The Minister for special development Initiatives and the peoples representative for Awutu Senya East constituency Mavis Hawa Koomson on Friday, 23 October took a working visit to the Salaga North and South constituencies and commissioned a market, CHPS compound and Clinic. Commissioning the market and storage facility in Bunjai in Salaga North constituency she said that “I used to come ...

A High Court Judge, Justice Amos Wuntah Wuni, was prohibited by the Supreme Court from presiding over the contempt trial of Mr. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong because the apex court concluded that he was biased towards the legislator. According to the Supreme Court, Justice Wuni exhibited bias due to the use of the phrase ‘severely punished’ in a contempt summons to ...

An Accra High Court (Commercial Court 10), presided over by Justice Jennifer Abena Dadzie, has awarded damages of One Million cedis against controversial social media commentator, Kelvin Taylor, for defamatory statements he made against the Senior Partner of Accra-based corporate law firm, Africa Legal Asociates (ALA) and public figure Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko. Kevin Taylor has been consistent in criticizing Mr ...

Outspoken reggae artist and broadcaster, Blakk Rasta has recounted his side of the story on how the longstanding rift between himself and Shatta Wale began. The veteran reggae musician bemoaned that Shatta Wale disrespected him and expressed no remorse after he helped him find his feet during the lowest moments in the beginning stages of the latter’s career. Speaking in ...

Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has debunked claims that Ghana has once again been ranked in the category of Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC). According to him, the numerous publications making rounds on social media purporting that the country has returned to HIPC is false. Speaking at the Nation Building Updates on Tuesday in Accra, the Minister noted that ...

An Economist and Professor of Finance at the University of Ghana Business School, Godfred Bokpin, says Ghana’s return to HIPC (Highly Indebted Poor Country) is not surprising. The World Bank has listed Ghana in the Category of the Highly Indebted Poor Countries on its website. A report projects Ghana’s debt to GDP which currently stands at 68.3% will hit 76.7% ...

The wife of one of Ghana’s Members of Parliament (MPs) has detailed how even though her husband is campaigning for another term in Parliament, he has done virtually nothing in his constituency. According to the distraught wife, her husband spends more money on two slay queens of his than he spends on projects in his constituency, stressing that even though ...

Striker Raphael Dwamena’s career has suffered another big setback after his Danish team Vejle Boldklub terminated his contract due to his heart condition. The club announced on Monday that they have been forced to withdraw the Ghana striker from the pitch. Rapheal Dwamena’s heart problem first came up in his botched transfer to English Premier League side Brighton and Hove ...

The Circuit Court in Accra presided over by Mr Emmanuel Marvin Essandoh has admitted Dr Nathaniel Acolatse, an alleged financier of Western Togoland branch of Lapaz and his organiser to bail. Dr Acolatse, a clinician at Amasaman government hospital and Samuel Kasraku, a carpenter were both granted bail in the sum of GH ¢100,000 with two sureties each. The sureties ...

President Akufo-Addo has launched the Ghana Improved Cooking distribution project which will see the manufacturing and free distribution of 500,000 improved charcoal stoves in Ghana to 350,000 rural households across the country by 2021 which will benefit approximately 1.8 million Ghanaians. Launching the $5.5million South Korea Government funded project on Monday October 26,2020 at Akuse in the Eastern Region, President ...