Ghanaians will soon be buying diesel and petrol at GH¢10 and GH¢9 per litre at the pumps from Wednesday, 16 March 2022, the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers Ghana (COPEC) has projected. In a statement, COPEC put the impending spike on soaring crude prices on the international market coupled with the …
Read More »Consciously play songs from female musicians – MzVee to Ghanaian DJs
Award-winning Ghanaian artiste and the first Ghanaian to be featured on Grammy Press Play, Mzvee, has challenged music industry stakeholders, particularly DJs to promote songs from female artists. According to MzVee, the representation of female artists on the Ghanaian music scene is not encouraging and as such, there should be a …
Read More »Bagbin still approving motions from Dubai – Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu alleges
Majority Leader and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has disclosed that Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin continues to approve of motions even during his absence from the country. Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, who is also MP for Suame in the Ashanti Region disclosed to journalists in Parliament that the Speaker – who …
Read More »March 2022: Ton of iron rods jumps from GHC6,200 to Ghc8,500 in 24 hours
The price of iron rods on the market starting from 1/4 (6mm) to 32mm (40ft) high tensile has jumped by 34% in less than 24 hours, MyNewsGh.com has filed. This is the second time MyNewsGh.com is covering the price of iron rods after our January 2021 report on same. At …
Read More »Fuel prices increase again from GH¢8.29 to GH¢8.49
The price of fuel (diesel and petrol) has risen again at least for one of the major Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) in Ghana, from GH¢8.29 to GH¢8.49 per litre. This would be the fourth time in less than three months that the prices of diesel and petrol have increased. In …
Read More »Judges who misinterpret constitution not different from coup plotters – Kpessa Whyte on SC ruling
A Senior Research Fellow in History and Politics at the Institute of African Studies of the University of Ghana, Dr. Michael Kpessa-Whyte, has linked the ruling of the Supreme Court in the matter of the constitutionality of a sit-in Speaker of Parliament to vote or not, to military takeovers. In a …
Read More »Sankofa series: How Ghana’s capital moved from Cape Coast to Accra
It has remained one of Ghana’s most historic cities and is known for its role in the transatlantic slave trade. Located on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea, Cape Coast, formerly called Carbo Corso (a corrupted form of “Corsican Cape”) served as the first capital of Gold Coast. From …
Read More »Ukraine: Infant, 121 Nigerians arrive from Poland
Following the Russia-Ukraine war, another batch of Nigerians have been evacuated from Poland, where they sought refuge, to their home country. The 122 Nigerians, including an infant, arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja, at about 1:12am on Friday. This was announced in the early hours of Friday by the …
Read More »My suspension from NPP was orchestrated by ‘ghosts’ – Kwabena Agyepong
Engineer Kwabena Agyepong has opened up about issues that led to his suspension as a member of the governing New Patriotic Party(NPP). Kwabena Agyepong, Paul Afoko and Sammy Crabbe who were National Executives of the NPP were suspended indefinitely ahead of the 2016 general elections. The reasons given for the …
Read More »How Lance Corporal Nyame fell from Best Recruit to ‘deadly criminal’
When the news of the preliminary investigations conducted by the Ghana Police Service into the recent attacks on bullion vans, especially in the Greater Accra region revealed that the main culprits were policemen, it broke even more hearts. It must be stated that in one of those ghastly attacks at Adedenkpo around …
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