The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has appointed a Resident Advisor to the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to oversee financial sector supervision in the country. The fund appointed Leonard Chumo, an Irish and Kenyan, to the central bank this month to provide technical assistance and help build the capacity of the …

Some aggrieved students have clashed with police at the forecourt of the Commonwealth Hall at the University of Ghana as they tried to access the facility. The former residents of the hall are protesting to register their displeasure over what they see as management’s silence on the accommodation crisis. This …

The Asokwa Circuit Court in the Ashanti Region has granted bail to the Suame Constituency Youth Organiser of the National Democratic (NDC). The accused, Razak Koumpa Avoliya, was admitted to bail in the sum of GH₵50,000 with two sureties. Speaking to the counsel for the accused, Evans Amankwaah thanked the …

Justice Sophia Akuffo, the immediate past Chief Justice, has fired back at Gabby Otchere-Darko following Gabby’s comment that she “erred big time” in her basic appreciation of the issues in relation to the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP).   Gabby Otchere-Darko in a tweet on Sunday reacting to the gesture …

The Tanzanian government has banned 16 titles of a popular children’s book series from being used in schools for allegedly advocating LGBTQ rights. The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series are said to violate the country’s traditions, customs and cultures.Education Minister Adolf Mkenda said the books endanger the quality of …

The Vice-President of the republic, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has described the roll out of the Unified Digital Platform for Property Taxation by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) as a historic innovation. The Unified Digital Platform for Property Taxation includes the list and details of over seven million properties, uniquely identified …

Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey has issued a stern warning to some people he calls “saboteurs” within his political party, the New Patriotic Party, to stay clear off his way as he continues his ‘Making Accra Work Again’ project. According to the member of parliament for Ayawaso Central Constituency, …

Scores of aggrieved caterers who worked with the school feeding programme have besieged the premises of the School Feeding Secretariat in Accra over outstanding arrears. Speaking to the media, one of the aggrieved caterers said, the government through its appropriate hierarchy should communicate to them why they are facing challenges …

Former deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Lawyer  Nana Obiri Boahen, has criticized Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko for attacking former Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo for participating in a picketing exercise by pensioners. Obiri Boahen contends that everyone has different viewpoints on various subjects so it is incorrect for …

The government has assured all individual bondholders, especially senior citizens, that their coupon payments and maturing principals, like all Government bonds, will be honoured in line with Government’s Fiscal commitments. This comes after the Government’s Domestic Debt Exchange Program (DDEP) closed on Friday 10th February 2023 with over 80% participation …