were some of the words on the lips of those who gathered in the newsroom of the Daily Graphic last Friday to bid farewell to the Editor of Graphic, Vincent Kobina Asmah, professionally known as Kobby Asmah. Mr Asmah officially retires on February 28, this year, […]
The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMA) has advised that people allergic to dust should wear nose masks following a surge in dry and dusty atmospheric conditions in Ghana. Ghana has been experiencing variations in intensity of the dry and dusty conditions over the past weeks. The GMA in a third harmattan advisory statement on Monday, February […]
The Speaker of Parliament has asked the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, not to touch monies belonging to pensioners. Alban Bagbin said the current economic crisis can be solved without the funds of the pensioner. Wrapping up on the business of the House on Thursday, February 16, the former Nadowli Kaleo MP said Parliament will resist […]
Mr. Peter Nanfuri, a former Inspector General of Police (IGP) during the era of late President Jerry John Rawlings has passed on at the age of 80. Peter Tenganabang Nanfuri was an iconic IGP in his time and distinguished himself to the admiration of many. Until his death on Friday February 17, 2023, he was […]
A new report by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has revealed that four out of every five public sector employees earn less than GH₵3000. Out of of the 688,000 persons employed by the government, 533,179 of them earn less than GH₵3000. This represents 80 per cent of the total workforce. The new survey titled the Ghana […]
The government is rigorously working to pass a comprehensive Consumer Protection Bill to bolster consumer protection regime in Ghana, the caretaker Minister of Trade and Industry, Samuel Jinapor, has told Parliament. The overarching object of the bill is to protect, secure and defend the rights of consumers through a structured institutional mechanism and legal framework […]
The National Lottery Authority (NLA) and Ghana Post are considering possible areas of mutual cooperation that will support national development. The Director-General of the National Lottery Authority Mr. Sammi Awuku and the Managing Director of Ghana Post, Mr. Bice Osei Kuffuor, otherwise known as Obour, in their meeting on February 15, 2023, also discussed matters […]
The National Lottery Authority (NLA) through its Good Causes Foundation has commissioned a smart laboratory fully equipped with modern computer tablets for the Senior Correctional Centre at Dzowulu in the Greater Accra Region. The brand new smart laboratory which is equipped with 50 computer Tablets also comes along with a projector and one laptop for […]
