The Overlord of the Wala Traditional Area, Naa Fuseini Seidu Pelpuo IV, has said the few challenges facing the country cannot be a premise for it to be described as a failed state. Naa Pelpuo, who made the observation during a visit to his palace in Wa by the Defence and Interior subcommittees of Parliament, […]
General Overseer for the Royalhouse Chapel International, Sam Korankye Ankrah, has described the $1 million gift given to his daughter on her wedding day as a ‘faith cheque’. This comes after the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), in a letter sighted by Myjoyonline.com summoned Naa Dromo Korankye-Ankrah for tax returns on her wedding gift. However, explaining the motive […]
The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mr Godfred Yeboah Dame, says a new bill in the offing, the Conduct of Public Officers Bill, will give a more consequential effect to Chapter 24 of the 1992 Constitution. He said the Code of Conduct for Public Officers captured in Chapter 24 of the Constitution was intended clearly […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said his unflinching support and that of his administration to free media remains unquestionable. That commitment, he said, was evidenced by the atmosphere of free speech prevailing in the country. However, he said in the midst of the freedoms, it was incumbent on all to be measured in whatever […]
The National Coordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP), Dr. Mrs. Gertrude Quashigah has hinted that the government has given approval for funds to be released for the payment of arrears for first term of the 2021 academic year to caterers. According to her, the National Secretariat of GSFP had already collated caterers’ data […]
All Form Three students of senior high schools are permitted to go on mid-semester break from tomorrow, Tuesday July 20 to Sunday, July 25, 2021. A letter signed by the Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES) in charge of Quality and Access, Dr Kwabena Bempah Tandoh, however, said academic work should resume on […]
Nine Members of Parliament (MPs) have laid a Private Member’s motion to have the House pass a law to streamline and mainstream corporate social responsibility (CSR). The aim is to ensure cogent, equitable and sustainable national development. The motion will push for the enactment of a well-defined legal framework which will ensure that corporate bodies […]
Steve Raymond Dapaa-Addo Esq. has been appointed as the Executive Director of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) effective July 9, 2021. Mr Dapaa-Addo practised in Ghana as a State Attorney and in Nigeria, where he worked with the Rivers State Ministry of Justice and rose to the position of Director of Civil Litigation, […]
First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo has declined the offer for her to be paid allowances. According to a July 12 statement, she has also “decided to refund all monies paid to her as allowances from the date of the President’s assumption of office, i.e., from January 2017 to date, amounting to GH¢899,097.84.” This comes on the […]
The Chief Justice, Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah has denied allegations that he demanded a US$5 million bribe to influence a court case. He has consequently petitioned the Director General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, Commissioner of Police (COP), Mr Isaac Ken Yeboah, to launch criminal investigations into the matter. […]
A 15-year-old student of Accra Academy Senior High School at Bubuashie, Accra, has been arrested for allegedly being behind recent fire outbreaks in the school. He is said to have confessed to setting fire to dormitory blocks, including a new dormitory block, which was razed down completely, because he was forced into the school by […]
An enumerator assigned to the Dr Berko Area for the 2021 Population and Housing Census has shared his chilling experience with the Daily Graphic, stating how a landlord threatened to shoot him during the exercise. The enumerator, assigned to the enumeration Area 181 in the Sunyani Municipality, who preferred to be anonymous said during the […]
