Cristiano Ronaldo returned to Manchester United on Tuesday with his agent Jorge Mendes and has informed the club that he wishes to be relinquished from his contract to free him to join a Champions League side. United have countered that they have no desire to sell him and maintained last on Wednesday night that there … The post Ronaldo

Paul Pogba is a major doubt for the World Cup – and he could be miss the remainder of the year if he undergoes knee surgery. The Juventus midfielder was recently diagnosed with a lesion of the lateral meniscus in his right knee after suffering a sprain in pre-season training in America last week. Instead … The post Pogba doubtful for Qatar World Cup due to injury

 The marathon races will start off Africa’s scramble for medals at the XXII Common­wealth Games in Birmingham. The Club Games start with the opening ceremony later Thursday but Africa’s first big chance to win a medal will be in the ultimate distance for both men and women on Saturday morning. Reigning champion Helaria Johannes will … The post Africans chase glory in Birmingham

Barcelona stars shoot their shot at Basketball with the Brooklyn Nets.

The Association of Ghana Industries has called for an aggressive industrial plan for local agribusinesses and manufacturing companies to avert a looming recession. It comes as Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, in the Mid-Year Budget Review, revised downwards Ghana’s economic growth by 2.7 per cent to 3.6 per cent. Speaking at the launch of the … The post Govt

Prices of petroleum products may go down between 3 per cent and 6 per cent from August 1, 2022. According to the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC), the expected reduction would have been bigger if not for the depreciation of the cedi against the U.S dollar. The drop in fuel prices will be the second … The post Fuel prices may drop between 3% and 6% from August 1

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Caucus in Parliament says it stands firmly by its original assertions that the Bank of Ghana (BoG) was engaged in illegal printing of money. “The NDC Caucus in Parliament has noted with dismay, a Bank of Ghana (BoG) Press Release dated July 26, 2022 which sought to respond to my … The post We stand by our claim

The International Monetary Fund has revised the growth rate of the global economy to 3.2 per cent in 2022, 0.4 percentage point lower than in the April 2022 World Economic Outlook. This is also far lower than the 6.1 per cent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) recorded in 2021. Already, Ghana has revised its growth rate … The post IMF revises global growth rate to 3.2% in 2022 appeared

Sanlam, the largest non-banking financial services company in Africa, has officially launched its operations and brand in the Ghanaian market, rebranding SAHAM Insurance Ghana to Sanlam Insurance Ghana. Sanlam Group which operates in 33 African countries, including, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea, Angola, Malawi, acquired Saham Group in 2018. The rebranding will apply to … The post Sanlam

Lady who accused Arsenal's Thomas Partey on rape has now shed more light on the alleged incident between her and the Ghanaian international.

A 30-year old graduate of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Gabriel Sangrumah, is now a commercial motor rider, popularly known as ‘okada’, as several attempts to secure a decent job has failed. The UDS graduate has called on government and private institutions to help him secure a job, so that he can stop the … The post UDS graduate engages

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has defended its report, which ranked the Ghana Police Service as the most corrupt among 32 institutions sampled. According to the research institution, the methodology employed to sample the respondents was robust and devoid of errors. The Inspector General of Police, Dr. George Akuffo-Dampare reacting to the survey indicated that […] The post Our

The Accra East Region of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has embarked on a community engagement and customer sensitisation campaign on the company’s operations, in the Greater Accra Region. The ECG took the campaign to Makola, Roman Ridge, Teshie, Adenta, Dodowa, Akwuapim-Mampong, Legon and Kwabenya. The campaign sought to educate the people on how … The post Customers educated

The La Dadekotopon Municipal Education Directorate, in collaboration with the Municipal Assembly, has held the 2022 Reading Festival, at Labone Senior High School, in Accra.   The event, the first of its kind in the municipality, was organised on the theme: “learn to read, read to learn,” to revive and boost the reading culture of children, … The post La

As part of activities to mark its 25th anniversary, later this year, the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) yesterday presented hospital consumables to two health facilities. They were the Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital in the Akuapim North District in the Eastern region, and the Shai-Osudoku District Hospital, in the Greater Accra region. The consumables included … The post PURC

Africa Schools Sanitation Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has handed over a renovated urinal to the management of Tutu Methodist Junior High School in the Eastern Region. The move, being their first project, formed part of efforts to address lack of decent toilets, urinals and potable water facilities in schools in Africa particularly, Ghana. At … The post Tutu

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has disconnected Obaa’s Golden Plaza, a hotel operating at New Abirem in the Birim North District of the Eastern Region for alleged power theft. The company disconnected power supply to the facility after it detected a meter by-pass during a surveillance of the hotel by the Loss Control Unit. … The post ECG surcharges

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) says it has cleared 21,337 ‘ghost-pensioners’ from its data since 2018 by deactivating their status, thereby saving GH¢ 312,273,830.98.The deactivation was occasioned by the failure of the affected pensioners to renew their pension certificates during the period under review.Appearing before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee in Accra on … The post SSNIT

The President for the Network of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in West Africa, Mr Joseph Whittal, says he is instituting measures to explore other avenues to generate funds for the network’s projects. Mr Whittal, who is Ghana’s Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), said the network’s biggest challenge was … The post I’ll

The Supreme Court in a 4-3 majority decision on Wednesday declared as unconstitutional a section of the Narcotic Control Commission Act, 2020 (1019) which permitted licence to be issued to an institution to cultivate a small amount of cannabis, widely known as ‘wee’ in Ghana for industrial and medicinal functions. The majority decision of the … The post Issuance