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Ambassador of Denmark to Ghana, Tom Nørring has disclosed that Ghana loses over 16 million dollars which is about 50 percent of its food harvest to post-harvest losses for some selected food crops. Mr. Norring seized the opportunity to call for a stronger partnership between Danish and Ghanaian businesses to find feasible solutions to food wastage in the country. He believes this can be mitigated if players in the agricultural value chain consider the gaps in the surpluses as investment opportunities. Addressing stakeholders at a food security seminar organized by the Danish Embassy in Ghana, Ambassador, Tom Nørring advocated for…
Devastating earthquakes in Turkiye and Syria in the first quarter of 2023, have stirred and spurred scientists to hunt for pre-emptive measures. Firstly, they are looking for early warning signals, and secondly, ways of minimizing the impact when such natural disasters occur. Animals have been identified as one of the unusual sources of fore-notice to disasters. A warning signal to simmering disasters through actions by animals is that they suddenly ran to higher ground when they sense vibrations that precede the occurrence of natural disasters, be they tsunamis or earthquakes. Animals are better equipped to sense tiny foreshocks traveling through…
Kwaku Ofori-Asiamah The Ministry of Roads and Highways (MoRH) has dismissed as false claims by the Minority Chief Whip, Kwame Governs Agbodza, that the Akufo-Addo administration is expropriating projects completed by the previous Mahama administration. President Akufo-Addo stated in his State of the Nation Address to Parliament on March 8, 2023 that his administration has built more roads than any other government in Ghana’s 4th Republic history. In response, Mr. Agbodza called the President’s claims “an unfortunate fabrication” and accused him of attempting to expropriate projects undertaken by his predecessor. However, the Ministry of Roads and Highways stated in a statement…
John Mahama FORMER PRESIDENT John Dramani Mahama is expected to storm Kumasi, the Ashanti regional capital this week, DAILY GUIDE has gathered. He is visiting the Ashanti Region to campaign for votes in his bid to become the National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate for the 2024 polls. A source in John Mahama’s campaign team has disclosed that the former president would arrive at the Kumasi Airport on Saturday, March 18, 2023. According to the source, who demanded anonymity, John Mahama’s upcoming tour is the first phase of his tour in the region, and it would last for three days. He announced…
From L to R: Yussif Muhammed, Ibrahim Abdul Rahib, Safianu Musah, Abubakari Sadick, Samuel Tetteh, Abdul Gafaru Abdul Kareem Six people have been arrested in connection with the alleged fatal stabbing of Private Imoro Sherrif, in Ashaiman Taifa in the Greater Accra Region. After a week of sustained intelligence-led operations, officers from the Ghana Police Service apprehended the suspects at their hideouts between March 9, 2023 and March 12, 2023. The suspects are Safianu Musah alias Dayorgu, Ibrahim Abdul Rakib, Samuel Tetteh alias Wiper, Abubakar Sadick alias Birdman, Yussif Mohammed and Abdul Gafaru Abdul Karim. As forensic and crime scene investigations…
Afriyie Akoto The immediate past Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, will today, March 13, 2023, at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), deliver a public lecture on “The future of the economy of Ghana.” The event will start at about 14:00 GMT and will see Dr. Akoto share insights into building the agricultural sector into a bedrock for financing the development of other sectors of the economy. At an encounter with a group of editors and senior journalists in Accra on Saturday, March 11, 2023, Dr. Akoto said the potential in the agricultural sector is…
GRABBED! Gideon Vitallis A 24-year-old Nigerian has been arrested by operatives of the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) for allegedly murdering a cash point operator, Patience Ago Quaye, at the Twumasiwaa Memorial Clinic in Accra. The suspect, Gideon Vitallis, according to information available to DAILY GUIDE, visited the hospital where he was once a store keeper but was fired for stealing, having come to Ghana in 2021. He sneaked back to the hospital targeting the cash point for money, and after spotting Patricia Ago Quaye who had just closed from work, confronted her. The lady went missing and could not be traced. The…
Professor Ransford Gyampo The National Identification Authority (NIA) has given a Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo, a 24-hour ultimatum to publish details of his supposed research on registration equipment. This is in wake of a Facebook post made by Prof. Gyampo, alleging that the distribution of equipment for the production of the Ghana Cards is skewed to favour the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and to the disadvantage of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). Responding to the claim made by the lecturer, the NIA in a statement issued on March 10, 2023 accused…
Dr. Mustapha Ahmed Former Minister of Youth and Sports, Dr. Mustapha Ahmed, has been sentenced to seven days’ imprisonment by an Accra High Court for contempt of court. The former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Ayawaso North was found guilty of contempt after he deliberately ignored the orders of the court in a land issue filed against him. The court in June 2019, in its judgment, granted a perpetual injunction restraining Dr. Ahmed, then the defendant, from trespassing on the disputed land which he sold to the plaintiff but later repossessed it, claiming he had made a…
Gary Lineker’s return to screens is the best option, the head of the BBC said as he apologised for the weekend’s football coverage blackout. Director general Tim Davie admitted that the England World Cup legend is “the best in the business” and “a superb broadcaster”. He told BBC News that “success for me is getting Gary back on air”, adding that he will now consider reviewing the Corporation’s free speech policy in order to attain such an outcome. Davie also insisted he will not be resigning over the furore, which prompted a walkout of BBC Sport staff, pundits and presenters…
