The Court of Appeal in Cape Coast in the Central Region yesterday dismissed an application for stay of proceedings filed by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Assin North, James Gyekye Quayson, over his dual citizenship matter. The embattled MP’s eligibility to represent Assin North is being challenged by one Michael Ankomah Nimfah, who is claiming ...

The Executive Director of the State Interest and Governance Authority (SIGA), Mr Stephen Asamoah-Boateng, has issued a warning to chief executives who failed to submit their financial statements to the Ministry of Finance since 2016, to quickly do so else risk being dismissed. This is after it emerged that 47 state-owned enterprises have not done so in contravention to the ...

Parliament will not work to frustrate the business of the Executive Speaker Alban Bagbin has said. Mr Bagbin said he has built a healthy working relationship with President Nana Akufo-Addo and also reached out to the Chief Justice and is happy with the harmonious working relationship between them. He noted that the good working relationship has translated into the successes ...

Japanese superstar Naomi Osaka suffered a surprise exit in her home Olympics as Czech Marketa Vondrousova earned a straight-set win in Tokyo. Osaka, 23, has been one of the faces of the Games in the Japanese capital and had the honour of lighting the Olympic cauldron in last week’s opening ceremony. But the four-time Grand Slam champion could not back ...

The Buduburam Camp, which, for over two decades, has served as home for Liberian refugees, is to be demolished to pave the way for the redevelopment of the area. The place will be gentrified to have a senior high school, a residential community, and a modern market. The camp, which was decommissioned as a refugee base by the United Nations ...

The business community in Ghana is not enthused about the decision of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to keep the policy rate at 13.5 per cent. The central bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) maintained the policy rate at 13.5 per cent at its meeting on Monday, 26 July 2021. The committee said this is because its assessment showed that the ...

Ghanaian highlife legend Pat Thomas has made his way through to Hollywood as his 1976 hit single ‘I Can Say’ makes Marvel’s ‘Loki’ season one finale soundtrack cut. The ‘Loki’ finale just turned the Marvel Cinematic Universe upside down and it may never be the same, according to ‘Insider’.   The ‘sacred timeline’ the Time Variance Authority (TVA) swore to ...

Energy Minister Mathew Opoku Prempeh has urged executives of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Manhyia constituency of the Ashanti Region, to start preaching about the numerous achievements of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s government to help win more souls for the party and make victory 2024 a mere formality. Dr Prempeh said this on Sunday, 25 July ...

Ghana’s Sulemanu Tetteh will face Cuban boxer Veitia Yosbany in the round of 16 in the 48-52kg flyweight boxing at the Olympic games after securing victory over Dominican Marte de la Rosa Rodrigo on Monday morning. Sulemanu Tetteh who is the captain for Ghana’s boxing team displayed incredible energy to fight from behind to secure a 3-2 victory over his ...

Member of Parliament for Ajumako Enyam Essiam Constituency and Minority Ranking Member on the Finance Committee of Parliament, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, says Ghana could fail to meet its debt service obligations if urgent steps are not taken to seek debt relief from its lenders. The Finance and Accounting expert was speaking at a Policy Dialogue held at the University ...