The Ethiopian parliament has passed a law to regulate gun ownership to curb increased regional ethnic violence, according to Reuters news agency. The new law requires that each region outlines the legal age that one can acquire a gun and also limits the number of guns an individual can have. Those who break the new law will get up to ...

The Managing editor of the daily Insight newspaper, Mr Kwesi Pratt Jnr has said Ghanaians will reject the results of the general elections in December if any individual or political party uses any hanky-panky means to win power. Mr Pratt’s comment comes on the heels of the Electoral Commission’s resolve to compile a new voter roll ahead of the December ...

Defunct gold dealership firm Menzgold has said it has released details of 200 clients it claims to have paid. But the list has been given to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Communication Director of Menzgold, Nii Armah Amarteifio has said. The claim of refunds to investors has been greeted with skepticism. Hundreds of the disgruntled customers stormed the Trassaco home ...

A former spokesperson for Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has been charged for posting expletive-laden tweets on the president’s account, the AFP news agency reports. The tweets had condemned US President Donald Trump for ordering the killing of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani. Tiegoum Maiga admitted to authoring the tweets and issued an apology on his Twitter account. He said the ...

The Ministry of Education has stated that it is unable to post graduate trainee teachers who did not complete school in 2018. It made the statement in reaction to demands by dozens of graduate trainee teachers who on Thursday protested over their unemployment. The teachers who represent over 3,000 teacher trainees picketed at the Ghana Education Service (GES) to demand ...

Three persons have been arrested by the Kpetoe District Police for stealing from the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) Academy premises in the Volta Region. The three, according to police, confessed to the crime at the Kpetoe District Court on Thursday, January 8, 2020. The three, James Kwadzo Badawusu, aged 18; Godsway Bedu, aged 21; and John Agbowali, aged 21, pleaded ...

An Accra High Court hearing the trial of Dr Stephen Opuni, the former CEO of COCOBOD and Seidu Agongo, the CEO of Agricult Ghana Limited, has struck out Attorney-General’s affidavit in opposition against a motion of perjury filed by one of the accused. Mr Samuel Cudjoe, the Counsel for Dr Opuni has cited Dr Yaw Adu-Ampomah, the third prosecution witness ...

Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority, Professor Ken Attafuah has described the Volta as the most cooperative region throughout the Ghana card registration process. He praised the comportment of both NIA personnel and indigenes during the process. “Volta region was our best experience, queues were orderly, the elderly were respected and taken care of. By and large, the beautiful ...

For many who are born in deprived areas of Ghana, becoming a PhD holder could be a tickle of one’s own fancy or a dream they may never wake up to live, but Justice Issah Surugu Musah, is proof that resilience triumphs hurdles. The journey to the top of the educational ladder did not come on a silver platter for ...

A former Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS), Vice-Admiral Matthew Quashie, passed away in the wee hours of Thursday. According to a senior military officer who disclosed the news to the Daily Graphic on condition of anonymity, Vice-Admiral Quashie passed away at the 37 Military Hospital, where he had been on admission for some time now. While the cause of ...