Th body of Emelia Adjie  THE BODY of a 12-year-old girl identified as Emelia Ednam Adjie, a primary three pupil of Shammah Modern School Complex has been found at the shores of Djange lagoon at Great Ningo in the Ningo-Prampram District of the Greater Accra Region. Emelia was said to have gone missing after returning […]

Akwasi Oppong-Fosu, Minister of Local Govt OPERATORS OF the School Feeding Programme in the Ashanti Region are up in arms against the Mahama-led administration over non-payment of money due them. According to the angry operators, government had failed to settle the debt it owed them which had lasted for about six months now. They noted […]

Rockson Dogbegah The Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) Ghana, Rockson Dogbegah, has backed calls for thorough investigation into the recent collapse of a six-storey building at Nii Boi Town, Accra. He said those found guilt should be sanctioned. Mr. Dogbegah disclosed this while reacting to news of the collapse of the building, […]

Eric Akenebu’s body hanging on the tree Three people are said to have committed suicide in three different locations in the Eastern and the Ashanti Regions in the last cases of bizarre incidents. Inhabitants of Aponoapono, a village near Suhum in the Eastern Region, were last Thursday thrown into a state of panic and mourning […]

As at January 2014, approximately 70 percent (134,189) SSNIT students loan beneficiaries had completely repaid their loans but some 30 percent (58,557) are yet to pay back their loans. In its quest to serve contributors better and promptly and to clear the outstanding student loan debt, the Trust has commenced the use of Social Security […]

President Mahama with the Reverend Ministers in Sekondi yesterday It appears President John Dramani Mahama is worried about the incessant posting of pornographic materials on the various social media of late.  He, therefore, used a thanksgiving service organized for him by the Sekondi-Takoradi Ministers’ Network yesterday to appeal to Ghanaians, particularly the youth who had […]

Edward Effah, MD of Fidelity Bank (2nd from left) Dr. William Derban, Director Financial inclusion (2nd from right) & Millison Narh, 1st Deputy Governor, Bank of Ghana (3rd from right) Managing Director of Fidelity Bank Ghana Limited, Edward Effah says the only way to fight poverty is to grant everybody access to credit facilities. “Access […]

I’m a full blooded Ghanaian, but there are times that I look at the Bearded Old Man above and question why he added me to the Black race and by extension made me a citizen of this nation. There are other times too that my heart is filled with joy and pride for being a […]

Fiifi Kwetey The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) has received a $2.4 million grant from Switzerland to help it adequately perform its role as regulator. It is also to ensure that Ghana’s pension system protects and promotes the interest of pensioners in the country. Brigitte Cuendet, Head of Cooperation, Swiss Embassy in Accra, who was […]

Abraham Tetteh The Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Elizabeth Ofosu Adjare has recently made some appointment in the tourism sector. These include the appointment of Abraham Tetteh, a chartered certified accountant as the Tourism Fund Manager, Charles Osei Bonsu as the Executive Director of the Ghana Tourism Authority and Samuel Attah Mills as […]

Christie Forson (right), a representative of Advantage Group presenting the keys to the classroom to Mary Amassah, Headmistress of La Dadekotopon Tenashie Primary School  The Advantage Group (TAG), a communication and design services group located at Osu Ako-Adjei Park, Accra, has handed over a fully furnished kindergarten with study materials and toys, among others, to […]

Franklin Cudjoe has charged recently graduated students in Forensic Computing to audit the public sector payroll to as he put it, “truly get rid of the real ghosts instead of leaving them to prayers and mythical dwarfs.” The President of policy think-tank, Imani Ghana, was delivering the keynote address during the graduating ceremony of the […]

Nana Kobina Nketsia V, Omanhene of Essikado launching the book The Former Ambassador of Ghana to Cote D’ Ivoire and Sierra Leone during Former President John Agyekum Kufuor’s tenure of office, Mr. Kabral Blay-Amihere, has officially launched his fourth book entitled: Ayeyi Praises: A Celebration Of Life. Ambassador Blay’s new book, as its title suggests, […]

Time to unveil the new logo. Chairman of the Environmental Service Providers Association (ESPA), Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong, has called for institutional support for the Association in order to complement government’s efforts at attaining the Millennium Development Goal 7 on environmental sustainability. Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong, who is also the Executive Chairman of Zoomlion Ghana […]

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Building Inspector, Christian Ababio, who was arrested for his role in the infamous Melcom building collapse saga at Achimota is likely to be invited by the police for some questioning in relation to the recent collapse of the six-storey building at Nii Boi Town in Accra, last week. The uncompleted […]

People working at the gutted area in the Central Market WORK IS being done at a faster rate to reconstruct the over 300 stalls that were recently gutted by an inferno at the Kumasi Central Market. The ferocious fire was believed to have started around1:00am at a portion of the market where jewelleries were sold. […]

Anas Aremeyaw Anas The New Crusading GUIDE has gathered that the Police has prepared a docket for the Attorney General’s Department to prosecute two Chinese traffickers. The two; Hwang Se Hui and Cz Tian; were arrested by personnel of the Anti Human Trafficking Unit of the Ghana Police Service during a raid of the Jang […]

The Constitution Review Implementation Committee (CRIC) has submitted a draft bill for the amendment of entrenched provisions in the 1992 Constitution to the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, the Chairman of the CRIC, Professor E.V.O. Dankwa, has said. The submission of the draft bill paves the way for work to start on the processes towards […]