The National Tripartite Committee has announced a six per cent increase in Ghana’s National Daily Minimum Wage for 2021, to take effect on June 4. This was made known in a communique jointly signed by the Minister for employment and labor relations Ignatius Baffuor Awuah for government, president of the Ghana Employment’s Association Daniel Acheampong for employers, and the secretary-general ...

Former President John Mahama says Ghana’s economy and democracy are in dire traits which require broad consultation to address. According to Mr. Mahama, time is running out “and yet we can make things right if we work as one nation with a common destiny”. In a statement to mark this year’s June 4 Uprising, which was led by the late ...

Rapper, Sarkodie, on Thursday dropped a potential top-charting song he titled ‘Coachella’ The song, which features ‘Ground Up Chale’ crooner, Kwesi Arthur, comes off Sarkodie’s forthcoming ‘No Pressure’ album on July 9. The impressive song received a lot of airplay on Thursday. Most of the major radio platforms across the country released it through their flagship shows and also trended ...

Popular Ghanaian hiplife artiste, King Promise has called on the music industry to unite and work hard to secure a grammy award. In an interview on the Zone on Thursday, the ‘Oh Yeah’ hitmaker said “most Ghanaian musicians should not target only Ghanaians as their audience rather, their target audience should be everyone if they want to go international” According ...

2face Idibia says he chose to marry his wife, Annie Idibia because she stood by him when he had nothing. The ‘African Queen’ crooner who is a father to seven children; five from his previous relationships with other women and two with his wife, Annie Idibia, made this known during an interview with Hypertek’s Digital. The musician said Annie stuck by him through the rainy and sunny ...

The Municipal Chief Executive for Tarkwa Nsuaem, Hon. Benjamin Kessie who is also the Chairman of Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipal Security Council has embarked on operation which led to burning of Dredged Machines on the Bonsa River on May 24, 2021. The MCE indicated that some recalcitrant miners are not ready to support the AGENDA ,”Protecting Our Red Zones” rather indulging ...

There was drama in court on Friday when convenors of #fixthecountry clashed with the police in court prior to the hearing of the case in which the police is seeking a restraining order against their demonstration. In a matter of public order act 1994, the police is seeking restraining prohibition orders against the #fixthecountry protest. In court on Friday, the ...

Residents residing in Anwiafutu in the Jomoro Municipality of the Western Region are appealing with the government, the Jomoro Municipal Assembly, the Member of Parliament, NGOs and other philanthropists to come to their aid to assist them with some basic social amenities. Some residents in Anwiafutu who spoke to Jomoro based New Day FM said, they lack social amenities such ...

In a bid to help household owners and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria overcome the adverse effects caused by the Corona virus, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), through NIRSAL Microfinance Bank, has announced the reopening of its portal for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and households affected by COVID-19 to access up to $70,000. Chairman, Nigeria ...

Uganda’s opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu alias Bobi Wine has told Africanews that the human rights situation in Uganda has worsened since the January 14 election. Veteran ruler Yoweri Museveni was declared the winner of the controversial vote and was sworn in for another term in May. The election campaigns were dominated by episodes of deadly violence against Museveni’s opponents ...