The government is benefiting from the fall of the Cedi against the Dollar, Director of Research at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) Dr John Kwakye has said. Lands For Sale The benefits, he explained, come in the form of  increased cedi-valued import taxes and oil proceeds. In series of tweets, Dr Kwakye said “Government is a major beneficiary of ...

The President of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), Dr Frank Serebour, says steps should be taken immediately by all who matter to curb the devastating effects of illegal mining in Ghana. For him, the menace should be feared more than the threats of nuclear weapons. “The health implications as a result of the use of chemicals such as mercury and ...

Director of Research at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) Dr John Kwakye has said that the IEA is spearheading the passage of legislation to cap borrowing by government. In his view, this is the surest way to control reckless borrowing by governments and uncontrollable indebtedness. In a tweet, Dr Kwakye said ” The Institute calls on key stakeholders, including ...

Young Nigerian act Star Tee has just scored a good one with Camidoh. He featured the ‘Sugarcane’ Hitmaker on his new song ‘No Be Me’.   The Afrobeats cut is a good fit for current trends and a clean lyric song to be playlisted by any DJ or streaming portal. He is rounding up work on his upcoming EP, which is ...

Ghanaian singer-songwriter Mohammed Ismail Sharrif, alias Black Sherif, has revealed how the widely acclaimed 2022 3Music Awards performance of his ‘Kwaku the Traveller’ song was planned. About seven months after the event, he has shared the details for the very first time with media personality Ebenezer Donkoh, alias NYDJ. During the awards night in March, while the rapper and singer ...

Ghanaian dancehall artiste Shatta Wale explained that most Ghanaian musicians are doing their best to push their music without help from major international record labels. He said: “We should know that there are labels that are boosting every artiste in the world professionally, but me, Sarkodie, Stonebwoy, everybody in Ghana hasn’t got that touch of life for us to live like an ...

World 100m Hurdles record holder Tobi Amusan has been nominated for this year’s Women’s World Athlete of the Year. The list of nominees was released by World Athletics on Wednesday, October 12. The nominated athletes were selected by an international panel of athletics experts, comprising representatives from all six continental areas of World Athletics. Lands For Sale Their performances covered ...

Former Ghana Football Association Executive Council member Fred Pappoe believes the Black Stars can excel at the upcoming World Cup. Pappoe has backed the team to disprove the doubters in Qatar, where they will face Portugal, South Korea, and Uruguay in the group stage. Given their recent form, Ghana are the least likely of the four teams in Group H ...

Former national chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Freddie Blay, has said he is not representing illegal miners (galamseyers) in the Aisha Huang case, as has been portrayed by the media. Mr Blay said in a statement issued by Blay & Associates that he is representing four clients: Shi Yang, Shi Meizhi, Le Wei Zuon and one ...

The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Bagbin, has urged parliamentarians across Africa to pay much more attention to climate change, emphasising the risk it has on the continent. He said this at the 145th Inter-Parliamentary Assembly Conference in Kigali, Rwanda. As the Speaker and leader of the Ghana delegation, he touched on the effects, risks and challenges of climate change ...