Former President John Dramani Mahama has once again advised the government to put a team of economic experts together to dialogue and proffer solutions that would salvage the country from its current economic woes. “A national dialogue on the economy, bringing some of our best brains together will serve us well, even as we prepare for debt restructuring and negotiation of an IMF programme”, the former President wrote on his official twitter page yesterday. Mr Mahatma’s counsel was hinged on

The Ghana Exim Bank has extended help to the Ministry of Information in the implementation of one of its project dubbed Amplified. Amplified is a social marketing project aimed at promoting business innovations and the activities of social entrepreneurs in the country. The support by the Exim Bank is to help beneficiaries promote their products and services to larger markets. It is also to enable young businesses navigate the exciting opportunities that exist in online business marketing and enhance

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, 9th August 2022, visited Global Almas Processing Limited, a yam and cassava processing factory located in Bimbilla, in the Northern Region. Taking the President on a tour of the factory, the Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry and Member of Parliament for New Juaben South, Michael Okyere Baafi, indicated to the President that the company has taken advantage of the available local raw materials in the Nanumba and surrounding areas to process

An Accra Circuit Court has admitted a nurse, Dorcas Amankwa @ Twene Amankwa Dorcas, to bail in the sum of GH¢90,000 with three sureties for allegedly using the Office of the President to scam people. Dorcas has, therefore, been charged with four counts of defrauding by false pretences, but pleaded not guilty to all. The Circuit Court ‘3’, presided over by Mrs. Susana Eduful, yesterday further ordered Dorcas to report to the police once a week. The court has adjourned sitting to October

A motorbike mechanic, Richard Owoo aka Paa, together with a commercial motor rider, Masawudu Rahim, and Sanusi Abubakar have been put before an Accra Circuit Court for various criminal charges, including robbery and dishonestly receiving. The accused persons were arraigned on three counts of conspiracy to commit crime, robbery, stealing, and dishonestly receiving. The Circuit Court ‘5’, presided over Christine Cann, was told yesterday that Owoo and Masawudu were facing three counts of

Report carried by The Chronicle and other media outlets in Ghana on Monday, August 8, 2022 suggests that the impasse between the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and the Kroboland is far from over. The developing story and events between the state enterprise and citizens within the Krobo enclave of the Eastern region are becoming a source of worry and cause of security concern. The Krobo area is home to major installations, such as the two hydro electric generation plants situated on the River

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah, together with members of the Ashanti Regional Security Council (REGSEC), has paid a working visit to inspect ongoing works on the Phase Two of the Kejetia Central Market Project, which would contribute to curbing chronic problems of congestion and flooding within the Central Business District (CBD). Traders and drivers had poured onto the streets of the CBD, following the redevelopment of the Central Market, which had caused uneasy congestion and

The chiefs and indigenes of Anum and Adjena-Tafoman, two farming communities in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region, have cautioned those seeking to distort the truth regarding the boundaries of Anum and Adjena to put a stop to it. According to the chiefs of the two communities, many people have tried to disturb the peace that exists between Anum and Adjena-Tafoman people by undermining the boundary demarcation between the two communities. They argued that the two communities have lived

The Executive Director of the National Service Scheme, Mr Osei Assibey Antwi has commended the Managing Director (MD) of GIHOC Distilleries, Mr Maxwell Kofi Dwumah and his management for retaining and employing over 60 National Service Personnel (NSP) deployed to his organisation over the past four (4) years. He stated that “this gesture surely lends credence to the Scheme’s new vision of Deployment for Employment aims at equipping NSP with competency-based skills training and development

This is the second and final part of my piece about why Vodafone Ghana has been a shadow of its true self for many years. Part 1 touched on what I believe is Vodafone’s elitist posturing plus how they played down on 4G and boasted about owning the mobile money blueprint, but failed to back that claim with the needed investment and practical steps to deliver value for customers and shareholders.  This is without prejudice to several other factors that might have militated against Vodafone Ghana,

Shatta Wale has reached another milestone to become the second Ghanaian artiste to be RIAA Gold certified. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Shatta Wale’s ‘Already’ collaboration with Beyonce for her ‘The Lion King: The Gift’ has reached the huge feat on Monday (August 08) after garnering over 500,000 unit sales in US. The song released through Parkwood Entertainment, LLC, in 2019 also featured American electronic dance music DJ trio,

A bungled poll and the gruesome murder of a senior official in charge of voting technology in 2017 still haunts Kenya, ahead of the elections next week. The chairman of the independent electoral commission has repeatedly sought to reassure a sceptical public that his team can deliver a credible vote, but he has also been warning about a co-ordinated campaign, especially on social media, to malign and intimidate his workers. “Our staff in the commission, especially [those in] ICT are now frightened…

Novelist, playwright, and filmmaker, Biyi Bandele, has died. A statement released by his family on Monday said he died on Sunday in Lagos. He was 54. Temi Bandele, the deceased’s daughter who issued the statement on behalf of the family, described him as “a prodigiously talented writer and film-maker, as well as a loyal friend and beloved father.” “He was a storyteller to his bones, with an unblinking perspective, singular voice and wisdom which spoke boldly through all of his art, in poetry,

The Federal High Court Abuja has fixed September 7, for the hearing of a legal suit seeking the disqualification of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), from contesting the 2023 elections for allegedly presenting the forged certificate. Justice Ahmed Mohammed fixed the hearing, just as it granted an ex-parte order for substituted service on Tinubu who had invaded personal service of court processes. The Plaintiffs, who are four chieftains of the APC are

Amid the worsening insecurity across the country, the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor has assured Nigerians that the 2023 general elections will hold. There have been serious concerns by Nigerians as to whether the polls will be conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) across the country as terrorists and bandits keep having a field day despite repeated assurances by the Federal Government to tackle insecurity. But speaking during a media parley on Tuesday at

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, to suspend plans to begin the deduction of $418 million Paris Club refund allegedly owed four contractors from the federation account, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt. Sources privy to details of the Executive Council of the Federation’s deliberations told this newspaper that the president gave the directive at the FEC meeting of August 3, where the matter was extensively discussed. Governors of Nigerian states under the umbrella

A Brazilian Judge has ordered that German Consul Uwe Herbert Hahn should be held in custody in connection with the alleged murder of his husband in Rio de Janeiro — denying defense claims of diplomatic immunity, according to CNN Brasil. Rio police first took Hahn into custody on Saturday after his husband, Walter Henri Maximilien Biot, 52, was found dead in an apartment in the Ipanema neighborhood, police said. Video showed Hahn being escorted by Brazilian police outside a police station in

The Italian government is launching infringement proceedings against Slovenia in an attempt to defend the authenticity of its famed, geographically protected balsamic vinegar. Relations between the two countries turned sour last year when Slovenia notified the European Commission of its plans to “standardise” its vinegar production, essentially seeking to market any wine vinegar mixed with concentrated fruit juice or must as “balsamic vinegar”. The term aceto balsamico di Modena (balsamic

Barcelona is clamping down on outdoor drinking parties known as botellones by imposing fines of up to €600 (£506). Until now, fines have ranged from €60-€100, which, if paid within 30 days, are reduced by 75%. According to Pedro Velázquez, the chief of the city’s Guàrdia Urbana police force, between 2-8 August 747 people were fined up to €100 for drinking in the street. The higher fines will be imposed for causing a disturbance or antisocial behaviour, the definition of which will

Armed fighters with a suspected affiliation to the ISIL (ISIS) group killed 17 Malian soldiers and four civilians during an attack over the weekend in the country’s south, Mali’s army has said. Nine soldiers were also reported missing and vehicles and equipment were destroyed as a result of the attack on Sunday near the town of Tessit, which sits in a strategic border zone between Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, the Malian army said in a statement on Monday. It added that there was “an unknown