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SHS student, one other person killed in accident on Wenchi-Techiman highway

Two people have been confirmed dead and three others are in critical condition in an accident on the Wenchi-Techiman highway on Friday evening. The accident...

2023 WASSCE:  WAEC overwhelmed by malpractices recorded

The West Africa Examinations Council (WAEC) says it is overwhelmed by widespread examination malpractices recorded at various examination centres at the ongoing West African...

Akufo-Addo commissions first oil from Jubilee South East Oil Field Project

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Friday, 8th September, 2023, commissioned first oil from the Jubilee South East (JSE) Project undertaken by Tullow, in...

GIZ, Jospong Group donate equipment worth €27,000 to Pentecost hospital

The German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) and Appointed Time, a subsidiary of the Jospong Group of Companies, have donated laboratory equipment worth over...

Alan has broken our hearts – Western Regional campaign coordinator

Supporters of a former presidential aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen are still in shock over his withdrawal from the...

IGP leaked tape: Resign if interested in politics – Police told

National Democratic Congress (NDC) Bono Regional Director of Communications, Eric Adjei has urged police officers who are sympathizers of any political party to leave...

2023 WASSCE: WAEC alarmed; seizes 86 phones from candidates

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has raised alarm about the increasing number of malpractices recorded in the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate...

Pre-burial service of KETASCO NSMQ star [Video+Photos]

It was a sad moment for family and friends as they paid their last respect to 2021 KETASCO National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ)...

2023 WASSCE: WAEC exposes schools over ‘cheating fees’

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has said some schools have charged students between GH¢500 and GH¢1,000 to help them cheat in the 2023...

KsTU reacts to A-G’s report over unaccredited courses

The Kumasi Technical University (KsTU) has assured its students, potential students, and the general public that its programmes are being run to the highest...

Okudzeto Ablakwa offers free accommodation to new nurses, midwives

Member of Parliament for North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, is offering one month free accommodation to new nurses and midwives posted to the...

Akufo-Addo to engage National House of Chiefs on PFJ phase II

President Nana Akufo-Addo will engage the National House of Chiefs on Saturday over Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) phase II. The move is...

Know all Supreme Court judges appointed since 1993

The Daily Graphic walks down memory lane to list the various appointments to the Supreme Court since the inception of the Fourth Republic in...

Military officers surcharged GH₵‎1,770 for losing ID cards

Some officers of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) have been surcharged GH¢1,770.00 each, for losing their identity Cards. A statement issued by the Defence Intelligence...

Immigration Service intercepts over 5 tonnes of Indian hemp

Personnel of the Ghana Immigration Service’s Nyive Sector Command in the Volta Region have intercepted 80 slabs of substances suspected to be Indian hemp. The...

We will not let you down – YEA beneficiaries assure gov’t

Beneficiaries under the Youth in Garment and Textile Module of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) have assured government of their determination to put the...

Two arrested for robbery at mining company in Bogoso

The police has arrested two robbery suspects for attacking a mining company at Bogoso, in the Western Region on Friday September 6, 2023. The suspects,...

Wenchi teacher who coerced pupils to swear over stolen phone revokes curses

The teacher who instructed some pupils of Saint Paul’s Anglican Basic School at Wenchi in the Bono Region to swear by deities has revoked...

Strong legal frameworks make fight against economic crimes easier – EOCO Boss

The Executive Director of the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO), COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah (Mrs) has underscored the need for strong legal...

Police retraction of interdiction embarrassing – Lawyer

Private Legal Practitioner, Kwaku Paintsil says the decision to reverse the interdiction of some three senior officers by the Ghana Police Service is an...

1998 year group of Ghana National College transforms alma mater

The 1998 year group of Ghana National College has completed and handed over a refurbished the Clothing and Textiles block of the school. ...

Coalition of Aggrieved Menzgold customers to hold vigil

The Coalition of Aggrieved Customers of Menzgold has notified the Regional Police Commander of their intent to hold a peaceful vigil on Tuesday, September...

Interdiction: Police u-turn sends a bad impression – Adam Bonaa

Security analyst, Dr. Adam Bonaa has reacted to the suspension of the interdiction of three senior police officers who are being probed by a...

IGP leaked tape: Recuse yourself – Dampare told

A Security Analyst, Emmanuel Kutin has called on the the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare to recuse himself from investigation...

Dampare recuses himself from disciplinary action against COP Mensah, two others

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, has recused himself from any disciplinary action involving the three senior police officers who...

BoG demo: Court adjourns case to Sept 18 over misnomer

An Accra High Court has given the Ghana Police Service seven days to change the title of its injunction application seeking to debar the...

Leak tape: Interdicting senior police officers premature – COP (rtd) Bright Oduro

It is amazing that the Ghana Police administration decided to act and interdict three senior officers after Parliament had instituted a public probe into...

Exodus of nurses due to poor conditions of service – GRNMA

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has attributed the migration of health workers to the failure of successive governments to improve the...

WASSCE candidate at OPASS stripped naked

There is tension at the WAEC centre of the Ofori Panin Senior High School at Akyem-Tafo in the Eastern Region after a candidate writing...

232 mortuaries in Ghana operate illegally

No mortuary facility, public or private, has obtained the requisite licence to operate in the country as required under the Health Institutions and Facilities...

Interdiction of our client surprising – COP Mensah’s legal team

The legal team representing Commissioner of Police (COP) George Alex Mensah, a crucial witness in the ongoing investigation concerning an alleged conspiracy to remove...

Akufo-Addo to turn on valve to mark official first oil from Jubilee South East

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will visit the FPSO Kwame Nkrumah on Friday September 6, 2023 to turn on the valve and commemorate the...

Swine fever outbreak in Kwahu West; over 600 pigs killed

The Kwahu West Municipality in the Eastern Region has been hit by a devastating outbreak of Africa swine fever, resulting in the loss of...

Leaked tape: Supt Asare’s lawyer reacts to suspension of client’s interdiction

Lawyer for Superintendent George Asare, one of the police officers implicated in the alleged conspiracy to remove the Inspector General of Police, Supt George...

Three remanded for allegedly stealing school computers

The Assin Fosu District Court has remanded three suspected thieves into police custody for allegedly breaking into the ICT Laboratory of the Assin Juaso...

QIU Operating Officer urges African students to study environmental technology amidst climate crisis

Chief Operating Officer of Quest International University (QIU) in Malaysia, Nicholas Goh, has highlighted the importance of environmental technology education in rescuing the world...

Two jailed 20 years after threatening woman with cutlass, snatching mobile phone 

Two men who threatened a woman with a cutlass and robbed her of her mobile valued at GH₵650, have been sentenced to 10 years...

Court revokes Prince Tagoe’s bench warrant after he pays ₵71,000

An Accra Circuit Court on Wednesday revoked a bench warrant it issued for the arrest of Prince Tagoe, Ghana’s former Black Star player. Prince Tagoe...

Leaked tape scandal: Police suspends interdiction of 3 officers

The Ghana Police Service has suspended the interdiction of three officers, who were captured in a leaked tape allegedly plotting the removal of the...

Abandoned tollbooths on Accra-Tema motorway being removed at GH¢1million

An exercise to partially decommission the tollbooth structures on the Accra-Tema motorway has been started by the Ghana Highway Authority (GHA). The exercise, estimated at...