White House journalist who described the South African president as an “unidentified leader” has drawn a backlash from social media users and press in South Africa and beyond. Darlene Superville, the White House reporter for The Associated Press, tweeted a picture of four world leaders at this year’s G7 summit, …

The Bank of Ghana has revealed that the number of registered internet banking customers has reduced. According to the central bank, the number fell by 12.9 per cent from 936,965 in 2017 to 815,904 in 2018. The BoG made these observations in the Payment Systems Oversight Annual Report, 2018 “Number …

Ghana’s debut 20-year bond issued was not a failed or under-subscribed offering but a fairly priced offering that has established another data point along government’s yield curve, the Finance Ministry has said. In a press statement issued on Wednesday, the government said although the amount received in bids was less than the …

Children between zero and 59 months old living in six districts of the country will from September 4 to 7, this year, be vaccinated against polio. The areas to be covered are Chereponi, Bumkurugu, Gushegu, Saboba, Tamale and Sagnarigu. The exercise, Round Zero of Three Rounds of Polio Immunisation, is …

The Coalition of Rotation Nurses and Midwives has given government and other stakeholders in the health sector a one-month ultimatum to address salary issues confronting members or risk a complete withdrawal of service by members of the association. The coalition claim its members have not been paid since April 2019. …

A quality education specialist with the SOS Villages Ghana has indicated that the new curriculum for basic and high schools is being rushed. Beginning the 2019 – 2020 academic years, Ghana will be moving towards a standardized practical based curriculum with national assessment examinations to be written in classes two, …

Citizen Watch, one of the leading think tank groups in the country, has commended Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s government for reviewing the farmgate price for cocoa farmers. The government has agreed to pay $1,820 (GHC9,800) per tonne to Ghanaian cocoa farmers which represent 70% of the floor price of $2,600 …

I certainly can not be happy with comments from some of the aspirants who did not emerge victorious at yesterday’s primaries.  It can’t be justify in anyway, but I believe we must give them the second chance. We can not throw the baby away with the bath water. There are …

Belinda Zumebome, a young Ghanaian midwife in the Asikiri CHPS compound, Bawku Municipal Assembly, has received national praise for her humane service to a birthing mother. The 29-year-old midwife was captured in a photo transporting a mother who had just given birth in a tricycle to a referral health facility …

I was to drown in the sea, but you saved me only to be killed by you Oh! The sea tossed me from one wave of misery to the other But I liked that torture than being in your arms For the first time ever I felt something that was …

The University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), as part of its new academic policy has introduced what the University termed, as the “dual qualification scheme” for all its students. Under the dual qualification scheme which will begin this (2019/2020) academic year, students who enroll in a degree programme will compulsorily …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has disbursed a further transportation allowance of GHC50 per person to participants of the just ended curriculum training programme. The money has been released to the districts through GES’ regional offices. A total of 152,000 KG to class 6 teachers across the country participated in …

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has assured the investing public that there is no need for “panic withdrawals” as it is committed to ensuring a sound, efficient and robust market where investors’ funds are protected.The SEC’s assurance follows the revocation of licences of 23 insolvent savings and loans companies …

The Ghana lotto operators Association, GLOA has appealed to government to launch an investigation into the conduct of  Kofi Osei Ameyaw, Director- General of the National Lotteries Authority, NLA and some top management members for their alleged plans to collapse private lotto operation in the country. The Association in a …

A journalist has been arrested in Tanzania accused of publishing fake news about alleged police abuse of suspects in custody. Joseph Gandye works for Watetezi TV, a station established last year by the Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition (THRDC). THRDC issued a statement condemning Gandye’s arrest, saying he was being …

The former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) Prof. Mawutor Avoke has apologised to the Education Minister for undermining the process of resolving the impasse at the University. Prof Avoke who lead a six-member delegation to pay a courtesy call on Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh said their conduct of taking matters …

The Minister of Education, Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh on Thursday morning met with the Former Vice Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) Professor Mawutor Avoke and five other senior who were dismissed by the defunct governing council. MyNewGh.com sources gathered that this move is a major step towards …

Members of the University of Ghana branch of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) say they are angry over the comments of the  the Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distribution Senyo Hosi against the university and its management. The lecturers say they believe Mr. Hosi …

The management of uniCredit has sued the Bank of Ghana (BoG) for revoking the licence of the company.uniCredit is praying the Human Rights Division of the High Court to dismiss the action of the central bank.In a writ filed on Monday, 19 August 2019, Hoda Holdings Limited, the mother company …

The Attorney-General’s Office has advised the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah, to officially write to seek assistance to claim a $39 million judgment allegedly awarded his company in Dubai.Similarly, lawyer for some of the affected customers of Menzgold, Amanda Clinton, has also said the businessman would …

‘The Producer Price Inflation (PPI) in the petroleum subsector was 42.2 percent in July 2018. The rate decreased to 31.1 percent in September 2018, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), has said. However, the GSS said, the sector increased again to 36.1 percent in October 2018 but resumed a downward trend …

The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM) has welcomed the amended mining law, but with some reservations that it says must have been addressed before the president would assent to the bill. The amended Minerals and Mining Act, 2015 (Act 900) and the Minerals Commission Act, 1993 (Act …

Ghana Education Service has on numerous times said that it has ban all forms of corporal punishments, which mostly are plain abuse of students, at primary and secondary schools in Ghana. In fact, even in the absence of this ban, what is done to Ghanaian students in the name of …

A planned demonstration against government by Civil Service Organisations (CSO’s) over the botched Power Distribution Services (PDS) deal has been foiled by the police. The protest, dubbed: ‘Drop PDS Demonstration’ is to express their displeasure against government’s inaction leading to suspension of the deal. But, the Ghana Police Service has …

Following recent happenings with some major financial institutions in the country, some customers have decided to ‘bank in their homes’ rather than carry their monies and invest in any banking institution for fear of losing their monies in the face of any more revocations. The Bank of Ghana Friday revoked …

A customer of the defunct gold-trading firm, Menzgold Ghana Limited, Mr Christian Tsifoakah, has said he is unable to marry because hundreds of thousands of Ghana cedis of his investment has been locked up with the company.The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Menzgod, Nana Appiah Mensah on Monday, appealed to …

The Member of Parliament for Effiduase-Asokore Constituency in the Ashanti Region Hon. Dr. Nana Ayew Afriye has supported 60 women in his constituency with a soft loan facility from Kwadaso Citizen Credit Union for them to expand their businesses. The legislator after engaging the Board Members and the Management of …

Boris Johnson has told the EU the backstop plan for the Irish border must be scrapped because it is “unviable” and “anti-democratic”. In a letter to European Council President Donald Tusk, the PM said the backstop – which aims to avoid a hard border – risked undermining the Northern Irish …

Despite the war that has been declared on illegal mining by the Akufo-Addo government, operators of the trade are still not bothered and continue to wreck havoc on the environment with impunity. This time, not only have they moved from the pollution of the water bodies, but also to the …

President Akufo-Addo has told the chiefs and people of Wechianu in the West District of the Upper West Region that the Mahama government did not pay for the majority of the E-Block schools it constructed. The Mahama government had told Ghanaians that it constructed and completed some of the schools …