NEWS Opinion

Magnus Naabe RexDanquah: No person, party, group have the right to mortgage a nation’s future and shared destinies

May 17, 2022

The Agyapa Mineral Royalties Collateralization Illusion The great I AM THAT I AM had very great reasons to change our life spans from the days of Jared, Noah and Methuselah when they lived past hundreds of years to our current dispensation of 70 years. Jared was, technically, a forefather of Noah and his three sons, […]Continue Reading

Business

IEA projects 19% policy rate; describes inflation targeting framework as inefficient

May 17, 2022

The Institute of Economic Affairs is projecting a 200 basis points increase in the policy rate (PR) of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to 19.0%. This, it believes, will help narrow the gap with the rising inflation and also ease to some extent the risk of foreign currency outflows. However, the move will increase the […]Continue Reading

Foreign SPORTS

AFCON 2023Q: São Tomé kicked out of qualifiers over missing COVID certificate

May 17, 2022

Sao Tome and Principe have been kicked out of the qualifiers for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) after forward Luis Leal failed to provide a valid COVID-19 test prior to their preliminary round victory over Mauritius in March. The experienced Leal scored in the 1-0 first-leg victory. The second leg, also played in […]Continue Reading

NEWS SPORTS

Kurt Okraku doing an incredible job as GFA President – Asamoah Gyan

May 17, 2022

  Former Black Stars captain, Asamoah Gyan has expressed confidence in the current Ghana Football Association (GFA) administration, led by Kurt Okraku. Gyan believes Kurt Okraku has effectively translated his knowledge of football administration as a club owner to his role as the president of the GFA. He argued that Mr. Okraku, who came into […]Continue Reading

Crime NEWS

Family heads to court over death of relative in police custody

May 17, 2022

The family of 27-year-old businessman, Albert Donkor, who died under mysterious circumstances in police custody has filed a case at the Accra High Court seeking justice for their relative. Family spokesperson and an uncle, Rev. Dr. Mathias Sarkodie, insists that Albert may have been targeted after chancing on a robbery scene involving some police officers. […]Continue Reading

Foreign NEWS

Togo officially opens land borders after two years

May 17, 2022

Migrants and petty traders can now move freely between Ghana and Togo after the opening of the Togo side of the border. The border was opened at midnight on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. For the past two years, some countries within the subregion have closed land borders in a desperate quest to curb the spread […]Continue Reading

NEWS Uncategorized

‘I’ve been charged with careless, inconsiderate driving’- Oliver Barker-Vormawor

May 17, 2022

The convener of the FixTheCountry movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, has been arrested by the police. An earlier report said Mr. Barker-Vormavor was picked up on his way to the High Court in Tema. In a Facebook post, the embattled activist indicated that he had been charged with “careless and inconsiderate driving.” “I have been charged with […]Continue Reading

NEWS

‘No further development at Bulgarian Embassy pending court cases’ – Lands Ministry orders

May 17, 2022

The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has directed that there should be ‘no further developments” on the land housing the demolished Bulgarian Embassy in Accra pending the final determination of legal matters. The Ministry says “for the avoidance of doubt, no person or entity is to carry out any development on the said land […]Continue Reading

Crime

Man, 30, dies in girlfriend’s room after sleepover

May 17, 2022

A 34-year-old man, Mr Philip Arkoh, has died in his girlfriend’s room at Asawase in the Asokore Mampong Municipality of the Ashanti region. The incident occurred on Sunday, May 15, 2022. The Assembly member for the area, Mr. Matthew Amissah, told Class 93.1 FM’s Elisha Adarkwah that the man visited the girlfriend and decided to […]Continue Reading

Business

Agongo’s lithovit fertiliser is our ‘messiah’; it gave us more yield, money and made us happy – Cocoa farmer

May 17, 2022

  A cocoa farmer, Samuel Torbi, the second defence witness for Dr Stephen Opuni, a former CEO of the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod), who is standing trial along with businessman Seidu Agongo for causing financial loss of GHS217 million to the state, has told the High Court trying the case that lithovit liquid fertiliser was […]Continue Reading