They say money makes the world go round, and it can certainly help when it comes to transfers, but the richest owners aren’t always the most successful when it comes to football. Manchester City have rather made a fool out of the idea of a proper Premier League title race this …

The National Association of Sachet and Packaged Water Producers (NASPAWAP) has reviewed the price of iced sachet water from 20 pesewas to 30 pesewas, effective March 15, 2021. A statement copied to the Ghana News Agency by Mr Magnus Nunoo, National President, NASPAWAP, said the increase was the result of …

Nowadays, young men and women are more interested in professional jobs like; Banking, being Doctors, engineering amongst others and make a spectacle of farming as jobs reserved for illiterates. Well, the story is changing by the day, Mr. Harrison Addison is an Accountant who graduated from UPSA. He is now …

Traders at the Kumasi Central Market on Tuesday stormed the premises of Otec FM, a private radio station, to register their displeasure at Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) over their eviction.   The traders, according to them, have their stalls fenced on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, and prevented entry, without prior …

A total of 33 major health projects were approved for implementation last year by my government, the President of the Republic H.E Akufo-Addo has disclosed. He said this when he delivered his state of the nation address on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. He said his administration has shown a commitment …

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has issued an alert over the seizure of fake Covid-19 vaccines in South Africa. According to the FDA, ”this alert has become necessary as a result of reports of the seizure of fake COVID19 vaccines in South Africa. The FDA wishes to caution the …

President Nana Akufo-Addo has stated that his government will ensure the construction of regional hospitals in all the newly created regions and districts without hospitals. Delivering his first State of the Nation address of his second term on Tuesday, March 9, President Akufo-Addo described Agenda 111 as the biggest healthcare …

President Nana Addo Akufo-Addo says his government will recruit more health workers in his second term to help improve Ghana’s healthcare delivery services following the devastating impact of COVID-19 across the globe. Delivering his first State of the Nation address in Parliament on Tuesday, 9 March 2021, Nana Akufo-Addo noted that his …

The Institute for Energy Security (IES) has called on government to address the cash flow challenges of the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to enable them operate effectively across the country. This follows the disruption of power supply across the country on Sunday, 7 …

A 25-year-old female Mathematics Teacher, Portia Afriyie, of Katakyiwa M/A Basic School in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District of the Ashanti region, urgently needs GH¢32,000 to undergo surgery or risk being paralyzed in the coming days. Ms. Portia Afriyie, the only mathematics teacher for the Katakyiwa M/A JHS is suffering …

The Bank of Ghana last week unveiled new regulations that address the sometimes controversial issue of inactive deposit accounts. Up till now, deposit-taking institutions have been allowed to apply their own definitions of what constitutes a dormant account and what to do with accounts they classify as dormant, and this has sometimes …

The Management of KGL Technology Limited, a licensed online lotto marketing company responsible for the operation of *959#, the official shortcode of NLA has arrived at a consensus with the leadership of the Financial Business and Services Employees Union (FBSEU) of G. F. L., and the National Lottery Authority (NLA). …

British online news platforms as well as some newspapers have been awash this week with news that British authorities would now allow flights from Accra, Ghana to land in Heathrow instead of Gatwick as had earlier been proposed by British authorities. Some of the reportage did very little to hide …

The Dean at the Faculty of Ghanaian Languages of the University of Education Winneba, Professor Charles Owu-Ewie says it is unjust to prohibit children from speaking vernacular in schools. Speaking at a virtual symposium on the role of the mother tongue in improving literacy in Ghana on 3fm 92.7, the …

Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the price of cement has escalated over the last few days across the country. According to cement sellers and stakeholders, “clinker”, the raw material used to produce cement is imported and since its price has increased in the international market owing to the pandemic, a bag of …

First-year Senior High School (SHS) students across the country are expected to report to school from Thursday, 18 March to Sunday, 21 March 2021 the Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced. First-year SHS students across the country were initially scheduled to report to school on Wednesday, 10 March 2021. However, …

Railway Development minister, John-Peter Amewu, has declared the start of a transformation agenda in the sector he will be leading. “Keteke, Here we come! The transformation Agenda for Ghana’s railway sector has Begun,” he wrote on his social media pages. The post was in reaction to his March 5 inauguration …

The Ghana Grid Company Limited has said its technical team is working to restore power after some challenges led to a total shut down. This release comes after all parts of the country experienced interruption in power supply around 2:00pm on Sunday March 7, 2021. According to GRIDCo, the technical …

The Government of Ghana (GoG) has settled debts in excess of GH¢4 billion owed Bulk Oil Distribution Companies (BDCs) in the country. A perusal of the Ghana Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors (CBOD) 2019 Ghana Petroleum Industry Report by norvanreports, reveal that the last payment of the 8-year legacy debt …

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has opened registration for the 2021 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for private junior high school candidates. According to WAEC, first-time candidates as well as those seeking to improve on their grades had up to March 19, 2021, to register for the examination which …

The world has gotten to a stage where children are experimenting everything including proposing love to themselves in their various schools. What makes the development quite worrying and disturbing is that many of these children are not even in their adolescent stages yet, they can be found in the lower/upper …

The business community in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis (STMA) say the supreme court ruling upholding the election of Nana Akufo-Addo as President could help enhance investor confidence and boost local economic development. They said the ruling in the election petition case had cleared investors uncertainty and that of the business community. …

There’s been some skepticism as to who will be delivering government’s 2021 Budget Statement and Economic Policy before Parliament next week. The Finance Minister-designate, Ken Ofori-Atta is currently in the United States undergoing treatment for post-COVID-19 complications. His doctors however have advised him to stay on for another two weeks for further observation and …

Dr. Lydia Dsane-Selby, the Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), has announced the extension of the period of services of the Authority to the public, ahead of the reopening of Senior High Schools. She said the Authority had included Saturday, March 6, 2021, and Monday, March …

President Akufo-Addo has elected Alan Kyerematen to present government’s budget statement for 2021. Mr Kyerematen will deliver the budget before Parliament after he is sworn into office following the approval of his nomination by the House. The Trade minister-designate has had to take on the exercise because the finance minister-designate, who has …

A clique of Senior High School (SHS) girls has been caught twerking like professional slay queens in a new video that has just pop up online. The viral video sighted by OccupyGh.com captures these young ladies, numbers 5, dancing and twerking like professional dancers. They went on twerking so professionally …

I was a boy, thirteen or fifteen years when I watched a TV program where the host asked the women the kind of men they’ll like to be with. All the ladies started their sentence with, “I want a tall guy blah blah blah.” I was young and didn’t know …

Government began processes to issue a five-year cedi-denominated bond on Tuesday with the publication of an initial pricing guidance through the Ghana Stock Exchange and the closure of the order book on Thursday. A release from the Bank of Ghana said the issuance will roll over maturing two-year notes into five-year bonds. …

Mrs Emelia Addae, wife of former U-20 medalist Bright Addae has now joined the cosmetic business. Mrs Addae in an interview commended her husband Bright Addae for supporting her vision and mission as a businesswoman. Bright Addae who now plies his trade Sibu based football club FC Hermannstadt in the …

The Boahen Korkor Presby Junior High School in Sunyani on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, was nearly set ablaze by an unknown person. This school, which is situated at the premises of the Presbyterian Church, which is directly opposite the Radio BAR, is amongst a cluster of schools on the same …