Ghana U-20 star, Abdul Fatawu Issahaku, has presented the “Best Player of Tournament” award he won at the just ended U-20 Africa Cup of Nations to Minority Leader of Ghana’s Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu. The 16-year-old midfielder was singled out as the tournament’s poster boy with his cultured left foot, soccer IQ and dexterity. Fatawu, who plays for Tamale-based lower division ...

The COVID-19 Pandemic has pushed the country’s deficit and debts to worrying levels, according to statistics presented in the 2021 Budget statement read in Parliament on Friday by the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu. He said the current debt stock is 291.6 billion cedis with 76.1% GDP as compared to 2016 where the debt stock was 122 billion ...

Swansea City boss Steve Cooper has disclosed that his team is yet to receive an invite from the Ghana Football Association for Andre Dede Ayew ahead of the international break next week. The Black Stars captain is likely to be called up for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying games against South Africa and Sao Tome and Principe on ...

Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and caretaker Minister for Finance, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, has said that the government lost revenues totaling GHC13.6billion due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Delivering the Budget and Economic Policy to Parliament on Friday, the MP for Suame said “IMF data indicate that the global economy is expected to grow at 5.5%. This reflects an expected positive turnaround. ...

Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and caretaker Minister for Finance, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, has said that government’s Coronavirus Alleviation and Revitalization of Enterprise Support (CARES) initiative is a singular and remarkable financial investment in the Ghanaian economy by a sitting government. Presenting the 2021 budget statement and economic policy on the floor of Parliament on Friday, March 12, 2021, Mr. Osei ...

Government is introducing a Covid-19 Health Levy of 1% on Vat, Flat Rate Scheme (VFRS) and a 1% on National Health Insurance Levy (NHIL) as part of revenue measures to help the economy recover. Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Majority leader Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu who disclosed this during the 2021 Budget Statement in Accra on Friday, March 12, 2021, ...

The Board chairman for Bofoakwa Tano, Yaw Boateng, says the team is not ready to trade their striker Welbeck Takyi with any team in the ongoing transfer window. The youngster is in top form for the Bono club and has scored nine goals in 11 appearances in the ongoing campaign. The youngster is on the radar of most Premier League ...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta insists Thomas Partey’s early substitution in the second half of their Europa League game against Olympiacos was purely tactical. Thomas Partey provided the assist as Arsenal took a 34th-minute lead through Martin Odegaard, but had to be replaced ten minutes after the break by Dani Ceballos. “No, it was all tactical decisions or things that we ...

Government has announced the suspension of vehicle income tax for beneficiaries of commercial public transport popularly called Trotros and taxis to reduce the cost of transportation under its tax relief program. Small businesses will also enjoy the suspension of income tax stamp payments. This was contained in the 2021 Budget statement read in Parliament by the Minister for Parliamentary affairs ...

South African businessman Patrice Motsepe has been elected the new President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). He was elected by popular acclamation on Friday, March 12 in Rabat, Morocco as he was the sole candidate for the top job on the African continent. He replaces Dr Ahmad Ahmad, who was in 2020 handed a 5-year ban by the ...