A Political Scientist at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Dr Richard Amokao Baah has said persons seeking to contest in the internal elections of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and other political parties ought to have the wherewithal to push their agenda through. Anyone seeking to contest in the polls but does not have enough ...

The Metropolitan Archbishop of the Anglican Church in charge of the province of West Africa has criticised persons who are against the success of President Akufo-Addo and the country. Most Rev. Dr Cyril Ben Smith at a New Year service at the Jubilee House on Tuesday urged Ghanaians to support the President in prayers in difficult and good times. He ...

The implementation of the revised Electronic Transfer levy (E-Levy) rate of 1% kicks off today, Wednesday, January 11. The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications has announced its preparedness to implement the new rate. The service providers are Airtel Mobile Commerce (Ghana) Limited, GCB G-Money, Mobile Money Limited, Vodafone Mobile Financial Services Limited and Zeepay Ghana Limited. In a press release issued ...

Chelsea has signed Atletico Madrid striker Joao Felix on loan for the remainder of the season. Arsenal and Manchester United were both interested in signing the 23-year-old, but he preferred a move to Chelsea. Felix has also agreed to a one-year contract extension with Atletico until the summer of 2027. “Chelsea is one of the great teams in the world ...

Ghana’s Black Galaxies friendly game against Mozambique on Tuesday, January 10, ended earlier than expected after the latter walked off the pitch after a penalty decision. The Mozambique head coach ordered his players to leave the pitch after Annor Walker’s men were awarded a penalty following the opposition’s player handling the ball in his box. However, the penalty decision didn’t ...

The Co-founder of Afrochella, Ken Agyapong Jnr, has disclosed that the Ghanaian company contracted to print tickets for the 2022 Afrochella concert secretly printed fake ones. He explained that despite their blue, purple and yellow original tickets, there were other orange tickets in the public which he said were fake. Although he refused to reveal the name of the Ghanaian ...

Popular American radio and TV host, Charlamagne tha God, has been speaking about his experience in Ghana during the Christmas holidays. According to Charlamagne, although he thoroughly enjoyed Ghana his time in Ghana, especially the nightlife, he had some reservations about the quality of service in the country’s hospitality industry. According to him, his visit with his wife and kids ...

Convener of the Individual Bondholders Forum (IBF) Senyo Hosi, has said regarding the domestic debt exchange programme that in an unfortunate oppressive fashion, the government has shown total disregard for the contractual rights of Individual bondholders and has made no effort to structure reasonable consultations with individual bondholders. In the process, the IBF said, Ghanaians have been presented with painfully ...

The rate of inflation for December 2022 was 54.1 per cent, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has announced on Wednesday January 11. This is up from the 40.4 per cent recorded in November same year. The month-on-month inflation rate was at 3.8% in December 2022. According to the figures, five divisions recorded inflation rates higher than the national average. Housing, ...

The Ministry of Finance has restated that eligible bondholders who refuse to participate in government’s debt exchange programme will not benefit from the new arrangement outlined by government in case there is default in payment. Government, is seeking an International Monetary Fund Programme that requires a debt restructuring before a deal could be reached with the Bretton Wood institution. Bondholders ...