Second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Mrs Elsie Addo Awadzi has said Ghana’s banking sector remains one of the most attractive on the continent for investors. She said the presence of pan-African banks like First Bank Nigeria and international banks here is testimony to that. She noted the sector sector is stable, profitable, and resilient, supported by ...

Those close to ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor are pressing for his constitutional benefits which, the family says, have not been paid by the authorities since he stepped down under pressure and went into exile in Nigeria in 2003. Taylor, 73, is serving a 50-year jail sentence in the UK for supporting rebels in the decade-long civil war in neighbouring Sierra ...

Match week one of the 2021/2022 Ghana Premier League season produced seventeen goals and the league took full flight this weekend with some interesting results. Ghana Premier League debutants, Accra Lions played out a 1-1 draw with Elmina Sharks at the Accra Sports Stadium on Friday night in the first fixture of the new season. Asante Kotoko pulled out the ...

The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has directed the Road Safety Authority and the Police Motor Transport and Traffic Directorate (MTTD) to discharge their duties devoid of fear or favour. Otumfuo who is displeased with the increasing road fatalities and indiscipline among private and commercial vehicle drivers, directed the security agencies to arrest any Chief or person who flouts the ...

Nuno Espirito Santo has left his role as Tottenham Hotspur head coach after just four months in charge. The Portuguese boss, who left Premier League rivals Wolves at the end of last season, arrived at the north London club in the summer following a lengthy search to replace Jose Mourinho, who was sacked in April. Despite overseeing three wins in ...

Lionel Messi has insisted that nobody at Barcelona asked him to play for free, and that the club hurt him ahead of his move to PSG this summer. Messi stunned the football world this summer, leaving Barcelona for PSG as the club struggled to balance their books and faced a financial crisis. The Catalan giants could no longer afford Messi’s ...

The Ghanaian economy is currently a complete shambles-ravaged by insurmountable debt, catastrophically high budget deficits, a fast depreciating currency, extreme economic hardships, a tall list of taxes,unbearable cost of living and unprecedented levels of youth unemployment which has become a clear and present threat to national security. Reeling under the natural heavy criticism from the Ghanaian public for his mismanagement ...

Member of Parliament for South Danyi, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, has said the Police who are supposed to implement laws are rather violating the laws especially in the case of the attempted arrest of Madina Lawmaker, Francis-Xavier Sosu. This follows a letter written to the Police by Parliament about the inability of the Speaker to release Sosu to them as requested by ...

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), University of Ghana branch, has called on the management and Dean of Students of the University to probe the recent clash between students of the Commonwealth and Mensah Sarbah Halls and ensure those found culpable are punished. In a statement by the association, the UTAG-UG branch condemned the action by the students. “We ...

The Police guard assigned to Member of Parliament for Madina constituency, Inspectors Daniel Agbavor has been interdicted for alleged misconduct the Police administration has announced. He is alleged to have recklessly driven into a crowd after a protest last Monday, 25, October 2021, in the Madina constituency, directly endangering the lives of two senior officers and other civilians. The two ...