President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will in the coming weeks launch a GHc100 billion Covid-19 development program Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Attah, has announced. The three and a half year programme is targeted at supporting businesses that may have suffered from the coronavirus pandemic. This, according to the minister, was borne out of deliberation within the presidency since the pandemic ...

Veteran Ghanaian actress, Madam Grace Omaboe aka Maame Dokono is appealing to all entertainment players in the country to desist from engaging in party politics as election beckons. According to her, the harm that supporting a political party publicly does to the career of any entertainer is worse than the benefits it comes along with. Speaking during an interview on ...

Former Accra Hearts of Oak defender, Anthony Nimo Asamoah known in football circles as ‘Condom’ has revealed that some of his playing mates used black magic, also known as ‘juju’ to ruin his career with the Phobians. Ghana football has been plagued with the thought that using ‘juju’ aids in the winning of games and enhances performance. It can be ...

Renowned journalist and Managing Editor of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako Jnr says COVID-19 has exposed fake pastors in the country. He is wondering why the so-called Prophets who are often seen and heard prophesying the deaths of some persons could not foresee the emergence of the pandemic. “Didn’t they foresee COVID-19? They can foresee deaths but they ...

The Electoral Commission has made public an approved rate for personnel who have been engaged in the 2020 voters registration exercise. The development comes after a GhanaWeb publication which projected the plights of some registration officials. The personnel had expressed discontentment over the decision by the body to pay them an amount they describe as “woefully inadequate.” They accused the EC of ...

The Electoral Commission has made public an approved rate for personnel who have been engaged in the 2020 voters registration exercise. The development comes after a GhanaWeb publication which projected the plights of some registration officials. The personnel had expressed discontentment over the decision by the body to pay them an amount they describe as “woefully inadequate.” They accused the EC of ...

The minority in parliament has described the Mid-Year Budget statement presented by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta as a manifesto and not a review of the mid-year budget. On Thursday, July 23, 2020, Ken Ofori Atta presented the budget review to parliament to give an overview of the macroeconomic development of government over the past 6 months and that for ...

Hearts of Oak are set to lose key striker Joseph Esso who has rejected fresh contract terms from the former African champions, according to Sunyani-based Nimdee FM. Hearts have proposed a USD$520.00 a month salary and a yearly earning of USD$5,200.00 for a proposed three-year period. Meanwhile Hearts intend to spread the yearly earning to cover for monthly salary in ...

Government has established a Guarantee Scheme of up to GH¢2 billion to enable businesses to borrow from banks at more affordable rates and at a longer tenor. This was announced by the Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta during the mid-year budget review and supplementary estimates on Thursday, July 23, 2020. Speaking on the floor of Parliament, the Minister noted that ...

The United States Government has lifted the visa sanctions imposed on some category of Ghanaians in 2019. The sanctions were over claims that Ghana was unreasonably delaying the return of its nationals ordered to be removed from the US. The lifting of the visa restrictions followed an agreement reached between Ghanaian officials and their United States counterparts which resulted in ...