This article is a rejoinder to Bank of Ghana, BOG’s press statement headlined, “Responses to Issues Raised by Togbe Afede XIV (TAXIV) on High Interest Rates in Ghana”. During the courtesy call on me by the Rt. Hon. Alban Bagbin, Speaker of Parliament, on November 20, 2021, I spoke against …

The former Deputy Minister for Finance, Cassiel Ato Forson and two others have been dragged to court for allegedly causing financial loss to the state to the tune of €2.37 million. The charges against Ato Forson together with Sylvester Anemana, a former Chief Director of the Ministry of Health, and …

An Algerian footballer has died on the pitch after collapsing while captaining Mouloudia Saida in a second division match on Saturday. Sofiane Lokar was involved in a collision with his goalkeeper in the 26th minute of an Algerian Ligue 2 meeting against ASM Oran. It is believed that he was …

Police arrests man and his girlfriend I keep crying at night – Deceased’s father Man stabs his rival 27-year-old Kwame Buckman has met his untimely death after being stabbed by his rival on Boxing Day, December 26. The incident happened at Dwease, a town close to Konongo in the Ashanti …

Touted as one of the fastest-growing economies in Africa, Ghana is home to 110 multimillionaires and 2,800 high net-worth individuals. Collectively, they control roughly $56 billion in assets. Despite not having any billionaires in dollar terms, Ghana is leaps and bounds ahead of many African countries in terms of wealth …

Ghanaian Kwame Peprah scored back-to-back braces for Orlando Pirates in their last two matches, making history in the process. Peprah, 21, capped off a memorable year by scoring the equaliser and eventual scoring the winning goal against Benni McCarthy’s AmaZulu on Thursday. Three days earlier, he scored both goals as …

Cedi depreciated averagely by 9 percent at the retail market leve At the interbank market cedi currently depreciating by 3 percent on the average Cedi depreciated by 3 percent averagely for both interbank and interbank in 2020 A Senior Currency Analyst at Databank Research, Courage Martey, has indicated that the …

Beenie Man arrested in Ghana Beenie Man tests positive for COVID-19 Beenie man performs at Bhim Concert Jamaican dancehall giant, Beenie Man, has reacted to reports that he had contracted COVID-19 at a point. News emerged yesterday, December 27, 2021, that he had been arrested by National Security operatives days ago for flouting COVID-19 safety protocols. According …

A joint statement released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank Group, World Health Organization, and World Trade Organization has said there is urgent need to accelerate vaccinations in low-income Countries (LICs), where, according to the bodies, under 5% of the population is fully vaccinated, as well as in …

We are at the setting of 2021 and we are super pumped for 2022. This past year has been the first since Covid crises. Some of us had plans for the year; resolutions. While others achieved their life goals, others may have not gotten as far as they wanted. Do …