Effective immediately, all official 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) paraphernalia for field officers used during the data collection exercise are no longer valid for official use, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has announced. The paraphernalia includes the blue census T-shirts, blue census reflective jackets, white census caps and ID cards. The GSS has, thus, cautioned the public not to ...

Naa Deidei Botchwey, crowned Ghana’s Most Beautiful (GMB) 2020, has rigorously pursued her inclusive education initiative to impact society positively. Through her foundation, Naa Deidei Botchwey (NDB) Foundation, she helped 20 brilliant but needy females to gain a scholarship to pursue a Marine Engineering Mechanic program at the Regional Maritime University, funded by the Ga Mantse Foundation. Speaking to Cookie on TV3 ...

The Bank of Ghana has revealed that new loans and advances by banks totalled GH¢21.6 billion in the year to August 2021, marginally above the GH¢20.7 billion for the same period in 2020. Addressing the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) press conference in Accra on Monday September 27, Governor of the BoG Dr Ernest Addison said the Non-Performing Loans (NPL) ratio ...

Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke has revealed his anguish at Manchester United‘s treatment of his former player Jadon Sancho. Sancho, 21, moved from the German side to Old Trafford this summer for £73million but is yet to fully break into the starting team and has only made one 90-minute appearance so far. And Dortmund chief executive Watzke told Sport1 the ...

UEFA has appealed to remove a judge in Madrid from its case against clubs still committed to the European Super League after suspending its legal action. Monday’s suspension saw UEFA comply with the ruling of a court in Madrid which has found that it did not have the power or authority to take action against Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus. ...

Controversial socialite Akuapem Poloo is insisting rapper AMG Armani proposed love to her despite his denial. Armani said he only took pictures and videos with her at the gym only for to go to town with claims that they were dating. Early Monday, Armani took to Instagram to register his displeasure with Poloo for sharing pictures and videos they both ...

Director of Communications of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Yaw Buaben Asamoa, has condemned the destruction of belonging to his party by some person believed to be members of the NPP following the announcement of the list of the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs). He explained that nomination of persons for the position of MMDCEs is not ...

The Member of Parliament for Ejura Sekyeredumase Bawah Braimah says the findings and recommendations by the ministerial Committee that probed the chaos at Ejura do not bring closure to residents of the town. “The residents of Ejura are not satisfied, the residents want the soldiers who shot and killed their relatives to be also sanctioned. That is what they want”. ...

Civil society group Alliance for Social Equity & Public Accountability (ASEPA) has petitioned parliament to compel the Electoral Commission to give an account of the 2020 general elections to the people of Ghana. In its petition, ASEPA said: “The elections, right from the preparations to declaration, recorded a number of fundamental breaches, violations and discrepancies, which, eventually, led to the ...

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has kept the policy rate at 13.5 per cent. Speaking at the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC0 press conference in Accra on Monday September 27, Governor of the BoG Dr Ernest Addison said inflation has risen sharply over the last two readings, driven mainly by sustained food price increases. He added although food inflation has pushed ...