News Headlines

By Nana Kweku Kakraba.

POTHOLES ON KANAZOE ROAR
It appears the concerns of shoddy work regarding the Eastern Corridor Road have moved from the realm of perception to reality, evidence available to DAILY GUIDE can confirm.

JUDGES BLAST EC
The Supreme Court yesterday descended heavily on the Electoral Commission (EC), vowing never to allow it to plunge the country into chaos as the November 7 general election reaches home stretch.

I DON'T LIKE AMERICAN CARS - SAYS MAHAMA
President John Mahama has responded cheekily to those accusing him of taking a car gift which many have said is tantamount to corruption saying, "I don't like American cars."

5 NABBED OVER PETROL DEALER'S DEATH

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has declared two people including one Papa Djan, a firewood seller at BB at Asafo in Kumasi, wanted over the killling of Anthony Drobo, a fuel dealer at Atwima Kotwi, who was shot and butchered with a machete by armed robbers who attacked his home Tuesday evening
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PRISONS: OVERCROWDING HITS 45.5% - 2,684 OUT OF 14,368 INMATES ARE ON REMAND
Ghana's prisons are overcrowded by 45.50 per cent, according to statistics provided the Ghana Prisons Service.

TEXTILE WORKERS TO HIT STREET OVER INDUSTRY COLLAPSE

Textile industry workers in the country have scheduled to hit the streets on July 6, 2016 to draw government's attention to the collapse of the textile industry in the country.

OSU CEMETARY TURNED INTO REFUSE DUMP

Osu cemetary, one of the final resting places in the city for the dead, has currently been turned into a defecation and dumping site.

CHIEF IMAM DEMANDS ANSWERS FROM PEACE COUNCIL - ON RELIGIOUS RIGHTS AND TOLERANCE IN SCHOOLS
The office of the Chief Imam is calling on the National Peace Council (NPC) to provide it with information regarding the exercise of religious rights and tolerance in public and private schools as well as workplaces.

PPP DRAGS MAHAMA TO CHRAJ OVER FORD GIFT

Progressive People's Party (PPP) has officially petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate the alleged Ford Expedition vehicle given to President John Dramani Mahama in 2012 as a gift by a Burkinabe contractor, Mr Djibril Kanazoe.
COURT SETS JULY 5 TO RULE ON CREDILITY OF VOTERS' REGISTER
Supreme Court (SC) of Ghana has set July 5, 2016 to determine whether the current voter's register is credible or not.  Court's decision follows a request by Lawyer for the Brong Ahafo Youth Organiser of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, who is in court, challenging the credibility of the voter's register.

PRODUCE LIST OF 'NHIS VOTERS' - SUPREME COURT ORDRS EC
The Supreme Court yesterday ordered the Electoral Commission (EC) to, within six days, furnish it with the full list of all those on the electoral roll who registered with National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) cards.

TyFIERCE CONTEST AWAITS ODODODIODOO
The battle lines have been drawn; boots are being laced in a contest expected to be fierce in the Odododiodoo Constituency as the country gears up for the 2016 election.

ECONOMY PICKS UP AS LATEST GDP FIGURES REVEAL
Projections that Ghana's economic growth will pick up in 2016 seem to be supported by latest figures from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) which show that gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 4.9 per cent year-on-year in the first quarer of 2016 on the back of robust service sector activities.

NDC PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATE FOR UPPER WEST AKYEM RESIGNS
With barely four months left for the 2016 general election, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for the Upper West Akyem Constituency, Mr Joseph Sam Amankwanor, has withdrawn his candidature to the surprise of most party members.

TAXI DRIVER RAPES VISUALLY IMPAIRED, 90

A taxi driver and resident of Kokoteasua, a suburb of Obuasi, is standing trial at a Kumasi High Court for raping a 90-year-old blind woman.

DON'T JAIL DRUG ADDICTS - CHIEF PSYCHIATRIST
The calls for a relaxation of drug laws to allow for medicinal and recreational use of cannabis seems to be gaining momentum.