American credit rating agency, Standard and Poor’s (S&P) Global Ratings on Friday, August 5, pushed Ghana’s debt further into speculative territory, lowering its foreign and local currency sovereign ratings to CCC+/C from B-/B. According to a report by marketwatch.com, S&P said its outlook for the country remains negative, “reflecting Ghana’s …
Read More »VIDEO: Akrobeto features in KOB’s tribute song for Kantanka
Ghanaian singer Kwadwo Obeng Barima (KOB) has released the video for his track ‘Kantanka ayekoo’. The KOB Music management team set the release date for the song’s audio and official video as Friday, August 5, 2022. The song “Kantanka Ayekoo” is a special tribute to Emeritus Dr. Engr. Kwadwo Safo, …
Read More »Unknown person cuts down ECG high voltage pole in Krobo
Pictures emerging from the media in Krobo area indicate that an unknown person has cut down high-tension wooden electricity poles with a chainsaw at Adelakope on the Tema, Akosombo high way in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of Eastern region. The electricity lines connect power to communities such as Akuse …
Read More »They told us food is a curse – Boy found with decomposing bodies of his parents speaks
The youngest of two boys found with the decomposing bodies of their parents in their home at Maakro has spoken. According to the youngest of the two boys who were found unconscious by the police, they were starved for religious reasons. “We were not eating because our parents said food …
Read More »US providing Ghana with US$2.5m in development aid amid global food crisis
The United State has announced new monetary support in the area of development assistance to Ghana. The sum of US$2.5 million announced today (August 5, 2022) is to help Ghana amid a global food crisis, a USAID statement read. The statement comes at a time a top official of the …
Read More »To err is human – Koku Anyidoho apologises to Atta Mills family
The Chief Executive Officer of Atta Mills Institute, Koku Anyidoho has asked the family of the late President Atta Mills to forgive him for not seeking their permission to renovate Asomdwee Park. According to him, he had too many responsibilities at hand, hence his failure to follow due process. Speaking on Angel …
Read More »Akufo-Addo bows to pressure, makes first reshuffle at National Security
The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has re-assigned the National Security Coordinator, Amb. Major General Francis Adu-Amanfoh (rtd). He will, with effect from Monday, August 8, act as Special Advisor to the President of the Accra Initiative. This was contained in a statement issued by the Director of Communications, …
Read More »20 Ghanaian fishermen imprisoned in Nigeria for transporting marijuana
20 Ghanaian fishermen have been sentenced to one-year imprisonment each by the Federal High Court in Lagos State in Nigeria on Thursday, August 4, 2022. The men were jailed for transporting 13.670 kilogrammes of marijuana, aka cannabis, from Ghana to Nigeria. The court found them guilty on the charges of …
Read More »Angry Kokoben residents attack police station, accuse police of killing inmate
The Abuakwa Kokoben police in the Atwima Nwabiagya Municipality of the Ashanti Region had it tough on Friday containing irate residents who beseeched the police station over the death of an inmate. The residents who went on a rampage in the town are accusing the police personnel of manhandling and …
Read More »10 photos of the Akufo-Addos, Mahamas that show how they display public affection
The news daily provides readers and viewers with a lot of the hard sides of things: what is happening with the economy, what the president has said about this or that, and those other items such as what the citizenry expects of its politically-elected leaders. The past few weeks have, …
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