The seeming standoff within the People’s National Convention (PNC) has reached a boiling point, with the leadership of the party giving the “suspended” General Secretary of the party, Ms Janet Nabla, a one-week ultimatum to vacate her office and hand over to the party’s National Treasurer. Consequently, the party said it had appointed a Deputy […]
One candidate of the Dadieso Senior High School of the on-going West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) was invited yesterday while an invigilator is on the run for allegedly taking a snapshot of the candidate’s English Oral paper, while the examination was ongoing. The candidate has however, been released on bail, while the security operatives […]
The Centre for Plant Medicine Research (CPMR) at Mampong Akwapim in the Eastern Region has made progress in the development of a herbal medicine for the treatment of COVID-19. The acting Executive Director of the centre, Dr Kofi Bobi Barimah, who disclosed this, said his outfit was fast developing the herbal medicine, and that it […]
The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has waged a war against foreigners who attempt to acquire Ghanaian passport through dubious means. It has, therefore, repatriated 52 foreign nationals who attempted to acquire Ghanaian Passport by false declaration. In the last nine months, GIS has prosecuted over 35 foreign nationals who were subsequently fined a total of […]
The body of a British journalist killed by armed robbers while on a reporting trip to Ghana is being repatriated on Wednesday. Syed Taalay Ahmed, 31, from Hartlepool in north-east England worked for the UK-based Muslim Television Ahmadiyaa International network. Mr Ahmed leaves behind a wife and two children. The young journalist was filming a […]
The written papers of this year’s West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for the second batch of final-year free senior high school students began smoothly throughout the country yesterday. The examination began with Oral English with the observance of the COVID-19 safety protocols. A total of 446,321 final-year SHS students are writing the 2021 […]
A New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has been appointed the new chair of the Ghana hub of the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC). CWEIC is a commercial, not-for-profit membership organisation with an official mandate from the Commonwealth Heads of Government to facilitate trade and investment throughout the 54 Commonwealth member nations. Otchere-Darko is one […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo through the Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare has today made payment of GH¢14,394,397.58 for the cost of the operation and the purchase of surgical equipment for the surgery of the conjoined twins at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital. It will be recalled that in July, the Chief of Staff […]
The menace of street children in Accra is getting out of control, and the Department of Social Welfare under the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection seems to be helpless. Consistently, the Daily Graphic has touched on the menace and its repercussions, but it appears there is no end in sight, as more children […]
A Police patrol team in conjunction with a Community Watchdog has arrested two member of an armed robbery gang who robbed a gold dealer of his gold detecting machine at Talekura near Tinga, a gold mining enclave in the Bole District of the Savannah Region. The suspects, Dauda Appiah, 43 and Yussif Abdullah, 25, were […]
The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye has reiterated his advice to persons eligible to take the second jab of the AstraZeneca COVID- 19 vaccine not to rush to vaccination centres. He urged them to be patient and avoid overcrowding as the government is doing all it can to get everyone […]
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has included the Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) in the Credit Reporting System (CRS). This means that details of students who borrow from the trust will be included in the credit reference bureau to keep their credit behaviour profile. The measure is to boost the recovery efforts of the SLTF […]
