‘Headlines’ Category

Nigerian Oil Ship Detained At Tema Port

Nov 30th, 2009 | Headlines

A NIGERIAN oil ship believed to have been hijacked and pirated from Lagos, which managed to find its way into Ghanaian territorial waters, has been intercepted by a combine team of the Ghana Navy and the National Security at the Tema port on Thursday.
A source at the Tema Port, who spoke to DAILY GUIDE about [...]



JJ Rawlings and JA Kuffour: Are they Ghanaians

Nov 17th, 2009 | Headlines

When Rawlings was president there were some elements in the society who claimed he is not a Ghanaian. They claimed he is either from Scotland or may be from Togo. At present there are some other group of people who claimed JA Kuffour is not a Ghanaian. They claimed Kuffour is from Congo or Sudan.  [...]



Kufuor’s Cartel Unmasked

Nov 10th, 2009 | Headlines

By Raymond Archer
Crony. Cronies. Cronyism. Politics is indeed exciting, when all the dull beats are edited out. Political business is juicier, when you have access to the men at the top who work by the seaside near Osu, especially, when you have the right names on the roaster.
Welcome to Kufuor’s Modus Operandi Part II – [...]



Politicians supplying youth with weapons?

Nov 8th, 2009 | Headlines

‘Tamale, Nov. 8, GNA – The Dakpema, Na Alhassan Dawuni, Chief of Tamale, has appealed to politicians and their cronies in the south, who supply weapons of destruction to northern youth, to stop the practice for the development of the country.
He said if politicians stopped their selfish and negative attitude towards their perceived political opponents [...]



We’ll not turn our back to you – President Mills

Nov 7th, 2009 | Headlines

Ejura (Ash), Nov.6, GNA – President John Evans Fiifi Atta-Mills has assured the people of Ejura-Sekyedumase that the government would not turn its back to them.
“You have helped the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to maintain our parliamentary seat. We have recognized this and would help you with whatever we have”.
President Mills was addressing a durbar [...]



Kufuor fires Rawlings

Oct 27th, 2009 | Headlines

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has taken exception to certain ‘unpalatable’ comments by his predecessor, Jerry John Rawlings, over the handling of last year’s presidential elections.
President Rawlings had told a gathering in faraway Germany that Mr. Kufuor had the intention of rigging the last general elections for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) but was stopped [...]



PSC Tema Shipyard: Former IGP is furious

Oct 24th, 2009 | Headlines

The former Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Patrick Kwarteng Acheampong, has reacted with fury over bribery allegations leveled against him by the Chief Financial Officer of the PSC Tema Shipyard Company, Mr. Mohammed Ismail Bin Lebai Suleiman.According to Mr. Acheampong, he does not know the operations of West Africa’s biggest dry dock company and [...]



Kufuor expresses ‘great shock’ at Foreign Affairs fire

Oct 23rd, 2009 | Headlines

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor on Thursday described the news of the burning down of the office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Accra on Wednesday night as “a great shock”.
“I deem it a sad day for Ghana that such an office of great importance, which deals with all our negotiations with the rest [...]



Ghana ministry fire ‘was arson’

Oct 22nd, 2009 | Headlines

Ghana’s Foreign Ministry building has been largely destroyed in a fire police suspect was started deliberately.
Officials said no-one had been killed or injured in the blaze, which raged after working hours on Wednesday.
Police arrested three people who were near the building, in the capital Accra, when the fire started.
It is thought a number of important [...]



Glorious Satellites shock Brazil for gold

Oct 17th, 2009 | Headlines

Satellites world champions1Ghana’s Black Satellites in one of the most difficult circumstances shocked Brazil to lift their first, and Africa’s first gold in the history of the U20 championships.

And it took 120 minutes of goalless nerve racking football, with ten men and a 4-3 penalty victory to exorcise the Brazilian ghost which has long