Private legal practitioner, lawyer Kofi Bekai has explained that if found guilty, the suspended Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE), Abdul-Mumin Issah could be jailed for three maximum years. Speaking on Nyankonton Mu Nsem, the lawyer said the MCE’s behaviour amounts to a misdemeanour, and the maximum years stated in the law …
Read More »Gov’t challenges Moody’s, says downgrade of Ghana smacks of contradiction
The Government of Ghana through the Ministry of Finance has said Moody’s downgrade of the local economy to Caa1 smacks of contradiction. In a statement issued on Sunday February 6 reacting to the downgrade on Friday February 4, the Ministry said the government finds it difficult to understand the international …
Read More »Senegal declares national holiday to celebrate Afcon win
Senegal’s President, Macky Sall declared on Monday a public holiday to celebrate the national football team’s first ever African Cup of Nations crown following their victory against Egypt, public television announced. Sall, who had been due to visit Comoros at the end of a trip that took in Egypt and …
Read More »Ghana takes decisive steps to reduce high rate of road carnage
The Government is taking steps to review road traffic regulations in the country, Mr Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, the Minister of Transport, has said. “We have commenced a process to review the Road Traffic Act, 2004 (Act 683), and the Road Traffic Regulations, 2012 L.I.2180, to keep up with the changing …
Read More »Prof. Avoke: Effutu MUSEC orders police protection for reinstated VC of UEW
Prof. Mawutor Avoke will be given police protection as he takes charge as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education in Winneba, according to the Effutu Municipal Security Council (MUSEC). This was contained in a communique sighted by dailymailgh.com and addressed to the Police Commander at the Winneba Division in the …
Read More »Mane scores winning kick as Senegal beat Egypt in Cup of Nations final shoot-out
Sadio Mane made up for missing from the spot in normal time to score the decisive penalty as Senegal overcame Mohamed Salah’s Egypt 4-2 in a shoot-out to win their first Africa Cup of Nations title after Sunday’s final finished goalless at the end of extra time. Mane had seen …
Read More »If you are not ready to serve, resign – Kennedy Agyapong goes wild on NPP MPs
Kennedy Agyapong, a member of Parliament on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party, has charged at colleague MPs who he claims are unwilling to sacrifice for the country and the party. Kennedy Agyapong is incensed that some NPP MPs are focusing on their personal ambitions instead of that of the government and the …
Read More »Thieves Raid NIA Office At Prampram, laptops, printers, other properties stolen
The information available to DGN Online indicates that suspected thieves have broken into the offices of the National Identification Authority (NIA) and the Birth and Death Registry in Prampram near Tema in the Greater Accra Region. The criminals ransacked the offices located at the Town and Country Planning Department of …
Read More »The angry youth of Ghana will start chasing our leaders with hammer – Nunoo-Mensah
The former Chief of Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces, Brigadier Joseph Nunoo-Mensah (retd), says the youth of Ghana are angry due to extreme hardship in the country. He has therefore advised Ghanaian leaders to tread cautiously to prevent any instability. To him, we are not running Ghana well and the …
Read More »Okudzeto gives reason Akufo-Addo ‘fears’ IMF
North Tongu Member of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, seems to have diagnosed the reason behind the hesitation the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government is showing in going to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for bailout. The country’s debt portfolio has ballooned to the extent that urgent measures are needed to save the economy …
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