President Akufo-Addo has indicated categorically that he will not back anyone who declares an interest in succeeding him as the New Patriotic Party’s flagbearer. He says as outgoing President, leaning towards any of the candidates can cause disturbances in the party. “My duty is to hold the balance, to make sure that there is a […]
Ms Josephine Panyin Mensah, the 28-year-old married woman at the centre of the “fake pregnancy and kidnap’ controversy in Takoradi, has finally left the custody of the Takoradi Central Police Divisional Command after meeting her bail bond. Josephine was granted bail a week ago, on September 27, following her appearance in court, charged with deceiving […]
The Registrar-General’s Department will this month begin the delisting of dormant organisations from the Companies Register. “This will be the first batch of companies to be delisted this month out of the over 100,000 companies registered since 2011,” the statement added. The delisting will affect companies which fail to comply with the Department’s directive to […]
The Bill initiated by some six Members of Parliament seeking to criminalise lesbianism and gayism in Ghana has been kicked against by a group of 18 concerned Ghanaians. The “Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill,” which is currently before Parliament, according to the group, which has kicked against it, when […]
The Kumasi Airport is expected to be ready as an international facility is in October next year when ongoing expansion works are completed. Currently, the phases two and three of the works — which include a newly-built terminal and a control tower — is 77 per cent complete, according to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) […]
The government is expecting more than 18 million more doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the coming days to augment the national fight against the virus. The expected consignment will comprise 1,330,270 doses of Pfizer from the US government through COVAX; 834,729 doses of AstraZeneca from the governments of UK, Denmark, Norway and the European Union […]
Many residents of the Buduburam Camp have begun vacating the place following the expiration of the deadline given them to leave for its redevelopment. Late Wednesday and early yesterday, the Daily Graphic saw trucks carrying the personal effects of some of the residents leaving the camp. Mostly Ghanaians and Nigerians, the residents were adhering to […]
Seven persons, comprising two Ghanaians and five foreigners, still neck-deep in illegal mining activities in the New Abirem District in the Eastern Region have been arrested. They were arrested yesterday when a Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr George Mireku Duker, led a special operation, made up of military and policemen, to clamp […]
The police have arrested a 21-year-old man suspected to be the leader of a police recruitment scam. The suspect, Frank Fenuku Junior, was arrested at Zongo Junction, an area at Adentan in Accra, on September 27, 2021. Earlier on September 14, 2021, three persons said to be his accomplices were arrested over a fraudulent Facebook […]
AngloGold Ashanti Limited has announced that underground operations at its Obuasi gold mine in Ghana are expected to resume in mid-October. The mining company had suspended underground activities at Obuasi in May following an accident. AngloGold in a news release issued on Thursday said for the remainder of this year, underground ore will be used […]
The Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyabeng, has declared that he will go after election officials who tempered with results in the presidential and parliamentary polls. According to him, the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) is cloned with powers to prosecute presiding and returning officers who forge election results. Speaking to Nana Aba Anamoah on Starr Chat […]
The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Kwaku Afriyie says it was time the nation severely punished individuals who fill wetlands or Ramsar sites and erect structures on them. The phenomenon, he said, resulted in flooding and other negative social repercussions and called on the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, which […]
