The police in Weija have arrested two persons for possessing a freshly chopped-off male head. The suspects, who are currently in police custody, are Samuel Amemasi, 32, and Joseph Kwesi Mawuwone, 23. Police sources that confirmed the arrest to the Daily Graphic yesterday said the person whose head was cut off was yet to be […]
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has urged the general public to ignore any recruitment advertisement on social media platforms. The GAF also advised members of the public not to pay attention to persons purporting to offer enlistment into the Armed Forces. “The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has monitored a fraudulent Facebook account created in the […]
Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, has pleaded with workers unions to exercise patience with the government as it negotiates with the International Monetary Fund for a bailout. According to him, if the government had the means to meet their demands, there would be no need for the ongoing strike actions some of the unions are on, […]
The National Identification Authority has reacted to a widely circulated video of national identification cards left at the mercy of the elements at its Sowotuom Office in Accra. In a statement, the NIA said the 2D-barcode cards printed between 2008 and 2014 had outlived their 10-year life span and are awaiting destruction. “The cards have […]
Following the violence that characterised the Arise Ghana street protest in Accra on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, the police has shared public educational tips on the law that guides the holding of special events including demonstrations. POLICE PUBLIC EDUCATION ON THE HOLDING OF SPECIAL EVENTS INCLUDING DEMONSTRATIONS 1. Background Following the violence that characterised the […]
A Nigerian has been extradited from Ghana to the United States over his alleged involvement in fraud and information theft against some victims in Northern Ohio, and other places. 31-year-old Blessing Adeleke had earlier been arrested in Accra by the Ghana Police Service on Monday, March 14, 2022. He is facing 17 counts of indictment […]
The Ghana Police Service has interdicted an officer alleged to have aided the murder of a bar operator during a chieftaincy dispute at Adum Afrancho in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti region. Chief Inspector Emmanuel Opoku Addai of the Kokoben Police Station together with four others who were arrested in connection with the […]
The government has urged pre-tertiary teacher unions to restore their services while they engage to find amicable solutions to their demands. A Deputy Minister of Education, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, who made the call in an interview with the Daily Graphic, said the government was sensitive to the demands of the teacher unions and would […]
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has urged Central Banks in Africa to endeavour to create combined sovereign reserves that could expand their balance sheets to respond to financial challenges amongst African Union member states. He was of the view that whereas the combined sovereign reserves stood at about $300 billion to $500 billion making it a […]
A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is expected to arrive in Ghana on Wednesday, July 6 to begin negotiations with government on the economic support it is seeking. The IMF officials – comprising senior officers from the Fund and local staff – will meet the Finance Ministry, the Economic Management Team and the […]
The government is optimistic that the resort to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will help stabilise the economy and restore buffers to make it stronger. It said it had been compelled to approach the IMF because the COVID-19 pandemic had depleted the buffers, throwing the economy into an 11 per cent deficit, against the regulated […]
It appears that calls for Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta’s head over Ghana’s current economic misfortunes may have come to naught. Government spokesperson, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says justifications so far for Ken Ofori-Atta to step down are neither here nor there. Many critics including former President John Mahama have called for him to be sacked after […]
