The fairness and reasonableness of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s decision to suspend the Deputy Sports Minister and the National Sports Authority boss over the Commonwealth Games alleged visa racketeering has been called into question. Nana Akufo-Addo on April 12 suspended the Deputy Minister, Pius Enam Hadzide and the acting Director General of the National Sports Authority … Read more
Minority members of parliament say they will summon the Youth and Sports Minister, Isaac Asiamah, to provide full disclosure on the visa scandal that has rocked the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) in the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Australia. Over 50 Ghanaians who were part of Ghana’s contingent to the games were detained and deported by the … Read more
General Secretary of the Referees Association of Ghana (RAG) Joseph Ayitey Mensah says his outfit are perturbed by the plight of referee David Laryea, who is reported to be facing the law court after he was alleged to have diverted and pocketed unspecified sums of money in court fines and fees. Reports went rife on … Read more
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has cautioned the public against a recruitment and enlistment scam of potential applicants into the Force on social media platforms. The GAF said such information suggesting recruitment and enrolment into the Armed Forces was ‘fake’ and ‘false.’ In a statement signed by Colonel E. Aggrey-Quashie, the Director of Public Relations … Read more
An armed robbery gang – three men and one policeman suspected to be masterminds of armed robbery incidents at Community 18 and Sakumono in Accra have been arrested at the Tsopoli police barrier in the Greater Accra region. According to Daily Graphic report, the three robbers, two men and a taxi driver, have all been … Read more
The fake Koforidua police officer who was arrested few days ago has been sentenced to 8 years imprisonment by the Koforidua Circuit Court ‘A’. The fake Koforidua police officer who is identified as 25-year-old Prince Baah was charged with impersonation, theft and public deception of an officer. He pleaded guilty to all the charges, leading to his express … Read more
The 57 cheating fuel stations were altogether fined to the tune of ¢261,000… The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), has sanctioned 57 Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) in the Greater Accra Region for engaging in illegal transaction activities that are not in the interest of consumers. The cheating fuel stations whose names were withheld, were fined a … Read more
Outspoken anti-corruption campaigner and leading member of pressure group, Occupy Ghana, Sydney Casely-Hayford is likely to be in hot waters as he has been cited for a possible contempt of Parliament. Casely-Hayford who is noted for his frankness on topical issues, is reported to have said Members of Ghana’s Parliament make “stupid decisions.” Mr. Casely-Hayford … Read more
The National Accreditation Board (NAB) has asked persons who have been conferred with honorary doctorate degrees to desist from using the title ‘Dr’, since it is wrong to do so. It further asked all those who have received questionable honorary doctorates from unaccredited institutions to forthwith stop using the title. In an interview with the … Read more
That Ghana is inviting the Chinese to mine bauxite at Atiwa and some other ore centres has made remarkable headlines this week. Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia says his government sought to leverage less than five percent of our bauxite deposits to unlock close to $20billion. According to him, Ghana has about 460million tonnes of bauxite … Read more
On August 15, 1949, something spectacular happened in the then Gold Coast. In the midst of colonial rule and at the time nationalist struggles for independence had intensified against the colonialists’ resolved to keep the people and the nation under their thumbs, a journalists’ association was formed. It was named Africa Press Association with membership … Read more
A man who posed as a medical doctor has been busted for duping patients at the Korle Bu Teaching and the Ridge hospitals in Accra on the pretext of helping them to secure National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) cards. He is suspected to have duped hundreds of victims, every one of whom he charged GH¢230. … Read more
A man who posed as a medical doctor has been busted for duping patients at the Korle Bu Teaching and the Ridge hospitals in Accra on the pretext of helping them to secure National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) cards. He is suspected to have duped hundreds of victims, every one of whom he charged GH¢230. … Read more
The late Major Mahama was lynched on suspicion that he was an armed robber The Ghana Police Service has placed 12 principal actors on its wanted list over the heinous murder of Major Maxwell Adam Mahama at Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central region. Fifty-two persons are currently on remand for their alleged roles in lynching the … Read more
A nine-member gang suspected to be behind the sale of fake gold bars to foreigners and swindling them of huge sums of money, has been busted by the Mile Seven Police in Accra. The nine suspects, comprise five Nigerians and four Ghanaians. The suspected fraudsters were arrested after they allegedly defrauded two Iranian tourists of … Read more
I was happy to meet again Mr Kobby Asmah, the political editor of the Daily Graphic, last Friday, May 26 at the palace of the National Chief Imam at Fadama, in Accra. The last time we met was at Akosombo, almost nine years ago, and he gave me a lift in his car from that … Read more
Waves of anger, horror, tears, grief, pain, anxiety are but a few emotions that have characterised the mourning of the grisly murder of Major Maxwell Adam Mahama. As grief stricken mourners gather today at the forecourt of the State House to bid farewell to the young military officer who was the commander of the military … Read more
A suspended member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe has charged President Akufo-Addo to fight rising scourge of schism in the country. The scourge “is a bane to development and bodes no good for the general well-being and progress of the country,” the state-owned Daily Graphic quoted him as saying. The … Read more
A former Minister of State and the Former Editor of the Daily Graphic, Kojo Yankah, has launched a blistering outcry against the penchant of governments to dismiss public office holders and appoint persons of their own stock to fill vacant positions. He questioned what he called “merry-go-round joke in Ghana”, where one government appoints and the other … Read more
Prompt: Dr. Spio-Garbrah is no nino to the public terrain. He has run for the presidency before and has been in the public imaginary for the longest time. This may be his last stab at glory or risk being consigned to history as the president who never was. Pro: the case for Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah … Read more