A political science lecturer, Aminu Dramani has said the leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) should have prevented some of the presidential candidate aspirants from contesting if they deemed their participation as a waste of time. “If they knew they were not viable to contest, they should not have allowed them in the first ...

Ghanaians have been asked to wear red attires today in a campaign dubbed ‘The Red Friday’ aimed at forcing government to address concerns raised in the ‘Occupy Flagstaff House’ petition. The organisers of the two protests, the Concerned Ghanaians for Responsible Governance (CGRG), are also asking Ghanaians to comment on the state of economy on social media using ...

Henry Kofi Wampah, Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), has called for stronger action from the Ministry of Finance and government to alleviate the country’s economic difficulties. “Fiscal consolidation will require a more aggressive stance in the second half of 2014. Government must continue to enhance revenue measures and rationalise expenditures to achieve the ...

Members of the Teachers Educational Workers Union (TEWU) of the College of Health Sciences of the University of Ghana Medical School, Korle Bu, have embarked on an indefinite industrial action. This according to them is to press home their demands for the college management to pay them all outstanding market premiums owed them since last ...

A group calling itself ‘Concerned Tertiary Students of the Upper East region’ has threatened to demonstrate at the Flagstaff House on Monday, July 14 if President John Mahama refuses to reinstate Dr Avea Nsor as Upper East Regional Minister. According to them, Dr Avea Nsor was as effective Regional Minister whose absence would have grave ...

Public Relations Officer at the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Yaro Kasambata is assuring the general public and motorists in Grater Accra that it has enough stock of fuel in the country. There has been reports of fuel shortage in some parts of Accra, which has led to long queues forming at some fuel stations. But ...

Hundreds of Ghanaians who entered Brazil as tourists to watch World Cup games have asked for asylum, police in southern Brazil said Thursday. Noerci da Silva Melo who heads the Federal Police office in the city of Caxias do Sul said that over the past week 200 Ghanaians asked for asylum. The Justice Ministry will ...

A senior member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is predicting that four out of the seven aspirants in the race for the party’s flagbearer position will perform poorly. The Adansi Asokwa lawmaker, Kobina Tahir Hammond said the likes of Dr. Kofi Konadu Apraku, Stephen Asamoah Boateng, Francis Addai Nimoh and Kofi Osei Ameyaw have ...

CAL Bank Limited today signed a US$ 28,543,200 Tier 2 Capital Credit Agreement with Societe De Promotion Et De Participation Pour La Cooperation Economique S. A.(PROPARCO), the French government development finance institution. PROPARCO, a long-standing debt financier of CAL Bank, acquired a 6.86% stake in CAL in June 2012. The agreement was signed by of ...

Banking consultant, Nana Otuo Acheampong says the Bank of Ghana (BoG) shot itself in the foot by allowing government to airlift $3 million cash to Brazil to pay the appearance fee of the Black Stars. The Governor of the central bank, Dr. Kofi Wampah has defended the government’s decision to fly the money, insisting that ...

Eyewitness News with Richard Dela Sky

The Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) has described as unfortunate, recent disparaging remarks about government’s decision to distribute free sanitary pads to some deprived female students. Government secured a loan of 156million dollars from the World Bank to improve secondary school education in the country of which part of the money would be used ...

One person, believed to be a “galamsey” miner, has been confirmed dead at Banda-Nkwanta in the Bole District of the Northern Region after a pit, in which he was mining for gold collapsed. According to reports, the deceased was one of seven miners in the pit before the collapse. The District Chief Executive of Bole, ...

The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) has revealed it is yet to send relief items to flood victims in the Jomoro District in the Western Region because they have run out of relief items. Some homes and schools have been submerged by flood waters following continuous heavy downpour in the district. According to NADMO, the ...

Northern Regional Chairman of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) has warned detractors of the party to tread with caution ahead of the upcoming internal elections. Chief Sofo Azorka sent an early warning signal to the aggrieved party supporters who recently threatened to burn party properties in Tamale to rescind their intention or incur his ...

Ghana’s poor run in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil has received more damning descriptions from the international public. According to a study conducted by the Cambridge University Press, the top words used by various media reports worldwide in relation to Ghana’s World Cup campaign were “money”, “strike”, “powerful”. These words stem from the Black ...

The acting Director General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Aheto Tsegah has downplayed assertions that the preference for most of Ghana’s public schools have dwindled. He said the notion that parents are sending their wards to the private schools because of a vote of no confidence in the public ones does not hold. A ...

President John Dramani Mahama, in his capacity as Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS) is hosting leaders of the sub-region at a two-day summit in Accra, on Thursday 10th and Friday 11th July. The summit will among others discuss the introduction of ...

Actress Kafui Danku says her marriage is doing well despite concerns raised by some fans because of the roles she plays in movies. The talented actress told the Graphic Showbiz that even though she performs bad girl roles it has not affected her marriage in any way. “I am aware that lots of people are ...

The Bank of Ghana has clarified the 3 million dollars that was air lifted to the Black stars team in Brazil was not in breach of its foreign exchange laws. According to the Governor of the bank of Ghana, Dr Henry Kofi Wampah ‘‘if you look at the foreign exchange act, the Bank of Ghana ...