A deputy Ranking Member of Parliament‘s Finance Committee, Isaac Adongo has questioned the motive behind government’s decision to spend GH¢22 billion on the banking sector cleanup. His comments come following a downgrade of two of Ghana’s biggest banks; GCB Plc and Ecobank Ghana Limited by rating agencies Moody’s and Fitch. Fitch Ratings assigned …
Read More »Why Sulley Muntari will miss Hearts of Oak game against Aduana – Reports
Hearts of Oak midfielder, Sulley Muntari is said to miss the club’s Ghana Premier League week 20 fixture against Aduana Stars. It has been reported that Sulley’s unavailability for the game is on the account of the unavailability of flights operating from Accra to Dorma. Muntari, hence, did not travel with …
Read More »Voting rights of Deputy Speakers: Bagbin charges plaintiff to go for review after SC ruling
The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Bagbin has urged the applicant of the petition to the Supreme Court for a ruling on the voting rights of a Deputy Speaker, Justice Abdulai to go for a review. In a unanimous decision on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, a seven-member panel of the Supreme …
Read More »Your failure to act on my directives caused Dakpema Palace attack – Ya Naa to NR Minister
The King of Dagbon Ndan Ya-Naa Abukari II has chided the Northern Regional Minister Alhaji Sayibu Saani for failing to act on his directive to stop the Tamale Dakpema from performing chiefly roles. He said the Regional Security Committee’s (REGSEC) reluctance in ensuring the two talking drums are seized and …
Read More »Confusion in Damongo NDC as organiser for ‘Lordina Ladies’ is sacked
Confusion has rocked the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Damongo Constituency of the Savannah Region over the relieving of the post of the organizer of the Lordina Ladies Wing of the party in the constituency. A letter signed by the NDC Chairman of the Damongo Constituency Mr Sulemana Abdulai stated …
Read More »Doctors say I have only five years to live – Actress Kemi Afolabi weeps
Popular Nollywood actress, Kemi Afolabi has tearfully revealed that her doctor has told her that she has five more years to live, out of which she has already spent one. The 43-year-old made this known in a recent interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo, where she also disclosed that she …
Read More »We won’t go to IMF for ‘small small boys’ to dictate to us on how to manage our economy – Baafi
Falling on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bailout means that we cannot manage our own economy and that they should come to our rescue, Michael Okyere Baafi, Member of Parliament for New Juaben South has asserted. Making a case for Ghanaians and the Minority in Parliament to accept …
Read More »Swine fever kills 575 pigs in Ahafo Ano North
Some cases of the African Swine Fever (ASF) have been detected at some farms in the Ahafo Ano North Municipality in the Ashanti Region. Hundreds of pigs in four farms located in the Ahafo Ano North Municipality have been affected. Some 575 pigs have so far been confirmed dead in …
Read More »I’ve been cooperating, treason felony charge baseless – Barker-Vormawor to AG
#FixTheCountry Movement convener Oliver Barker-Vormawor, who has been in detention for a month over his coup threat on social media, has, in his affidavit to counter that of the Attorney General in which the Minister of Justice is praying the court to deny him bail, said the treason felony charge …
Read More »Sankofa series: How Ghana’s capital moved from Cape Coast to Accra
It has remained one of Ghana’s most historic cities and is known for its role in the transatlantic slave trade. Located on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea, Cape Coast, formerly called Carbo Corso (a corrupted form of “Corsican Cape”) served as the first capital of Gold Coast. From …
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