Renowned Johns Hopkins University economist, Professor Steve Hanke, has again questioned the Akufo-Addo-led administration’s intention to enter an economic programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In a post shared on Twitter, he blamed government for imposing more hardships on Ghanaians by introducing more taxes in a move to salvage the economy. …
Read More »Liverpool ‘mocked’ as Bayern celebrates Sadio Mane’s CAF Best Player award
German giants Bayern Munich held a special party to celebrate their Senegalese international, Sadio Mane, for his recent award. Mane was last week crowned the Confederation of African Football’s best men’s player of the year at the 2022 CAF Awards held in Morocco. The player was presented with a big …
Read More »Mahama, Lordina gift Bole new Maternity and Children’s Ward
Former President John Mahama, and his wife, Lordina, have inaugurated and presented to the Bole Community in the Savanna Region, a 45-bed maternity and children’s ward in the Bole District Hospital. The couple, who are celebrating their 30th marriage anniversary, built and presented the twin wards to the people of …
Read More »‘My son never felt safe and then he was shot dead’
On average nearly one person an hour is shot dead in South Africa, experts say. And the lived experience for some on the ground bears out the extent of gun violence. “Every night there are bullets. Shooting, every day,” said one resident of Soweto, who asked to remain anonymous. It …
Read More »Nigerian ‘fraudster’ arrested by EOCO granted Ghc20 million bail
The Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) has arrested Sunny Anwamini (Alias Sunny Enyindah Anwamini @ Apostle Sunny Chigeru) a Nigerian based in Ghana. Sunny Anwamini (Alias Sunny Enyindah Anwamini @ Apostle Sunny Chigeru) has been charged with three counts of Uttering forged documents, defrauding by false pretenses and money …
Read More »Capitol riots: Prosecutors probe Trump role in election challenge – report
The US Justice Department is examining Donald Trump’s actions in connection with efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, say US media. Federal prosecutors have reportedly asked witnesses directly about the behaviour of the former US president. So far, they have chosen not to open a formal criminal …
Read More »PHOTOS: Meet Tracey Boakye’s husband-to-be
The popular movie producer is set to tie the knot with her sweetheart, Frank Badu Ntiamoah, a young and fine gentleman whom she has kept a secret all this while. On Tuesday morning, her confidant and member of the ‘Mafia Gang’, Afia Schwarzenegger, published the pre-wedding photos of Tracey and …
Read More »First photos from Tracey Boakye’s bachelorette party
Ahead of Tracey Boakye’s much-awaited wedding, her bridesmaids and friends organized an intimate bachelorette party for the bride-to-be, whose union came as a surprise to many. The actress and producer could not hide her excitement at the July 26, 2022 party that came as a warm-up towards her big day. …
Read More »Burkina ex-leader Compaore apologises to family of slain Sankara
Burkina Faso’s former President Blaise Compaore, sentenced in absentia to life in jail for the 1987 assassination of revolutionary icon Thomas Sankara, has apologised to the ex-leader’s family. “I ask the Burkinabe people for forgiveness for all the acts I may have committed during my tenure, and especially the family of my …
Read More »Court throws out ‘youth leader’ of Nkonya Wurupong
The High Court in Hohoe in the Volta Region has thrown out one Nana Obiri Kwadjo who is said to be parading himself as the Youth Leader (Nnyasubi Owie) of the Nkonya Wurupong traditional area. Nana Obiri Kwadjo, whose authority is being challenged filed a Counterclaim after Nana Komla Akploah …
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