Following a fire outbreak on Saturday November 28, 2020, the GCB Bank Limited has announced shut down of its Kantamanto branch, in the Liberty House Building complex, Accra Central. According to the management, “For safety precautions, the Bank has accordingly closed down the Liberty Branch to allow for thorough assessment. …

Premier League clubs are being directed to observe a minute of silence to honour football legend Diego Armando Maradona who passed on Wednesday, November 25, 2020. This is a directive from world football governing body, FIFA. Diego Maradona, who has died aged 60, succumbed to heart failure. Regarded as one …

A Free SHS Graduate who scored 8As in this year’s West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination, Thomas Amoaning has been given a scholarship by the Government of Ghana to study in a university in the United Kingdom. A statement from the Scholarship Secretariat said based on recommendations from the …

Renowned Educationist and Counsellor Daniel Fenyi wants to know who the beneficiaries of former President John Mahama Free Senior High (SHS) are if indeed he started the policy. He disclosed that it is needless debating over the matter because it is an open secret President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo started …

Three workers hired to help with the funeral and burial of Diego Maradona have been condemned for taking photos next to his open coffin. A funeral parlour took on the three to help prepare the coffin of the football icon, who died on Wednesday aged 60. In two pictures, the …

An American businessman and Managing Director of Alafei Foods Company Limited, Claude D Convisser, has alleged that between eight to ten government officials are demanding bribes from him. According to him, many businesses in Ghana do not survive for a long term because they spend huge sums of money to …

Dr. Kobby Mensah, a lecturer at the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS), has contested assertions by Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia that Ghana is the first country in Africa to adopt the Universal QR CODE payment system. At the launch of the new payment system on November 20, 2020, …

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has been touting its achievements in four years at a forum held in Accra. Addressing the public during the Nation Building Updates held at the Cedi Conference Centre of the Department of Economics, University of Ghana, on Thursday, Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia said …

Japan Motors Trading Company Ltd. (JMTC) is to begin assembling Nissan vehicles in Ghana by the first half of 2021. This is a result of an assembling agreement between Nissan and Japan Motors, which was announced at a ceremony in Accra in line with Ghana’s automotive development agenda. According to …

The President of Ports Management Association of West and Central Africa (PMAWCA) and the Director-General of Ghana’s Ports and Harbours Authority, Michael Luguje has revealed that with the completion of phase 1 of the MPS Terminal 3, the Tema Port is currently the biggest in terms of capacity of all …

President of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) has appealed his five-year ban from football-related activities at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas). Fifa’s adjudicatory chamber of the Independent Ethics Committee found him guilty of abuse of office, misappropriation of funds and, offering gifts and other benefits as Caf …

The Komenda Sugar factory took a centre stage at a parliamentary debate organised for aspiring Paramilitary Candidates (PC) to share their vision to the constituents of the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) constituency. The aspirants expressed their disappointment about the malfunctioning of the sugar factory since its commissioning in 2016, which would have …

Brazil legend Pele has offered his condolences after the death of Diego Maradona. Argentina legend Maradona suffered a heart attack on Wednesday and died at the age of 60. Pele and Maradona are regarded as two of the greatest players of all time and were declared joint-winners of the FIFA Player …

The current residents and former residents of Unity Hall (Continental Hall) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) are mourning the passing of one of their very own, Doe Selasie.   The hall’s Twitter handle announced that their immediate past Hall President, Doe Selasie, has passed away. …

The Court of Appeal in Cape Coast has quashed the decision by the University of Education, Winneba that led to the dismissal of Dr Samuel Ofori Bekoe, a former lecturer of the University. The court avers that the University erred when it “hastily” dismissed Dr Bekoe who was at the …

The importance of walking barefoot, sometimes, cannot be overemphasized, because making an effort to spend more time barefoot in nature can provide the human body with some amazing benefit. As a matter of fact, studies have shown that walking with your feet, directly touching the soil, allows your body to …

Deputy Minister for Education in charge of Pre-Tertiary Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum says the efforts of President Akufo-Addo and beneficiaries of the free Senior High School policy must not be downplayed because of WAEC’s mistake. His comment follows the West African Examinations Council’s (WAEC) publication of a list of …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat to grant full scholarship to one Thomas Amoaning of Adeiso Senior High School. Master Amoaning is reported to have scored 8As in the 2020 West Africa Senior Schools Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). His plight made rounds on social media given …

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah is back in training and could face Atalanta in the Champions League on Wednesday. The 28-year-old missed Sunday’s 3-0 win over Leicester after testing positive for coronavirus while on international duty with Egypt. But he has since tested negative and took part in training on Monday. …

Our attention has been drawn to a story circulating online with the headline “I’m the best fashionista in Ghana now – Benjamin kontoh brags”, which was published by senaradioonline, African entertainment.com, kobbykyeinews.com and other websites, on 19th November, 2020.   This is not the true reflection of the interview granted by Benjamin …

One of the first questions that greeted Pep Guardiola after the announcement of his new two-year Manchester City contract last week was whether it increased the chances of Lionel Messi joining from Barcelona. “What I want is that he finishes his career there,” was Guardiola’s response, appearing to pour cold water on …

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has maintained the policy rate at 14.5 percent. Governor of the Bank of Ghana Dr Ernest Addison said at the MPC press conference in Accra on Monday, November 23 that “The Committee noted that inflation has eased following the spike to 11.4 percent. At 10.1 …

The family of the late former President Jerry John Rawlings has welcomed any decision to name the University for Development Studies (UDS) after him. According to the family, it has never been against such a ‘forward-looking’ decision, thus, it welcomed the naming of the institution after him. “We have quickly …

Five of the victims of Saturday’s road accident involving National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) supporters at Ejura in the Ashanti region have been transferred to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. Authorities at the Ejura Government Hospital say the five, with head injuries, were part of 54 people who sustained various degrees …

Ghana’s active Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases have seen a slight decline in the last week. As of Friday, November 13, the number of active cases stood at 1,541, and 1,146 on Tuesday, November 18. Recent figures from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) indicate that as of November 19, the number of …

The country recorded a strong trade surplus in the 10 months of this year. According to the Summary of Economic and Financial Data by the Bank of Ghana, the nation recorded $1.7 billion dollars trade surplus, about 2.6% of Gross Domestic Product in October 2020. The trade surplus is bigger …

Confederation of African Football (CAF), President Ahmad Ahmad has been given a five-year ban by the world governing football body, FIFA after being found guilty of receiving gifts and misappropriation of funds. The adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee has found Ahmad Ahmad, the President of the Confederation of …

Professor Marian Asantewah Nkansah of the Department of Chemistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology has been named among the top 10 scientists in Africa. She was also named among the top 60 scientists around the world in the 2020 Analytical Scientists Power List. The Analytical Scientists Power List …

As widely expected Ghana’s public debt has now passed the generally accepted sustainability threshold of 70 percent of Gross Domestic Product, the GHc273.8 billion in total debt by the end of September translating to 71.0 percent of GDP. This is up from GHc209.1 million a year previously by which time …

Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire have set their own prices for cocoa to counter unfair trade in the international market. To overcome control by multinational foreign companies, the two countries partnered in 2019 and agreed on new market price for cocoa at US$2,600 per tonne, with a living income differential of …