The High Court in Accra has rejected an attempt by the founder of the defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien, to renegotiate a GH¢60 million settlement to the state. Essien who was convicted for stealing over GH¢90million of Bank of Ghana’s liquidity support to the bank was supposed to have paid 20 million of the […]
The General Legal Council (GLC) has with immediate effect withdrawn its recognition of faculties of law of three private universities. The affected universities are; Presbyterian University College (Kumasi Campus), Wisconsin International University College (Kumasi Campus) and Greenfield College (Sunyani). The notice was published in the Daily Graphic on Wednesday, May 10. While the reason for […]
The two persons who attacked a radio presenter in Tamale have been convicted and fined GH₵3,600. The Tamale District Court convicted them today. Iddrisu Hardi alias Pagaaza and his accomplice, Mumuni Osman, were convicted on the charges of conspiracy to commit crime, assault, unlawful entry and threat of death. The two accused persons pleaded guilty […]
Two persons have reportedly been lynched at Zakpalsi, a farming community in the Mion District in the Northern Region over witchcraft accusations. The deceased, Imoro Safura, 40, a mother of seven and Mba Cherefo are said to have been accused of being behind the illness of a woman in the community after her family consulted […]
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has secured a scholarship package for Ghanaian students to study at the prestigious University of Memphis, Tennessee, in the United States of America (USA). Under the deal, qualified Ghanaian students will travel to Memphis University to undertake their undergraduate, master’s and PhD. Up to 70 per cent of the […]
Former Ghanaian Minister of Education, Professor Dominic Fobih, has denied rumours that he has nine wives and that his recent marriage to a 31-year-old woman was his ninth time. A video of a colourful marriage ceremony with his 31-year-old wife went viral on social media over the weekend, generating discussions on social media. However, in […]
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has called on stakeholders in the natural resource sector to support the government’s agenda to build robust infrastructure for value addition in the sector. He said the policies and programmes the government had put in place for value addition were revolutionary and would ensure effective […]
The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) says it will resume publishing the names of beneficiaries who have refused to pay back their loans this month. It said it had been able to trace a number of borrowers who were in employment but were yet to settle their indebtedness to the Trust fund. Also, the SLTF […]
In a letter addressed to the Executive Secretary of the National Labour Commission, the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) has threatened to go on an indefinite strike if a salary increase and arrears from January 2023 is not approved for them. The letter, signed by JUSAG’s General Secretary, Abdulai Yakubu, states that the […]
A storey building under construction at the city campus of the University for Development Studies (UDS) in Tamale collapsed last Saturday during a rainstorm. There was no casualty. The incident happened at night, at a time there were no workers on site. The scene had been cordoned off when Graphic Online visited the campus on […]
The United States Embassy in Accra has announced plans to increase the fees for non-immigrant visas starting from May 30, 2023. According to the embassy, fees for business and tourist travel (B1/B2 visas), international students (F visas), exchange visitor visas (J) and other visa classes that do not require a petition will increase from $160 […]
The National Cathedral Secretariat has responded to a series of allegations made by the Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa on how it was going about its operations in the United States of America (USA) in relation to the cathedral project. Mr Ablakwa in a post on social media and some radio interviews […]
