Dr Kofi Wampah, BoG Boss 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 […]
Agony: Brazil were hammered 7-1 in the semi-final at Belo Horizonte on Tuesday A teenager in Nepal committed suicide after her favorite team Brazil were thrashed by Germany in the World Cup, police said today. Police said the 10th grade student was depressed and hanged herself yesterday morning in Bharaul village 250 miles east of […]
Seth Terkper, Minister of Finance An Accra Fast Track High Court has ordered the Finance Ministry to immediately pay all outstanding arrears owed  the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) . The court presided over by Justice LL Mensah said the Ministry’s failure to pay statutory funds into the GETFund was illegal. The court also held […]
Juliet Ibrahim Few weeks ago, top Ghanaian actress, Juliet Ibrahim surprised many when she announced, via her publicist, that she is divorced. According to a press statement, she had dissolved her union a long time ago, but she kept it away from the media and her fans. “Juliet Ibrahim has found it necessary to let […]
Vicky Zugah Big Brother Africa offers opportunities for the very unknown to get international exposure and it offers a lifetime experience of enjoying free booze, free food and other benefits apart from sharing space with other personalities from different countries across Africa. Regardless of your actions in the Big Brother house, your entry to fame […]
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has endorsed the strike embarked on by the Polytechnic Teachers Association of Ghana (POTAG) to demand payments for their book and research allowances for the 2013/2014 academic year. UTAG also declared that it might no longer be able to contain the mounting pressure from its members to embark […]
President John Mahama came under serious attack in Parliament yesterday over his poor handling of a recent ministerial reshuffle. Minority MPs were particularly incensed by the confusion over which minister had been removed or is still at post, more than two months after the exercise commenced, calling on the President to get serious. Two or […]
Budu Koomson Pressure is mounting on the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) to fulfil several of the promises it made to Ghanaians in the midst of the worsening economic conditions in the country and a series of protests. Latest to join the fray is a retired army officer, Captain Budu Koomson, who believes there is […]
Castro and Janet PERSONNEL OF the Marine Operation of the Eastern Command of the Ghana Police Service in Tema – leading the search for Theophilus Tagoe, known in the entertainment industry as Castro – and Janet Bandu, who got missing when jet skiing on the Volta Lake at Ada, are frustrated over several false pieces […]
President John Mahama We are being told to be optimistic when there is no cause to be. The signs are portentous: the factors on the ground point to a declining state of the economy as those at the helm continue to live in denial or just being pretentious. We are unable to get it when […]
The four suspected robbers, including Zakiya Abdullai Asofo, the female robber FOUR SUSPECTED robbers, including an 18-year-old girl, Zakiya Abdullai Asofo, a student, have been grabbed by the police in connection with a series of robberies that had been going on at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and its nearby communities. […]
From left: Pastor Joseph Tommy, Samuel Bright, Abubakar Sadiq, Abraham Ayembillah and Bright Agbesi in police custody Pastor Joseph Tommy, 42, has been arrested together with four others for allegedly attempting to rob some Indians of precious mineral in Accra. The other suspects include Bright Agbesi, 20-year- old driver of the victims; Samuel Bright, 23, […]
Team Catholic University pose with some dignitaries Team Catholic University, made up of three students, was adjudged winner of the 2014 Osei Kusi Foundation (OKF) Community Service awards held at the British Council Hall early this week. The three students, Amoah Priscilla Agyeman (Level 200), Agbesi Worlanyo Koku (Level 100) and Amponsah Michael (Level 300), […]
The Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) Ghana has asked Government to rescind its decision on the re-introduction of the 17 ½ Value Added Tax on core and non-core banking services. The ICU made this known in a resolution it copied recently to the Minister of Finance in Accra. According to the union, the law […]
Agnes Emefah Essah, CMO of Vodafone Ghana The National Communications Authority (NCA) has lifted the ban imposed on Vodafone Ghana on the 6th of June 2014, as a result of a nationwide outage on the network. Sanctions were imposed on Vodafone, banning the company from the acquisition of new subscribers, sale of New SIM Cards, […]
Asare Akuffo, MD, HFC Bank THE GHANA Housing Finance Association (GHFA) is advocating the promulgation of a Condominium Law in the country. With an objective to regulate shared ownership of common areas in high rise properties, flats and other related issues, it also aims at inculcating the culture of maintenance among unit home owners of […]
The Stratcomm team and their hosts in a group photograph at the end of the visit, INSET: Esther Cobbah presenting the memento to A.R Gomda. Esther Cobbah, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of one of Ghana’s leading communication and image management agencies, yesterday led a team from her outfit on a visit to the offices of […]
Dr. Akinwande Oluwole Wole Soyinka The famous Nigerian Playwright and political activist, Dr. Akinwande Oluwole Wole Soyinka, is optimistic that an end will come to all the negative practices like corruption and brutal assault against humanity currently stifling the progress of the African continent. But for this transformation to be achievable, according to him, it […]
Nana Kwabena Fosu III, Tufuhene of the Apinto stool cutting sod AngloGold Ashanti Iduapriem Mine in the Western Region has cut a sod to commence the construction of houses and social infrastructure for the relocation of residents of Mankessim community near its Ajopa operations, in the region. It was done in collaboration with the Tarkwa […]
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