The Chief Executive Officer of IREVA Sports Agency, Frank Kwabena Owusu, popularly known as Franky5, believes the Black Stars have what it takes to beat South Korea to make their chances of qualifying from Group H of the World Cup easier. Franky5, who uses his agency to promote sports in the country, expects Ghana to respond positively to their 3-2 ...
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Ofori-Atta has learnt a bitter lesson – Bagbin on calls for Minister’s head
Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin believes that Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta will take a cue from the ordeal suffered over the past few weeks. Between a censure motion from the Minority and a decision by the Majority to kick him out of office, Mr Bagbin is sure that Ken Ofori-Atta has picked lessons for the future. Ghana is currently at ...
Read More »Parliament is working to establish budget & fiscal assessment dep’t – Speaker
The Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has revealed that Parliament is working to establish a budget and fiscal analysis department. He said this during a post-budget forum held on Saturday November 26. Mr Bagbin said this department will help furnish Members data, analytics and information in real time to enable them debate the budget competently. “We are working on establishing ...
Read More »Norway Appeal Court dismisses appeal against Ghana in Oslo chancery building case
By a unanimous decision, the Oslo Court of Appeal, Norway composed of three Justices of Appeal (Pal Morten Andreassen, Irene Sogn and Rolf Ytrehus), has in a judgment dated Tuesday, November 22, dismissed an appeal filed by Messrs. Jongsbru AS, the seller of a property identified by Ghana for use as a chancery building in Oslo, Norway. The Norway Court ...
Read More »I’m disappointed in Minority and Majority over Ofori-Atta – Gyampo
A Professor at the University of Ghana, Ransford Gyampo has said he is disappointed in both the Minority and Majority for allowing the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta to present the 2023 budget when they have all raised issues against him for which they wanted him out of office. Prof Gyampo said the lawmakers failed to appreciate the mandate given to ...
Read More »Petrol & diesel prices likely to decline, LPG to go up – COPEC
A brief and marginal relief may soon be on the way as the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) in its latest checks ahead of the second oil pricing window in November is stating that petrol and diesel are projected to see a price decline while the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) is expected to be adjusted upwards. Ahead of ...
Read More »11 political parties now exist after EC revokes certificates of 17 others
The Electoral Commission (EC) has revoked the certificates of seventeen political parties in Ghana. This means that eleven parties are now existing in good standing, the Director of Electoral Services Dr Serebuor Quarcoo said on the Ghana Tonight show with Alfred Ocansey on Monday November 14. “We have 15 new ones who have applied and we are assessing them,” he ...
Read More »Ayorkor Botchwey inaugurates first Ghana Premium Application Center in London
Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, on Tuesday, 8 November 2022, officially inaugurated the Premium Application Center (PAC) in London. This is a premium service to complement the existing consular services provided by the mission. Prior to the establishment of PAC, the ministry, led by Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, in charge of ...
Read More »Ofori-Atta and John Kumah must also go – Mornah
The Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta and his Deputy John Kumah must also leave office immediately, a member of the Peoples National Convention (PNC) Bernard Mornah has said. In his view, Mr Ofori-Atta is not the answer to the economic challenges facing Ghanaians. “Investors don’t have confidence in the economy because of Ofori-Atta,” he said on the Big Issue on TV3 ...
Read More »Aisha Huang’s marriage certificate, Ghanaian passport were forged – Witness tells court
The second prosecution witness in the case of Aisha Huang has told the High Court in Accra that the Chinese galamsey queen used a forged marriage certificate and Ghanaian passport to gain an indefinite residence permit. The witness, Superintendent of Immigration David Essien is attached to the Kumasi Enforcement Unit of the Ghana Immigration Service and has worked for the ...
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