The Inspector General of Police (IGP) is heading to Wa in the Upper West Region to get a first-hand update on the death of some private security officers. The Police continue to maintain law, order and security in the Wa Municipality and surrounding communities since the seventh person was found dead last week. The special purpose police intelligence and investigation teams working with members of the community on Sunday, September 18, discovered a body in a shallow grave at Bamahu, a suburb of Wa. Family members of the deceased later identified the body as Seidu Baga who was reported missing...
I dare Ursula Owusu-Ekuful to block SIM cards on September 30 – Selorm Branttie
A policy analyst, Selorm Branttie has challenged the Minister of Communication and Digitalisation, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful to block SIM cards on September 30, 2022 as she has threatened. According to Mr. Branttie, the consequences of blocking SIM cards will be very far-reaching if Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful sticks to her guns. It would be recalled that, speaking at a press briefing on Sunday July 31, the Communications and Digitalisation Minister, extended the deadline for SIM card re-registration from July 31, to September 30, 2022 “reluctantly”. “Upon consultation with the industry and in view of the challenges enumerated above, I have very reluctantly...
IMF move is critical otherwise it’ll be difficult for Ghana – World Bank
The World Bank Country Director for Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, Pierre Laporte has asked Ghana to quicken its move to get a programme under the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to deal with the economic challenges. For him, the country will find it tough dealing with the domestic challenges without the support. He said these while speaking in interview with TV3’s Paa Kwesi Asare on the Business Focus show. “There is an urgency, Ghana needs to tackle these problems with urgency. What is happening in the few months is that inflation has gone up partly because of what is happening upside but also...
YEA disowns KMA city guard who assaulted trader
The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has distanced itself from the disturbing incident which saw a purported YEA personnel attached to the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly’s city guard beat up a trader. The Agency says the culprit, who has been identified as Bright Agyei, had his contract exhausted and terminated before the first week of September; hence they cannot account for his actions neither can they be responsible for his gross brutal assault on the trader. In a disturbing video that has gone viral, a female trader at Kejetia, believed to be in her 50s, was seen maltreated and beaten to pulp by...
Chief Imam visits Accra New town Islamic hospital
The national chief Imam of Ghana, Sheikh Osumanu Nuhu Sharubutu has paid a visit to the Accra new town Islamic hospital on 15 September 2022. During his visit, he prayed and blessed the management of the hospital for their work. The Imam for the area also thanked Allah for bringing this great achievement to their community. Other residents from the area also shared their joy over the achievement and for also for getting them employed. The head of IT for the hospital, Mr Salisu Abubakar thanked the Chief Imam for his visit. He stated that the hospital will run as...
Queen’s funeral: Heathrow cancels flights on Monday
Heathrow Airport has said about 15% of its schedule will be altered on Monday during Queen Elizabeth’s state funeral. This is to ensure the skies over London fall quiet during the events, it said. There will be flight cancellations as a result, including 100 British Airways flights and four Virgin Atlantic flights. Separately tens of thousands of passengers are set to be affected by a French air traffic control strike on Friday. Among the cancelled flights will be many that fly over France, not just to and from the country. Heathrow disruption Heathrow said that all takeoffs and landings on...
We’ve created over 5 million jobs since 2017 – Employment Minister
Employment and Labour Relations Minister, Ignatius Baffour Awuah says the Akufo-Addo administration has created millions of jobs since assuming office in 2017. Speaking at the launch of the 2022 Ghana Job Fair in Sunyani, Ignatius Baffour Awuah said the jobs were formal and informal, permanent and temporary and full-time as well as part-time. “An analysis of data assembled by the ministry from the inputs of various Ministries, Departments and Agencies, as well as the government’s flagship programmes indicates that an estimated 5,306,899 jobs were created by the government between 2017 and 2021”, he stated. He said these jobs were created...
Aisha Huang is an NPP financier – NDC alleges
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is alleging that Aisha Huang is a financier of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP). According to Deputy General Secretary of the party, Dr. Peter Boamah Otukonor, the inability of the NPP government to take Aisha Huang head-on shows a level of complicity. This adds to the unending twists surrounding the illegal mining kingpin’s controversy. Already, the manner in which the Chinese illegal miner departed Ghana following her arrest in 2017 has been a subject of controversy. It was perceived that the illegal mining kingpin was deported according to earlier reports back in 2018...
Ghana will overcome economic challenges — IMF Rep
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is optimistic that the country will emerge stronger from the current economic challenges that have seen the prices of goods and services soar. The challenges have also led to difficulties for the government to access the international capital market for funds to finance development. The IMF said the country had a history of navigating shocks in ways that had built strong buffers and adequate resilience for challenges such as those currently confronting the economy. The Resident Representative of the IMF in Ghana, Dr Albert Touna Mama, in an exclusive interview with the Daily Graphic, said...
King Charles Invites Otumfuo To Queen Elizabeth Funeral
The newly crowned British Monarch, King Charles III has officially invited His Royal Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene to attend the state funeral ceremony of the late Queen Elizabeth II. An invitation was also sent out to the wife of Asantehene, Lady Julia Osei Tutu. By the invitation, Otumfuo will attend the Queen’s Lying-In-State, the King’s Reception, State Funeral Services and the Foreign Secretary’s Reception. The event will take place on Monday, September 19, 2022. Somewhere in 2000, Asantehene was a guest of Queen Elizabeth II during a three-week visit to the United Kingdom where he visited the...