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The African Union (AU) is optimistic Ghana will hold a peaceful and successful general election this year. While acknowledging that the contest will be intense and fierce, the AU remained “confident that Ghana will pull it off successfully since we have no doubts about the country’s credentials as far as elections are concerned,” the Deputy Chairperson of the AU, Mr ...

Member of Parliament for the Efutu, Alexander Afenyo Markin, has questioned the decision by the governing council of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) to reinstate only three of the lecturers who were sacked. According to him, the council was being selective in the implementation of the consensus reached between stakeholders at a meeting to resolve the impasse that resulted ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

CalBank is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Philip Owiredu as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Bank effective 1st January 2020. The appointment of the new CEO was approved by the Bank of Ghana in December 2019. Mr. Owiredu has been an outstanding leader during his tenure as the Bank’s Executive Director/Chief Financial Officer (CFO) since 2011. ...

It was a Thursday morning around 0600hours, when Mr Aboagye Okyere and the wife, Mrs Mary Aboagye (38 years old then) were moving in a taxi cab from their residence at Ankafulfie, in the Cape Coast Metropolis of the Central region going to work at Abura, (about 10 minutes driving distance). Also in the car, in addition to the driver ...