The Ghana Premier League (GPL) fixtures for the 2023/24 season have been released. The league season is set to kick off on the weekend of Friday, September 15 to Monday, September 18, with matches taking place at various venues across the country. The much-anticipated first Super Clash between two of Ghana’s most successful clubs, Asante Kotoko and Hearts of Oak, ...
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Al Hilal make €140m bid for Napoli’s Victor Osimhen
Saudi club Al Hilal have reportedly made an impressive bid of €140m (£120.3m) to Napoli for striker Victor Osimhen, along with tempting weekly wages of £1m. Sky Sports revealed the offer, which comes after Al Hilal’s previous bid of €300m (£259m) for Kylian Mbappe, despite the player declining the offer. LEARN AND TRADE FOREX WITH GOLIGFX WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW: ...
Read More »Morocco: Aerobatics show on Mohammed VI’s accession 24th anniversary
A two-day air show held in main Moroccan cities to celebrate the 24th anniversary of what is known as ‘Throne Day’, has ended. The air show is part of the festivities that mark the anniversary of the accession to the throne of King Mohammed VI, who is also Supreme Commander and Chief of General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces ...
Read More »Mid-year budget : Kwakye warns govt against actions that can disturb subsequent release of IMF cash
Director of Research at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) Dr John Kwakye has warned the government against actions that can disturb the release of the second tranche of the 3 billion IMF cash. This was after he said that the Mid-Year budget review that was presented by Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta was a rehash of the International Monetary Fund ...
Read More »Gov’t commences alternative offer for GHS31bn pension funds exchange
The government of Ghana has initiated an alternative offer for pension funds exchange, inviting holders of domestic notes and bonds from the central government, E.S.L.A Plc, and Daakye Trust Plc. The aim is to exchange approximately GHS 31 billion principal amount of eligible bonds for a package of new bonds. In a statement released on Monday, 31 July 2023, the ...
Read More »UT Trial: Ghana Exim Bank’s investments with the UT Bank were consolidated by the GCB
Mr Joseph Yeebo Sampana, the fifth prosecution witness in the trial of Prince Kofi Amoabeng, Chief Executive Officer of the defunct UT Bank Ghana, others said the three of Ghana Exim Bank’s investments with the UT Bank were consolidated by the GCB. He said these investments amounted to GH₵ 25,877,825 and aside from that amount, GCB also took over another ...
Read More »UK gov’t faces £150bn bill to cover Bank of England’s QE losses
The Bank of England has estimated it will require the Treasury to transfer a total of £150bn by 2033 to cover expected losses on the central bank’s quantitative easing programme, up from a previous calculation of £100bn. The transfers represent both the continuing cash flow losses on the QE scheme — under which the BoE bought large volumes of gilts ...
Read More »If an individual could be hauled for contempt, a judge must be hauled faster – CJ
The Chief Justice has insisted that it is part of the code of conduct of judges not to comment on cases pending in any court of the land. Her Ladyship Justice Gertrude Esaaba Torkornoo maintained that just like individuals are hauled to court for contempt, judges are even hauled faster if they pass comments that could impair the fairness of ...
Read More »‘My Mother reported me to police for abandoning school to pursue music’ – Pat Thomas
Iconic Ghanaian highlife musician Pat Thomas opens up about how his mother reported him to the police for pursuing a career in music. In an interview on Citi TV’s entertainment and lifestyle show “Upside Down,” Pat Thomas revealed that he decided to leave school in Techiman to pursue his dream of becoming a musician. Ironically, his mother, who was also ...
Read More »¢60bn loss: BoG toothless without printing money – Adongo says Prudential Reserve, borrowed FX ‘wasted, depleted’
The Bank of Ghana lack funds and, thus, cannot perfrom its monetary policy role without printing more money, Mr Isaac Adongo, the Ranking Member of Parliament’s Finance Committee has said. Reacting to an audit report that revealed that the central bank lost GH¢60 billion through the debt restructuring exercise, Mr Adongo told journalists after Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta delivered his ...
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