Member of Parliament for Tamale North, Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyini has said Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia lied when he said the current government is paying One Billion dollars for excess power due to the contracts signed by the previous National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration. Reacting to the public address given by the Vice President on […]
A former Finance Minister Dr Kwabena Duffuor has said that the main opposition has better economic policies than the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP). He said this on Thiursday April 7 during the launch of NDC’s the ‘Ahot) Project’ in Ashaiman. The initiative is to support members of the party ahead of the 2024 general […]
Will Smith has been banned from the Oscars gala and other Academy events for 10 years after the US actor slapped comic Chris Rock at the Oscars. In a statement, the Academy said the 94th Oscars had been “overshadowed by the unacceptable and harmful behaviour we saw Mr Smith exhibit on stage”. Smith has apologised […]
Paris St-Germain are prepared to offer forward Kylian Mbappe a £150m signing-on fee to keep him at the club for another two seasons, reports Spanish football expert Guillem Balague. The 23-year-old’s contract expires this summer and he agreed a financial package with Real Madrid months ago. But PSG are desperate to keep him and will […]
Several tents housing residents of Appiatse at the Dumasi Resettlement Camp have been destroyed by a windstorm that swept through the area on Friday April 8. Several houses and trees in the area have also been affected. Prestea Huni Valley Municipal Director of the National Disdaster Management Organisation (NADMO) Francis Abeiku, confirmed the incident to […]
Fire has gutted about 15 shops at Suame Magazine industrial cluster, in the Ashanti Regional capital Kumasi. Mechanic shops at the Zone 13 of the Suame Magazine enclave were also destroyed by the inferno. An eye witness who had his shop burnt said “I had a distress call around 3AM. When I got here, the […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has indicated that economic shocks from COVID-19 and the geopolitical tension between Russia and Ukraine are adding to the debt challenges faced by low-income countries. This is despite central banks beginning to raise interest rates, the IMF said. The Bretton Woods institution noted that spurred by low interest rates, high […]
Former Ghana defender Samuel Inkoom has completed a return to the Premier League, joining reigning champions Hearts of Oak on a one-year deal. Inkoom’s contract with Georgian club Torpedo Kutaisi expired in January this year, making him a free agent. In early March, he began training with Hearts of Oak. Inkoom has impressed the technical […]
A typical maxim about a liberalized business environment is that, “It is not the business of government to do business but to create an enabling business for private enterprise to thrive.” In the 1980s, Ghana’s adoption of the World Bank’s Structural Adjustment Program ushered us into a consistent liberalization of the economy. Government’s main focus […]
Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Michael Okyere Barfi has hinted that, government will soon inaugurate a committee with the aim pf introducing regulations to monitor the cement manufacturing sector. This, he noted, will help streamline the operations and also reinforce the needed standardization for the construction sector. Mr Okyere Baafi who is also lawmaker […]
A human skull and cat head have been exhumed at the altar of the Christ Charismatic Convention at Kasoa in the Central Region. The General Overseer of the Church, Pastor Billy Sunday, told the host of Connect FM’s Omanbapa morning show, Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson, in an interview that he rented the church premises from […]
Co-star in the popular Taxi Driver series Mikki Osei Berko, popularly known as Master Richard, has paid tributes to the late Psalm Adjeteyfio, who died early Friday morning. He said the veteran actor was like a senior brother to him not only in their hay days but even in recent times when the deceased was […]
Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has said he learnt with shock and deep sadness the demise of Her Excellency Hajia Ramatu Aliu Mahama, former Second Lady of the Republic of Ghana. Mr Bagbin said in a statement on Friday April 8 that “Her Excellency Hajia Ramatu Aliu Mahama was a hard-working woman, a great asset […]
The Ukraine war led to a “giant leap” in food prices last month to another record high, the United Nations says. The war has cut off supplies from the world’s biggest exporter of sunflower oil which means the costs of alternatives have also climbed. Ukraine is also a major producer of cereals such as maize […]
Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa paid over 600 private school teachers due to Covid-19 induced school closure. He also gave out cash grants to some 200 distressed staff of Musahamat Farms Ltd who were off due to the pandemic. The Former Deputy Minister of Education said the gesture formed part of […]
A Political Marketing expert and lecturer at University of Ghana Business School (UGBS), Dr Kobby Mensah has said that the Vice President’s presentation on the state of the Ghanaian economy on Thursday April 7 was an attempt to paint a picture of what does not exist. He said the Finance Minister and the President had […]
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the Western Region has been spending close to GH¢150, 000 every week for the past three months to replace stolen electrical components at its ground mounted sub-stations in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis. The theft has resulted in long spell of power outages in the metropolis and also accounting for […]
With subsidiaries Hollard Insurance and Hollard Life Assurance, Hollard Ghana has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the University of Cape Coast (UCC). The MOU will enable UCC students’ post-academic success as part of its Hollard X Academia programme. Hollard also unveiled a sponsored space within the newly launched UCC Design Thinking and Innovation […]
The Ghana Premier League match between Asante Kotoko and Accra Hearts of Oak SC has been rescheduled for 3 p.m. on Sunday. The original kick-off time of 6 p.m. has been revised owing to recommendations from the Ghana Police Service. The Match Coordination meeting will be held at 10 am on Sunday at the Baba […]
Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has stoked the fire ahead of Sunday’s crucial Premier League game with Manchester City – and irked plenty of football fans in the process – by declaring the match-up as the greatest rivalry in the history of English football. The former defender says trying to compare it to the battles between […]
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