Two Ghanaian players qualify to last four stage of All Africa U-15 Badminton Championship
Two Ghanaian players, Shang Nii Francis Obeng and Adu-Mintah Obabompa, have secured qualification to the semifinals stage of the ongoing All Africa U-15 Badminton Championship played on Wednesday night at the Stade de l’amitié Générale Mathieu in Ouidah, Benin. Obeng Shang braced all odds to secure a slot in the semifinals in the Boys Singles […]
Photos: US funded Healthcare Emergency Centre opens in Tamale
By Murtala Issah, Tamale. A Public Health Emergency Operations Center has opened in Tamale in the Northern Region. The facility would provide real time data on disease surveillance to strengthen Ghana’s Emergency Health System and Response. The project was funded by the US Embassy in Accra.
Editorials: August 26, 2021
THE DAILY GRAPHIC hails the call by the former Director General of the Ghana Prisons Service, Patrick Darko Missah, for the service to be resourced adequately saying it is timely. The paper says the Service is often blamed for the inefficiency and lack of seriousness in handling inmates or remand prisoners in prisons in the […]
COVID-19 claims 38 lives in Bono Region in 21 days
The Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic has killed 38 people in the Bono Region within 21 days, Dr Prince Quarshie, the Acting Deputy Director, Public Health at the Regional Health Directorate said on Wednesday. This puts the region’s death toll to 72, he told Journalists in Sunyani, saying, the region’s total active case stood at […]
Two dead in accident on Asukawkaw mountain
Two people on board a trailer truck with registration number GS 3860-Z are reportedly dead after the truck veered off and plunged into the Asukawkaw mountain in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region. The deceased—the driver and mate of the vehicle—are believed to be heading to Dambai from Accra. Inspector Lawrence Addo of […]
Pokuase interchange ‘chop bar’ operators granted bail
The 60-year-old man and his daughter who were arrested for allegedly operating an eatery, locally known as ‘chop bar’, on a pavement of the newly constructed Pokuase Interchange have been granted bail by the Accra Regional Police Command. It comes after a task force set up by the Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council apprehended the […]
CHRAJ petitioned to investigate deaths in 2020 polls
Two MPs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, MP for North Tongu; and Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, Ellembelle, have petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate the deaths that occurred in the 2020 polls. The petition is lodged against the Ministers for the Interior and Defence, the Inspector General of Police and the Chief […]
Attorney General goes to Supreme Court seeking review of decision on Opuni
The Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has filed a motion requesting a review of the ruling that stopped Supreme Court Judge, Justice Clemence Honyenuga from continuing as trial judge in the case involving former Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr. Stephen Kwabena Opuni. The Supreme Court in July 2021 by a 3-2 […]
Terror attack warning issued for Kabul airport
A number of nations say there is a high threat of a terrorist attack at Kabul airport and have warned their citizens not to travel there. Australia, the US and UK have issued alerts to their citizens. Those already outside the airport are advised to leave the area immediately. More than 82,000 people have been […]
Initiative to plug leakages in domestic revenues launched
By Mercy Darko Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has officially launched the Revenue Assurance and Compliance Enforcement, RACE in Accra. The initiative is expected to build a robust framework to expand domestic revenue mobilization with emphasis on compliance and enforcement nationwide. Vice President Bawumia said over the years’ government had initiated policies which have placed Ghana […]
