GENERAL NEWS

The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye has threatened to cause the withdrawal of accreditation for the media in Parliament for failing to cover the debate on President Akufo-Addo’s State of the Nation Address. Journalists in parliament on Tuesday stepped out of the chamber following the decision by the Minority …

It appears that Ace Kojo Anan Ankomah, the celebrated lawyer and managing partner at Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa and Ankomah (BELA), did not do due diligence in the suit he brought against Kevin Ekow Baidoo Taylor, the social media critic. Hence, the subsequent judgement he won for being defamed by the defendant …

The debate on the voters’ register has taken a new twist as the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu and some leading members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) have been accused of feigning ignorance of the programme of the Commission. According to James Kwabena Bomfeh, acting General Secretary of the …

The claims by National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa that he was not privy to GETFund scholarship deals at the time he served as Deputy Minister of Education have been challenged. DAILY GUIDE has gathered that Mr. Ablakwa was very active in GETFund scholarship deals as a …

A 52-year-old woman, Felicity Boah, popularly known as Adwoa Serwaa, has appealed to government to assist her reclaim her small piece of land which has been given to one Moses Apkiletey, a Policeman by the Ghana Railway Development Authorities. According to her, the small piece of land on which she …

VICE-PRESIDENT Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia on Monday led a government delegation to bid farewell to the late Nana Akwasi Agyeman, aka Okumkom, at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi. This was when Okumkom, 86, a member of the royal family of the Asante Kingdom, lay in repose for people from all walks …

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has declined official request to probe the missing excavators scandal. Following the media expose on the scandal, the Executive Director of Alliance for social equity and Public Accountability, Mr Mensah Thompson petitioned the OSP to investigate the alleged thievery and related corruption offences …

The Wa Islamic Senior High School (SHS) girls’ dormitory, in the Upper West region, has been gutted by fire at the weekend, displacing 205 students. The female students had their text books, exercise books, mattresses, food items and beds destroyed by the fire. The dormitory, burnt by the fire, was …

Power to many parts of Accra will be disrupted from Tuesday, February 25, 2020, as the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) begins a planned maintenance exercise. The exercise, according to the power distributor, is expected to end on Friday, February 28. Meanwhile, frequent power cuts in parts of the country …

Kwame Nkrumah’s words about the coup which deposed him headed by Colonel Emmanuel Kwesi Kotoka and Major Akwasi Amankwa Afrifa: “I left Accra on 21st February 1966. I was seen off at the airport by most of the leading government and Party officials, and by service chiefs. I recall the …