Allegations by the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) that seek to link the Electoral Commission (EC) to the unpleasant events that unfolded during the by-election in the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency have been vehemently rejected by the commission. Speaking at a press conference yesterday in Accra, Jean Mensa, Chairperson of the EC, revealed that her outfit was …

      Two persons, who were arrested in connection with the murder of Joseph Miigaai Jakperuk, the Deputy Distribution Manager of GWCL in Accra East Region at Gbangu in the East Mamprusi District of the Northern Region, have been granted police enquiry bail. A police source told DALY GUIDE that even though the suspects, whose names were only given …

      A man in his 30s who went on rampage through Eguafo, a community in the Central Region, and inflicted multiple machete wounds on four persons has been found dead in a river with his penis chopped off. The action by Ernest Cudjoe, aka Joe, and his eventual death or assassination, has shocked residents of the community who …

Former President John Dramani Mahama has questioned the selective conduct of some civil society organisations in the country, especially on issues of national importance. He noted that some civil society organisations have developed a cold attitude for commenting on many important national issues including human rights, since the inception of the Akufo-Addo government even though they were very vocal during …

Environmental organizations renewed their calls on government to stop all mining and prospecting activities in the Atiwa Forest Reserve due to its dire repercussions on the country. The environmental groups said the Atiwa Forest delivered a variety of ecosystem service and other benefits that superseded whatever financial gains the country may be derived from mining bauxite in the forest. The …

    A victim of the shooting incidence at the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election has undergone a successful operation, officers at the 37 Military Hospital has said. Lieutenant Colonel Rex Adzagba, the Senior Administrative Officer in charge of Medical at the Hospital, said the victim was doing well and responding to treatment. He said the victim suffered a fracture of …

President Akufo-Addo issued letters of credence to two new ambassadors Harriet Sena Siaw Boateng and Jennifer Lartey yesterday to represent the country’s interest in Brussels, Belgium and Oslo, Norway respectively. Mrs Boateng also has added responsibility to serve as Ghana’s Permanent Representative to the European Union (EU). After administering the oaths of office, secrecy and allegiance at the Jubilee House …

  The Minister for Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh aka Napo, has described former President John Dramani Mahama as a ‘spent force’ in Ghanaian politics. He insisted: “Mr. Mahama cannot become president of Ghana again. He lost miserably as National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer to President AKufo-Addo in 2016. And he is currently making frantic efforts to become the flagbearer …

    Coalition of National Anti-corruption Civil Society Organization (CSOs) has described the shooting of party members and agents at the Ayawaso constituency as worrying and heartbreaking. The actions taken by the masked National Security Personnel on the election grounds, according to them has dire consequences for Ghana’s democracy and could trigger rebuttals from the affected persons and or political …

    Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, has described as infantile, the denial by the Electoral Commission that there were no armed security personnel at polling centres in the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election. The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) in its preliminary report on the by-election raised questions about the security arrangement that was deployed …