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The cost of travelling from the capital Accra to Kumasi in the Ashanti Region by air has crossed the GH¢600 mark, the highest one-way fare recorded on the route, Aviation Ghana reports. For several weeks now, an Accra-Kumasi one-way ticket on Africa World Airlines (AWA) and PassionAir has crossed the …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been listed as the third highest-paid president in West Africa. According to a Business Insider report, Akufo-Addo is beaten to the top spot by his Ivorian and Liberian counterparts, Alassane Ouattara and George Manneh Weah respectively. The report which lists the 15 top-earning African …

American credit rating agency, Standard and Poor’s (S&P) Global Ratings on Friday, August 5, pushed Ghana’s debt further into speculative territory, lowering its foreign and local currency sovereign ratings to CCC+/C from B-/B. According to a report by marketwatch.com, S&P said its outlook for the country remains negative, “reflecting Ghana’s …

Revenue of the mobile money (MoMo) arm of telecommunication market leader – MTN – reached GH¢899million, a 9 percent growth on year-on-year growth in the first half of the year, its unaudited interim report has shown. The figure, however, pales in comparison to the 50.9 percent YoY growth recorded a …

The Prince of Wales accepted a payment of £1m from the family of Osama Bin Laden, the Sunday Times reports said. Prince Charles accepted the money from two of Osama Bin Laden’s half-brothers in 2013, two years after the al-Qaeda leader was killed, it adds. The Prince of Wales’s Charitable …

At least ten sitting New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament (MPs) are expected to lose in the party’s upcoming primaries to choose its parliamentary candidates for the 2024 election. This is according to the July 2022 Constituency Report compiled by Global Info Analytics. The report indicated that some of …

Member of Parliament for Dome Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has reportedly arrived in the country following months of absence. This is according to Joy Fm journalist, Ernest Manu. Speaking on Top Story, Joy FM evening news bulletin on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, he said the legislator is likely to make a public appearance …

The US Justice Department is examining Donald Trump’s actions in connection with efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, say US media. Federal prosecutors have reportedly asked witnesses directly about the behaviour of the former US president. So far, they have chosen not to open a formal criminal …

A report on corruption and bribery in Ghana has disclosed that more than 17.4 million bribes were paid to public officials in 2021. The maiden national survey, titled: “Corruption in Ghana – people’s experiences and views” was put together by the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice, in partnership …

The island nation of Mauritius has been ranked the most peaceful country in the sub-Saharan Africa region, maintaining a spot it held in 2021. This is according to the 2022 edition of the Global Peace Index, GPI, report released this week. The country’s overall score stood at 1.57 with the …