Renowned Ghanaian sound engineer David Kojo Kyei has reprimanded people who say that the music business is demonic.
The inflation rate in Ghana for the month of January 2023 dropped marginally to 53.6% in from 54.1% recorded in December 2022, The Ghana Statistical Service announced on Wednesday, February 15. Food inflation inched up to 61.0% in January 2023, from 59.7% recorded in December 2022. Non-food Inflation declined to 47.9% in January 2023, from […]
Ghanaian singer Yaa Jackson welcomed her first child last month with her boyfriend, ManuelGh. According to the child actress, she has heard rumours about her husband-to-be because of his extravagant lifestyle, but she pays them no heed.
Tottenham have declined to comment about reports that billionaire Jahm Najafi is set to launch a £3.1bn takeover of the club. Iranian-American Najafi is chair of sports investment company MSP Sports Capital. The Financial Times reports he is working with a consortium of investors to put together a bid for Spurs. It added Najafi was […]
Ghanaian rapper Sarkodie married his longtime girlfriend Tracy in a private ceremony on July 17 2018. Speaking in an interview, Sarkodie detailed how Tracey helped to build his career, conquering the test of time with her faith in him.
Deputy Majority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has demanded that the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) should cover testing, vaccination and treatment of Hepatitis B. He explained in Parliament on Tuesday, February 14 that Hepatitis B is a significant public health crisis in Ghana hence an urgent scaling up of efforts nationwide to defeat the virus. “I […]
Saudi Arabia has been chosen to host the Fifa Club World Cup for the first time, from 12-22 December. The announcement comes three days after Real Madrid lifted the trophy in Morocco, following a thrilling 5-3 win over Al-Hilal, the first Saudi club to reach the final of the tournament. Saudi will be only the […]
Fitch Ratings has downgraded Ghana’s Long-Term (LT) Local Currency (LC) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to Restricted Default (RD) from ‘C’. The issue ratings on local-currency bonds issued domestically have also been downgraded to Default (D) from ‘C’. Fitch has affirmed Ghana’s Long-Term Foreign Currency (FC) IDR at ‘C’. Fitch typically does not assign Rating Outlooks to […]
Vaccines are powerful public health tools, but they’re only as good as their reach. And traditionally, people with means who live closer to cities access them more easily than others. But leaders in Ghana and other countries are challenging that norm. In 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic upended the world, the Government of Ghana partnered […]
Pensioners in Ghana have been picketing at the Ministry of Finance in protest against the inclusion of their pension funds in the Domestic Debt Exchange programME (DDEP) which the government of Ghana is seeking to carry through with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In an interview with Johnnie Hughes on 3FM Sunrise Morning Show, Madam […]
Former Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko striker Charles Taylor has named his all-time combined X1 to have played for Kotoko or Hearts in the Ghana Premier League, with Ishmael Addo. Ishmael Addo is widely regarded as one of the greatest strikers to have ever appeared in the Ghana Premier League, having set a record […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo should intervene and have a second look at the inclusion of pensioners in the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP), former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for TemaEast Titus Glover has appealed. Mr Titus Glover indicated that the issues that have been raised by the pensioners are legitimate for […]
Gabby Otchere-Darko who is a leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) must be measured in his tweets on issues especially involving bondholders because his comments infuriate the people, a former Member of Parliament for Tema East Titus Glover has said. Mr Glover indicated that the verbal exchanges between Mr Otchere-Darko and the […]
The Office of the Vice President has begun investigations into circumstances that led to the Director of Administration, James Keck Osei, being arrested by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) and arraigned before court. The investigations, initiated by the Chief Director of the Office of the Vice President, is in accordance with civil service […]
The Centre for Democracy and Socio-economic Development (CDS) Africa has said it recognizes and appreciates the government’s efforts to shore up the country’s forex reserve through initiatives such as the Gold-for-Oil programme. CDS Africa said it believes that this is a timely policy initiative that will help to relieve the pressure on the cedi and […]
Achimota Senior High School will on Wednesday, February 15 host the National Math & Science Quiz Competition and Teacher Excellence Awards. The joint programme will climax months of promotion of girls’ competency in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) under the Girls’ STEM project. The project is under the auspices of the Korea International Cooperation […]
The government has announced that no revocations or withdrawals are permitted as the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) closes. The Programme closed at 4:00pm on Friday, February 10 with approximately 85 percent participation. This exceeds the target by the Ministry of Finance, which on more than three occasions extended the deadline to get more bondholders […]
Residents in the Eastern Region capital, Koforidua, are calling on government to make cocoa products affordable in the market. They believe this would encourage a wider consumption and demand among a larger populace. The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) initiated the National Chocolate Day on Valentine’s Day to encourage the youth to use cocoa-based products and […]
The Minister for Youth and Sports, Mustapha Ussif, says the government of President Nana Akufo-Addo has made unprecedented investment in sports infrastructure development, contrary to claims being pushed by some section of the sports media that the government has not done enough. Addressing the media in Ho and Koforidua after inspecting on-going construction works on […]
The World Health Organization says it’s to hold an emergency meeting on the outbreak of the Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea. Nine people have died from the haemorrhagic fever, and there are a further 16 suspected cases in the eastern Kie Ntem province, where the disease has never previously been recorded. The deaths have been […]
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