The Chief Executive of the defunct Menzgold Gold Dealership, Nana Appiah Mensah, has expressed his objection to the comparison of his company with another defunct entity, DKM Micro-Finance Company. According to Nana Appiah Mensah, the practice of equating the unfortunate financial situations and actual roles of the two companies overlooks …
Read More »Government Settles First Coupon For Bonds Affected By DDEP
The Ministry of Finance has issued instructions for the settlement of first matured coupons of bonds under the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP). Government in February this year successfully restructured some GHC 87.76 billion of existing bonds to 16 new bonds with varied maturing dates ranging from August 2027 up …
Read More »Otumfuo Destools 3 Chiefs In A Fortnight; Residents React
The recent spate of destoolment of chiefs by the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has got residents talking. The latest to lose his authority is the Abuontemhene, Nana Kwaku Duah III, who was destooled on Monday, August 21. His destoolment by the Kumasi Traditional Council will be the third in …
Read More »Ghana: Today’s Newspapers Headlines; Tuesday, August 22, 2023.
Below are the major news headlines captured on the frontpages of the various news papers in Ghana today, Tuesday, August 22, 2023. Daily Guide The Business The Daily Dispatch Daily Graphic The News Crusading Guide …
Read More »Paa Kwesi Asare: Ghanaian Journalist Wins 2023 BBC News Komla Dumor Award
Ghanaian TV presenter and journalist Paa Kwesi Asare has won the 2023 BBC News Komla Dumor Award. The 36-year-old is the eighth recipient of the award and the first to come from Ghana, like the late Komla Dumor. Asare is currently the head of business news at Ghana’s private TV3 …
Read More »NDC MPs Notifies Police; Set To Protest On September 5 Against BoG Governor And Deputies
The Minority in Parliament will on Tuesday, September 5, organise a demonstration against the Bank of Ghana Governor, Dr Ernest Addison and his two deputies. It will be done in collaboration with Civil Society Organisations, Progressive Forces and other well-meaning Ghanaians. This is according to a letter from the Minority …
Read More »Bank of Ghana Governor’s Special Press Conference On 2022 Loss And New Head Office – Full Text
Good Morning Ladies and Gentlemen of the Media. Welcome to this special press briefing, which has been necessitated by recent developments following the publication of the 2022 Annual Report and Financial Statements of the Bank of Ghana on 28th July 2023. Given the unique circumstances under which the 2022 report …
Read More »Roads Minister Fumes, Forces Miners To Wash Mud Off Akrofufu-Twapease Road
Two illegal miners were ordered to remove mud from sections of the tarred Akrofufu to Twapease road in the Atiwa West District of the Eastern Region. These miners were in the process of transporting materials via a truck vehicle from their mining site near the roadside, which resulted in the …
Read More »We Are 70% Christians Yet Corruption Growing From Bad To Worse – Senior Presidential Advisor
Senior Presidential Advisor, Yaw Osafo Maafo has bemoaned that corruption is growing from bad to worse in the country which calls for retrospection by the church and government to find practical solutions to reduce the menace. Yaw Osafo -Maafo questioned the quality of the moral impact of the Church on …
Read More »University of Ghana Ranked Among Top World Class Universities, 2nd In West Africa
The University of Ghana has been ranked among the top 6. 1 percent of world-class universities in 2023 by the Centre for World Universities Ranking. Vice-chancellor of the University of Ghana, Professor Nana Aba Amfo, said the University of Ghana has solidified its position as the leading university in Ghana. …
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