NEWS

Heir apparent to Yaa Naa Mahama Abubakari Mahama II passes on

August 18, 2022

Dagbon has been plunged into mourning following the announcement of the untimely death of the heir apparent to the Dagbon Skin, the Mion-Lana, Naa Abdulai III. He was the next in line after Yaa Naa Abukari Mahama II based on the rotational system of the Dagbon kingship. Known in private life as Mahamadu Abdulai, the […]Continue Reading

Opinion

Ghana Loses Galamsey Fight at Own Risk

August 18, 2022

The Anchor dreads a day very sooner than later, when Ghanaian would be told in a modern Ghana tell-tales that people of Ga-Mashie wake up to the mischief of meeting heaps of judiciously-guarded dug-sand right at the MantseAgbonaa, being sieves with gusto, and brazen bizarre of doing galamsey right in the heart of the national […]Continue Reading

Opinion

Include ‘UP Tradition’ In NPP Constitution To Avoid Future Mistakes

August 18, 2022

A policy analyst and member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Razak Kojo Opoku, is urging the current leadership of the party to include the “UP Tradition” in the Constitution of NPP and take steps to correct the narrative in order to prevent the confusion associated with the usage of Danquah-Dombo-Busia or Danquah-Busia-Dombo Tradition by […]Continue Reading

NEWS

Bawumia blames economic woes on Covid-19, Ukraine-Russia war, banking reforms

August 18, 2022

Government has blamed the country’s economic crisis on the effects of the banking reforms, Covid-19 and the Ukraine-Russia war. Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia speaking on Wednesday explained that the banking reforms cost the nation $7 billion. An amount, he argued could have been invested in the country’s economy if not for the negligence of […]Continue Reading

Opinion

Editorial: A Feather In Cap For Agric Ministry If…

August 16, 2022

The Anchor sees it as heart-warming, the government’s resolve to tackle agriculture with all the priority it demands and deserves, especially, at this time when the prices of every primary commodity has been on the increase on the market. We also deem it as better late than never, though. We’d been arguing this within ourselves, […]Continue Reading

HEALTH NEWS

Ghana Is Experiencing “Mental Health Inflation” – Psychologist

August 16, 2022

Dr Collins Agyemang Badu, National President, Ghana Psychological Association (GPA), says Ghana is currently experiencing “mental health inflation.” He attributed the problem to stress, anxiety, and loss of jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic; the increase in crime, violence amongst the youth and high level of unemployment, amongst others. Dr Badu said in terms of […]Continue Reading

NEWS

GNPC-KNUST Scholars Retool Kumasi Central Prisons Skill Training Center

August 16, 2022

Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) Cohort 4 Awardees at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), have donated equipment to the Kumasi Central Prisons Skill Training Centre. The items will replace obsolete equipment at the facility. The donation worth GH₵20,000 forms part of the awardees’ social responsibilities as beneficiaries of the Continue Reading

EDUCATION NEWS

Overaged GES Boss Finally Exits Today; Headmasters, Teachers To Throw Party

August 16, 2022

After weeks of intense lobbying through his loyalists for another extension of contract without success, Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES) in-charge of Management Services (MS), Anthony Boateng, will finally exit the service today, August 16, 2022. This is after he had attained his retirement age of 60, two years ago, but was […]Continue Reading

Foreign NEWS

William Ruto Declared Winner Of Kenyan Presidential Vote Amid Chaos At Election Center

August 15, 2022

Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto has been elected as the country’s next President, the electoral commission announced Monday. Ruto won with 50.49% of the vote, narrowly defeating veteran opposition leader and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who was contesting his fifth election. He will become Kenya’s fifth President since independence, winning Continue Reading

NEWS

It’s a fact that external factors have negatively affected Ghana’s economy – UGBS Lecturer

August 15, 2022

External factors shave obviously impacted Ghana’s economy negatively, a senior lecturer at the University of Ghana Business School Dr Patrick Asuming, has said. Dr Asuming explained that when the prices of crude oil on the international market went up, it affected the prices of fuel in Ghana. This, he said, he led to the upward […]Continue Reading