Tag Archives: PRESSURE

His Majesty Osagyefuo Nana Amoatia Ofori Panin Okyenhene is under intense pressure from the people of Kyekyere, Amanase, and surrounding communities to publicly disown and take steps to disband a group calling itself Okyeman Task Force allegedly engaged in land-guarding activities and currently ‘terrorizing’ residents and farmers living in communities …

The Sovereign credit rating downgrades of Ghana by Fitch and Moody’s led to “widened yield spreads on both cedi-denominated government of Ghana bonds and the country’s Eurobonds”, the Bank of Ghana has said. “These downgrades reflect market and investor concerns about fiscal and debt sustainability”, Governor Ernest Addison told journalists …

Dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale, born Charles Nii Armah Mensah has advised the youth of Ghana never to make their friends force them into smoking marijuana known commonly as ‘wee.‘ He notes that illicit drug is not for everyone and therefore the youth should be careful with it. He believes that …

A call has been made to the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to resign on the grounds of infirmness. The call from former CPP acting General Secretary, James Kwabena Bomfeh Jnr, aka Kabila, is hinged on grounds of ill-health, principle, and conscience to save Ghana’s Parliament. An earlier call from …

Vice-President Kamala Harris has faced pressure to visit the US-Mexico border, as she tackled a record migration spike on her first official foreign trip. Ms Harris had a testy exchange with a journalist who asked why she had not gone to the US southern boundary. Members of Ms Harris’s own …

  ‘Forever’ hitmaker, Gyakie daughter of Ghanaian Highlife music legend, Nana Acheampong has told Amansan Krakye that a lot of people have requested that she samples some of her dad’s old songs. In an exclusive interview on the Kastle Entertainment Show monitored by MyNewsGh.com, Gyakie said on Kastle FM in Cape Coast that she’s …

Some private contractors who rendered services to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) are mounting pressure on the Company to pay debt owed them. The contractors accused the ECG of failing to pay them for services they genuinely executed dating back to the days of  Power Distribution Services (PDS) in …

South Africa is the most affected country by the COVID-19 pandemic on the continent, with 1.3 million confirmed cases and just over 40,000 deaths, according to the latest data from the country’s Health Department. A toll that has been putting the funeral industry under immense pressure, as coffin-makers and undertakers contend with …