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A Tuesday night violence among supporters of the ruling party in Karaga has caused the District Chief Executive and the party youth organizer who is also the Youth Employment Agency director to flee the area. Mr. Alhassan Yabdoo, chairman of the area’s Security Council, and Mohammed Baba Osman all raised security concerns before fleeing to the Regional capital, Tamale to ...

The Central Bank has said untrained staff in the banking sector and the high cost of borrowing are major causes of rising loan default. Non-performing loans in the sector currently stand at 14.2 percent high, above the accepted benchmark of 5 percent. According to statistics from Rural Banks Performance Report as at March this year, 98 out of the 121 ...

A former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Betty Mould Iddrisu could be nursing an ambition to became the first female Chairperson of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) if the posters circulating on social media are anything to go by. The NDC last week revealed its time table for the election of new officers staring from branch, constituency, regional ...

Constituents in the Assin Central have promised a showdown with detractors of the lawmaker for the area. They alleged that some elements within the party in collusion with National Democratic Congress (NDC) faithful are planning a demonstration against New Patriotic Party (NPP) firebrand Kennedy Agyepong, who is also the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency. But in response to ...

Supporters of feuding executives of the New Patriotic Party in the Karaga constituency clashed Tuesday night vandalizing party installation, an alleged military van and invading a police station in a spread of violence that continues to rock the Northern region. The violence began Monday afternoon with an attack on the Youth Employment coordinator who is also the constituency youth organizer, ...

The headmaster of Apostle Safo Senior High School, Nana Asante, has debunked rumours of abuse of students. Earlier reports reaching YEN.com.gh revealed that the movements of students were being restricted, usually at specified hours in a day. The report also stated that the dormitories for the female students are usually locked with padlocks, in order to prevent movement in or ...

The government of Ghana has cancelled Emergency Visa or Arrival Visa for Chinese nationals as part of the fight against illegal Mining. Emergency Visa Policy was introduced by the Ghana Immigration Service to cater for visitors/business people who travel at short notice from countries where Ghana has no mission or consulate. The policy authorizes visas to be granted on arrival ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has ‘mocked’ some media houses that are serializing some sections of the Prof. Kwesi Botchwey committee report to the public. According to the former President, since the media has decided to blame the report for every happening in the country, they should not forget to use quotes from it in times of crisis. The Kwesi ...

Spokesperson for the Minority on Finance Isaac Adongo has warned investors to be cautious about the 2.5 billion dollar bond floated by the government to offset the Energy Sector debt. According to him, the process adopted by the government for the bond portends a high risk for investors. “I want investors to know that this is a political risk. The ...

The presidency of Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo currently has one of the largest number of cabinet ministers ever in the history of Ghana’s 4th republic. But Nana Addo has justified the decision to bring on board the expertise of over 100 ministers as he has argued that the economic woes of the country demands a stronger team of technocrats who ...