Legendary Jamaican Reggae musician Luciano has praised Stonebwoy for his magnificent performance at the 2024 Reggae Geel Festival in Belgium. On August 3rd, the Telecel Ghana Music Awards 2024 Artiste of the Year made a standout return to one of Europe’s biggest reggae festival stages, eight years since his historic debut in 2016, joining a […]

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has cautioned customers and the general public against the illegal sale, distribution, and purchase of fake meters in the Ashanti Region by some individuals. The power distributor expressed concerns about the distribution of fake meters in their operational areas, warning to clamp down on such illegality. This follows the […]

Residents of Akwamu in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region have issued a two-week ultimatum to the government to address some pertinent issues in the area. The residents who bemoaned the alleged neglect by successive governments over the weekend took to the streets to demonstrate. The residents, young and old clad in red and […]

Daniel Ohene Agyekum, a former Ambassador to the United States of America under the erstwhile John Evans Atta Mills’ government, has described the Agyapadie document as a clear manifestation of state capture of resources. He has intimated that the document places the nation’s wealth in the hands of a select few. Though President Nana Akufo-Addo […]

A US judge has ruled Google acted illegally to crush its competition and maintain a monopoly on online search and related advertising. The landmark decision on Monday is a major blow to Alphabet, Google’s parent company, and could reshape how technology giants do business. Google was sued by the US Department of Justice in 2020 […]

A staggering 47.4 percent of children aged 0 to 5 months in Ghana were not exclusively breastfed according to the 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS). The Demographic and Health Survey also found that the percentage of children under 6 months not being exclusively breastfed has stagnated over the past two decades: increasing marginally […]

The queen mother of Bonwire in the Ashanti Region, Nana Nyarko Frimpomaa has expressed her disappointment over her exclusion from the upcoming Bonwire Kente Festival. She has accused the chief of going behind her back to launch the Kente festival. The chief of Bonwire, Nana Bobie Ansah II, launched the Bonwire Kente festival to commemorate […]

The Korle Bu Chapter of the Federation of Allied Health Professionals has suspended its ongoing strike at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. Since Friday, August 2, the group had withdrawn outpatient services at the hospital due to the hospital’s refusal to appoint an independent body to oversee its operations. The group comprises 18 professional associations, […]

THE SHOCK, PAIN AND GRIEF On Tuesday 9th July 2024, I had barely gotten home in the evening and while watching the 7 pm news, we received a call that our beloved daughter, Akpene Adzo Ahadzie, a 6th-year Architecture student at KNUST had been involved in an accident and was in ‘stable condition’ at the […]

In a bid to enhance citizen engagement and foster inclusive governance, the Ministry of Information will on Tuesday 6th August 2024 begin in Accra a series of regional town hall meetings and exhibitions across all 16 regions of Ghana. The exercise which is to ensure inclusiveness, accountability and participatory governance is on the theme “Regional […]

John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has revealed that some supporters of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) are secretly calling for the party’s exit in the 2024 general elections. According to him, many NPP members believe the country is being hijacked by a select few, to the detriment of […]

Professor Raymond Akongburo Atuguba, the Dean of the University of Ghana School of Law, has suggested that the ongoing debates about the myth of the Big Six and the true founder of the nation are due to Ghanaians’ reluctance to learn from the former president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, who did not only do, but scripted […]

  Betway has today announced a new multi-year partnership with current Premier League champions, Manchester City. As part of the club’s pre-season tour of the United States, and to mark this significant deal, leading figures from Super Group and Manchester City will be on-site for the iconic NYSE bell-ringing ceremony later today. Neal Menashe, CEO […]

About 15,000 male students in Senior High Schools across the country have benefited from Wellmen Healthy Minds Foundation’s ‘The Future Man’ campaign. The programme which started in July 2024 and ongoing is to help students manage examination related stress. The campaign is also to expose the boys to strategies on how to prepare for the […]

Fishermen in James Town, a historic Ga fishing community in Accra, have reported a significant increase in their catch following the recent lifting of the ban on artisanal and inshore fleet fishing. The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development lifted the ban last week, ending the annual close season for artisanal and inshore fleets. The […]

Former Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Oquaye, has stated that Ghanaians owe the human rights they currently enjoy to the efforts of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). He claims that during Dr. Kwame Nkrumah’s tenure, there was little regard for the protection of human rights. Prof. Oquaye expressed these views at a mentorship programme organized […]

The historical facts unequivocally demonstrate that Nkrumah spearheaded the struggle for Ghana’s liberation from colonial rule, making him the Primus inter pares of Ghana’s independence movement. Ghana, formerly known as the Gold Coast, was under British colonial rule for over a century. The fight for independence was not a spontaneous event but the result of […]

Bright Simons, the Vice President of IMANI Africa, has reiterated that the ambulance trial involving Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, the former deputy Finance Minister and Minority Leader is a clear case of political persecution. He also stated the trial was an attempt to undermine democratic accountability. In an article titled “Ghana’s ambulance saga is crazier […]

The rating agency, Fitch, has affirmed Ghana’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency (LTFC) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘RD’ and Long-Term Local-Currency (LTLC) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘CCC’. Ordinarily, the UK-based firm does not assign Outlooks to sovereigns with a rating of ‘CCC+’ or below. The affirmation of the LTFC IDR at ‘RD’ indicates that Ghana is […]

For the fourth consecutive week, the government has fallen short of its treasury bills target, missing the mark by GHS 559.19 million as liquidity remains tight on the money market. The latest data from the Bank of Ghana shows that investors displayed reduced interest in T-bills during the latest money market auction – submitting bids […]