Regarding public debt and fiscal policy in Sub-Sahara Africa, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has noted that given the unprecedented scale of the coronavirus crisis, an ideal policy mix should include a strong role for fiscal stimulus to support aggregate demand. However, the Bretton Woods institution said, sub-Saharan African countries …
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September producer inflation increases to 9.6 percent
Ghana’s Producer Price Index (PPI) for September 2020 has increased to 9.6 percent from 9.0 recorded in the previous month, the Ghana Statistical Service has said. This, according to the Service represented a 0. 6 percentage points increase in producer inflation relative to the rate recorded in August this year. …
Read More »Stock market rebounds on the back of GCB
Market Summary The benchmark index gained 3.80 points (+0.21%) on the back of GCB Bank (+4.05%) to close today’s session at 1,842.85 with a -18.36% year-to-date return while the market capitalization was up 0.07% to close at GH¢53.73 billion. Consequently, the GSE Financial Index closed 6.90 points (+0.42%) higher at …
Read More »Yaw Sarpong cries for help after accident
Veteran Ghanaian Gospel musician, Yaw Sarpong, has narrated how the gory accident he had with his team happened some weeks ago. Speaking in an interview with ZionFelix on the ‘Uncut’ Show, the ‘Wo Haw Ne Sen’ composer stated their car somersaulted three times after the driver attempted to avoid a …
Read More »Asamoah Gyan hits jackpot, set to earn $1 million at Legon Cities
Former Ghana captain, Asamoah Gyan is set for a final payday in his career with a move to Legon Cities mooted as his last hurray in what has been an illustrious career. Gyan who has played in Italy, England, France, Turkey and the Gulf is reportedly on the verge of joining Legon …
Read More »Police officer reportedly killed at check point in Central Region
An on-duty Police officer in the Central Region has died after he was ran over by a truck. The 39-year-old Sergeant Salifu Hifzullah stationed at Apam District Police Command was crushed to death at Gomoa Manso Check Point on the Winneba-Cape Coast Highway. According the Central Regional Police, the suspect …
Read More »Fake National Security operative arrested with guns, 47 BB cartridges at Kibi
The Kibi Police has arrested a 36-year-old man parading as a National Security operative for attempting to illegally mine gold on the concession of a mining company. The accused “National Security operative” – Ibrahim Amaniampong – armed with a pump-action gun, 47 ammunition, and a handcuff stormed the concession of …
Read More »Former Kumasi Asante Kotoko Striker Dead
Former Asante Kotoko attacker Stephen Owusu has passed on at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra. The 37-year-old died on Saturday evening after a battle with a long illness that forced him to return to Ghana for treatment whiles playing for Kenyan club Nairobi Stima. Owusu started his football career …
Read More »VIDEO: How Rawlings’ children ‘queued up’ to bid their late grandma farewell
The Rawlings family has been under the media’s lens for years for various reasons, but notably for a political one. The four children of the former President of the Republic, Jerry John Rawlings and his wife Nana Konadu Agyemang-Rawlings, namely Zanetor, Yaa Asantewaa, Amina and Kimathi Rawlings who is the only male …
Read More »VIDEO: How a woman was rescued from the collapsed church building at Akyem-Batabi
The four-day rescue operation in the church building that collapsed at Akyem-Batabi in the Eastern Region has ended. Thirty victims had been retrieved as of Friday, October 23, when the operation was brought to a close; 22 of them had died, while eight survived. The deceased are made up of …
Read More »Gunshots fired as police reportedly arrest 11 NDC members at Asawase
Gunshots on Saturday night were fired after the police anti-armed robbery unit in Kumasi arrested about eleven members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) at Asawase in the Asokore-Mampong Municipality. According to Asawase Constituency executives of the NDC, the arrest was effected at about 9:15pm when they were seated …
Read More »Full list of award winners at 25th GJA awards
The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) on Saturday, October 24 held its 25th awards ceremony at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra, to acknowledge distinguished journalists and media institutions. The event was on the theme: “COVID-19 and credible presidential and parliamentary elections: The media factor.” Below is a full list of …
Read More »A brief life history of Rawlings’ late mother
On Saturday, October 24, 2020, the burial service for the late Victoria Agbotui, mother of former President Jerry John Rawlings, was held at the forecourt of the State House. At the service, Col (rtd) Joshua Agbotui read the following biography of the late Madam Agbotui. A brief life history of …
Read More »Gender Minister Wins Election With 59% In Agona West Constituency – Research
A survey conducted in Agona West Constituency between 1st-18th October, 2020 has revealed that the incumbent Member of Parliament, Hon. Cynthia Mamle Morrison, who doubles as the Gender Minister will maintain her seat with 59.65% votes in the upcoming December 7 elections. The research was conducted by an …
Read More »Richard Kingson is the best Ghanaian goalkeeper ever – Sulley Muntari
Former Black Stars midfielder Sulley Ali Muntari has showered praises on goalkeeper Richard Kingson, describing the former Ghana number one as the best shot-stopper in the history of Ghana football. According to Muntari, Olele, as Richard Kingson is affectionately called, should be celebrated a lot more for his exploits for the nation. …
Read More »TV3 adjudged Best English TV Station at 25th GJA Awards
TV3, a subsidiary of the Media General Group, has been adjudged the Best Television Station of the Year in English for 2019. Six of its journalists also received awards at the just-ended 25th Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Awards held on Saturday, October 24. They are Alfred Ocansey, Komla Adom, Wendy …
Read More »Otumfuo Osei Tutu Did Not Attend Rawlings Mother’s Funeral For This
Although Rawlings wished to see his friend Otumfuo Osei Tutu in person at his mother’s funeral, it couldn’t materialize. Live on TV, it has been confirmed that the Ashanti powerful King cannot make it to the final funeral rites although he was officially invited. It has been confirmed on Joy …
Read More »Akufo-Addo Cuts Sod For Construction Of Stadium, Waste Plant For Oti Region
The people of Oti Region heaved a sigh of relief when the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, cut the sod for the construction of a solid waste treatment facility and a multipurpose sports stadium. The two state-of-the-art facilities are collaboration among the government of Ghana and Jospong Group of …
Read More »I wish you die in prison – Judge tells convict who defiled his two-year-old granddaughter
A Cape Coast Circuit Court Judge, Mrs Dorinda Arthur Smith, wished a convict she sentenced to 21 years imprisonment in hard labour, died in prison for defiling his two-year-old granddaughter. Mrs Smith described the act as “vicious” saying the convict could not show sympathy to the survivor at that tender …
Read More »Deal with riots in Côte d’Ivoire as well – Mahama to Akufo-Addo
Former President John Dramani Mahama has charged the chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to as a matter of urgency resolve issues emerging in Côte d’Ivoire before they become deadly as is happening in Nigeria. Mr Mahama noted that tension is …
Read More »[VIDEO]: Gunmen Attack School Children; kill 6
Gunmen have stormed a private school in a restive area of Cameroon killing at least six children and wounding a dozen others, officials say. Officials in the south-western city of Kumba blamed Anglophone secessionists for the attack. This has not been independently confirmed. A local education official said the victims …
Read More »Mahama left only 23 E-blocks; we’ve added 27 more – Bawumia
Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia has said that while the Mahama administration built only 23 out of the 200 Community Day Senior High Schools (E-blocks) it promised, the Akufo-Addo government, in its first term of office, has been able to add 27 more E-blocks to accommodate senior high school students enjoying the …
Read More »4 in critical condition after car crash at Breman Essiam
Four persons are in critical condition following an accident that occurred at Breman Essiam-Nyamebekyere to Assin Fosu road in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central Region. The accident involved a taxi with registration number GT 7540 U, which was from Breman Essiam to Hasowodze, and a Benz Sprinter …
Read More »Weekly Wrap: Akyem Batabi church collapse, Election 2020 ballot paper slots & #EndSARS
Residents of Akyem Batabi in the Eastern Region were left in shock when a church building collapsed, killing over 20 members of the Church of Prosperity. Rescue operations by the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), police, and military retrieved 30 persons. 22 were declared dead while eight others received treatment. …
Read More »The average Senator in Nigeria makes almost $500K a year, more than the U.S. president
The world may have long believed that Nigerian senators are the highest paid but there had been no internal confirmation until now. A Nigerian senator just bust the lid open on the amount he and his colleagues receive monthly in an effort to bring more transparency and accountability to governance. …
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