In December 2018, the Bank of Ghana (BoG) issued a Corporate Governance Directive, pursuant to its powers under sections 56 and 92(1) of the Banks and Specialised Deposit-Taking Institutions Act, 2016, Act 930. The Association of Finance Houses, in November 2020, brought an action at the apex court challenging the …

Credibility crisis has hit Asante Kotoko CEO Nana Yaw Amponsah after he was caught, in what could be described as some contradictions over the transfer of Brazilian play maker Fabio Gama. The former FIFA Agent who happens to be the youngest CEO in the history of the Porcupine Warriors had …

Atta Gad, a Junior High School (JHS) student of Dr. Saunders JHS school in Kintampo North Municipality of the Bono East Region has made an airplane that is able to move. Atta Gad whose dream is to fly an airplane has started showing his creativity by making an airplane from …

The Government has secured laptops to be distributed to teachers under the one-teacher-one-laptop policy. A letter signed by the Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Education Service, Anthony Boateng urged all regional directors to liaise with heads of Senior High Schools in their regions to provide them with a validated list …

An Accra High Court has ordered the Bulk Oil and Storage and Transportation (BOST) to pay a total of GH¢9,962, 118.84 to Hask Oil Company Limited being the interest accrued on a bank facility they took, while their products were in the custody of BOST (the Defendant). This is because …

Residents of Mpasaaso Number 1, a farming community in the Ahafo Ano South West District of the Ashanti Region have bitterly lamented over how males and females within the community share the same ward at its main health facility. According to the worried residents, male and female patients who are …

The University of Ghana Council has appointed Prof Nana Aba Appiah Amfo has been appointed to act as the Vice-Chancellor of the University. Prof Nana Aba Appiah Amfo’s acting tenure will begin on August 1, 2021. She is expected to act as the Vice-Chancellor until the time that the University …

•The central is set announce a new policy rate today •The MPC at its 100th meeting slashed the rate by 100 basis points at 13.5 from 14.5 percent. •The rate will be of keen interest to businesses operating in the country The Bank of Ghana’s Monetary Policy Committee is set to …

•President Akufo-Addo is presenting his 26th update on measures to combat Coronavirus in the country • The address comes at a time Ghana has passed the 100,000 caseload with deaths passing the 800 mark. • Experts have warned that a next wave could overwhelm the health systems President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is …

Video Archive Sat, 24 Jul 2021Source: Praise Nutakor Nelson Boateng is a 36-year-old Ghanaian, building houses and producing pavement blocks with plastic waste in Ghana. After graduating from school with a diploma in computer networking engineering, Nelson was determined to provide solutions to the country’s plastic menace and ventured into recycling. …

Some 1,500 birds are to be culled on an animal farm in Denu in the Ketu South Municipality as the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) works around the clock to end the spread of bird flu in the Country. Avery Farms, an animal rearing business located within the Gamadza …

The authorities of the Achimota Preparatory School (APS) in Accra on Thursday petitioned Parliament to investigate what they described as unlawful take-over of the school by the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the Ministry of Education. The petition was tabled before the House on behalf of the board, management and …

It has emerged that the reported gains made at the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) in payment to Bulk Distribution Companies (BDCs) was achieved under the former management of the company. BOST earlier this week announced that the current management has been able to save over $20 …

• Some 7 persons have been convicted for impersonation • They were caught writing exams for people in the 2020 WASSCE exams • They are each supposed to pay fines while the students involved in it have been banned from writing the exams for the next three years Seven persons …

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), after the completion of its comprehensive integration exercise with other government institutions, has observed that out of the 14 million registered taxpayers on its books, a majority 8 million have not been filing their tax returns – leaving 6 million complying with the tax laws. …

• Kennedy Agyapong has been appointed a new chairman of a board • He will lead a nine-member board of the Ghana Gas Company Limited • He declared his pledge to work in the best interest of the company Kennedy Agyapong, the Assin Central Member of Parliament, has been appointed as …

PBaba (not his real name), a patient at the Tamale Teaching hospital has accused two staff of the X-ray department of pulling a fast one on the hospital by receiving payments from patients instead of allowing them to do so at the official designated paying points dotted across the facility. …

A young boy who was rushed to the Manhyia Government Hospital after he was hit by a stray bullet at Aboabo Number Two in the Asokore Mampong Municipality of the Ashanti Region has been confirmed dead. The 16-year-old boy who has been identified as  Abdul-Gafar Kassim was confirmed dead at …

Mr Mathias Tulasi, the Chief Executive Officer of Literacy Ambassadors Ghana (LAG), a non governmental literacy organisation, has lamented over the huge amount spent on printing new sets of ‘Pasco’ for SHS candidates and that the shambles bedeviling Free SHS will not be solved by ‘pasco’ for candidates.   Mr …

• Deputy Minister for Education, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour has responded to some allegations regarding the purchase of past exam questions • He was reacting to suggestions made by Dr. Clement Apaak, MP for Builsa • He also provided documents to back his claims Deputy Education Minister, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour has responded …

The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) has developed a macro-economic model to determine Ghana’s growth strategy. The model, which has been named Ghana Macro-economic Model (GMM), will be used to transform key sectors of the economy such as agriculture, industry and the services sector by setting sector-specific growth targets, policy …

The Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, is expected to move for the adoption of the Mid-Year Review Budget Statement and Economic Policy of Government next week. The Mid-Year Budget, which is the Government’s supplementary estimate for the 2021 financial year, would be proposed to the House on Thursday, July …

The Department of Agro-Enterprise Development of the Ho Technical University (HTU) has broken new grounds in the re-engineering of baobab seedlings domestically for multiplication in a stress-free manner. Dr Kenneth Fafa Egbadzor, the Principal Investigator of the research, said the team had broken fresh grounds towards making the cultivation of …

For 20-year-old Emmanuel Oduro doing odd jobs to fund his education is the best alternative. He started paying tuition after passing the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), worked as a labourer at a brick kiln and as a cleaner at a bank in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital. …

Ills at the Taifa Polyclinic in Accra have been exposed in a follow-up story after the Pay or Die documentary that uncovered rot in service delivery to pregnant women in Ghana’s public hospitals. It has emerged that expectant mothers, who are supposed to benefit from the government’s free Maternal Healthcare Programme under …

The Minority in Parliament wants the Auditor-General to probe the accounts of spouses of the President and the Vice President. The call, made yesterday at a press briefing in Parliament by the NDC MPs, comes amid the raging controversy over the recommendation by a presidential commission—which was subsequently approved by Parliament for the payment …

The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Bagbin, has promised that the face-off between Ghanaian and Nigerian traders would be resolved soon. Bagbin stated this in Abuja, Nigeria when he addressed members of the House of Representatives, at plenary. Addressing Members of the House of Representative, the first of its …

• Ken Ofori-Atta has said a total value of GH¢20 billion has so far been processed on the Ghana.GOV platform • The platform will make it easy for all citizens and visitors to make payments with convenience • Some 624,000 persons have already registered on the platform Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has …

The Registrar-General’s Department (RGD) says it has commenced a review of the sample group of companies listed on its website for strike off. The exercise is to validate companies that complied with the directive for dormant companies to file their returns or risk being delisted from the companies register at …

Most of us want to feel sexy and confident, especially when it comes to our performance in the bedroom. A tight vagina could heighten pleasure for both man and woman during sex. For men, it’s the sensation of feeling those soft, cushiony walls gripping their penis. And for women, it’s …