Barcelona and Spain defender Gerard Pique has announced his retirement from football and will play his last match against Almeria on Saturday. Pique, who won numerous trophies with Barcelona and the 2010 World Cup with his country, has fallen out of favour this season under Xavi Hernandez. The 35-year-old had been a near-constant fixture in […]
Public Health Officers from the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) have arrested sixteen (16) persons for defecating in the open. The 16 persons were arrested during the early hours of Wednesday, when the Sanitation Task Force of the Assembly, led by Environmental Health Officers embarked on a special operation within the Okaikoi South Sub-Metropolitan District as […]
Germany striker Timo Werner has been ruled out of the World Cup after sustaining an ankle ligament injury while playing for RB Leipzig against Shakhtar Donetsk. The 26-year-old was replaced after only 20 minutes of his team’s 4-0 victory, and RB Leipzig have now confirmed that he has torn ankle ligaments and will be out […]
Former Finance Minister Dr Kwabena Duffour has empasized that he will contest in the flagbearer election of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) ahead of the 2024 general elections. “Today, I officially announce my intention to contest for the Flagbearership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) anytime the party opens nominations. “I will offer […]
Telecommunications company MTN have pledged $2 million to the Black Stars as they prepare for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. MTN look to contribute as Otto Addo’s men aim to make a mark in their fourth appearance at the global stage. The team last made an appearance in 2014, when they were knocked out […]
The police are on a manhunt for a gang of armed men who attacked and robbed a family of three along the Ejura-Nkwanta-Nyinase road in the Ashanti Region on Monday, October 31. The robbers shot and killed one of the victims identified as Kipo Sumaila and bolted with an unspecified amount of money. The two […]
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Commodity Monitor Ltd, Stephen Yeboah, has made a strong case that the country’s galamsey ordeal will best be tackled if appropriate technologies are employed in the small-scale mining sector to ensure responsible and sustainable mining. He argued that given the contribution of the mining sector to the country’s economic […]
A former Director General of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Dr. Nii Moi Thompson has asked the government to work to reduce the dollarization of the Ghanaian economy. This, in his view, is one of the ways of dealing with the challenges facing the economy especially the local currency, the Cedi. He explained that […]
Speculations about a possible haircut in Ghana due to the ongoing negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) badly affected Ghana’s economy, Spokesperson of the Vice President, Dr Gideon Boako, has said. Following the speculation, he said, there was mud rush for Dollar assets and hard currency Dollar because people were not sure if their […]
The Majority Leader Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu has announced that the presentation of the 2023 budget statement by the Finance Minister may delay. According to him the leadership of parliament want more time to interrogate the principles underpining the budget reading. He said this to journalists on Thursday November 3. He said “Nothing should be […]
Shatta Wale says he has asked the Inspector-General of the Police to look into the security lapses in the entertainment industry. This follows his allegations that Nana Asiamah, known as Bullgod, planned artiste manager Fennec Okyere’s murder. Shatta Wale told Captain Smart on Onua Maakye that he is exasperated at the rate with which people […]
German footballer Jerome Boateng was ordered to pay a fine of €1.2 million ($1.17 million) on Wednesday after a German court upheld his conviction of assaulting his former girlfriend in 2018. Boateng was initially sentenced to a fine of €1.8 million in 2021. He had denied the accusation and appealed the sentence. The Munich court […]
Political strategist and a Deputy Communications Director of the New Patriotic (NPP) Ernest Owusu Bempah has rubbished claims that Gyankroma Akufo-Addo, daughter of President Nana Addo Dankwa is taking undue advantage of her father to grab juicy government contract. It has been alleged in some quarters that the state paid her $25 million Gyankroma Akufo-Addo […]
North Tongu Member of Parliament Samuel Okudzteo Ablakwa has said President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo only created the impression that he cut cost by dissolving the Ministry of Special Development Initiative (SDI) but in actual sense he did not. He stated that President Akufo-Addo increased the budget of the SDI Secretariat at the President from […]
Media General’s Northern Region correspondent Christopher Amoako has won the Best Education Reporter at the 2021 Northern Region Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) awards. He was among six other nominees who were awarded for their contributions towards development in the Region. His journalistic works over the years have helped to bring to the fore major challenges […]
The Vice President Dr Mahaudu Bawumia has said that the government’s development priorities are focused on economic transformation through value-addition to create jobs, reduce poverty, and enhance social inclusion while sustaining the integrity of our environment. The medium and long-term development plans, he said are underpinned by the ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ vision to change the […]
Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has lauded the contributions made by the Group of Earth Observations (GEO) through the provision of critical data that continues to inform policy formulation, programme design and implementation in Ghana. Speaking in Accra at the 18th Plenary of the Group of Earth Observations (GEO) Week in Accra on Wednesday, November […]
Ghanaian musician Black Sherif has bagged his first brand deal with Chipper Cash. The fast-rising superstar announced the news via his official Instagram handle. Black Sherif shared the news of his new partnership with a short video showing a pop-up message of a cash transfer from Burna Boy whilst playing basketball. Blacko captioned the video, […]
A financial analyst Michael Dawson has indicated that the banking sector reforms undertaken by government, have strengthened local banks and made them more resilient to shocks. Dr. Dawson was responding to a statement by the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin that the Government erred in not supporting local banks to succeed. “I think clearly, the […]
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