A financial analyst Michael Dawson has indicated that the banking sector reforms undertaken by government, have strengthened local banks and made them more resilient to shocks. Dr. Dawson was responding to a statement by the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin that the Government erred in not supporting local banks to succeed. “I think clearly, the Speaker doesn’t understand the essence ...

The 27th edition of the Ghana University Sports Association (GUSA) Games is set to begin on Friday, November 4 2022, after being postponed due to the devastating effects of COVID-19. The competition will see 14 tertiary institutions battle for honours at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).

Kwaw Kese has pleaded with Ghana police to help him get justice for his manager, the late Fennec Okyere’s, murder. He mentioned that he believes Shatta Wale and Bullgod will be instrumental in the investigations. Kwaw Kese’s plead comes from Shatta Wale’s allegations that Bullgod planned Fennec Okyere’s murder with his boys. Shatta Wale also revealed that Bullgod told him that a ...

A video purportedly showing the drowning of the three-year-old son of Afrobeats star Davido is actually CCTV footage of the drowning of a two-year-old boy in China, the BBC Disinformation Unit has confirmed. The incident depicted in the video occurred on 23 August 2019 in China. Police have also dismissed the video – which has gone viral on social media ...

Rapper Kwaw Kese has called on the Ghana Police Service to reinvestigate the murder of his late manager, Fennec Okyere. This comes after Shatta Wale posted that he is ready to tell any court all about Bullgod’s alleged involvement in the case. In a post on Instagram, Kwaw Kese Shared a screenshot of Shatta Wale’s post in which he threatened ...

Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has admitted that the long delay in the construction of the Pwalugu Multipurpose dam project is as a result of financial constraints. Speaking at the launch of the Northern Development Authority’s five-year strategic plan in Tamale, Dr. Bawumia said government will look for funds to construct the dam. “Even though the project is facing financial ...

A Professor of Applied Economics at Johns Hopkins University, Professor Steve H. Hanke, has pegged Ghana’s inflation rate at 148%. This is against the current inflation rate (September 2022) of 37.2%. Reacting to President Akufo-Addo’s speech about reviving the ailing economy, the American Economist who is a hard critic of the country described the President address as “dreaming”. In a ...

On Thursday 3rd November 2022, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey will chair a UN Security Council Ministerial open debate. The debate is on the topic “Integrating Effective Resilience-Building in Peace Operations for Sustainable Peace”. The objective of the meeting is to highlight the imbalance between military action and non-military interventions and to make a ...

The Ghana Police Service has invited dancehall musician Shatta Wale for claiming to have information that allegedly makes Bullgod complicit in the late Fennec Okyere’s death. In a statement shared on their social media handles, the Police said that Fennec Okyere’s death is one of the cases they are still investigating, hence, the information Shatta Wale has would help their ...

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has explained that customs valuation primarily relies on the first (1st) out of the six (6) methods of valuation provided under the WTO valuation methods, which is the Transactional value. A statement issued by GRA, said, “Goods are benchmarked to the prevailing world prices as a risk management tool, to reflect the true market dynamics ...