The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has observed that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been taken out of context when he said he was not scared of the threats to vote against the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2024 elections. A short statement issued by a Deputy Communications Director of the governing party, Ernest […]

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said he understands the duty he has to develop the country. When his attention was drawn to the fact that some people have threatened to vote against the New Patriotic Party (NPP) because the government has not developed parts of the country as expected, Mr Akufo-Addo said on Kumasi-based […]

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has mounted a strong defense for his Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta following calls for his dismissal. Mr Akufo-Addo indicated that when the New Patriotic Party (NPP) came into office in 2017, he was able to ensure an average growth of 7 per cent. Speaking on Kumasi-based OTEC FM as part […]

The Wildlife Division of the Ghana Forestry Commission (FC) with the support of the USAID-funded West Africa Biodiversity and Low Emissions Development (WABiLED) Programme organized a national workshop with key stakeholders from Ghana’s transportation and finance sectors as well as various law enforcement agencies to identify ways to work together to tackle the urgent problem […]

The Police on 17th October, 2022 arrested suspects Banda Johnson and William Owusu for shooting two fire officers at Offinso in the Ashanti Region. The officers sustained gunshot wounds and are at the hospital responding to treatment. The weapons used in the attack, two (2) pistols with four(4) rounds of 9mm ammunitions each have been […]

The first female Mayor of Accra, Hon Elizabeth Kwatsoe Tawiah Sackey has toured some Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) centres in the Accra Metropolis to offer words of encouragement to the candidates and cautioned them against malpractices. The Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) who was accompanied by some officials of the Metro Education Department as well […]

Real Madrid and France forward Karim Benzema has won the Ballon d’Or – awarded to the best footballer of the year – for the first time. Benzema scored 44 goals in 46 games as he helped Real win the Champions League and La Liga in 2021-22. Lionel Messi (seven) and Cristiano Ronaldo (five) had won […]

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has described the current International Monetary Fund (IMF) engagement with Ghana as the most transparent. He said, his government has been candid to the Ghanaian public at every stage of discussion. “This has been the most transparent IMF programme ever. Did you hear anything about the IMF in 2015?” He […]

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said he takes full responsibility of the current economic difficulty, but stated one cannot gloss over the external factors. This is the first time the president has publicly owned up, as the country’s micro economy continues to be challenged. “I am the leader and I take responsibility” Mr Akufo-Addo […]

The Traders Advocacy Group Ghana (TAGG) has told all shop owners who have closed their work places that although their actions may seem to be the right way to protest the unbearable economic crisis it will only worsen their problems as traders in the long term. The group said traders still have to feed their […]

The prospect of an expedited International Monetary Fund (IMF) deal was given another boost this week as the United Kingdom, Germany and France pledged to support the Ghanaian Economy through the current crisis period. These financing commitments, came on the back of closed-door bilateral meetings hosted by the Government of Ghana delegation. In an exclusive […]

Headmaster of the Christ the King School in Donkorkronm in the Prestea- Huni Valley District of the Western Region, Samuel Nartey, has resigned to fully engage in illegal small scale business (Galamsey). He said he chose to into galamsey because he could not raise the needed money for the upkeep of his wife and children. […]

Ghana Women’s Premier League outfit Berry Ladies organized a health screening for the people of Madina, a suburb of the capital, Accra. The initiative which goes a long way in earmarking Berry’s status as a model football franchise was organized on Saturday, October 15 prior to the team’s home fixture against Soccer Intellectuals. The screening […]

A group by name Justice Alliance has written to the Minister of Interior, Ambrose Dery, to set up a commission of inquiry to look into the October 17, 2018 murders of three natives of Japekrom in Jaman South by some natives of New Drobo. The murders ended a solemn commemorative walk by the chiefs and […]

The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has cautioned proprietors and school authorities not to prevent any candidate from writing the BECE because of school fees arears. Speaking to Alfred Ocansey on the 3FM Sunrise Morning Show on Monday 17 October 2022, the Head of Public Affairs of the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) Ghana, Madam […]

“Our government is using digital technology to stimulate growth in the economy” – President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, at the launch of MTN Ghana’s 25th Anniversary in June 2021 Ensuring universal access to internet connectivity remains a topmost priority on the development agenda of the Government of Ghana. The government has over the years committed […]

Second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) Elsie Addo Awadzi has indicated that at this rate, any financial institution that has not already adopted and implemented a digital transformation strategy is already behind the curve. She said the Rural and Community Banks (RCB) sector therefore cannot afford to wait much longer before it […]

OmniBSIC Bank has extended its profitability by one more quarter, in an impressive streak of gains that have now become part of the bank’s brand. The indigenous lender posted a gross profit of GH¢36.93 million in the third quarter of this year to sustain its profit run and cement a turnaround that begun in the […]

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has indicated that the cost of treating water by the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has gone up from ¢7000 per day to ¢80,000 per day due to the impact of illegal small scale mining. This makes a strong aces for the efforts to fight against galamsey to be increased […]

Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasts about global and African economies for 2022 and 2023 are worrying. He urged his colleagues in economic discourse to interrogate these forecasts and their causes. He also asked analysts to examine the adequacy of responses by governments and the proposed alternatives. […]