Latest figures released by the Bank of Ghana indicate that in two months, the country’s public debt stock has increased by GH¢3.5 billion. By this, Ghana’s total public debt stock increased from about GH¢332 billion in May 2021 to about GHC336 billion in July 2021. According to the latest Bank …
Read More »All You Need To Know About The $2bn Sinohydro Deal
In its quest to bridge the severe infrastructure deficit in the country, the government entered into a $2 billion Master Project Support Agreement (MPSA) with the Chinese state-run, Sinohydro Corporation Limited in September 2018. Under the deal, Sinohydro, a hydropower engineering and construction firm, will finance and …
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Police Pay Medical Bills Of Residents Assaulted By Its Officers In Tamale
The police administration has disclosed that it has fully paid for the medical bills of some residents in Tamale who were assaulted by its officers. It will be recalled that on Monday, September 20, 2021, some police personnel manhandled residents of Zujung, Lamashegu, and Nakpan Zou over alleged power theft. …
Read More »2024 Elections: I Want To See Bawumia As The Next President; There’s ‘Magic’ In Him! – Allotey Jacobs
Former Central Regional Chairman of the largest opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bernard Allotey Jacobs, has called for maximum support for Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to be the next President of Ghana. Although Dr. Bawumia hasn’t been elected or declared flagbearer of the governing New Patriotic Party(NPP), …
Read More »Ghanaian Actors Are Not Serious About Their Destiny – Wakefield Akuaku
Veteran Actor Wakefield Akuaku expressed how some Ghanaian actors are not serious about their destiny. He pointed out that actors do not have any policies to take care of them in emergencies. As a guest on Anigye mere, he shared his opinion with Christian Agyei Frimpong on Onua TV last …
Read More »C/R: Policeman Frees Female Suspect After Sex With Her In Cells
A policeman stationed at the Nkanfoa Police Station in the Central Region allegedly released a female suspect on Saturday (25 September) after having sex with her in the female cells. A police report on the incident said Lance Corporal Isaac Apomah freed Theresa Forson, who is awaiting sentencing for undisclosed …
Read More »Accra Commercial Railway System Set To Bounces Back By October
The Accra commercial railway system is set to bounce back to life by the end of next month, the Ghana Railway Company Limited (GRCL) has disclosed. For about two years now, moves to resuscitate railway infrastructure in the national capital had stalled, raising questions about the commitment of the …
Read More »Cedi Depreciates 1.7% To Dollar In Almost 9-Months Of 2021 – BoG
The Ghana cedi has depreciated by 1.7% to the US dollar in the first nine months which will end next Thursday September 30th, 2021, according to data from the Bank of Ghana (BoG). The Central Bank pegged the rate of the cedi to the dollar at ¢5.86, though it is …
Read More »I Witnessed Coup d’état That Toppled Dr Nkrumah And It Shaped My Life, Says Kojo Bonsu
Former Mayor of Kumasi, Kojo Bonsu, has detailed how he was fortunate to be one of the few people who witnessed and lived through the historic and traumatic maiden coup d’état in Ghana. According to him, the National Liberation Council (NLC) coup d’etat that overthrew Dr Kwame Nkrumah’s government in 1966 …
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