First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo has applauded 10-year-old N’Adom Aboagyewaa Darko-Asare, a 5th grader at DPS International School, for winning the 2022 Spelling Bee competition. “She exhibited sheer brilliance and calm determination to emerge champion,” Mrs Akufo-Addo said in a statement. Ms Darko-Asare spelt the word, “BATHYPELAGIC” to emerge the champion in this year’s event to beat the First runner-up Nii ...

Senegal’s President Macky Sall has declared Monday a public holiday to celebrate the national football team’s win at the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon). The President, who was outside the country, cancelled the last leg of his trip to welcome back the football stars to Senegal on Monday. President Sall will award the team on Tuesday at the presidential palace, ...

The Council of the University of Education Winneba has reinstated Professor Mawutor Avoke as Vice chancellor of the University following the judgment of the High Court. The Council had earlier said it will respect the judgement of the court in full. The chairman of the University’s council in a personal note to Professor Avoke urged him to genuinely pursue reconciliation ...

Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has launched a new digitalization measure to end the era of cash for travel in the public sector, with the aim of bringing further transparency and accountability in the use of public funds. Known as the e-Travel Card Project, the Card is designed to facilitate the cashless disbursement of travel allowance and other payments for ...

Moody’s Investors Service (Moody’s) has downgraded Ghana’s long-term issuer and senior unsecured debt ratings to Caa1 from B3 and changed the outlook to stable from negative. Moody’s said on Friday, 4 February 2022: “The downgrade to Caa1 reflects the increasingly difficult task the government faces addressing its intertwined liquidity and debt challenges”. “Weak revenue generation constrains government’s budget flexibility, and ...

A former member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Stephen Atubiga has noted shivers have been sent down the spines of his former political party over a possible Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh and Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia ticket for the 2024 elections. According to him, the NDC leadership have had sleepless nights mapping out strategies to neutralize the potency of the ...

The Communications Director of the Ghana Football Association, (GFA), Henry Asante-Twum has dismissed claims that some players in the senior national team, the Black Stars, brought with them black magic popularly known as juju, during the AFCON tournament in Cameroon. The Black Stars embarrassingly exited the tournament at the group stage without winning a single match. It is the worst ...

One of the members of the NPP government communication team, Mr. Silas Kwabena Agyekum has declared his interest in the New Juaben South constituency Chairmanship position of the ruling New Patriotic Party. In a radio interview with Afeema FM on Thursday, 3, 2022, the New Patriotic Party Regional Government Spokesperson and a senior communicator said, he had what it takes ...

The MP for New Juaben South constituency in the Eastern region, hon Michael Okyere Baafi has reiterate his government’s commitment to under take major developmental projects in Zongo communities in Koforidua. The projects which is geared towards infrastructure will minimize poverty and improve standard of living of people living in Zongo communities, he said. The Deputy Minister for Trade and ...

The leadership of concerned drivers’ association are holding a crunch meeting on the possible increment of transport fares on Wednesday February 2, 2022. According to the union, up to 40 percent increment could be looming. The group says they sympathise with Ghanaians on the current economic hardships, but in order to keep them in business, they are left with no ...