An amount of GH₵8.8 million has been released by the government for the payment of the outstanding utility bills of 688 public senior high schools. The amount covers the cost of electricity and water that were supplied to the schools for the first term of the 2017/18 academic year, following the implementation of the free SHS policy. Out of the ...

Actor John Dumelo is finally off the ‘singles’ market. According to Phylx.com, popular Ghanaian Actor, Entrepreneur and politician John Dumelo is set to get married this weekend to his long time girlfriend somewhere at Spintex, Accra. The actor who has been able to keep most parts of his relationship life secret and this has left a lot of fans and ...

Ghana’s Second Lady, Samira Bawumia and her Empowerment and Humanitarian Projects (SEPH)  has launched “The Safe Delivery Project” in Salaga, the East Gonja Municipal capital of the Northern Region to fight  the alarming rate of maternal and neonatal mortality in rural communities in Ghana. The Project, launched under the theme: “Promoting Safe Deliveries and Ensuring Healthy Infants”, would provide up ...

The Catholic Church has appointed Most Reverend Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle as the new Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cape Coast. This was contained in a release by His Excellency Most Rev. Jean Marie Speich, the Apostolic Nuncio. The release said: “His Holiness Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of His Grace Archbishop Mathias Nketsiah of Cape Coast”, hence the new ...

Actress Yvonne Okoro has said that most female celebrities in the country are single not because they do not attract the men but because they are not sure of who is real and fake. According to her, most female celebrities are of the view that most men are attracted to them because of their fame and the little money they ...

Ministry of Trade and Industry yesterday signed contracts with the China National Building Materials Corporation in Accra for the construction of 22 factories under the ‘One District, One Factory (1D1F)’ initiative. The 22 Engineering Procurement and Construction contracts were signed between some Ghanaian business executives, selected district assemblies represented by the ministry of trade and industry and the Chinese contractors. ...

The General Overseer of the Glorious Wave Church International, Prophet Badu Kobi has issued a statement to rubbished claims by controversial radio owner, Alfred Kwame Larbi that, he [Kobi] was promised a private jet by former President John Dramani Mahama to denigrate President Akufo-Addo. The statement which was issued by the Communication Directorate of the Church also disputed claims that ...

Ghana sold $2 billion worth of dual-tranche Eurobonds with 10- and 30-year maturities on Thursday and it will pay issuer-desired yields, government and transaction sources said. The West African sovereign sold $1 billion each of the 10-year notes maturing in 2029 and a 30-year with 2049 maturity at 7.625 percent and 8.625 percent, respectively. It set guidance for the May ...

Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has expressed satisfaction with the way his uncle, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is managing the country. According to him, Nana Akufo-Addo is not only fixing the mess left behind by the erstwhile Mahama administration but also growing the economy to create jobs and prosperity. Mr Otchere-Darko’s comment comes after government successfully sold $2 billion worth of ...

Ghana Football Association President Kwesi Nyantakyi has landed in hot waters and could face jail term after refusing to enrol Wa All Stars players with Ghana’s Social Security and National Insurance Trust. He could be jailed or suffer financial sanctions. The CAF First Vice President is facing prosecution for failing to pay the social security of players and staff of ...