Fifteen (15) per cent of residents of the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana’s second largest city, is said to engage in open defecation, the Waste Management Department of the Metropolitan Assembly has revealed. Mr. Prosper Kotoka, Director in-charge of the Department, said only fifty (50) per cent of the more than two million people in the metropolis … Read more
An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced David Mensah a 20-year-old student to seven years imprisonment in hard labour for defiling an eight year-old girl. Mensah denied the offence but was found guilty after trial by the Court presided over by Mrs Jane Harriet Akweley Quaye. During trial, it came out that Mensah frequently showers on … Read more
After many months of darkness on the Madina-Adentan highway, the streetlights are finally up and functioning. After weeks of protests by residents in that area, government seems to have finally listened to their plea and fixed the non-functioning streetlights. The absence of these lights and other road signs, including footbridges, have contributed to the over … Read more
Member of Parliament for South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Defeamekpor has described as arrogant, Minister for Education, Matthew Opoku Prempeh’s posture towards newly trained teachers who are resisting mandatory national service. The teachers staged a demonstration on Wednesday to demand their postings. The teachers say they will not adhere to a directive from the government to post … Read more
The two friends allegedly stole GHc80,766.00 which was suppose to be deposited at the bank An Accra Circuit Court on Friday granted two persons a bail in the sum of GH¢80,000.00 with three sureties each for allegedly stealing GH¢80,766.00 which was supposed to have been deposited with the Fidelity Bank. One of the sureties should … Read more
The Media Coalition on the Right to Information (RTI) Bill has question the commitment of Members of Parliament in passing the over decade-old bill, and urged Ghanaians to begin to demand answers from their MPs. The posture of the 275 MPs, according to the coalition that is spearheading a campaign for the passage of the … Read more
The embattled Eastern regional director of the Economic and Organised Crime Office, Fred Dzeny, has resumed work days after he was suspended by the anti-graft body over comments he made in relation to the fight against corruption. Mr. Dzeny in an interview with Starr News said the battle against corruption can only be won if … Read more
General Secretary of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has said he cannot be blamed for the party’s defeat in the 2016 polls. According to General Mosquito, as he is known in political circles, the party always scored victory since he took charge and worked with a particular set of executives, … Read more
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) branch of University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), has formally notified the National Labour Commission (NLC) that it may be forced to withdraw some of its services on November 19, 2018. A copy of the letter to the NLC, sighted by Joy News, accuses the government … Read more
A least one person has been killed with several houses in the Nakpachie community in the Yendi Municipality of the Northern Region burnt after a clash erupted between two groups. Information gathered by TV3 shows that the clash began after a pig was shot and killed by a farmer after it strayed into his farm … Read more
Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, says the Ghana Police administration has dispatched a three-member team of investigators to South Sudan to investigate alleged sexual exploitation and abuse involving 46 police officers on a United Nations mission in South Sudan. The said officers were allegedly involved in sexual misconduct and have been withdrawn to Juba. Responding to … Read more
The First Lady, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo has commissioned a Community-Based Health Planning Services (CHPS) compound at Kpone Katamanso Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. The fully furnished functional and NHIS accredited CHPS compound is now able to provide preventive, and treatment services and refer patients to bigger health centres. In her brief remarks at the … Read more
Government says it is yet to conclude its investigations into the case of some Ghanaian police peacekeepers indicted by the United Nations for sexual misconduct in South Sudan last year. Though the Police Administration in May this year said investigations by the IGP’s three-man investigative team had concluded its work, the Interior Minister Ambrose Dery … Read more
The Minister for Interior, Ambrose Dery, has called for a ceasefire between the Konkombas and Dagombas in Yendi, Northern Region. One person is reported dead with two others severely injured after a clash between the two groups at Nakpachie in the Yendi Municipality. About five houses have been torched in the conflict, forcing residents to … Read more
Former President John Dramani Mahama has been labelled as a blatant liar by the Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah. He has insisted that Mr. Mahama lied when he said bedbugs had taken over senior high schools (SHSs). According to him, contrary to Mr. Mahama’s allegations, there are no bedbugs on the campuses of SHSs across … Read more
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) in the Upper East Region, has embarked on a programme to enforce the Excise Tax Stamp Policy, as part of measures to prevent excisable products without Tax Stamp from being sold to the public. The nationwide activity is part of efforts instituted by the revenue mobilization institution to ensure that … Read more
The Millar Institute for Transdisplinary and Development (MITDS) has held its first Congregation for 20 students in Bolgatanga with a call on them to be more relevant to society. The School, which is also known as Millar Open University is affiliated to the University for Development Studies (UDS) and accredited by the National Accreditation Board … Read more
The Jirapa Municipal Chief Executive, Hon Christine Bomannye Amadu has called for a stop of illegal mining in the Jirapa municipality, saying, that illegal mining can adversely affect the future of the municipality because the environment will be destroyed to the extent that it can no longer sustain lives. She revealed that the Jirapa Municipal … Read more
The gunshots were to disperse some youth who stormed the police station over an arrest Gunshots were fired by the Northern Regional Police Command to disperse some youth who stormed the police station in an attempt to forcibly free a suspect. Information gathered by DAILY GUIDE indicates that the behaviour of the youth at the … Read more
The Supreme Court has granted a request by lawyer for the acting General-Secretary of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), James Kwabena Bomfeh aka Kabila, to amend his statement of case in his suit against the plans of the government to construct a 50,000-seater national cathedral. The court at the last sitting ordered him and the … Read more