Nana Dwemoh Benneh Stanbic Bank Ghana on Thursday introduced the Stanbic Wallet Multi-Currency Card, the first of its kind in Ghana. The new MasterCard-branded card offers a safe and convenient alternative to foreign currency notes and allows both customers and non-customers of Stanbic Bank to load and have access to four foreign currencies – British […]

Samsung Galaxy S5 Samsung Electronics has urged users of its new Galaxy S5 to register their phones on its ADH Premium Application within 30 days of purchase to enable them get their phones replaced or repaired for free. The Samsung ADH Premium, which is easy to access, was designed to give their consumers more options. […]

Roshi Motman Tigo Ghana has entered into a $2 million advisory services agreement with the IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and The MasterCard Foundation to develop and expand mobile financial services in support of wider financial inclusion in Ghana. The project is part of the Partnership for Financial Inclusion, a joint $37.4 […]

John Kumah John Kumah, former Special Assistant to flagbearer aspirant, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, has switched camp, declaring an open support for Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to once again become the standard bearer to lead the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the 2016 general elections. “I have served Mr. Alan Kyerematen as his Special Assistant. I’ve […]

The participants in a post.  African leaders have been charged to engage civil society organizations (CSOs) on the continent in finding solutions to problems affecting Africa, including the recent Boko Haram menace in Nigeria. The call was made by Nana Asantewa Asadzinu, Executive Director of West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI). She was speaking to […]

Speaker Doe Adjaho Members of Parliament (MPs) are expected to reconvene on Tuesday, 10th June 2014 for the second sessional meeting, the Public Affairs Directorate of Parliament has announced. An earlier communication said Parliament, which rose on March 28, 2014, was expected to reconvene on Tuesday, 3rd June, 2014. However, a statement copied to DAILY […]

Dr Kwabena Donkor addressing the audience at the forum The Director of Planning and Policy at the Energy Commission, Michael Opam, has called for a massive campaign for consumers of electricity to switch off refrigerators during peak periods as a short-term approach to help mitigate the current energy crisis. This approach, he believes, would help […]

Prof Ernest Aryeetey, Legon VC The Okponglo end entrance of the University of Ghana, Legon, is making the headlines once again as the authorities of the premier tertiary institution and the Office of the National Security Coordinator are locked up in a logjam over it. Two statements from both organizations on the construction of a […]

THE GOASO police in the Asunafo North Municipality of the Brong-Ahafo Region have detained a 40-year-old man for allegedly killing his wife after dragging her on the ground. Eyewitnesses told DAILY GUIDE that Kwame Owusu, aka Ahinkan, pushed his wife, Josephine Amankwah, popularly called Yaa Baby, 30, to the ground from his Kia truck as the woman […]

Nana Ofori Yeboah II Tight security was provided by military and police personnel at Dwomo, near Techimantia in the Brong-Ahafo Region, during the burial and final funeral rites of the late father of Dr. Hannah Luisa Bisiw, Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture in-charge of Livestock, at the weekend. The armed security personnel, numbering over […]

The gradunads. A total of 8,633 students over the weekend graduated from the University of Cape Coast (UCC). Out of the number, 6,031students pursued distance learning programmes, leaving the rest of the 2,604 to offer sandwich programmes. One thousand, five hundred and thirty-six of the distance learning students pursued programmes such as Bachelor of Psychology […]

The weak bridge PEOPLE who ply on the main Ahodwo to Kaase road in Kumasi are living in great danger, DAILY GUIDE has discovered. The wooden-made bridge on the road is in a very weak state, thereby putting the lives of the users of the busy road at a peril. Residents in the area have […]

A pupil teacher has appeared before the Kade District Magistrate Court for allegedly defrauding 17 persons to the tune of GH¢52,800.00. Mark Daniel Baah pleaded guilty to the charge. He took the monies under the pretext of assisting them  to enlist in the Ghana Armed Forces. He was granted bail in the sum of GH¢30,000 […]

Dr Bawumia in a chat with Paul Afoko while Kwabena Agyepong (left) and Daavi Ama look on The final funeral rites for the late Hajia Mariama Mahama, mother of former Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama took place at Vitting Estates, a suburb of Tamale, the Northern regional capital. Hundreds of sympathizers from all walks of […]

Sherry Ayittey, Health minister The Greater Accra Regional Health Directorate of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has alerted the public over the possibility of cholera outbreak and other infectious diseases with the onset of the rains and poor sanitary conditions. A release signed by the Regional Director of Health Services, Dr Linda Van-Otoo, asked the […]

Lydia A. Yamoah, Principal, Mampong Midwifery and Health Assistants Training School FIVE STUDENTS of the Midwifery and Health Assistants Training School at Mampong in the Ashanti Region who produced fake results to gain admissions have been dismissed from the school. Lydia A. Yamoah, Principal of the school, who made the disclosure during the school’s recently […]

Good morning, Abusuapanin. It’s with a heavy heart I lift my pen to write to you this week. Like all true Muslims, my heart is saddened anytime I hear non-Muslims ignorantly refer to Islam as a violent religion due to the actions of a few miscreants. I therefore feel duty-bound to discuss the Boko Haram […]

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has cautioned the general public against patronising Exeter Corned Beef purported to have been manufactured in Argentina. “The FDA has reliably been informed that the manufacturing plant of Exeter Corned Beef in Argentina has been shut down for some time now and that the product is now being manufactured […]

Fiahermen in Lower Axim in the Western Region have resorted to the use of DDT, carbide, dynamite and light for fishing. The result is that most of the fishes are brought to the shore dead and discoloured, with broken flesh and sunken eyes, indications that they are not fresh. There are fears that the practice […]

A scientist introducing genetic material into tomatoes THE FOOD we eat portrays our identity and culture as Ghanaians. In a country of cultural diversity and festivals, much emphasis is laid on our farm produce which form the backbone of such celebrations. Festivals in the northern parts of the country revolve around their staple food, which […]