Ghana’s readiness for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) remains uninspiring six days before the Black Stars kick off their campaign in the Ivory Coast. On Monday evening the Black Stars settled for an uninspiring goalless draw with Namibia in their final friendly match. The game played at the Read more…
Former Ghana international, Asamoah Gyan, as well as other football legends including El Hadji Diouf, Ahmed Hassan and Augustine ‘Jay-Jay’ Okocha are the first names to be signed up in the newly-established CAF Ambassadors program. Football Legends, community role models and other popular personalities will form part of the CAF Read more…
A day after the Government of Ghana cancelled Nana Kwame Bediako’sConvention 2024, following which he unveiled himself as the man behind the maskin the stealth political campaign, a number of large-sized billboards haveemerged around the country announcing him as a likely presidential candidate inElection 2024. Although the billboards do not Read more…
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II on Sunday, January 7, celebrated the first Akwasidae of 2024, a year in which he will be marking the Silver Jubilee of his enthronement. Held at the Manhyia Palace, the celebration brought together chiefs and people of Asanteman as well as well wishers from Read more…
Norwalk Brands LLC, a leader in premium natural personal care products, has announced a strategic partnership with Naasakle International, owner of beloved shea butter brands Eu’Genia and Mother’s Shea. This strategic move significantly expands Norwalk’s presence in the premium shea and natural ingredients market, bringing two highly respected brands with Read more…
Chairman for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, says President Akufo-Addo should not expect a congratulatory message from former President John Mahama for his 2020 election victory. According to him, the President should rather channel his energy into bringing to book the perpetrators who killed eight people during Read more…
Afua Asantewa, the Ghanaian event organiser who recently attempted to break Guinness World Records’ longest singing marathon, is unfazed by criticism after naming Kuami Eugene as her crush. Afua Asantewaa had in an interview with Joy Prime expressed her admiration for Kuami Eugene’s music talent. She told the interviewer IB Read more…
A former Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, has recommended specific areas of the 1992 4th Republican Constitution that should be considered for amendments. The areas are; separation of powers between the Executive and the Legislature, the Council of State, and Local government In his address during Read more…
Private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu, has expressed his disappointment in the government for revoking the permit of a rally dubbed ‘The Convention 2024’, organised by the New Africa Foundation. The Convention, which assembled influential African thought leaders was scheduled to take place at 5 pm at the Black Stars Square Read more…
The Asokwa Circuit Court 2 in Kumasi has sentenced Senyah Poku and Yaa Serwaa of Senyah Poku Enterprise, an unlicensed foreign exchange bureau operating in Patase, Kumasi, to a fine of six hundred penalty units equivalent to¢7,200.00 each. The convicted persons pleaded guilty to charges of “Conspiracy to Engage in Read more…
Some irate youth at KpareKpare, a farming community in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region, have chased out nomadic herdsmen, who fled Adaklu in the Volta Region to seek refuge in the community. The youth also burnt the houses of some herders, who had lived in the KpareKpare Read more…
The management of the Oti Regional Education Directorate, has announced the reopening of schools in the Nkwanta South Municipality. The Regional Director, Nana Kugbeadzor-Bakateyi II in a correspondence to the heads of all the schools in the municipality, said the education facilities; both basic and second cycle schools are to Read more…
Finance Professor at Andrews University in Michigan, USA, Williams Peprah is advising the government to put in the necessary efforts to convince Ghana’s official creditors to urgently restructure some $5.4 billion loans urgently. With Ghana’s official creditors meeting today, January 8, 2024, on the country’s external debt restructuring, Professor Peprah Read more…
The Ghana cedi is expected to lose about 8.4% in value to the US dollar in the retail market in 2024, IC Research has stated. It foresees the mid-dollar rate to the cedi at ¢13.10. The expected depreciation of the cedi will be far lower than the about 15.2% recorded Read more…
Electroland Ghana Limited has presented GH¢15,000 in support of Chef Failatu Abdul-Razak extending her hours in a cook-a-thon to break the Guinness Book of Records. According to Adiza Ibrahim Sadiq, Head of Marketing & Media Relations at the company, the contestant started with the intention of breaking 120 hours, but Read more…
A high school student from Delaware Military Academy, Maame Adwoa Kyeremaah Manu, has donated medical supplies to the Child Health Emergency Unit of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra. The items presented were valued at a total of $1,500 including a cash donation. Speaking on the motivation for this donation, Read more…
The tech giant is compensating US customers and faces similar allegations in the UK. Source: BBC
Multitudes have thronged the Modern City hotel in Tamale, but beyond the common goal of supporting chef Abdul-Razak Faila on her cook-a-thon, some have personal agenda. During an interview with some supporters on Joy Prime, a daring woman boldly revealed she traveled to the venue in search of her husband. Read more…
Evidence of widespread abuse and torture by the founder of one of the world’s biggest Christian evangelical churches has been uncovered by the BBC. Dozens of ex-Synagogue Church of all Nations members – five British – allege atrocities, including rape and forced abortions, by Nigeria’s late TB Joshua. The allegations Read more…
Evidence of widespread abuse and torture by the founder of one of the world’s biggest Christian evangelical churches has been uncovered by the BBC. Dozens of ex-Synagogue Church of all Nations members – five British – allege atrocities, including rape and forced abortions, by Nigeria’s late TB Joshua. The allegations Read more…