Ghanaian sprinter, Benjamin Azamati has started his 2022 indoor season with a continental (Africa) leading 6.54 secs to win the 60m finals at the 2022 NM Collegiate Classic. Azamati’s time ranks him as the 3rd fastest Ghanaian ever in the 60m behind Leo Leonard Myles-Mills (6.45 secs [African Record]) and …

Ghanaian sprinter Joseph Amoah has broken the 200m indoor national record with a sizzling 20.57 secs at the 2022 Boston University Invite. Amoah’s time is ranked number 1 in Africa and 5th in the world as of February 5th, 2022. Amoah now holds three (3) national records: indoor 200m, outdoor …

The Acting Public Affairs Manager of Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Charles Akwei Garshong, has decried the practice whereby some workers decide to change their date of birth when they attain the retirement age. Article 119, Clause 1 of the 1992 Constitution states that “a public officer shall, …

Members of the Komfo Anokye Doctors’ Association (KADA) are returning to work barely 24 hours after activating their intended strike action.   The Association had proceeded on strike after citing failure on the part of management and government to provide a “clear concise payment schedule” on their financial demands.   …

Consumers may have to pay an increase of about eight to twelve percent from February for some commodities should the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) implement the amended Value Added Tax (VAT) rate. This is according to the Importers and Exporters Association of Ghana (IEAG). The association says, the amendment, which …

The government has fulfilled the pledge to pay compensation to families of the two youth who were killed during a disturbance in the Ashanti Region town of Ejura last year.   The deputy minister for the Interior Naana Eyiah Quansah on Saturday (5 February), handed over a cheque of GHC250,000 …

The official vehicles of the Eastern Region Director of Education and that of the regional accountant have been impounded to defray judgment debt on 102 teachers. The vehicles are yet to be auctioned to settle the judgment debt as the bailiff makes effort to get 17 more vehicles marked by …

The construction of a 3.0km long bridge that will link Kwahu to the Afram Plains has been given a major boost following the approval by Parliament, of an agreement for an amount of €230million Atradius credit facility to finance the project.   The credit facility secured from the Deutsche Bank …

The North Tongu Member of Parliament,  Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa seems to have diagnosed the reason behind the hesitation the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government is showing in going to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for bailout. The country’s debt portfolio has ballooned to the extent that urgent measures are needed …

The President of the republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Friday (4 February) left Ghana to attend the 35th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union, which is being held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.     The meeting of the heads of state will take place …