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The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has urged the continent’s nations to stay the course on climate action, after a marathon session of talks at the twenty-fifth Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 25) in Madrid. The conference was scheduled to run from 2 to 13 December, but only concluded business on Sunday, two ...

The Supreme Court has in a unanimous decision ruled that courts are to sit on weekends and public holidays to deal with issues that affect personal liberty. This brings to an end the age-long practice where persons are arrested and kept beyond 48 hours because weekends and holidays are not counted. The seven-member panel presided over by outgoing Chief Justice ...

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Northern Development Authority (NDA), Alhaji Dr. Haroun Majeed, has been relieved of his position. A letter sighted by DAILY GUIDE and signed by the Secretary to the President, Nana Bediatuo Asante, read: “Reference is made to our letter 6th April 2018 with No. OPS102VOL.15/18/391 pursuant to which you were appointed as the Chief ...

In our series of letters from African writers, Nigerian journalist and novelist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani reports on the emotions that the topic of witchcraft stirs. All hell broke loose when the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, announced last month that it would hold a conference on “witchcraft” at its campus in the south-east. Some staff and students staged protests calling for ...

Dantata Universal Services Nigeria Ltd. (DUS) in partnership with VFS Global, an outsourcing and technology services specialists for governments and diplomatic missions worldwide, have opened a centre in Accra to offer enrolment services for Nigerians residing in Ghana wishing to obtain their National Identification Number (NIN). The centre was officially opened by the Nigeria High Commissioner to Ghana, Femi Michael ...

The Executive Director of Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has called on the government to commit to implementing anti-corruption laws and policies to nib the menace in the bud. Linda Ofori-Kwafo in her speech at a corruption forum to mark the International Anti-Corruption Day in Accra on Thursday said that corruption is taking a toll on the country’s economy. “Fighting corruption ...

The Western Region Commander of the Ghana Immigration Services, DCI Dr. Prosper Price Delali Asima, has disclosed that over fifty migrants in the Region were deported back to their home countries for irregular migration. “The nationalities of those deported vary. We have mostly Chinese and Nigerians. But we also had Pakistanis, Americans and Canadians. Majority of them overstay their permit ...

  Retired army officer, Captain Budu Koomson, has disclosed that he nearly took his own life after the June 4, 1979, revolution. The security consultant told JoyNews’ Daniel Dadzie on the AM Show Friday, that he had to undergo two years of counselling after he witnessed some of the most gruesome murders and tortures within the period. “Thankfully, I am ...

President Akufo-Addo has nominated Justice Anin-Yeboah as Chief Justice subject to Parliamentary approval. JoyNews correspondent, Kwei Parker-Wilson reports that the First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei Owusu, has referred the letter to the Appointments Committee of the House. If approved, Justice Anin-Yeboah, who is the fourth longest-serving Justice of the Supreme Court, will succeed Justice Sophia Abena Boafoa Akuffo, who retires ...

Minority leader has said its time we go beyond the talk and ensure that the bill on affirmative action is brought before parliament for consideration. Speaking on the floor of parliament, the leader said, “…we should go beyond the talk and get the bill introduced in this house because we have to fight using policy and iatrical dominance of Ghanaian ...