A company bidding for contracts in Ghana’s public sector must be willing to pay a bribe if it is to stand any realistic chance of being selected, some businessmen claim. Speaking on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show Wednesday, two business owners confessed to paying bribes to state officials in order to win contracts. They were unanimous the country’s Public Procurement ...

The family of late Ghanaian coach, Herbert Addo have declined an offer from the sports ministry and the Ghana Football Association to hold a state funeral for the record Ghana Premier League winner. Herbert Addo who won the Ghana Premier League on five occasions with four different clubs – and he remains the only coach to have achieved that feat ...

JOYBUSINESS is reliably informed that government is expected to extend programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which should be ending in April next year. The likely extension sources say has been influenced by the previous administration’s inability to achieve the deficit target and implementation of key structural reform measures. According to a source close to government, “it was clear ...

Mostly when it comes to issues of musicians’ royalties, the least is heard from Dancehall artist Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jnr. popularly known as Shatta Wale but the award winning musician has raised a red flag over his royalties from Ghana Music Rights Organisation (GHAMRO). Shatta Wale in a Facebook post, Wednesday, threatened to go out of control if GHAMRO ...

Former president John Dramani Mahama has tweeted in solidarity with Ghanaian player Sulley Muntari for walking off the pitch during Cagliari – Pescara match due to racist taunts on Sunday. Muntari, who plays for struggling Serie A side Pescara, said he heard the chants throughout the match at Cagliari’s Stadio Sant’Elia and asked referee Daniele Minelli to stop the game. ...

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested the Founder and Leader of Generation of Christ Ministries Bishop Charles Boampong alias ‘Cardinal’ at Kwamo, a suburb of Kumasi for defrauding seven persons. The Police Command explained that the accused Pastor took monies ranging between GH¢ 11,000.00 and GH¢29,700.00 under the pretext of securing them a United States of America (USA) visas. ...

Blessing Okagbare says she is set to compete at the International Association of Athletics Federations Diamond League which begins on May 5 in Doha. Okagbare is a World Championships silver medallist and is ranked 18th in the world in 200m. IAAF said on its website on Wednesday that Okagbare would be competing alongside seven other top 200m sprinters. According to ...

A striker of infamous Portuguese side Canelas has been banned for four years after kneeing a referee in the face. Footage emerged last month of Marco Goncalves physically assaulting an official in their match against Rio Tinto before being escorted off the field by police. Canelas are top of the Portuguese fourth tier this season, although the majority of their ...

Former Minister at ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection and Ghanaian barrister and politician Nana Oye Lithur joined Vodafone on 1st May to launch their creative campaign VIM. The campaign was geared towards empowering more Ghanaians especially young people to achieve their dreams. After the Launch, the former Minister took it to her official twitter page to express how ...

Information Minister Mustapha Hamid has given the assurance that the Right to Information Bill (RTI) will be passed by July this year. According to him, the processes of parliament requires that the bill is relayed in the house, even though the previous parliament looked at it. The RTI has been before Parliament since 2013. It is one of the oldest ...