Former General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party Kwabena Agyapong has called on Ken Ofori-Atta to quit his job for taking Ghana to the IMF. According to him, it is untenable for the Finance Minister to continue to hold office all he said about the IMF and the decision of the previous government to enter a program with the ...

The Church of Pentecost has provided Ghc30,000 worth stock of food items to Pentecost Senior High School in Koforidua to ameliorate the food shortage situation in the school. The school received the Ghc30,000 cheque through the Koforidua Area Head Apostle Samuel Osei Asante to purchase food items which include 40 Cartons of evaporated milk, 30 boxes of Mackerel, 20 of ...

Politics has been said to be “a game of finding out where the procession is going, and getting at the head of the line” (Lovett, 1926). Politics is also an adventure of a bewildering array of surprises and requires an extraordinary capacity to handle a rollercoaster of emotions largely associated with electoral victories and defeat. The New Patriotic Party’s National ...

The Director-General of Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Dr. John Ofori-Tenkorang has revealed that only one per cent of private sector workers contribute to SSNIT in Ghana. According to him, 11.5 million workers are in Ghana but only 1.7million are active SSNIT contributors. He said 63% of workers are in the private sector while 36% are Public sector ...

Legendary Ghanaian musician Abrantie Amakye Dede has called on government to legalize the smoking of weed in Ghana. According to him, perceptions that weed smokers are bad are wrong and misleading. “If you smoke weed, you’re not a bad person. I think the Government should legalize it,” the ‘Mmaa p3 sokoo’ hitmaker told Nana Aba Anamoah on Starr Chat Wednesday. ...

The Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL) has said it is not running any fuel subsidy promotion. It has therefore urged the general public to disregard any fuel subsidy promotion scheme with a link being circulated on social media. A statement issued by the Company on Wednesday, 20 July 2022, said: “The promotion encourages unsuspecting customers to join a fake trivia ...

Prophet Kumchacha questions why the government does not turn to these “spiritual” men (voodoo) who claim to provide financial relief for money. Prophet Nicholas Osei, known as Prophet Kumchahca, rued the frequency with which these con men under the disguise of juju (voodoo) swindle gullible Ghanaians out of their hard-earned money. He held our leaders and authorities responsible for the ...

The African Development Bank Group’s Board of Directors has approved 24, fast-track programs to help Africa mitigate rising food prices and inflation caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine, climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic. The first round of approvals is part of the Bank’s $1.5 billion African Emergency Food Production Facility, established in May to boost food security, nutrition, and ...

Aide to Former President John Dramani Mahama, Joyce Bawah Mogtari has explained what may have increased the corruption perception within the Ghana Police Service. She stated that because the Police are one of the first institutions for human engagements, the perception about they being corrupt will increase. She said these on the New Day show on TV3 with Berla Mundi on ...

A United States of America-based Economist, Dr. Sa-ad Iddrisu, has described the Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as a ‘wizkid’ of contradictions, and also termed his recent comments on the Ghana card as unfortunate. Dr. Iddrisu made these statements on Wednesday, July 20, during a zoom lecture with some sections of Ghanaian students in the United States on Ghana’s economy. ...