48 hours means 48 hours – Supreme Court rules on detention of suspects
The Supreme Court has in a unanimous decision ruled that weekends and public holidays are included in the 48-hour detention period the police have to hold a person without granting…
Basic Needs, MEHSOG train peer groups on trauma and Organized Torture
Mental Health Society of Ghana (MEHSOG)in collaboration with Basic Needs Ghana and Dignity International have trained peer support groups to increase their knowledge and skills to enable them recognize trauma,…
African nations urged to persist with climate change ambitions
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…
Let’s correct the thinking that ‘women should take backstage’ – Mike Oquaye
The Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Michael Oquaye has called for reinforcement of women empowerment and the enhancement of equal rights to boost women representation in decision making. He advocated…
Courts can sit on weekends, public holidays – Supreme Court rules
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…
Auditor-General’s reports must come to Parliament before being made public – Majority Leader
Majority Leader and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu has called on the Auditor-General to make its reports available to Parliament to allow legislators to effectively peruse such documents.…
NDA boss fired, new CEO appointed
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…
Letter from Africa: How talk of witches stirs emotions in Nigeria
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…
Centre for Nigerian Citizenship Identification opens in Accra
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…
Algeria election: Fresh protests as Tebboune replaces Bouteflika
Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of the Algerian capital, Algiers, in protest at the results of Thursday's presidential election. They chanted slogans against the winner,…
