Eccentric Ghanaian artiste, WanLov Da Kubolor, one-half of the group FOKN Bois, has said that he does not expect the rather unusual names he has given to his children to have any negative effect on their lives. Wanlov recently welcomed his fifth child and named the baby boy, Kojolescu Alata Mori. He explained his choice […]

Bill Gates reclaimed the top spot on the Forbes rich list this year after a four-year hiatus, shoving aside Mexico’s telecom tycoon Carlos Slim Helu. Microsoft’s founder Gates was propelled to the top spot primarily because of a rally in the software company’s stock, said Forbes, which published its annual list of the world’s richest […]

Boeing (BA, Fortune 500) is set to debut a new secure phone for government agencies and defense contractors that will self-destruct if it’s tampered with. It just won’t be won’t be quite as dramatic as the old television show. There won’t be any smoke or explosions, but the contents of the device will be completely […]

Otumfuo Osei Tutu THE Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has stated categorically that President John Dramani Mahama is not governing the country from the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi, the traditional seat of the Asantehene. According to the Asantehene, the President is governing the country from the Flagstaff House in Accra, warning the public to refrain […]

Transport fares are likely to go up across board due to the upward adjustment in fuel prices over the weekend, The Ghana Private Road and Transport Union (GPRTU) met on Monday, February 3 to consider increasing transport fares. Greater Accra regional Chairman of the GPRTU, Mr. Robert Sabah told Citi News transport fare increment was inevitable. […]

One Ukrainian navy officer said his forces were facing intense pressure from Russia to support them Russia’s military has given Ukrainian forces in Crimea until dawn on Tuesday to surrender or face an assault, Ukrainian defence sources have said. The head of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Aleksander Vitko set the deadline and threatened an attack […]

John Mensah and Henrietta The repercussions of divorce have compelled former Black Stars defender, John Mensah, to put up for sale his plush Trassaco Valley Estates mansion in Accra on the orders of an Accra High Court. The shocking sale of the state-of- the-art facility, and other properties belonging to Mensah and his wife Henrietta, […]

Gaynor Rzepka of Llantwit Major, South Wales, who gave birth to baby Olly without ever knowing she was pregnant A new mother who had no idea she was pregnant until she gave birth on the toilet in her parents’ bathroom, has spoken of her shock at the arrival of her new son. Gaynor Rzepka, 25, […]

President John Mahama President John Mahama has underscored the importance of education as a “true catalyst for poverty reduction, rapid socio-economic development and overall prosperity” and admonished teachers to live true to their conscience and refuse to take salary if they absent themselves from work. He was addressing the Chiefs and People of Kwabaah Nyanoa […]

Nairobi pastor Reverend Njohi has introduced a form of worship at his Lord’s Propeller Redemption Church in which female members of the congregation are banned from wearing underwear so God can enter their bodies easily. After a recent meeting of the church’s elders, to debate the matter Reverend Njohi passed an edict banning the wearing […]

Freddie Blay LEADING CONTENDER for the first Vice Chairman position of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Freddie Blay, has stormed Kumasi, the Ashanti regional capital, to solicit for votes. The astute politician, a former Deputy Speaker of Parliament, had been visiting every corner of the country, explaining to party delegates, his vision to transform the […]

President Blaise Compaore when he seized power over two decades ago did not appear as someone cut for peacemaking. So many years after that bloodless coup which thrust him onto the political terrain of Burkina Faso and eventually the sub-region he is now associated with a number of diplomatic feats achievements which are documented and […]

Bernard Antwi-Boasiako After questioning a decision by his party’s Elections Committee for a re-run of disputed elections in some polling stations and constituencies in the Ashanti and the Greater Accra regions, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Wontumi, has issued a statement to explain his position. […]

Leadership of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) is gearing up to hold series of conferences leading to its national delegates’ congress. Though no specific dates have been put to the various events lined up to take place beginning next month, the NDC has set the period of March-May 2014 to undertake biometric registration of […]

Suspect Richard Osei Kuffour PEOPLE, mostly women, have started flocking the Fomena Police Station to register a case of fraud against a 26-year-old fake military officer after news of his arrest spread like a blazing fire in areas such as Bekwai, Obuasi, Adansi Asokwa and other surrounding areas. Richard Osei Kuffour was arrested on Thursday […]

After a six-month sojourn in the United Kingdom to cool off – following the presidential election petition heat – the 2012 presidential candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is on his way back to Ghana. DAILY GUIDE is reliably informed that after six months away in London, Nana Akufo-Addo will […]

THE Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has stated categorically that President John Dramani Mahama is not governing the country from the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi, the traditional seat of the Asantehene. According to the Asantehene, the President is governing the country from the Flagstaff House in Accra, warning the public to refrain from spreading wild […]

Four persons died after the vehicle in which they were travelling got involved in a fatal accident. Out of the four, at the Keta Municipal Hospital morgue, two have been identified by the police as Aminatu Mohammed, 36 years old and Anthony Mensah, 38 years. The accident, according to eyewitnesses, occurred at Alakple Junction near […]