Business

Ghana Card will save SSNIT $126 million – SSNIT boss

August 10, 2022

Director-General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Dr. John Ofori-Tenkorang has reiterated the benefits of the Ghana Card when properly synced to capture the bio data of all working Ghanaians and their survivors. According to him, only 2 million of the estimated 10 million working Ghanaians in both the formal and informal […]Continue Reading

SPORTS

World Cup 2022: Tournament set to start one day early with Qatar v Ecuador

August 10, 2022

The World Cup is set to start one day earlier than planned on Sunday, 20 November with hosts Qatar taking on Ecuador. The Group A opener was due to be played on 21 November at 16:00 GMT, as the third match of the competition. The opening match of the tournament was to be Senegal against […]Continue Reading

Business

Exim Bank supports Project Amplified

August 10, 2022

The Ghana Exim Bank has supported Amplified, a social marketing project of the Ministry of Information to help promote business innovations and the activities of social entrepreneurs in the country. The support will ensure a season one (1) of the project totaling 10 episodes which will help beneficiaries to promote their products and services to […]Continue Reading

ENTERTAINMENT

Ghana DJ Awards organisers partner Joy Entertainment for annual festival

August 10, 2022

Merqury Republic Africa has announced a partnership with Joy Entertainment for the 10th annual Ghana DJ Awards Festival. Pursuant to its reputation for dedicated support to the Ghanaian Arts and Entertainment Industry, Joy Entertainment will oversee all related publicity initiatives, targeted at making the 10th edition of Ghana DJ Awards Festival a success. This will […]Continue Reading

NEWS

1,443 persons died through road accidents between January to July 2022 – MTTD

August 10, 2022

A total of 1,443 persons lost their lives in road crashes between the period of January and July, 2022. That is according to the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD). The MTTD revealed that 9,218 persons also got injured through accidents during the same period. This is from 886 reports received between the period. Director of […]Continue Reading

Foreign

Man arrested for marrying off underage, mentally disabled daughter to 3 different men for money

August 10, 2022

A man in central China married off his mentally disabled teenage daughter on three occasions between 2018 and 2021 to three different men for cash. The father, surnamed Xie, from Lianyuan Hunan province, sold his daughter Tingting to receive bride payments. He claimed that his daughter was over 20 years old, although she was born […]Continue Reading

ENTERTAINMENT

Robbers attack popular Nigerian actor; demand ₦20m

August 10, 2022

On Monday night, armed robbers invaded the Abeokuta home of the famous Nigerian actor Hafiz ‘Saka’ Oyetoro, demanding ₦20 million. The actor’s filmmaker friend, Kayode Soaga, who confirmed the incident on Facebook on Monday, said the robbers wielded pump action guns, machetes, and break-in tools and unleashed mayhem on the neighbourhood. Mr. Soaga said the […]Continue Reading

NEWS

Military deployed to Yilo Krobo ahead of pre-paid meter installation

August 10, 2022

The Eastern Regional Security Council says it has deployed military personnel to the Yilo Krobo District to carry out an intelligence-led assessment ahead of the next phase of installation of pre-paid meters by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). According to the Minister, Seth Acheampong, the security personnel will ensure the safety of ECG officers […]Continue Reading

NEWS

Akufo-Addo appoints new head for YEA

August 10, 2022

President Akufo-Addo has appointed the Deputy Director of Communication at the Presidency, Mr. Kofi Baah Agyepong as acting Chief Executive Officer of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA). Mr. Agyepong takes over from Mr. Justin Kodua Frimpong, who resigned to focus on his role as the General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). A letter […]Continue Reading

Business

Finance Minister revises IMF financial package under Program to $3 billion

August 9, 2022

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has revealed that Ghana could get about $3 billion dollars from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under a FUND program. This is a little bit higher than the initial one billion dollar disclosed by the Finance Minister to the Bloomberg News in July when the IMF team paid a visit to […]Continue Reading