NaSIA: All Pre-tertiary institutions to register by December or risk closure
The National Schools Inspectorate Authority NaSIA, has given all pre-tertiary institutions operating in the country up to the end of the year to register with the authority or risk closure. At a meeting on school licensing requirements in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region the Executive Director of NaSIA, Dr. Hagar Hilda Ampadu, said this is […]
Suspected Nigerian immigrants arrested at Akuse
Operations Motherland team made up of the police, military and Immigration Service has arrested nineteen suspected immigrants at Akuse in the Eastern Region. They were on board a VW Crafter bus with registration GR 1354-21 which was driven by one Mawuli Katasi 32, and his mate Kofi Nyavedzi 35. A statement from Eastern Regional Police […]
April 23, 2021
The Daily Graphic commends government’s industrialization drive, which has given birth to the One-District, One Factory initiative. The paper believes that while government makes attempts at establishing new industries, efforts must also be made to resurrect defunct factories which have gone bankrupt and their infrastructure and equipment left at the mercy of the weather. According to […]
Covid-19: India hospital fire as virus cases hit record high
At least 13 patients have died after a fire broke out in the intensive care unit of an Indian hospital treating Covid patients near Mumbai. The blaze, which took place early on Friday, was extinguished and four survivors have been moved to nearby hospitals, said authorities. The incident comes amid a deadly second wave of […]
Residents of Dome cry over poor drainage system
Residents of ‘Dome Konka’ in the Ga East municipality of Greater Accra, say, they are unhappy with the poor drainage system especially with the rains setting in from May. GBC News has this report on the drainage system in that part of Accra.
Clock ticking on rescue effort for missing Indonesian submarine
An Indonesian military submarine that went missing off Bali with 53 people on board is believed to be 700 metres underwater, based on its last-known location, the navy said on Thursday. The German-made KRI Nanggala-402 lost contact about 95 kilometres north of Bali in the early hours of Wednesday during a torpedo attack exercise with […]
Deplorable road: Residents of Opetekwei cry for help
Residents of opetekwei, part of Dansoman in Accra, have expressed worry about the poor state of roads in the area. According to them, the road becomes very muddy and unmotorable whenever it rains. As a result, drivers are reluctant to ply the roads. The residents have cited the Pambros Salt Pond located in the area […]
Road Crashes Now A Pandemic – NRSA
In Ghana, road crashes and its associated deaths surge year-after-year, although, a UN report shows that Ghana topped in Africa with the organization’s “Decade of Action” in the last five years of the 2011-2020 plan for road safety. The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) is therefore admonishing Ghanaians to treat road crashes as a pandemic […]
Pakistan hotel bomb: Deadly blast hits luxury venue in Quetta
A bomb explosion at a luxury hotel in the Pakistani city of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province, has killed five people and wounded 12. The Pakistani Taliban said it was behind the blast in the car park of the Serena Hotel, and that it had targeted police officers and other officials. A Taliban spokesman […]
Ridge Hospital launches telemedicine App to reduce congestion
The Medical Director of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Dr. Emmanuel Srofenyo, has called on the public to utilise a telemedicine application deployed to enable patients to have access to health care at the facility without visiting the premises. The digital platform, he said, would address, to some good extent, the present congestion at the […]
22nd April, 2021
The Daily Graphic is worried that over the past years, little attention has been given to formal regulation of urban development, building standards or land use management. The paper observes that during a period of rapid urbanization within the past three to four decades, disaster risk has expanded dramatically due to unregulated growth of the […]
Covid: India sees world’s highest daily cases amid oxygen shortage
India has reported 314,835 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours – the highest one-day tally recorded anywhere in the world. Deaths rose by 2,104 in the same time period, India’s worst daily toll. It brings the country’s total confirmed cases close to 16 million, second only to the US’s 31.9 million. India is […]
2021 Census targets over 2.6 million development indicators
The target of the Ghana Statistical Service for the 2021 Population and Housing Census is to produce over 2.6 million development indicators. Among these, are sanitation, housing, access to electricity, access to potable water, health, education and security. This will aid government and development partners in drawing up policies and programs for the country’s growth. […]
Internal auditors recover GH¢522.9m in 2020
The work of internal auditors in public institutions across Ghana has saved GH¢522.9 million of public funds, the Director-General of the Internal Audit Agency (IAA), Dr. Eric Oduro Osae, has stated. He said the amount was realised from audit observation infractions in 9,068 audit reports, out of which 6,699 recommendations, with a monetary value of […]
