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Ghana is facing multiple financial and economic challenges and has requested a US$3 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help it restore macroeconomic stability. This will include bringing public debt down to more manageable levels from the currently estimated 105% of GDP to 55% in present value terms by 2028. IMF assistance, which is yet to be approved… Continue reading Ghana’s domestic debt restructuring has stalled: four reasons why

Coach James Kwasi Appiah says he decided to apply for the vacant Black Stars job mainly to correct the wrong impression that local coaches were not cut out for the position. According to him, though his application was indeed an afterthought, he was motivated to challenge the status quo after hearing that over 60 coaches… Continue reading Kwasi Appiah: I’m more qualified for Stars job

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has charged four people for respective breaches of the Public Procurement Act, 2003 (Act 663) in their operations at the Northern Development Authority (NDA). The four are the Chief Executive of the Northern Development Authority, Mr. Sumaila Abdul-Rahman; the Deputy Chief Executive (Operations) of the NDA, Mr. Stephen… Continue reading 4 persons involved in Northern Dev. Authority; A&Qs Consortium contract charged by OSP.

The delay in the execution of a GH¢1.4 million project has resulted in the state paying an extra GH¢6.5 million. After awarding the contract to put up Adu Lodge in 2007 and paying 90 per cent of the contract sum, the contractor abandoned site, citing ill health. This caused the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and… Continue reading PAC sitting: Govt pays GH¢6.5m cost over delayed project.

The immediate past National Vice Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alhaji Said Sinare, says former President John Dramani Mahama is the most viable option to be elected the next leader of the country. Alhaji Sinare in a Facebook post said, Mr Mahama “knows what is wrong with this country and knows what… Continue reading Alhaji Said Sinare backs John Mahama’s presidential bid.

Social media users completely tore into self-proclaimed ‘dancehall king’ Shatta Wale after launching an assault on Twene Jonas. Wale during an interview was asked about recent comments from Jonas in which the U.S-based Ghanaian attacked Shatta Wale for his own prior attack on Nana Ama McBrown. Jonas heaped insults on Shatta Wale and called on him to stop… Continue reading Jonas Is 100% More Useful Than You – Fans Tear Into Shatta Wale After Calling Jonas A NobodyJonas Is 100% More Useful Than You –

The Executive Director for the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers, Ghana (COPEC), Duncan Amoah, says the price of petroleum products may see a decline if the oil secured by government is distributed this week. Price of fuel soared on Saturday, January 21, 2023, for the second pricing window after weeks of decline. This situation was attributed… Continue reading Gold for oil policy: Fuel prices may drop this week.

Adwoa, Freda and Richmond, who work at Kingsbridge Private Hospital on Belfast’s Lisburn Road, experienced the wonder of winter earlier this week with the arrival of a snow shower. The Ghanaian nurses look as joyous as children as they dance among the snowflakes, smiles beaming across their faces and eyes closed experiencing the pure magic of… Continue reading Joy of Ghanaian nurses in Belfast as they see snow for the very first time.

The Inspector General of the Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, has disclosed that one of the officers in charge of the missing CFA 190,000 retrieved from suspects is nowhere to be found. The fake currency, currently missing, was retrieved by the police from some suspects in 2016. According to the IGP, the said officer… Continue reading IGP: Officer in charge of missing CFA190,000 nowhere to be found. 

The Volta Region will host this year’s National Independence Day celebration. The venue will be the 5,000-capacity Ho Youth Resource Centre (located at Adaklu Tsrefe). The Director of Operations at the Office of the President, Lord Commey, led a delegation from the Office of the President to announce these to the Volta Regional House of… Continue reading Volta Region to host National Independence Day celebration.