Financial sector analysts have backed the decision by the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) to suspend companies that fail to comply with the rules of the stock market. According to them, the move will improve the efficiency of the local bourse and attract more investors. The GSE, last Friday suspended five companies for failure to comply ...

The Deputy Minister for Agriculture, William Quaitoo has resigned for what many have described as ethnocentric comments about people from the three regions of the North. President Nana Akufo-Addo accepted his resignation from office, according to the Presidency’s Director of Communications, Eugine Arhin. Mr. Quaitoo, who is also the Member of Parliament for Akim Oda, had ...

Deputy Roads Minister, Anthony Karbo has brushed aside media reports of an altercation between him and officials of an excavator company. News that the Lawra Member of Parliament had engaged in fisticuffs with some persons at the construction of a second tunnel connecting East Legon and Spintex broke on social media on Monday and spread ...

The Minister of State in charge of Public Procurement, Hon. Sarah Adwoa Safo, has commended the Ministry of Education, particularly the sector minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, for strictly adhering to the procurement laws in the various procurement activities his outfit is undertaking for the implementation of the free Senior High School (SHS) policy. She ...

The Minister of State in charge of Public Procurement, Hon. Sarah Adwoa Safo, has commended the Ministry of Education, particularly the sector minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, for strictly adhering to the procurement laws in the various procurement activities his outfit is undertaking for the implementation of the free Senior High School (SHS) policy. She ...

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) wants the outcome of the audit of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust’s (SSNIT) $72 million Operational Business Suite (OBS) contract public. The TUC in a statement welcomed the probe, that has been brought on by the trust’s $72 million acquisition of Operational Business Suite (OBS) software in 2012. ...

Anti-corruption campaigner, Vitus Azeem has challenged President Nana Akufo-Addo to back his words against corruption with action. The President during the New Patriotic Party’s delegates’ conference over the weekend announced he will not preside over a corrupt administration, further directing the security agencies to investigate persons accused of corruption in his administration. President Akufo-Addo also stated that ...

A German nurse currently serving a life sentence in prison for murdering six patients may have killed 84 more, making him one of the country’s worst ever serial killers, police and prosecutors said Monday. Niels Hoegel, 40, was jailed in 2015 after being convicted of killing six people. Authorities have subsequently investigated hundreds of deaths, which included ...

Traditional leaders of Nyinahin in the Atwima Mponua District of Ashanti Region are pleading on the Akufo-Addo government to allow Exton Cubic Group limited to proceed with its operations in the Nyinahin bauxite concession of the Tano Offin Forest reserve. The spokesperson of the Chiefs, Nkwawiehene Nana Kusi Amankwa Maafo II, said all the three ...

A ranking member of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Health, Joseph Yieleh Chireh, has noted that challenges in the health sector remain unresolved due to the constant ministerial reshuffle at the Health Ministry. “We have had many Health Ministers over a period of eight years. I spent just a year as the Health Minister and ...

Cage fighter Conor McGregor is predicted to swap rings again after his £500million boxing match against Floyd Mayweather . This time pals are forecasting the 28-year-old bruiser will go down on one knee and pop the question to girlfriend Dee Devlin. One friend told the Mirror: “Word is 2018 is when he’ll take the plunge.” The couple, who have ...

The Accra Circuit Court has sentenced three men to a total of 120 years imprisonment for robbing the founder of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), Madam Akua Donkor. The convicts Yakubu Yusif, the Central Regional Chairman of the GFP, Barnabas Kayese, Madam Donkor’s personal driver and Abdul Razak Shaibu, were found guilty of robbery and conspiracy ...

A local governance expert, George Kyei Baffour has described as flawed proposals by some members of the New Patriotic Party as part of possible amendments to their constitution. He said the proposals do not reflect the party’s stance on effective democracy. The governing NPP at its 25th annual delegates’ conference held in Cape Coast over ...

The Ministry for Roads and Highways has given two excavator-hiring firms, operating on the shoulders of the Motorway a two-week ultimatum to relocate. According to the Ministry, the operations of the two companies, Atpage Limited and Ottis Equipment Company, are impeding the construction of the second tunnel connecting East Legon and Spintex. The Deputy Roads ...

Conor McGregor is set to overtake Cristiano Ronaldo in the Forbes athlete rich list following his super-fight with Floyd Mayweather. The Dubliner’s inexorable rise reached stratospheric heights in the cross-over clash which is expected to earn him in the region of £77m — and that’s before endorsement deals are considered. Ronaldo topped the list this ...

Ghana and Sivasspor defender John Boye is still optimistic that a combination of divine intervention and the unpredictability of the game of football will come together to enable Ghana qualify for the Russia 2018 World Cup. Ghana’s qualifying campaign got off to the worst possible start under the guidance of Israeli manager Avram Grant after ...

One of Ghana’s top music producers, Justice Oteng known in music circles as Wei Ye Oteng is not enthused about actor Lilwin’s recent music exploits. According to him even though Lilwin has successfully done a few songs to entertain people, he does not qualify to be called a musicians. He said Lilwin does is just ...

Ligue 1 champions Monaco have signed Montenegro striker Stevan Jovetic from Inter Milan for a reported £10m. The former Manchester City forward, 27, has signed a four-year deal. On Monday, photos emerged of Jovetic wearing the number 10 shirt, previously worn by Kylian Mbappe who is reported to be joining Paris St-Germain on loan. “I’m very ...

Parliament’s Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu, has stressed the need for more accountability in the recruitment processes of public officers following the interdiction of SSNIT’s General Manager for MIS over questionable qualifications. Current recruitment processes leave the public sector open to corruption and inefficiency, he said. Speaking on the interdiction of SSNIT’s Head of ...

Government is set to meet the board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) tomorrow to present its decision not to extend the programme. Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta in his mid-year budget review indicated that government’s economic team will meet the board in August. Already, President Akufo-Addo has stated that government will not extend the programme ...