Author Archives: larryehu

Ecobank’s digital drive recognised in double award win

Ecobank scored a double win after triumphing in two categories at the Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2017. The leading pan-African bank was awarded Best Digital Bank in Africa and Best Bank in Ghana at a ceremony held at the Tower of London last Thursday. Ade Ayeyemi, GCEO, Ecobank said the award served as validation to the global banking industry about ...

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NPP communicators accuse executives of squandering party cash

New Patriotic Party (NPP) communicators in the Ashanti Region, have accused their leadership of pocketing monies meant to reward members for their contribution towards the 2016 election victory of the party. The communicators alleged their director in the Ashanti Region, Mr. Kwasi Kyei Danso has allegedly kept an amount of Ten Thousand Ghana cedis supposedly from the presidency through the ...

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Inflation drops to 12.1%

Inflation has dropped again for the month of June from 12.6 percent in May to 12.1 percent. This is the lowest since December 2013. The marginal reduction in the price of fuel was mentioned as one of the factors that contributed to the reduction. Acting government statistician, Baah Wadie, the media in Accra the main price drivers for the down ...

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I want to score more – Gyan

Cape Coast Ebusua Dwarfs striker Nicholas Gyan insists he wants to be the Ghana Premier League top scorer by the end of the 2016/17 football season. The 19-year old 2nd minute opener contributed to the Abontuabontua Boys triumph over Tema Youth last Saturday. He has registered 11goals, two more than Bechem United Ahmed Toure. According to him, attaining this target ...

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21-year-old commits suicide; leaves love note for girlfriend

A 21-year-old boy has allegedly committed suicide at Tweemu, a fishing community near Moree in the Central Region. It is unclear what caused Felix Dorde, alias Selorm, a senior high school graduate, to hang himself with a rope onto a ceiling joint in his room. He is said to have left a note for his girlfriend saying he loves her. ...

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Ho West: Assembly relocates schoolchildren over floods

The Ho West district Assembly in the Volta region has evacuated school children who have been stranded in some farming communities in the district following the flooding of the access route to the communities. Recent torrential rains in the Bokorvikope, Andokope and Dakekope communities, located about 7km away from Awudome-Tsito, off the Ho-Asikuma-Accra highway, have caused a nearby river, Tsawe, ...

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I will quit politics if Akufo-Addo fails – Wontumi

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako aka Chairman Wontumi has vowed to resign from politics if President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo fail Ghanaians. According to him, he is very optimistic that the nation will see a major transformation due to interventions being put in place by the current administration. “I will resign ...

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