Tag Archives: GHANAIANS

Build your own stadium in Ghana and name it after Pele – Ghanaians tell FIFA

Some Ghanaians on social media have hurled at the world’s football governing body, FIFA to construct a stadium in Ghana before thinking about naming a stadium after the late football legend Pele. FIFA president, Gianni Infantino who was in Sao Paulo in Brazil for Pele’s funeral disclosed that FIFA plans …

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Price increment of these 10 commodities shook Ghanaians in 2022

The prices of goods and services increased astronomically in 2022. This was reflected in the record-high inflation rates released by Ghana Statistical Service. The rate as of November 2022 was above 50%. The high inflation rate was attributed mainly to high imports. Ghanaians kept gasping at the galloping rate of …

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The ‘original’ names of three prominent Ghanaians chiefs and the schools they attended

Togbe Afede XIV Togbe Afede XIV, the Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State and President of Asogli Traditional Area was given the name James Akpo at birth. He was born on 23 April 1957. He is a twin whose twin brother Philip died at an early age. The great chief was …

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Watch Nkrumah’s Christmas message to Ghanaians from Conakry after his overthrow

Ten months after his overthrow in 1966, the first President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, sent an emotional Christmas message to Ghanaians from the capital town of Guinea, Conakry, where he was in exile. Nkrumah, who was addressing Ghanaians on a radio station in Conakry, wished Ghanaians well despite the fact that they …

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Ghanaians want you to put National Cathedral project on hold – Dormaahene to Akufo-Addo

Dormaahene, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu I, has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to put the construction of the National Cathedral of Ghana on hold. Dormaahene, who is the President of the Bono Regional House of Chief, said that the Cathedral project cannot be a priority of the government, given the difficulties …

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Ghanaians see us as the better alternative – John Mahama

Former President John Dramani Mahama has declared the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as the best political party to manage the economy. He opined that Ghanaians are looking up to the main opposition party to form the next government in the 2024 general elections. To him, the NPP has failed and …

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Ghanaians berate Bank of Ghana after announcement of new GH¢1 coin with security upgrades

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 …

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No need to rush for your monies – Ofori-Atta to Ghanaians

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 …

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Ghanaians should prepare for worse days – ASEPA

The executive director of the Alliance for Social Equity ‘ASEPA’, Mensah Thompson, has cautioned that, worse days may be experienced by Ghanaians in 2023. Speaking on the recent 2023 budget read by the finance minister, Ken Ofori Atta, the director asserted that, the policies in the budget presented provide no …

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