The government has asked mobile telecommunication firms to start the exercise of registering Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards afresh. The Minister of Communications, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, who announced this, said the current scheme was fraught with irregularities and fraudulent activities. He said fake identity cards had been used to register many SIM cards, undermining the purpose for which the entire exercise was undertaken. He said telecom firms in the country must “candidly” re-run

President John Dramani Mahama begins a three-day working visit to the Western Region on Friday.   The visit is part of his regional tours that have already taken him to the Northern, Upper East, Upper West, Brong Ahafo, and Central Regions and as has characterised his earlier visits, the President would use the opportunity to thank the chiefs and people for voting for him in the December 2012 elections to become President. Mr Mahama would also inspect ongoing development projects and commission

One of the victims of a robbery case being heard at the Koforidua Circuit Court has narrated how one of the robbers, Samuel Kwame Akwetey, prevailed on a colleague, Isaac Agomor, not to rape his (victim’s) wife. The victim, Mr George Obeng, said the robbers then locked them up in the washroom during which they ransacked their room and took away a number of items and cash. He said they were rescued from the washroom at daybreak by neighbours who heard them shouting for help. Akwetey, said to

Two Nigerians have been arrested on suspicion of attempting to smuggle 27 compressed slabs of dried leaves suspected to be cannabis sativa, popularly referred to  as ‘wee’. The suspects, Kingsley Ekezie Chima, 30, and Nicolas Ucheama Mbeagbu, 27, were arrested by personnel of the Narcotics Unit of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service at a bus terminal at Avenor in Accra. Wee in Secret Compartments  Briefing the Daily Graphic, the Public Relations Officer

An association to promote the welfare of retired employees of the State Housing Company (SHC) Limited has been inaugurated in Accra. The association is a brainchild of the company to bring former employees together to enable them to participate in the management and maintenance of communities established by the SHC. Inaugurating the association, the Managing Director of SHC, Dr Mark Nii Akwei Ankrah, said the essence of forming the association was to maintain a cordial relationship between ex- employees

The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) has launched four digital channels to cater for the emerging taste of the public. The channels are the famous GTV (a channel for events that matter most to Ghanaians), GTV Sports (a channel for sports), GBC 24 (a news channel) and GTV Life (a religion and culture channel).  A creative centre for packaging and scheduling of programmes to feed the channels has also been established in Accra. The managers are Francis Magnus-George, GTV; George Lomotey, GTV

A South African company is to construct a sky train in the Kumasi Metropolis. Estimated at US$170 million, the project is to be funded by Standard Bank of South Africa and will be constructed by the Skytrain Construction Company in South Africa. It will be on the build operate and transfer (BOT) system. Skytrain is a light rapid transit metro system which uses fully automated trains on grade-separated tracks. It runs mostly on elevated guideways, which gives passengers views across the city and

The Deputy Minister of Lands and Forestry, Miss Barbara Serwaa Asamoah, has called on chiefs to help educate the  younger generation on the need to respect traditional measures used to conserve the forest. She said as a result of technology, most people, particularly the young ones, did not respect such traditional values of conservation and that had gone a long way of contributing to the degradation to the country’s forest resources. “For example, in our formative years, we were told that

The 58th session of the United Nations (UN) Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) opened in New York on Monday with a call on countries to ensure that they prioritise actions on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) aimed at improving the lives of women and girls. “Gender equality and women’s empowerment are central to achieving the Millennium Development Goals and the success of the post-2015 development agenda”. The UN Secretary-General, Mr Ban Ki-moon, who made this statement when he

The Obaapa Development Foundation has launched a programme to encourage teenage mothers who have dropped out of school to continue their education. About 100 teenage mothers from Afigya Kwabre, Atwima Nwabiagya, Atwima Mponua, Amansie Central and Ejisu-Juaben, all in the Ashanti Region, are expected to continue their senior high education at the beginning of the 2014/2015 academic year.  Twenty girls were each selected from the five districts under a project known as "Teenage Mothers Back to School"

The 1998 Year Group of the College of Engineering, of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has presented a quantity of laboratory equipment to the Department of Civil Engineering to enhance training of the students at the College in Kumasi. The equipment valued at about   GH¢7,200, comprises  mainly  geo-technical equipment, hydrometer, jars, liquid limit set, plastic limit set, grooving tool, moisture content, and crucible equipment. Making the presentation on behalf

Following the closure of the Adomi Bridge at Atimpoku, drivers and passengers continue to face frustration in their effort to move to and from the Eastern and the Volta regions. One of the two pontoons expected to convey vehicles and people across the Volta river has broken down. The situation has created heavy vehicular traffic at both banks of the Volta River at Atimpoku and Akrade. To reduce frustration among the people, the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), the Metro Mass Transit (MMT)

The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection has noted that poverty is impeding the achievements of most of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Africa. Identifying women as the poorest, Nana Oye Lithur called on governments to empower them with economically viable ventures to rescue them from poverty. These formed part of a statement titled; “Gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century,” Nana Oye presented at the ongoing Conference on the Status of Women

The Archbishop of the Internal Province of Ghana, Archbishop Dr Daniel Yinkah Sarfo, has been appointed the 10th Primate and Metropolitan Archbishop of the Church of the Province of West Africa (Anglican Communion), according to a statement issued at a press conference in Accra. This follows the death of the 9th Primate, Most Rev. Dr Tilewa Johnson in Fajara, The Gambia. Archbishop Dr Yinkah Sarfo, who is also the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Kumasi, thus, becomes one of the 38 Primates of

The President of the Environmental Service Providers Association, Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong, has said  the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target of halving the proportion of people without basic sanitation by 2015 is most likely unattainable. That, he said, was as a result of the current sanitation situation in the country and the lack of institutional support to help attain the target. “Factors like the uncooperative attitude of the public towards good sanitary practices, combined with low

The March edition of the intercessory prayers for Ghana comes off on Saturday, March 15, 2014, at the Black Star Square, Accra at 7 a.m. The programme, which is under the auspices of Aglow International, is on the theme, “Behold, I bring health and healing to Ghana and will make them enjoy abundant peace and security saith the Lord” (Jeremiah 33:6). A statement by the group said prayer highlights included thanking God for seeing us through the first quarter of the year and rededicating the second

Manhyia Palace has announced a 20-day festival to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the enstoolment of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II on the Golden Stool. A programme outlined in a statement yesterday said the climax had been fixed for Sunday, May 11, with a grand durbar at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi. High profile dignitaries, including President John Dramani Mahama, are expected to grace the occasion before an expected packed crowd. The celebration would include performances by

An uncompleted building of the Grand View Hotel at New Boy Town in Accra has collapsed killing five people. Eyewitnesses said the 7-storey uncompleted story building collapsed at about 4:30am Thursday morning. …more soon  

A major bridge on the Accra-Tema Motorway has almost caved in, causing heavy vehicular traffic on the road. The situation has prompted the Ghana Highway Authority (GHA) to close part of the bridge to traffic from Tema to Accra for repair works. As an interim measure to manage the vehicular traffic, the GHA has created a diversion near the bridge, which is close to the Old Abattoir. When the Daily Graphic visited the scene Wednesday, officials from the Mobile Maintenance Unit (MMU) of the GHA in

The Minerals Commission has begun investigations into the activities of Romex Mining Ghana Limited, a mining company which was shut down in September last year for violating mining regulations and failing to adhere to best practices. Among other things, the company is being investigated for breaches/allegations of  transferring or assigning its mineral rights to another company, FCMI Ghana Incorporated, without the consent of the minister responsible for mines and non-payment of royalties as required