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Gideon Boako, a spokesperson for the Vice President, has rejected claims that government’s indebtedness to GN Savings and Loans Company caused its collapse. The Chairman of Groupe Nduom, Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom had alleged that government’s failure to pay contractors who owed him caused his company’s demise. Former President John …

The acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP) James Oppong-Boanuh has disclosed that the Ghana Police Service has taken delivery of some 4,500 bulletproof vests for patrol officers. This is to help protect the officers who have come under increasing attacks in the line of duty resulting, sometimes, in death. Last week, …

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, …

Ghanaian screen diva, Yvonne Nelson has been known to be a very vocal actress constantly commenting on pressing social issues in the country. In a recent tweet the actress complained bitterly about the current economic situation in the country. She complained about how expensive things have become in the country, …

Parliament will be suspended just days after MPs return to work in September – and only a few weeks before the Brexit deadline. Boris Johnson said a Queen’s Speech would take place after the suspension, on 14 October, to outline his “very exciting agenda”. But it means the time MPs …

A 27-year-old woman, who was in search of accommodation, has reportedly been found dead in her boyfriend’s room in Accra. According to her brother, James Boafo, who confirmed the incident to Adom News, it is unclear what triggered the death of his sister after she left their house in Tema …

Two police officers have been shot dead by suspected armed robbers at Aplaku Kasoa in the Central region Wednesday afternoon. The officers, with the Kasoa divisional command, were engaged in a gun battle with the suspected robbers after they gave them a chase upon a tip off. One of the …

Government has rebuffed former President John Mahama’s accusations that it has abandoned the Community Day Schools project he bequeathed it. According to the Deputy Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Adutwum, the Akufo-Addo administration was already ensuring the completion of the schools dotted across the country. Maham recently expressed worry over what …

The Director of Programmes at the Ghana Integrity Initiative has revealed that, the Ghana Immigration Service is highly perceived as corrupt. According to Mrs. Mary Awelana Addah, the service consistently competes with other revenue mobilising organisations for the top five spots in perceived corrupt ranking indexes. “We realised from the …

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 …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says his Government, over the course of the last two and a half years in office, has succeeded in restoring fiscal discipline in the management of the economy, resulting in the macroeconomic indices pointing in the right direction. According to President Akufo-Addo, the favourable macroeconomic …

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, marked the Akwasidae Festival for Asanteman in London last Sunday. The King who is on a short visit to the United Kingdom (UK) marked the festive occasion in grand style. Otumfuo arrived at the durbar grounds to a rapturous applause from the Ghanaian community …

The Chief Justice, Her Ladyship Justice Sophia Akuffo, has commissioned a new District Magistrate Court in Wulensi in the Nanumba South District of the Northern Region. The edifice, which is the first of its kind in the district, was built with the District Development Facility of the assembly. Addressing a …

The female student of Federal University of Technology Akure Ondo State, left with grievious injuries by policemen, has revealed that she was assaulted for refusing to have sex with the security operatives. The student identified as Sheba Ogbu, said the incident happened at about 9:30pm along Oyemekun Road in Akure on …

Award-winning Ghanaian dancehall musician Shatta Wale has landed on the soil of the United States of America. Although we know he is not there for a vacation, as he always puts across that he does not travel just for fun and taking pictures, many don’t know what compelled the ‘Gringo’ …

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 …

The government has asked the Queen to suspend Parliament just days after MPs return to work in September – and only a few weeks before the Brexit deadline. Boris Johnson said a Queen’s Speech would take place after the suspension, on 14 October, to outline his “very exciting agenda”. But …

A daughter of Dr Kofi Abrefa Busia, Nana Frema Busia, has described President Akufo-Addo as being ungrateful to her father who as a prime minister bifurcated his power and ceded a ceremonial presidency to Edward Akufo-Addo, the President’s father on a “silver platter” just to ensure there is peace in …

A recent survey by the National Development Planning Commission has revealed that, child poverty is still a major problem in Ghana. The work shows that 70% of Ghanaian children lack access to adequate welfare. This means that only a few young ones have access to proper security, education and other …

The two men nabbed by police operatives for allegedly engaging in a recruitment scam into the police service have pleaded not guilty to three counts of defrauding by false pretence. Bernard Kwesi Amanor-Wayo, 47, and Emmanuel Sackey, 55, were arrested on August 23, 2019 at the Golden Tulip Hotel in …

The Member of Parliament for the Odotobri Constituency in the Ashanti Region has been warned by the youth of his party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) not pick a nomination form to contest the party’s upcoming parliamentary primaries. The youth have threatened to humiliate their Member of Parliament, Hon. Emmanuel …

A South Africa – based Ghanaian pastor has blamed Ghanaian churches and Religious leaders for the West African country’s widespread corruption, which has crippled the economy. Head Pastor of Prince Emmanuel Church at Free State in South Africa, Pastor Isaac Yeboah said corrupt practices and immoral values are seems to …

A section of Nigerian have hailed the economic prowess and brilliance of Ghana’s Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and wish he was theirs in the oil rich country. An article sighted on punchng.com a Nigerian online portal observes that Nigerian has no popular economist and sound economic theory with which …

The Office of the Special Prosecutor has invited the Registrar of the Scholarship Secretariat and the Administrator of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) Secretariat to help with investigations to ascertain whether or not either of them or both have used their positions for private benefit. The two officials — …

The Volta Region branch of the Ghana Journalist Association has directed its members to “stay away” from covering functions organised by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Nkwanta South Constituency. This follows an attack on the Oti Regional Correspondent for Adom TV, Benjamin Owusu, by the party’s Constituency Secretary, Prince Succeed …