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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Wizkid has piss out Ghanaians after he refused to show up at his headline concert at the Accra Sports Stadium after making fans wait for about 12 hours. The singer, who was supposed to perform last night had about 5,000 people waiting for him, but he failed to show up. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged Ghanaians in these hard times to support the fiscal measures proposed in the 2023 budget for approval by parliament. The 2023 budget as presented among others is to address debt and fiscal operations to eliminate the structural bottlenecks bedevilling the economy. Parliament is …