The Ghana Premier League had some exciting and mouthwatering games this weekend. Records were set and broken this weekend as the various teams were in the quest to grab all three points. WAFA have picked up their first win of the Ghana Premier League this season, in what was their 5th game. In their first four games, they played against; ...
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Duffuor: 54% of Ghana’s employed population have just basic education
The former Minister of Finance, Dr Kwabena Duffuor has revealed that more than half of Ghanaians in employment are earning a very low income. According to him, a low rate of formal employment would affect the government’s revenue generation, particularly with taxes adding that there is a high incidence of underemployment affecting 21.4% of the employed population. “Among the employed ...
Read More »Kejetia: Security officers threaten to lock up market over unpaid salaries
Some private security men guarding the newly built Kumasi-Kejetia market in the Ashanti region have threatened to lock up the entire market over unpaid salaries. The scores of aggrieved workers of Lesbena Security Company say they have not been paid for the past four months, making life unbearable for them. Speaking to the media, the leader of the group, Mr ...
Read More »Unemployment rate started rising under Mahama – Duffuor
Former Finance Minister Dr Kwabena Duffuor has said he was able to assist the late Professor John Evans Atta Mills to reduce unemployment rate from the time Prof Mills became President in 2009 to 2012. But, he said, the rate started increasing from 2013 to 2015, the period that Former President John Dramani Mahama was in office. Delivering a public ...
Read More »Edouard Mendy confident he can win Yashin award
Chelsea’s Senegalese goalkeeper Edouard Mendy is confident he can win the Lev Yashin award for Europe’s best goalkeeper when the Ballon d’Or gala takes place on Monday night. The 29-year-old is one of the ten goalkeepers in contention for the prize, with only Paris Saint-Germain’s European Championship-winner Gianluigi Donnarumma up for the main Ballon d’Or trophy itself. Nonetheless, Mendy – ...
Read More »E-levy is problematic, turn to extractive sector for more money – Duffuor to gov’t
Former Finance Minister, Dr Kwabena Duffuor, has rejected the proposed E-levy in the 2022 budget statement. Apart from this levy destroying the digitalization agenda, he said, it will also be characterized by serious implementation challenges. Delivering a public lectyuer in Accra on Monday November 29, he said “It is now well known that Ghana is facing a large infrastructure deficit ...
Read More »I Used To Sell Waakye in UK- Sista Afia
The “Jeje” crooner Sista Afia real name Francisca Duncan Williams has recently narrated her inspirational story as she recounted her hustling days in the United Kingdom before breaking into Ghana’s showbiz industry. According to the songstress in an interview with Nana Ama Mcbrown on United Showbiz aired on UTV, she used to be a “Waakye” seller in the United Kingdom ...
Read More »‘Love you eternally brother,’ Drake pays tribute to Virgil Abloh
Popular Musician Drake has paid tribute to the legacy of his friend Virgil Abloh who died Sunday after a battle with cancer. The rapper took to Instagram on Sunday to share some photos of himself alongside Virgil, hours after it was announced that the artistic visionary died at age 41 following a private battle with cancer. View this post on ...
Read More »Shatta Wale Never Like Me – Strongman
Rapper Strongman says he does not see himself working with controversial dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale anytime soon because they don’t get along. Speaking on Happy Fm he said Shatta Wale has never had anything good to say about him. “Shatta doesn’t like me, and I also don’t like him. So we are not cool. On many occasions, I haven’t seen ...
Read More »Manchester United appoint Ralf Rangnick as interim manager
Manchester United have appointed Ralf Rangnick as their interim manager until the end of the season, subject to work visa requirements. The 63-year-old takes over from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who was sacked on 21 November following a defeat by Watford. Rangnick has left his role as head of sports and development at Russian club Lokomotiv Moscow to take up the ...
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