The Central Bank has cautioned Ghanaians against taking loans from some 19 unlicensed institutions. In a statement on August 22, 2022, it said, “Bank of Ghana has observed that a number of unlicensed entities are engaged in the provision of loans to the Ghanaian public, in contravention of the Banks and …

After months of closure, the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel A. Jinapor on Friday, 9th December, 2022 reopened the Accra Zoo to the general public and urged all Ghanaians and the diaspora to patronise the Zoo even as the festive season approaches. “As we approach the festive season, …

Nii Odoi Kwao II of the Nii Odoi Kwao family house in Osu Kinkawe has been remanded into police custody for a week on the orders of the Accra Circuit Court 9 The court handed down its ruling on Friday, December 9, 2022, a day after the accused was arrested …

Brace yourself to pay more for chicken this festive season because the Ghana Poultry Farmers Association is estimating an upward adjustment in the price of your favourite protein source. Poultry, initially selling at 55 Ghana cedis two weeks ago, now sells at 70 Ghana cedis on the market. However, this …

Over 36% of teachers who wrote the 2022 Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination have failed, according to the registrar for the National Teaching Council, Christian Addai-Poku. The percentage represents 44,000 out of the 120,000 teachers who sat for the examination. Speaking about the poor performance of the candidates, the registrar remarked …

Teachers and students of the Enyan Abaasa Anglican Basic School in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central Region are constantly being chased by snakes during school hours among many challenges confronting the school. This is because the school building has no doors and windows, thus making it accessible …

The main cause of death in the world is heart disease. Coronary heart disease and stroke both have a number of risk factors. Some risk variables, including age and family history, are immutable and uncontrollable. But other risk factors, including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, being overweight, eating poorly, …

Chicken is arguably the healthiest meat to eat at any age, but you may be surprised to learn that not all parts of the chicken, such as the head and legs, are healthy. In this article, we will discuss the different parts of the chicken that should be discarded because …

    Chairman of the India Africa Trade Council (IATC) for Central and West Africa & Group CEO of Kingdom Exim Dr. James Rajamani has welcomed into Ghana first batch of some top international investors. The arrival of the team of investors concided with the 38th National farmers Day   …

  Although sugar and vegetable oils are two of the commonly used ingredients in the kitchen, their consumption can be detrimental to one’s health. In the caption of his Instagram post, he revealed that instead of these oils, which can severely weaken the immune system, people should switch to avocado, …

    “One of these brand-new cars will be mine,” Vincent Amoah said out loud to himself.   He was on a routine drive passing through Abelemkpe in Accra. In fact, he had driven dozens of Bolt riders through that route in the last month. But when Vincent Amoah saw …

The Sissala West District Chief Executive (DCE), Mrs. Ayisha Baton Hor has assured locals that there is no cause for alarm regarding security. About 800 Burkinabes are seeking refuge in seven communities in the Sissala West district of the Upper West region. The development comes after unknown persons attacked their …

Jack Dorsey, the co-founder and former CEO of Twitter is a man of few words who can’t hide his love for everything Ghanaian. Earlier this week, the American Internet entrepreneur announced that he was revisiting Ghana after his last experience. “Finally back in Ghana,” he tweeted on December 5. Although …

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has waded into the on-going debate on the government’s impending Debt Exchange Program set to be rolled out. According to the teachers, they are interested stakeholders on the Domestic Bond Market, running on the Teachers Fund with its subsidiaries, the Tier-3 Pension Scheme …

Many people faces difficulties before achieving success in life, but it depends on how to overcome the challenges. A young woman believed to be in her 30s has shared her sad ordeal over the struggles she went through after her mother died leaving behind a newborn baby. The lady narrated …

Chris Ofikulu   United Bank for Africa (UBA) Ghana has officially opened its latest branch to serve customers and the banking public throughout Ashaiman and its environs. The opening ceremony was held on Wednesday, 30th November, 2022.   Speaking at the official opening, the Managing Director of UBA Ghana, Chris …

Following Brazil’s 2022 World Cup match against South Korea on Monday, Cameroon Football Federation chief, Samuel Eto’o was captured in a “violent altercation” with a spectator. A viral video appeared to capture Eto’o, 41, kneeing a spectator in the face during the World Cup in Qatar. The incident happened outside …

Traditional leaders at Adrobaa, a farming community in the Tano North Municipal of the Ahafo Region have performed rituals to pacify the land after an accident which claimed the lives of five pupils. The Nananom, led by Adrobaahene, Nana Odiasempa Boadu and Nana Adwoa Dum II, the Queenmother in the area, …

Deputy Minister of Finance, John Kumah, has underscored the enormity of the economic challenge that government is currently faced with and has thus urged institutional bondholders to sign on to the current domestic debt exchange proposed by government. Kumah told Joy FM on Tuesday, December 6; that the consequences for …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, has given the assurance that government willoperationalise the National HIV and AIDS Fund to increase domestic resource mobilisation to improve care. The President gave the assurance following calls to re-activate the Fund to increase domestic resource mobilisation due to the recent upsurge in new …

Deputy Finance Minister, Dr John Kumah, has said that the current hardship in the country might be because the government over-relied on borrowing to run the economy. According to him, the government could have considered other alternatives to financing its projects and programmes aside from borrowing. “Maybe the levels of …

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has announced an upgrade to the GH¢1 coin with some enhanced security features. “The upgraded GH¢1 coin is bi-metallic with an outer gold and inner silver. The coin has a pronounced rough edge and incorporates a latent image, which appears in a rectangular form below …

According to healthline Do you know there are some fruits and vegetables that taste better when you remove the peels before eating them? The reason for this is because while the peels of many fruits and vegetables are completely safe to eat, the peels of others might introduce hazardous bacteria …

The Attorney-General, Godfred Yeboah Dame has in a legal opinion indicated that a mandatory Debt Exchange programme would be illegal. Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta on Monday announced domestic bondholders with the exception of Treasury bill holders will be affected by the debt exchange program. Per the arrangement, bondholders will get 0% interest …

International ratings agency, Moody’s has downgraded GCB Bank PLC’s (GCB Bank) global long-term local currency deposit ratings to Caa3 from Caa2. Moody’s investors also downgraded the bank’s long-term foreign currency deposit ratings to Ca from Caa2, its long-term Counterparty Risk Ratings (CRRs) to Caa3 from Caa2, its long-term Counterparty Risk …

Even though there was violence everywhere in the 1980s and 1990s, armed robberies in Ghana were extremely rare. Although I drove a cab and a trotro in Accra and Cape Coast, I never encountered any armed robbers there. It was after traveling from Ghana to Nigeria in the early 1980s, …

    The theme for this year’s celebration was “Accelerating Agricultural Development Through Value Addition”. This was celebrated on 2nd December 2022 in Koforidua in the Eastern regional capital.   Kingdom Exim Ghana Limited, a mother company of the kingdom Exim group, the leading West African based quality focused Agro …

The minority has threatened to disapprove the 2023 budget estimates, and debt restructuring until some five conditions are met by government. According to Haruna Iddrisu, they will not accept the debt restructuring programme announced by the finance minister. This comes after Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta announced that Ghana is embarking …

“Urinating during intercourse” is a “very widespread health problem” that “affects many people (primarily women) during intercourse,” according to Healthline. Male bodies have a natural defence mechanism that makes it difficult to urinate during a hard-on, making this a more common issue among women. In this post, I want to …

Several Ghanaians have thronged their various financial institutions to withdraw their savings and investments to avoid losing both their principal and interests. This panic withdrawal is based on reports that some customers of Databank and Ecobank have lost hundreds of cedis on their investments which has to an extreme affected …