Some 82 police officers have filed a suit against the Attorney General (1st defendant), the Ghana Police Service (2nd defendant), and the Inspector General of Police (3rd defendant). The plaintiffs contend that the Ghana Police Service failed to promote them after they finished their studies under the organization’s study leave with pay policy. In the […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) has assured all stakeholders in the upcoming Kumawu by-election in the Ashanti Region that the electoral management body is adequately prepared to conduct the elections as mandated. In an interview with the Ashanti Regional Director of the EC, Benjamin Bano- Bioh last Wednesday (May 17), he stressed that the EC had […]
Investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas has declined to show his face to Kwesi Nyantakyi and his lawyers in chambers, before court proceedings in a case Anas is expected to testify against Nyantakyi, a former President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA). Consequently, Anas has turned down an invitation by the prosecution to testify in the […]
The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has launched this year’s Green Ghana Day project in Kumasi and charged institutions to take responsibility for their role in the continuous degradation of the environment. He said both the chieftaincy and government institutions could not claim innocence of activities of illegal miners within their respective jurisdictions. Consequently, the […]
Only five miners out of suspected 30 who were trapped under an illegal mining pit that caved in on Monday at Korley Teye in the Birim North District of the Eastern Region have so far been rescued alive. Seven of the miners died in the ordeal, with locals frantically trying with all manner of implements […]
Transport operators have reached a consensus to lower fares starting from Wednesday, May 17, 2023, following a continuous decrease in the prices of petroleum products in recent weeks. In a press release issued on Monday, May 15, the Road Transport Operators announced their decision. The statement, jointly signed by Emmanuel Ohene Yeboah, General Secretary of […]
Twenty-two people from Agou, farming community in the Nkwanta South of the Oti Region have been hospitalised due to an alleged food poisoning. The victims are said to have suffered acute diarrhoea and other symptoms after eating at a funeral on Sunday morning. While 13 of them have been admitted to Nkwanta South Municipal whilst […]
The nine schoolchildren who drowned in a canal at Fanaa, a suburb of Bortianor in the Ga South municipality in the Greater Accra Region, have been buried. They were buried yesterday at the Bortianor Cemetery after a burial service at Tsokome, also in the municipality. The event was attended by the Greater Accra Regional Minister, […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has disclosed government is prioritising value addition in the natural resources sector to ensure the state derives optimal benefits. The government, he said, is also strengthening local content and local participation as well to ensure Ghanaians have more roles in the extraction of these resources. According to him, this is […]
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 […]
