AS the year 2023 ended successfully, there was a huge antic­ipation of what the ensuing year 2024 is going to offer. For both those who did well and those who were not satisfied with their own aspirations and achieve­ments, more could have been made to meet heart desires. A New Year is the time or …

George Wash­ington once said: “Nothing is more harmful to the service than the neglect of discipline; for it is discipline more than numbers that gives one army superiority over another.” Brian Tracy believes that leader­ship and self-discipline go hand in hand. It is not possible to imag­ine an effective leader who lacks self-discipline, willpower, self-con­trol, …

E-zevis, an online marketplace, has been launched in Accra as part of efforts to make the purchase of goods and services simpler and convenient. Launched by Shanaza Tech­nologies, Inc., the marketplace mobile application is designed to serve the needs of customers globally with options to sell, buy and swap items at the comfort of their …

 The country’s year-on-year inflation rate fell to 23.2 per cent in December 2023 from 26.4 per cent in November 2023, the lowest in thirteen months, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has announced. After hitting 54.1 per cent in December 2022, the country’s inflation rate had been falling to the current rate of 23.2 per cent. …

The Member of Parlia­ment for the Ledzokuku Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Benja­min Ayiku Narteh, has paid the medical bills of some detained mothers at LEKMA Hospital. The gesture is to help to alleviate the financial burden on the women who had given birth but were unable to settle their medical bills. The payment …

The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has reiterat­ed the need for the 1992 Constitution to be amended to improve the governance system of the country. After 30 years of the promul­gation of the 1992 Constitution, the party said a review of some aspects, which did not advance the course of democracy in the country must be …

 A 53-year-old gardener, who sexually abused his daughter at Teiman, near Madina, Accra, has been sentenced to 24 years imprisonment by the Adentan Circuit Court. Adotey Kpakpo Moffart, who defiled his daughter when she was 12 years until she attained the age of 15, pleaded guilty to a charge of incest. The court heard that …

The Accra High Court yesterday awarded costs of GH¢3,000 against the convener of #FixThe Country Movement, Mr Oliver Bark­er-Vormawor, for failing to file his defence in the GH¢10 million defamation case against him. The court subsequently granted him additional one week to file his defence and adjourned hearing to January 24. The Minister of National …

Parliament has recommended further investigation and possible prosecution of three top police officers for perjury and professional misconduct. They are Commissioner of Police (rtd) George Alex Mensah, Supt.George Asare and Supt. Eric Gyebi, who were heard plotting the removal of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, in a leaked tape. The …