At least 40 African countries print their money in the UK, France and Germany — decades after independence, raising questions about self-sufficiency. DW examines what prompts them to outsource their currency production. Last July, a delegation from The Gambia visiting the Nigerian Central Bank asked if the Gambian dalasi could …
Read More »MoMo agent shot by gunmen in Sawla
A Mobile Money vendor in Sawla, Abdul Razak, has been shot by unknown gun men in the late hours of Saturday March 26. The suspects allegedly bolted with huge sums of money belonging to the victim. According to some eye witnesses, the alleged robbers used a motorbike to execute their …
Read More »What Doctar Cann told his mother-in-law minutes before he passed away
Barely a day after Happy FM announced the death of one of its top presenters, Doctar Cann, mother-in-law of the deceased, Mrs. Aboagye has disclosed what Cann told her minutes before he passed away. Doctar Cann passed away at a private hospital in Accra on Friday, March 25, 2022, after …
Read More »Four killed, soldiers wounded in Ondo, Calabar road accidents
Four persons on Saturday lost their lives while 13 others sustained injuries in a road accident that occurred along Ikaramu-Akunu Akoko Road in the Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was gathered that the crash involved an 18-seater Toyota Hiace bus, with registration number MBA 752 XA, …
Read More »Russia’s Vladimir Putin ‘cannot remain in power’, says Joe Biden
US President Joe Biden has said that Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power” in a fiery speech pushing the world’s democracies to unite to support Ukraine, though the White House later said Biden was not calling for regime change in Moscow. “For God’s sake, this man cannot remain …
Read More »I’m disappointed in Ghanaians for booing at Jordan Ayew – Rahim Ayew
Brother of Black Stars striker Jordan Ayew, Rahim Ayew says he was disappointed by the reaction of fans towards Jordan Ayew‘s performance in the first leg of the 2022 World Cup Qualifiers match between the Black Stars and the Super Eagles. Jordan Ayew was booed by Ghanaian supporters after an awful performance during the game against the …
Read More »Man shot in Bawku despite heavy security
A young man has been shot in Buabula, a suburb of Bawku, in the Upper East Region. The young man, in his early 40s, was shot in the leg on Saturday, March 26 while trying to escape from an unknown gunman, whom he said had approached and ordered him to …
Read More »My role in admitting 10 students to Ghana School of Law – Maxwell Opoku-Agyemang speaks
Maxwell Opoku-Agyemang, a former Acting Director of the Ghana School of Law, has been speaking about his involvement in admitting 10 students who did not pass the required 50 percent mark of the entrance examination into the Ghana School of Law (GSL). Breaking his silence for the first time after …
Read More »What is sold at 15 pesewas in Ghana today? – NDC MP asks
Fifteen pesewas have become popular in the last few days after the government decided to remove the sum from every litre in petroleum price build-up margins. Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta on Thursday announced a number of mitigation measures reached by the government to combat current economic hardships. The reduction has …
Read More »Ghana: 266,000 abortions recorded in 4 years
The first-ever model of unintended pregnancies and abortion rates for 150 countries has estimated that 266,000 abortions were done in Ghana between 2015 and 2019. The Guttmacher Institute, the World Health Organisation and the UN’s Human Reproduction Programme (HRP) released the model-based estimates of unintended pregnancy and abortion rates highlighting …
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