The Ghana Police as part of the Police Action Against Rider Indiscipline (PAARI) programme has arrested over 250 motorbike riders for jumping the red light in Accra. The Police, in April 2022, introduced “OPERATION PAARI”, a road safety intervention to check indiscipline, among motorcycle users on the roads, which was becoming a major cause of […] The post Police

A restaurant owner has been convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment for frying chips with oil extracted from a transformer and selling them to the public for consumption.

The GoGo rice mill factory belonging to former Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors, Mr Senyo Hosi, has been ripped apart by a storm. He assured stakeholders to build back the factory stronger. In a tweet, he announced that “Last week Saturday, a devastating storm and whirlwind ripped our 4yr GoGo […]

Some 18 National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary aspirants have picked forms to contest the primaries in eight constituencies in Western North Region.

Majority Chief Whip Frank Annoh-Dompreh has said that the National Identification Authority (NIA) will certainly issue the Ghana Cards to the rest of the people who are yet to receive their own. He said the necessary funding has been released to the NIA to that effect. In a tweet, the Nsawam-Adoagyiri Member of Parliament said […]

 BCA Leadership, a pan-Afri­can leadership organisation on a mission to transform Africa through leadership, will or­ganise the 5th edition of its annual ‘Made-in-Africa Conference’ in Accra, Ghana, for the first time. Since its beginning, the confer­ence has been hosted in Kigali, Rwanda. The second and third editions were virtual, the fourth took place in Zambia … The post 5th

 Japan Motors Trading Company Ltd. (JMTC) has signed on as the of­ficial retail partner for the INEOS Grenadier under the name ION Motors in Ghana. Ghana is the seventh market in the Sub-Saharan region to join the growing INEOS Grena­dier sales and service network. The INEOS Grenadier is a rug­ged and uncompromising off-road­er, built from … The post Japan Motors,

 The global economy is rapidly shifting towards a digital-based model where the mobile and internet industries are driving socio-economic growth and development, Vodafone Gha­na, has said. “As the world continues to evolve and digital advancements shape the way we live, work, and learn, the demand for digital skills and com­petencies grows ever stronger,” Vodafone Ghana … The post ‘Invest

 ABSA Bank has urged small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) to adjust their operations and prioritise liquidity to survive the current economic challenges. The country has made good progress in restructuring its domestic debts under an exchange programme that was concluded earlier this month. Negotiations for an IMF bailout pro­gramme is also underway. However, until … The post Prioritise

 Non-Compliance to tax obligations can adversely hamper the development of any nation and Ghana is not an exception. The illegal practices reduce government revenue while perpetrators, in some instances, usually get away with such offences, leaving the country to suffer. It, therefore, behooves every member of the public, especially Ghanaians, to unite against tax evasion … The post Re-thinking

Former communications officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Solomon Nkansah, has posited that the NDC will remain in opposition forever should they present former President John Dramani Mahama as their flagbearer in the 2024 polls.

 On Tuesday, March 6, 2023, the whole of Ghana will converge at the Volta Region capital of Ho to commemorate the country’s 66th independence anniversary. Volta Region will become the fourth region to host this grand anniversary following the decision to rotate it across all regions of the country. Already, the Northern, Ashanti and Central … The post “Our Unity, Our Strength,

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 The Managing Director of FBN­Bank, Mr. Victor Yaw Asante has urged institutions and all stakehold­ers in a position to support youth development to be guided by the country’s motto, “Freedom and Justice” in delivering benefit to the critical segment of the population. Mr. Asante was speaking to a section of the media on the Bank’s … The post “Freedom

Though Gha­na’s struggle for independence was not a walk in the park, a walk in the Nationalism Park at Osu, Accra, leads visitors to three busts mounted in remembrance of Sergeant Peter Adjetey, Corporal Otam Attipoe, and Private Odartey Lamptey. The three ex-servicemen were on February 28, 1948 shot dead by the colonial police led … The post Democracy and demonstrations

The Black Stars will be in action in a few weeks when they take on Angola in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.

Law lecturer Justice Abdulai has cautioned Ghanaians to be “measured” in their hope about promises by any politician to scrap ex gratia as entrenched in the 1992 Constitution. Also a legal practitioner, Mr Abdulai said any president who promises to scrap ex gratia for Article 71 office holders will find the process very cumbersome. “Scrapping […]

 When the government opted for the Highly Indebt­ed Poor Country (HIPC) initiative in 2001 for debt forgiveness, the hopes of many of Ghanaians were that the country had been given a clean sheet to operate and would not go back on the path of debt distress. That was because most of Ghana’s external debts, which … The post Ghana must shed off its