Members of the Zongo Caucus of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Madina Constituency are expected to begin a weeding challenge after a video of former president Mahama clearing weed went viral. John Dramani Mahama led a section of his security detail to clear overgrown weeds in the middle belt of the ‘Mahama’ Road in front of the new Military ...
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IT firm busted for allegedly selling Chinese-made surveillance products to US with ‘Made in USA’ labels
A New York-based technology company sold Chinese-made surveillance equipment to the US government while falsely claiming the products were made in the United States — a scheme that directly undermined national security, federal prosecutors have alleged. Aventura Technologies, based in the Long Island town of Commack, for years sold surveillance cameras and other equipment used on US military installations, prosecutors ...
Read More »Social media hails Mahama for his show of maturity in Asempa FM blunder
Former President John Mahama has reacted to an apology letter from the management of the Multimedia Group after one of its staff used unpleasant words towards him while hosting a show on radio. After receiving the letter, John Mahama took to social media to announce that he has accepted the apology by captioning the letter “accepted”. The unreserved apology by ...
Read More »Ghana sold 200,000 tonnes of cocoa with farmer premium for 2020/21 season
Ghana, the world’s number two cocoa producer, has sold nearly 200,000 tonnes of cocoa for the 2020/21 season, with prices including a new premium to support farmers, the Chief Executive Officer of Cocobod has said. Ghana and top producer Ivory Coast announced in July that all cocoa purchases for the 2020/21 season must include a Living Income Differential (LID) of ...
Read More »Nana Addo nominates three new judges to Supreme Court
President Nana Akufo-Addo has made three appointments to the Supreme Court subject to the approval of Parliament. The three; Justice Mariama Owusu, Justice Lovelace Johnson and Justice Gertrude Tokornoo, have been elevated to the Supreme Court bench from the Court of Appeal. The Speaker of Parliament announced the nominees in Parliament today, Tuesday. They have been appointed to replace three ...
Read More »Former President Mahama accepts Asempa FM apology
Former President John Dramani Mahama has accepted an apology from the Management of the Multimedia Group, operators of Asempa FM after one of their on-air staff “used words that were unpleasant” on his person in a radio broadcast. The Multimedia Group apology signed by the Programmes Director of Asempa FM, Mr Sammy Yirenkyi and Mr A.C. Ohene, the Head of ...
Read More »Nana Addo stresses need for disciplined spending ahead of election year
President Nana Akufo-Addo has said his government is working to ensure it does not overspend in 2020, which is an election year. Ghana has been known to exceed its budget deficit targets by significant amounts. For the last election year in 2016, Ghana’s budget deficit target was 5.3 percent but the deficit widened to 7.8 percent. Four years prior, in ...
Read More »Not much has changed for Ghana since AFCON – Bafana Bafana coach
South Africa coach Molefi Ntseki says he has gathered important information on their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers Group C opponents Ghana whom they play away in the Cape Coast on Thursday. Ghana appear on paper to be Bafana Bafana’s toughest opponents in their bid to qualify for the 2021 Afcon finals to be held in Cameroon. Sudan ...
Read More »U-23 AFCON: Tanko hanging on to ‘hope’ after Egypt defeat
Black Meteors head coach, Ibrahim Tanko, seems to have placed his team’s dreams of making it to the 2020 Olympic Games in the hands of non-footballing elements like hope after losing 3-2 to Egypt on Monday. The Meteors threw away two leads on the night after Yaw Yeboah and Samuel Obeng put Ghana 1-0 and 2-1 up respectively. The result ...
Read More »Bullet denies Ebony Reigns
RuffTown Records boss Ricky Nana Agyemang, otherwise known as Bullet, has denied long-time rumours that he had a sexual relationship with his former signee, the late Ebony Reigns. According to him, it hurts him a lot when people say he was sleeping around with Ebony because he is not that type of man. “Let me be real with you, I ...
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