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The Management of Freedom Coin has described as premature the Bank of Ghana’s statement on their planned Coin launch. Freedom Coin was announced at the Black Star Square on Ghana’s Independence Day, 6th March 2022. In a statement, the Company explained that after the announcement, “however, there were no specifics given about what the product was going to be and ...

The General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr John Boadu, has stated that the party has instituted an internal investigative process into the Fomena Constituency disturbances in the Ashanti Region which resulted in some supporters painting the office in the colours of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). Mr Boadu said anyone found culpable shall be disciplined ...

The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu, has directed the Clerk of Parliament to delete names of Members of Parliament who have smuggled their names onto the attendance sheets. Some MPs have been accused of smuggling their names into the attendance sheets even when they do not show up for work. On Thursday the house was forced to abandon ...

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has warned Ghanaians against trading in the yet to be launched cryptocurrency named “Freedom Coin”. “The public is hereby cautioned that neither this cryptocurrency nor the promoting company has approval from Bank of Ghana to operate in the banking and payment sector. Lands For Sale In Acres at Aburi Amanfrom, Watch the video Below; “In ...

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is in full support of the controversial Electronic Transaction Levy despite his palpable silence on conversations around it, General Secretary of the ruling party has said. According to John Boadu, the Vice President has not spoken about it because he is not expected to comment on everything. “I can tell you for a fact that ...

Former President John Mahama has describing as dangerous the Supreme Court ruling that Deputy Speaker can vote and be part of the quorum for decision making when he presides over affairs in Parliament. “A unanimous 7-0? Shocking but not surprising. An unfortunate interpretation for convenience that sets a dangerous precedent of judicial interference in Parliamentary procedure for the future,” Mr ...

Ghana’s Attorney General, Mr Godfred Dame has asked the Tema High Court to refuse the bail application of #FixTheCountry Movement convener Oliver Barker-Vormawor because the youth activist, who is standing trial for treason felony after threatening a coup on social media in connection with the e-levy, has been uncooperative with the investigators. The Minister of Justice, in a document to ...

Ten students were illegally admitted into the Ghana School of Law (GSL) in 2021. This was contained in a report by a committee of enquiry set up by the General Legal Council (GLC). The report also recommended the withdrawal of the 10 illegally-admitted students. The report said: “Council decided that the ten (10) students who were identified in the Committee ...

The President of the IMANI Centre for Policy and Education, Mr Franklin Cudjoe, has questioned the proposal by Attorney General Godfred Dame for the annulment of the 2020 parliamentary poll as part of efforts to correct the lack of parliamentary representation for the people of SALL. Mr Dame has also proposed that new elections be held in the constituency to ...

Tullow Oil plc, the independent oil and gas exploration and production group, has announced its full-year results for the year ended 31 December 2021. CEO Rahul Dhir, Chief Executive Officer of Tullow Oil plc, said: “Following a transformational 2021, in which Tullow successfully refinanced its balance sheet, drilled highly productive wells in Ghana and demonstrated operational excellence and financial discipline ...