Parliament’s Defence Committee to investigate Wa military brutality
The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu, has directed the Committee on Defence and Interior to visit Wa and investigate the Military brutalities there and report to the House within four weeks. The First Deputy Speaker’s directive followed a call by the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, who raised concerns about the reported attack on […]
Trump Organisation: Top executive charged with tax crimes
Former US President, Donald Trump’s company and its finance chief have been charged with tax-related crimes. Allen Weisselberg, 73, turned himself in to New York authorities yesterday. He was later charged with concealing One point seven million dollars’ worth of income. Prosecutors say the 15-year-long scheme helped executives evade taxes by giving benefits, such as […]
Appeals Court Judge chairs Ejura killings probe committee
The government has set up a three-member committee, chaired by Appeals Court Judge, Justice George Kingsley Koomson to probe the recent disturbances at Ejura in the Ashanti Region. They are to conduct a public enquiry into the disturbances recorded at Ejura in the Ashanti Region which led to the death of a social media activist […]
Police refuse protection for NDC‘s ‘March for Justice’ protest
The Accra Regional Police Command has turned down a request for protection by the NDC youth wing for the planned ‘March for Justice’ yesterday to demand justice for all persons killed or brutalized by security agencies particularly in Ejura and slain fix the country campaigner, Ibrahim Mohammed. The party’s youth wing said the protest is […]
July 2, 2021
The Daily Graphic commends the Greater Accra Regional Minister Henry Quartey, for taking a bold step to ensure the relocation of Onion Sellers to Adjen Kotoku in the Ga West municipality. The Paper hopes there will be a strict policy at the new market to ensure good sanitary habits. The Graphic looks forward to Agbogbloshie […]
Massive clean up at Agbogbloshie
A week-long massive clean-up has commenced at the Onion market and scrapyard at the Agbogbloshie Market in Accra, to bring sanity to the area and secure the land for future development. This follows the relocation of most of the traders to a new site at Adjen Kotoku in the Ga West Municipality of Greater Accra […]
Four injured in accident at Airport traffic light
Four persons are receiving treatment at the Police Hospital, after sustaining injuries in an accident on Wednesday morning, at the Stanbic Heights/Opeibea House intersection on the Airport stretch in Accra. According to the Police, at about 7:30 a.m., a driver of an unregistered Chevrolet Spark with number DV 1377Ad-2021 traveling from the Opeibea House area […]
Editorials: July 1, 2021
The Daily Graphic sees the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Housing Scheme as a great idea. It says the advice by an Economist, Kwame Pianim to GNAT to prioritise housing for its members to help them when they retire could not have come at a better time. The Graphic commends GNAT for this initiative […]
Peace Council condemns killing of 2 protesters at Ejura
The National Peace Council has condemned the upheaval that occurred at Ejura in the Ashanti Region. They have asked the relevant agencies to speedily conduct thorough investigations into the matter to ensure that the culprits are punished. In a statement, Chairman of the Council, Rev. Dr. Ernest Adu Gyamfi said it received the unfortunate report […]
Ejura: Catholic Bishop Conference condemns brutalities on unarmed citizens
The Ghana Catholic Bishop Conference has condemned brutalities meted out to unarmed citizens who were demonstrating in Ejura in the Ashanti Region. The Bishops said in a statement signed by their President, Most Rev. Phillip Naameh, that the act is not only condemnable but criminal and must be investigated and the perpetrators punished. The Bishops Conference expressed […]
Widow and mother of three appeal for help
A widow, from Winkongo a community in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region and a mother of three, Madam Esther Labil Talata, has been rendered homeless following the collapse of her dilapidated building. Madam Talata and her three children have currently moved to lodge with her mother in another dilapidated structure. Their current […]
Traders begin to relocate from Agbogbloshie
Onion bulk breakers at Agbogbloshie in Accra have begun removing their structures to meet the deadline for relocation to Adjen Kotoku in the Ga West Municipality in the Greater Accra Region. The traders who were given up to Thursday, July 1, to relocate from Agbogbloshie were seen packing their wares on Tuesday in apparent preparation […]
Not under pressure to release hit songs – Akwaboah
When it comes to good music, Highlife musician Akwaboah cannot be ignored, but he will easily skip your mind when you are talking about A List musicians in Ghana and that is because he is not in our faces all the time. However, the musician is not worried that he is not at the top […]
Vien Health launches app to give Ghanaians unlimited access to quality healthcare
Subscription of Telemedicine services are said to have increased in the last year due to COVID-19. It became essential due to its convenience and safety to access unlimited healthcare. It also links patients and medical practitioners to specialists and consultants across the globe. Hence, the launch in Accra, of a new mobile friendly user application […]
