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 […]
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 Ghana Police Service has deployed a special team to monitor and regulate the free flow of traffic on the Kasoa-Buduburam-Winneba road. The Police in a statement issued on Sunday, August 29, 2021, said the decision follows many complaints about gridlock and indiscipline on the road, especially on weekends. The statement also cautioned drivers to […]
Ghana and the North Rhine-Westphalia State of Germany have signed an agreement to deepen the ties between the two in seven areas of co-operation. The agreement covers non-governmental, not-for-profit and private-sector organisations, diasporan organisations, religious organisations of all denominations, business corporations, local councils, educational establishments and the GIZ development agency. The Minister of Foreign Affairs […]
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said that the government of President Akufo-Addo has worked towards the interest of Ghanaians by pursuing progressive and impactful policies. Addressing delegates atbthe 11th Quadrennial Conference of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) in Accra on Thursday August, 26, Dr. Bawumia shared with the workers inclusive interventions by […]
The Omanhene of the New Juaben Traditional Area in the Eastern Region, Daasebre Professor Emeritus Oti Boateng, has passed on, aged 83. He died about two weeks ago after a short illness. Multiple sources close to the New Juaben Palace and also the family, which confirmed the incident to the Daily Graphic, said the New […]
The supreme leader of the Islamic community in Ghana Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu has on Thursday made a donation of GHC50,000 (US$8000) to help in the construction of a National Cathedral for Christians. The cathedral is a personal project spearheaded by the nation’s president Nana Akufo-Addo at a cost of $200 million (169 million euros). He said it is […]
Nearly 1.3 billion people globally suffer from hypertension, a silent killer often driven by obesity that increases the risk of heart disease, stroke and kidney disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. Hypertension can be easily diagnosed by monitoring blood pressure, and treated with low-cost drugs, but half of the affected people are […]
A team of clinical psychologists from the counselling unit of the Ghana Police Service headquarters on Wednesday had sessions for the families whose relatives were murdered at Abesim in the Sunyani municipality of the Bono Region. The exercise, directed by the acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, aimed at reducing the […]
