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Black Stars, the nickname of Ghana’s senior men’s football team is trending on Nigeria’s Twitter space. A quick check on the microblogging platform shows the harsh tag (Black Stars) topping the trends at number one with more than 5,000 tweets as fans share their thoughts by the minute. A review …

Exactly 70 years ago, Ghana’s first president, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, became the first prime minister of the then Gold Coast. Before he became prime minister, Dr Nkrumah, was the Leader of the Government Business of the new Legislative Assembly. The assembly met on February 20, 1951, because his party, the …

The Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government sits comfortably at the top of the list of governments since Ghana’s independence that have had the tallest records of appointees serving in various ministerial portfolios. The ‘elephant-sized’ government of the Nana Akufo-Addo regime was announced right after the New Patriotic Party assumed office in 2017, …

Ghana has been ranked as the 111th happiest country in the world on a United Nations (UN) ranking. Ghana became the 111th country after dropping 16 places on the World Happiness Report. In 2021 the country placed 95th in the World happiness ranking. Compiled by a group of Independent experts, …

President Akufo-Addo, has assured that the policies being implemented by Government, in the wake of the difficulties occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic, will help the economy rebound faster than anticipated. Acknowledging the difficult times the nation is going through, President Akufo-Addo noted that every country on the face of the planet, is …

A former government spokesperson on finance for the NPP , Daniel Aboagye has described a comeback of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) as the most frightening thing to happen. He said the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) must do whatever it takes legally to show good governance, restore the …

Businessman and politician, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom has said that his bank, GN Bank, that was collapsed during the banking sector cleanup exercise in 2019, should be brought back. In a Facebook post on Saturday March 19, he said “Indigenous, Home Grown Product.#Bring Back GN Bank…The People’s Bank!.” During the …

Members of the ‘Big Six’ are undoubtedly Ghana’s foremost political leaders from the Gold Coast era through to the days of independent Ghana. And it is for good reason that they are revered especially for their political contributions till date. They essentially were leaders of the United Gold Coast Convention, …

Baba Yara was a Ghanaian international footballer born on October 12, 1936 in Kumasi, Ashanti Region. The legendary Baba Yara was popularly called ‘King Winger’ owing to his exceptional skills as a footballer. He was the first footballer to be voted twice as Ghana’s Footballer of the year as a …

Member of Parliament(MP) for Wa Central, Rashid Pelpuo has questioned Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia on where the money he claims Ghana has is. The Vice President, then Running Mate is on record to have said that Ghana is rich. He said he knows this because he worked at the Bank of …