Africa Confidential, a Pan-African news magazine, claims Ghanaian MPs granted tax holidays and other investment incentives worth US$832 million to Meridian Port Services (MPS) without knowing the contract. The incentives covered a period of 10 years. According to the report sighted by GhanaWeb, in March 2016, the Mahama administration asked …

  Multiple Award-winning Musician Article Wan together with Quamina MP has been recognised by United Kingdom-based Ghanaian Artist Fuse ODG as the best Afrobeats dance artistes at the moment.    Fuse ODG made eulogized the duo during an interview with Spotify in South Africa.   “At the moment there are …

  An explosion outside a Catholic church in the Indonesian city of Makassar has wounded at least 10 worshippers. Police said one or two suicide bombers had targeted people leaving a service for Palm Sunday, the first day of Easter. There were body parts at the scene, police told media, …

Islamist militants have ambushed a convoy that was trying to rescue civilians from a hotel amid fighting in northern Mozambique, reports say. A South African man has been confirmed as dead, but many details are unclear. Hundreds of people fled the fighting, which began on Wednesday in the town of …

    The government plans to raise $889m from new taxes this year to contain its deficit. That commitment means the country “should be able to borrow”, says Charles Robertson, global chief economist at Renaissance Capital.   Still, Ghana’s debt level is amongst the highest of any country we look …

  A total of 31 awards were received at the 4th edition of the 3Music Awards after an introduction of new categories to the scheme. The event took place at the Accra International Conference Center. Below is the list of winners: ARTISTE (MVP) OF THE YEAR KiDi GROUP OF THE …

The US has said that it is “horrified” by the killing of scores of anti-coup protesters in Myanmar on Saturday. Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused the military of “a reign of terror” that was “sacrificing the lives of the people to serve the few”. Saturday was the deadliest day …

KiDi, the popular Afrobeat Musician has emerged as the 3Music Awards’ Artiste of the Year 2021. KiDi faced very tough competition from Kuami Eugene, Stonebwoy, Sarkodie, Adina, Diana Hamilton, Medikal and Fameye. He won most of the awards on the night at the virtual event which was hosted at the Accra International Conference …

The body of a 38-year-old man who allegedly drowned in the Oti River has been retrieved by some fisher folks. The deceased, David Gbande who is believed to have fallen from a ferry during a crossing from Dambai to Checki overbank in the Oti Region. The Dambai Police Command has …

  Fire has razed the Sunyani Timber market in the early hours of Saturday, destroying personal properties and industrial machines running into millions of Ghana Cedis. The fire started around 0400 hours and spread widely before personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service arrived at the scene. It caused extensive …