In 2017, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo promised that he would not allow the Ghanaian economy to collapse under his watch. Delivering his State of the Nation Address before parliament on February 21, 2017, President Akufo-Addo said his government will significantly reduce the fiscal deficit in that year. But fast forward to …

Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates will officially become full members of emerging economies bloc BRICS, which stand for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, who announced the consensus decision during a Heads of State press briefing on the …

Former Finance Minister, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor has stated that a National Democratic Congress (NDC) government in 2025 will not have issues managing the Ghanaian economy. According to him, Ghanaians hardly complain of jobs during the tenure of an NDC government. “You see, when you talk about growth, job creation is …

The Coalition of Transport Unions and Associations has called on the government to scrap what they consider to be nuisance taxes else they will increase fares by 20%. The Association gave the government a 13-day ultimatum to meet their demand, failure of which they will increase fares. The National Public …

The Ghana Railways Workers Union has demanded that their three-month salary arrears, as well as over a year’s worth of unpaid SSNIT and Tier-2 contributions, be paid. Godwill Ntarmah, General Secretary of the Railway Workers Union, stated at a press conference in Takoradi that life has become very difficult for …

    Gospel artiste and pastor, Larry Manna, who is also the founder and leader of The Lims Chapel, has declared his intention to use music to promote the teachings of Christ.   In a conversation, Pastor Larry Manna revealed that he entered the gospel music business not for the …

In the 1990s, the Bank of Ghana began the search for adequate and secured land for a new Head Office, given that the Central Business District had caught up with the existing Head Office and the need to expand to meet its growing operations. i. In the year 2011, the …

Mr. Stephen Ohene Sabi, Head of Pharmacy at Pleasant Medical Centre in Ashaiman, Middle East, has warned the public against abusing sleeping pills. He said one of the key problems concerning sleeping medications was their frequent use because all sleeping drugs are central nervous system depressants that slow down brain …

  United Bank for Africa (UBA) Ghana Limited has made sterling performance for the 2023 half year results which ended in June, posting strong and impressive growth numbers.   UBA Ghana posted Profit Before Tax (PBT) of GH¢295.5million for half year of 2023 up from 91.2million within the same period …

A research conducted in 2022 has revealed that health professionals in the country hide huge breast lumps and refuse various treatment options, especially chemotherapy, and mastectomy. The research, titled: “Knowledge, Attitude and Breast Cancer Screening Practices among Female Nurses in a Tertiary Hospital in Ghana”, said 60 per cent of nurses admitted …

The Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Ernest Addison, has explained the issues surrounding the building of a new head office. According to him, after various stages of evaluation and submission of the contract details the value of the contract approved by the Public Procurement Authority is $121,078,517.94. At a press briefing …

    The Chartered Institute of Realtors (CIR) is set to be launched in Ghana on the 30th of August 2023 at 10am. Africa Trade House, headquarters of the secretariat of the Continental African Free Trade Area, located in Accra, the Ambassador’s enclave, will be the venue of the launch. …

The Education Ministry (MOE) is actively working to increase the number of students pursuing science-related courses in Senior High Schools (SHS) across the country. To achieve this goal, the Free Senior High School Secretariat is leading an initiative known as ‘Operation Double Science Enrolment’ to educate and sensitize the public …

Henry Nii Dottey   UBA Ghana has made remarkable achievements and recognition in the Brands and Business Magazine Awards 2023 publication. The bank has been acknowledged as the “Best Social Media and Trade Finance Bank 2023.”     The Best Social Media Award highlights UBA Ghana’s creativity and effectiveness in …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has lost 525 of its skilled personnel and profession­als to brain drain within the last 12 months, the Di­rector-General, Dr Patrick Kuma Aboagye, has revealed. To this end, he said the service had put in place a number of measures to mitigate the impact of …

  The answer to the above question is YES until 2017, when Ghanaians elected Nana Akufo-Addo and the NPP to office. The President, Nana Akufo-Addo, was sold to us in 2016 as a democrat and a human rights lawyer. Unfortunately, after seven years in office, everything he has done has …

Regular consumption of bread is harmful to the body. Here are the reasons why you should reduce your bread intake. In Nigeria, bread is one of the most consumed foods all across the country. There are many meals that you can make with bread such as breakfast meals, bread and …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that 55,917 (69%) out of 80,810 teachers due for promotion in 2023 passed the promotional examination taken in February 2023. This means that 24,000 teachers, representing 31% of the teachers due to be promoted to the various grades, including Deputy Director, Assistant Director …

Mohammed-Muntaka Mubarak, the Member of Parliament of Asawase appears to have broken ranks with the National Democratic Congress over the 10% withholding tax on sports betting. Whiles the party through its young wing has declared their official stance which is a complete rejection of the controversial tax policy, Muntaka Mubarak has welcomed it. According …

New Patriotic Party flagbearer hopeful, Kennedy Agyapong, has asserted that some financial institutions disclose the monies in their customers account(s). He stated that some banks leak information on the amount of money ministers and other public officials have. In a 3news report sighted by GhanaWeb Business, Kennedy Agyapong is reported to have said in an …

The Ho Teaching Hospital (HTH) has asked all relatives of patients at the health post to vacate its premises. This is to prevent the relatives of patients from continuously spending the night on the corridors of the Out Patient Department (OPD) and the walkways at the hospital. Relatives of patients …

The cars which were used in the Accra to London adventure are being shipped back to Ghana after the participants had completed their trip. The cars the travelers used for the expedition included two land cruisers, a Raptor, a Defender, a G63, and an RX350. A few days ago, news …

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has gone berserk over the demand of GH¢2,000, GH¢3,000 by middlemen who connive with some staff for the acquisition of passport. Describing it as wrong, the minister wondered how a GH¢100 standard service and a GH¢150 for expedited service be …

  The aspiring Assembly member of Opantsil electoral area, Mr Kwamena Wilson in an interview with the media this morning said, he bused all the final year students in Enyan Abaasa to the exams center (Ajumako Mando SHS) during the just ended BECE. After bussing the students throughout the whole …

Kumasi Technical University (KsTU.) in the Ashanti Regional capital has sacked over two thousand students following their inability to pay their school fees in full on time. The students could not comprehend why the authorities to such a decision described the action as harsh have therefore, threatened showdown with the …

      HE Amb. Abu Zein the IHRC Ambassador At large to the AU, who now doubles as the Senior Deputy Vice Chair of IHRC, played host to HE Amb. Dr. Muhammad S. A. Khan, World Chairman and Ambassador At Large International Human Rights Commission (IG0) to celebrate the …

  UBA Ghana and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support youth and women-led micro, small and medium scale enterprises (MSMEs) in Ghana.   The partnership is expected to scale up youth and women-led MSMEs, increase jobs, drive revenue and contribute significantly …

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has announced the commencement of the school selection exercise for the 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates. In a statement issued on Friday, 11 August 2023, signed by its spokesperson Kwasi Kwarteng, the Ministry revealed that it has developed an informative video that elaborates …

Majority Leader in Parliament and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has justified the decision by the Bank of Ghana(BoG) to build a new headquarters. According to him, building a new headquarters for the BoG will in the future serve as a Headquarters for ECOWAS’ new currency ECO when it is successfully …