The Chief Executive Officer of McDan Shipping Company Daniel McCauley has denied any wrong doing in the GH¢10.45million loan granted to his company by the ADB. According to him, claims that he leveraged on a perceived relationship with the finance minister to secure the loan are baseless and untrue. The Minority on Tuesday accused Mr. Ofori-Atta of usurping the authority ...

Ghanaian comedian and actor Funny Face has rendered an apology for his recent social media rants over his ex-wife. In a Facebook post, the actor said he “overreacted” although he had kept his cool for a while. According to him, his actions were as a result of the negative stories being peddled about him.   Funny Face broke up with ...

The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) will officially roll out its flagship free senior high Sschool (SHS) educational programme with a launch on Tuesday, September 12, 2017. But the Founder and 2016 Presidential Candidate of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, has observed that the free SHS programme currently under implementation by the NPP is not consistent ...

The Nigeria Football Federation has opted to pay players and officials of the Super Eagles the full match bonus for Monday’s crunchy 2018 FIFA World Cup encounter against the Lions of Cameroon in Yaounde, even though the tie ended in a draw. NFF President Amaju Pinnick disclosed this to the team on board the ARIK Air Bombadier CRJ 1000 aircraft ...

With the implementation of the Free Senior High School Policy, government will by the end of 2019 scrap the northern scholarship intervention and replace it with “a more enhanced benefit and more comprehensive package,” Registrar of the Scholarship Secretariat Kingsley Agyemang hinted at a news conference in Tamale on Tuesday. Northern Scholarship was a deliberate colonial era policy instituted to ...

James Kwabena Bomfeh, a youth activist, has withdrawn a petition he filed against Assin Central MP, Ken Agyapong, citing Parliament’s lack of interest in the matter. On 19th April, 2017, Mr. Bomfeh petitioned Parliament “to cause an inquiry into certain reckless and reprehensible conduct of the Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Hon. Kennedy Agyapong.” However, the petitioner is convinced ...

Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan wants to quit international football after the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, according to his former coach JE Sarpong. The Kayserispor frontman is currently the Black Stars’ all-time top scorer with 51 goals in 106 matches. Coach Kwesi Appiah’s side’s current poor standing in 2018 World Cup qualifying, coupled with the 31-year-old’s injury predicaments, ...

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has dismissed claims by the minority in Parliament that he breached the country’s financial rules when he approved a loan facility from ADB to McDan Shipping Company Limited. The Minority on Tuesday accused Mr. Ofori-Atta of usurping the authority of the board of ADB in the approval of a loan facility to Mc Dan Shipping ...

MANCHESTER UNITED star Juan Mata has wished team-mate Andreas Pereira luck for the forthcoming season. Manchester United are set for a busy September, with the Red Devils playing seven times in the space of just 22 days. Yet Jose Mourinho has stunned fans by allowing Pereira to spend the campaign away from Old Trafford. The 21-year-old impressed on loan in ...

The Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has defended former President John Dramani Mahama over attacks on the latter following the annulment of the recent Kenyan election by the Supreme Court. Former President John Mahama led a 15-member delegation from the Commonwealth nations to observe Kenyan elections on August 8, 2017. The Kenyan Supreme Court last Friday ...