Nigerian judge kidnapped inside court

A Nigerian judge was on Tuesday kidnapped from inside a court in the northern state of Katsina, local media report. The Sharia court judge, identified as Alhaji Husaini Sama’ila, is said to have been kidnapped in the afternoon local time after armed attackers broke into the court in Zakat village. It was not clear why […]

Producer Price Inflation rate for April 2021 decreases by 1.9%

More than 14 Million Ghanaians have no health coverage

The Producer Price Inflation (PPI) rate for all industries by end of April 2021 stood at 11.1%, connoting that between April 2020 and April 2021 (year-on-year), the PPI increased by 11.1 percent. This rate represents a 1.9 percentage point decrease in producer inflation relative to the rate recorded in March 2021 (13.0%). The month-on-month change […]

GFA declares Dwarfs losers of the 23rd-week league game

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has declared Ebusua Dwarfs FC losers of the 23rd-week league game against Legon Cities FC at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium. The match between the two sides ended abruptly after supporters of Dwarfs threatened the referee in the match. The referee later stated that his life was at risk and […]

Catholic Relief Services presents modified ambulances to districts

Ten districts in four regions in the northern part of the country have taken delivery of 40 modified motor-tricycle ambulances and 10 health commodity delivery vans to help strengthen emergency response in rural areas. The vehicles will support in improving the quality of health service delivery across the beneficiary districts as well as serve as […]

Tema General Hospital in drastic shortage of blood

The Blood Programme Organiser of the Tema General Hospital Blood Bank, John Ahadzi, has warned that if the public does not, as a matter of urgency step in to donate blood to the facility, the repercussions would be regrettable. As of 11 am on Tuesday, the Tema General Hospital Blood Bank had just 40 units of […]

GARCC, Security Agencies commence decongestion of Accra

The agenda to decongest the capital and make Accra the cleanest city is still focal to government and city authorities. On Tuesday, the Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council, in collaboration with the Ablekuma Central Municipal Assembly and the various security agencies, cleaned some parts of Accra. In his inaugural message on January 7, 2017, President […]

Registration of SIM with Ghana Cards begins end of June- Minister

RE-registration of SIM cards with the National Identification Card otherwise known as the Ghana Card will start at the end of June and last for a period of six months. The Minister of Communications and Digitalization, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, who disclosed this said the exercise will concurrently see to the registration of mobile phone devices in […]

May 19, 2021

The Daily Graphic expresses belief in the Greater Accra Regional Minister’s Campaign to make the capital Accra clean like other charming cities in the world. It says before that can happen, political colours must be put away and not legalize illegalities for fear of losing votes. Also traders must not be encouraged to take over […]

SIM cards re-registration won’t resolve e-money fraud – Minority Leader

Minority Block Akufo-Addo from assenting E-levy Bill… files Stay of Execution suit at SC

The Minority Caucus in Parliament says the re-registration of SIM cards initiative by government will not resolve challenges of fraud within the electronic transaction business in the country. In a press statement, the Minority described as ‘ill-informed, inept and highly naïve’ the comments made by Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia with regards to the initiative […]