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The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has assured the Ghana Police Service government is adopting effective measures to halt killings of policemen and the era of personnel in Ghana going on duty unarmed. The comment of Dr Bawumia follows the killing of two unarmed two policemen at Kasoa Buduburam on …

Lawyer of embattled Chief Executive Officer of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Adjenin Boateng Adjei says his client will be exonerated from corruption charges levelled against him. Augustine Obuor said his client has not sold any contract to anyone as was shown in the documentary by ace investigative journalist, Manasseh …

Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says the thirty days probe into the breaches in the PDS concession deal has been completed. Speaking to Citi FM, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said final determinations will be made after the president returns from Asia. “The teams from Qatar and US are back and are …

Six bodies have been retrieved after an abandoned galamsey pit caved in at Mansa Wasa in the Western Region. All six suspected illegal miners have been confirmed dead upon a rescue operation conducted by NADMO. The incident occurred Thursday after the suspected illegal miners attempted to derive gold deposits from …

When the one village one dam projects started, Mahama and his troops ridiculed them, labelled them as dug-outs. In fact, they said they were unfit for purpose. The hypnotic effects of the ongoing projects have coerced Mahama to change his narrative. The dams he claimed were not suitable for the …

President of UT Holdings, Prince Kofi Amoabeng, has blamed the challenges in the banking sector on the regulator’s poor scrutiny of the sector. In an exclusive interview with JoyBusiness, Mr Amoabeng said, banking licenses were issued anyhow and to all sort of people without proper checks causing the current crisis …

The Damongo Agriculture Dam, the major source of drinking water for residents of Damongo, the capital of the Savanna Region, has been poisoned with a chemical suspected to be Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, commonly known as DDT. DDT is a colourless, tasteless, and almost odourless crystalline chemical compound, an organochlorine. It was originally …

The mortal remains of Lance Corporal Mohammed Awal, one of the Kasoa Motor, Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) policemen, killed while on duty on Wednesday August 28, 2019 at Kasoa Budumburam, have been laid to rest amidst wailing by family members at Abuakwa in Kwadaso Municipality in the Ashanti region. …

A popular phone dealer at Adum in Kumasi, who is believed to be in his 30s, has died mysteriously. The deceased, popularly known as Figo, was not seen for two days. He was later found dead in his room. According to reports, there were blood stains in his nose and …

The autopsy report of the late Asamponhene, Oheneba Kwadwo Aforduor, is ready, according to credible reports reaching DAILY GUIDE. The post-mortem of the late traditional leader was said to have been conducted on Tuesday at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi. According to reports, top pathologists who performed …

Lance Corporal Mohammed Awal, one of the Kasoa Motor, Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) policemen, killed while on duty on Wednesday at Kasoa Budumburam, is said to be buried Friday, August 30, 2019 at Abuakwa in the Ashanti region. In a statement signed by Sergeant Daniel K. Ahadzie of the …

The Data Protection Commission says the Electoral Commission (EC) is taking steps to address allegations of selling electoral data to a software development company. Speaking to Citi News the Executive Director of the Data Protection Commission, Patricia Odusei-Poku, said the EC is so far cooperating with investigations. She also said legal action …

Kumasi, Ghana – Jennifer* has spent the last few weeks on the pavements of Vienna City, a hub in Kumasi, Ghana’s second-largest city, which has a bustling nightlife. She arrived in Ghana in May, having left a crowded hostel room in Lagos, Nigeria, hoping to secure work in sales or as a waitress and …

Uganda’s health ministry has confirmed a new Ebola case in the western town of Kasese. A girl of nine who had travelled from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo was found to have a fever during screening for Ebola at the Mpondwe border crossing. A blood sample that was sent …

The numbers of people who have died in the current Ebola outbreak in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has reached the 2,000 mark, government figures show. The health authorities have struggled to contain the spread of the virus. On Thursday, neighbouring Uganda confirmed that a nine-year-old girl …

President Akufo-Addo says he is fully committed to making Ghana a shining example in the implementation of the 17 United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – Agenda 2030. Speaking at the Junior Chamber International’s 2019 symposium, on the sidelines of the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development, on Thursday, August …

Adam Catzavelos, the South African man who filmed himself while on holiday on a beach in Greece, saying it was “heaven on earth” as there were no black people present, has reached a settlement with the human rights commission. In the video, widely shared on social media, he used a …

The suspended head of the Public Procurement Authority  (PPA) says he is being persecuted by the public. Mr.  Adjenim Boateng Adjei told newsmen after his initial interaction with the Special Prosecutor Thursday following the PPA scandal that he did nothing wrong. “The public is simply speaking words of untruth. I …

The chairman of the Kufai Adamu local government, Shiban Tikari, has confirmed the killing of a Catholic priest, barely 24 hours after gunmen raided villages in Taraba. Tikari, who identified the deceased as Reverend Father David Tanko, also confirmed that the gunmen set him and his car ablaze. Rev. Father …

The National Tripartite Committee (NTC) has announced an increase in the National Daily Minimum Wage (NDMW) to GH¢11.82. The new NDMW is an 11 per cent increase over the from GH¢10.65 figure for 2019. It will take effect from January 1, 2020. The NDMW is the least wage any employer in …

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has announced that the results of 19 BECE candidates have been cancelled for using mobile phones in the examination hall. Also, the subject results of 173 candidates have been cancelled for sending foreign materials into the examination hall. “2,497 subject results have been withheld pending …

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari says the country will do all it takes to combat the negative image that some citizens have saddled the country with. He stressed that all will be done to combat the activities of such elements, be it at home or abroad. Speaking at a side event …

The Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery has directed the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) to immediately arm officers who are on traffic duty. He said James Oppong Boanu should provide the officers with bullet-proof vests and helmets to enable them “exercise their right to self-defence effectively when they meet such …

The vector control unit of Zoomlion Ghana limited and the Ministry of Health have concluded its nationwide mosquito control training exercise in all regions to equip its operatives across the country on modern ways of undertaking effective larval source management.  The last session which was organized in Koforidua, the eastern …

Hurricane Dorian is expected to strengthen into an “extremely dangerous” storm as it heads towards the US mainland, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) has warned. Dorian is currently a category one hurricane, but could be at least category three by the time it reaches the mainland, news agency AP reports. …