The Akufo-Addo Administration should not have expected to inherit a surplus budget from the Mahama administration, Bolgatanga Central MP, Isaac Adongo has said. Such assertions, the MP argued on Eyewitness News, were indicative of a lack of understanding of public finance. His comments on the matter followed President Nana Akufo-Addo recent lamentation over the “huge debts” and “empty coffers” his ...

The Denkyira Traditional Council has changed the name Denkyira Boase to New Boase. This comes on the back of the bad name given the town after its residents lynched a soldier, Major Maxwell Mahama, who was sent there to combat illegal mining in May this year. Speaking at a durbar in honour of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo who visited ...

Controversial Ghana midfielder Sulley Muntari physically attacked an unsuspecting referee with a hefty slap during a local friendly, leading to the abrupt end of the match in Accra. According to a report on Peace FM on Monday, a friendly match between two sides involving two of Ghana’s respected footballers Muntari and Laryea Kingston had to be cancelled after the player ...

For the first time, a Ghanaian born named Chris Hughton will manage newly promoted English Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. as they stage their comeback to the top flight after three decades. Under the leadership of Chris Hughton, Brighton & Hove Albion sealed promotion to the Premier League for this season after increasing their lead at the ...

Senior Minister Mr. Yaw Osafo Maafo has warned that government will no longer employ public servants and maybe forced to lay some off because the public sector is choked. The Senior Minister was speaking at the 2017 Ghana Economic Forum on Monday where he said, “the public sector is full in terms of employment [and] we can’t employ anybody in ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said his seven-month old government is already fulfilling the promises and commitments made in the lead up to the December 2016 elections. According to him, despite the “economic mess” inherited by his administration, he will deliver. He stressed, “when we came into office, we were met with huge debts and no money. It is ...

Veteran journalist, author and African affairs specialist, Cameron Duodu, has waded into the raging debate of who founded Ghana. In a conversation with the host of The Lounge, Kwaku Sakyi-Addo last Friday, Mr. Duodou said: “We don’t have a founding father; we have founding fathers. Like in the United States, they give everyone his due.” There has been a longstanding ...

A 10-year-old girl who is pregnant and has been refused an abortion is at the centre of a media storm in India. The BBC’s Geeta Pandey travelled to the northern city of Chandigarh to piece together her story. “We have seen lots of cases of teenage pregnancies involving 14 to 15-year-olds, but this is the first ever case that I ...

JOSE MOURINHO has told Gareth Bale that he is welcome at Old Trafford if Real Madrid do not want to keep the Welshman, but Manchester United fans are not convinced about the winger. Mourinho has sparked a wave of transfer rumours by suggesting he will try and sign Bale if Real manager Zinedine Zidane leaves him out of the UEFA ...

The 2016 Ghana’s Most Beautiful finalist Dora Badu-Agyeampong has embarked on a project to enroll teenage mothers in school. The project dubbed “Help a Girl Foundation” was launched in Accra on Saturday. In attendance were the Chief of Juaso and director at the Communications Ministry Nana Asafoakaa Agyei Tabi I, daughter of former president John Agyekum Kufuor, Nana Ama Kufuor ...