Foreign

Raila Odinga files petition to challenge Kenyan election outcome

August 22, 2022

Kenyan presidential candidate Raila Odinga has filed an electronic copy of his challenge against the results of this month’s election, a lawyer for his Azimio La Umoja coalition has told a local broadcaster. “What we did this morning is to file the online copy,” lawyer Daniel Maanzo told Kenyan television channel NTV Kenya on Monday. […]Continue Reading

EDUCATION

Don’t accept contract extension by Akufo-Addo – Teachers tell Boateng

August 22, 2022

Teacher unions have appealed to Mr Anthony Boateng to respectfully decline the contract extension by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Mr Akufo-Addo has decided to extend the contract of service of the Deputy Director-General (Management Services) of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Mr Boateng for a year. A press statement dated August 19, 2022, signed […]Continue Reading

NEWS

Bawumia plays blame game with Ghana’s economic problems – US economist

August 22, 2022

A professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University has accused the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, of playing blame games with Ghana’s economic problems. Steven Hanke said he has noticed that the Veep likes to shift responsibility regarding the country’s economic woes. In a tweet on Monday, he added that based on his assessment […]Continue Reading

NEWS

SIM registration: Self-service app still offline 3 weeks after Owusu-Ekuful’s announcement

August 22, 2022

There is growing concern about the self-service application which was promised by government some three weeks ago. Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, on August 2, announced that a self-service SIM re-registration app will be launched to enable the public re-register their SIM cards in the comfort of their homes. This was to reduce long queues at […]Continue Reading

Business

GUTA to close shops on August 29 to demonstrate against rapid cedi depreciation

August 22, 2022

Members of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), say they will close down all their shops on Monday, August 29, to demonstrate against the persistent depreciation of the Ghana Cedi. According to them, the rapid fall of the Cedi is having a negative impact on their businesses, hence their decision to stage the protest. […]Continue Reading

Business

FBNBank celebrates 2022 edition of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Week

August 22, 2022

FBNBank has announced that it is will be celebrating this year’s edition of its annual Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Week (CR&S) from August 22 to 26. It is under the theme, “Making kindness a way of life” with the call for all to “Start Performing Acts of Random Kindness.” The CR&S Week commemoration has become […]Continue Reading

EDUCATION

Make scapegoat of students involved in Conti-Katanga clash – KNUST lecturer to management

August 22, 2022

A lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has asked the management to severely punish the students involved in the Conti-Katanga clash. Dr Jones Opoku-Ware said such acts endanger academic freedom and cannot be ignored. As a result, he wants those involved in the clash to be punished to serve as a […]Continue Reading

Business

BoG cautions public against 19 entities engaged in loan services without license

August 22, 2022

The Bank of Ghana is cautioning the public against unlicensed entities engaged in the provision of loans to consumers, in contravention of the Banks and Specialised Deposit-Taking Institutions Act, 2016. According to the Central Bank, these illegal entities mostly employ the use of mobile applications and social media in their activities. The entities which are […]Continue Reading

NEWS

Labianca case: Appointing Council of State member to GPHA board smacks of elite capture – Former CDD-Ghana boss

August 22, 2022

Former Executive Director of governance think tank, Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Prof Emmanuel Gyimah Boadi is questioning President Akufo-Addo’s appointment of a Council of State member onto the Ghana Ports of Harbor Authority board. Eunice Jacqueline Buah Asomah-Hinneh is currently embroiled in a dispute with the Special Prosecutor over Continue Reading

POLITICS

Conduct of chiefs contributing to Ghana’s problems – Sulemana Braimah

August 22, 2022

The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah, says the conduct of chiefs is part of the country’s problems. According to him, many traditional rulers do not exhibit good conduct worthy of emulation. He told Benjamin Akakpo on the AM Show on Monday that some chiefs even engage in fruitless conflict and […]Continue Reading