An unarmed black man walks on a Tulsa, Oklahoma, road with his hands in the air. An unarmed black man walks on a Tulsa, Oklahoma, road with his hands in the air. Police officers follow closely behind him as he approaches his vehicle. He stands beside the car, then falls to the ground after one … Read more
A woman who claims to have been kidnapped from Takoradi and held for 10 days, surfaced in Accra on Monday morning with no knowledge of where she was held or her abductors. Agnes Nunoo,25, a trainee seamstress claimed she was abducted at Ngyeresia, a fishing community near Sekondi by four people when she boarded a … Read more
The head of police in Tulsa in the US state of Oklahoma says a black man shot dead by officers on Friday was unarmed. Authorities are investigating the death of Terence Crutcher, 40, who had his hands in the air when he was shot next to his car, relatives say. Tulsa Police Chief Chuck Jordan … Read more
The Electoral Commission has suspended indefinitely the ongoing transfer of votes exercise at Asunafo South in the Brong Ahafo Region, following violence in the area. The EC’s decision follows destruction to its equipment last week by unidentified persons who also vandalized properties at offices of the District Assembly, Health Directorate and Social Welfare. There was … Read more
An angry Chinese small scale miner, Zeng Wuachin, has sacked his personal driver for allegedly stealing frog meat from his stew. The Chinese who operates at Dunkwa-On-Offin is said to have contracted some boys in the area who hunted the frogs for him. Zeng Wuachin killed the frogs, sliced them into pieces which he used … Read more
A 23-year-old woman who allegedly stabbed her boyfriend to death in the heat of an argument has been provisionally charged with murder before an Accra Magistrate court. Veronica Akua Operebea plea was not taken when she appeared before the court, presided over by Mr Isaac Addo and was remanded into police custody Presenting the facts … Read more
Hello, Madam EC, good day. Please I have a question for you and it’s quite straightforward; “WHY DID WE GO BIOMETRIC AND CENTRALIZED IF NOT TO MAKE THE LIFE OF THE ORDINARY CITIZEN EASIER?” By the way, please forgive my manners…I am AGOSTINO and a Ghanaian by birth though sometimes I cannot help but wonder … Read more
I struggled whether to give this piece its present title or whether to title it “The struggle is real…but it will all come together soon”. I drive a Toyota Echo which I bought in 2009, a year after completing my undergraduate degree and a year into my first job (sometimes I think it was a … Read more
Machete wielding thugs said to be National Democratic Congress members have allegedly inflicted wounds on a New Patriotic Party member in a renewed clashes between the two parties in Kukuom in the Asunafo South District of the Brong Ahafo Region. Another man, said to be a security guard at the Asunafo District Assembly is also … Read more
As Syria’s ceasefire largely holds, residents trapped in Aleppo eagerly await crucial aid supplies after months cut off from the rest of the world. But one main highway stands in the way to delivering aid to rebel-held eastern Aleppo: Castello Road. All eyes are on the long, dusty road after the ceasefire negotiated between Russia … Read more
Residents of Shama Junction, in the Shama District of the Western region were astonished last Monday evening when news broke that two female siblings in the area had been knocked down and killed by a hit-and-run driver on the Shama-Daboase Junction road. Daily Guide gathered that the two little girls, Emmanuela Enchil, 12 and Stephanie … Read more
A former Filipino militiaman testified before the country’s Senate on Thursday that President Rodrigo Duterte, when he was still a city mayor, ordered him and other members of a liquidation squad to kill criminals and opponents in gangland-style assaults that left about 1,000 dead. Edgar Matobato, 57, told the nationally televised Senate committee hearing that … Read more
The National Chairman of the PNC Bernard Mornah is accusing the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) of leaking documents of a car gift he received from President John Mahama’s lawyer. According to Mr. Mornah, he received the car upon an appeal he made to Tony Lithur to support his campaign. The supposed documents of … Read more
The constituency office of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Asunafo South District capital, Kukuom, in the Brong Ahafo region has been reportedly ransacked by macho men. Photos of the office show that several items in the office appear to have been tampered with by the cutlass and machete wielding thugs. According to … Read more
Boko Haram was on Sunday blamed for an attack on motorists in northeast Nigeria which left one person dead and underlined the Islamist group’s continuing security threat to civilians. Gunmen on Saturday opened fire on a convoy of vehicles travelling to the Borno state capital, Maiduguri, from the garrison town of Monguno, 140 kilometres (about … Read more
The Campaign Coordinator of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams, has entreated Ghanaians to opt for a “safe” pair of hands to govern the country by voting for John Dramani Mahama on December 7. Mr Adams, who likened the country to a commercial vehicle, said Ghana was on a journey and “a driver … Read more
National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress, Kofi Adams, says the leadership of Ghana cannot be entrusted to Nana Akufo Addo and Dr Mahamudu Bawumia who have a penchant for sleeping and lying respectively. According to Kofi Adams, the flag-bearer of the New Patriotic Party sleeps every minute and at the least opportunity, and that … Read more
He may not be really in any big trouble, if you know what I mean. The famous Haitian-American novelist and short-story writer and Creative Writing professor of New York University (NYU), at least the last time that I checked, Ms. Edwidge Danticat, has a favorite short story of mine whose title I cannot readily recall … Read more
On 8th September, 2016, Dr. Bawumia, the NPP’s running mate in the upcoming 2016 presidential elections delivered a seminal speech in Accra. The speech followed a pattern Dr. Bawumia has become notable for: a masterful blend of solid policy and hardcore politics that is often difficult to untangle by objective Ghanaians seeking to rely on … Read more
On 8th September, 2016, Dr. Bawumia, the NPP’s running mate in the upcoming 2016 presidential elections delivered a seminal speech in Accra. The speech followed a pattern Dr. Bawumia has become notable for: a masterful blend of solid policy and hardcore politics that is often difficult to untangle by objective Ghanaians seeking to rely on … Read more