GENERAL NEWS

In the latest FIFA world rankings released in March 2023, the Black Stars of Ghana have fallen one place to 60th position. This comes despite their recent victory and draw in the double-header AFCON qualifier against Angola. The team had previously been placed at 59th position in the global rankings …

THE Bank of Ghana has advised the borrowing public not to pay fees and charges on loans that were not disclosed to them prior to the signing of the agreement. The central bank said such charges were null and void and must not be bore by borrowers. In a public …

Two more suspects who escaped from cells at the Nkwanta Police station in Oti region have been re-arrested. The two are robbery suspect, Mohammed Kadir and Stephen Asamoah who is also standing trial for defilement. According to reports, they were arrested at their hideout in Keri, a farming community in …

One student sustained injuries after fire gutted the boys’ dormitory block of the Business Senior High School in the Sagnerigu municipality of the Northern Region.   According to fire officials, the incident which happened on Thursday dawn affected the school prefect’s room.   Firefighters say at the time of the …

The New Patriotic Party has set Tuesday, April 11, 2023, for nominations to be opened for interested persons in the vacant Kumawu seat to pick their forms. Nominations will close on Friday, April 14, 2023, while Sunday, April 23 has been set to elect a parliamentary candidate for the by-election. …

The immediate past Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana, Sophia Akuffo, has reacted to the brouhaha surrounding the appointment of three new commissioners of the Electoral Commission of Ghana. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Monday, March 20, 2023, swore-in three new members of the Electoral Commission of …

The commemoration of Easter as a Christian festival began from 1876 when Ramseyer and other Basel missionaries came to Ghana and established the Presbyterian Church. Before then, all the Kwahu communities had their traditions and annual festivals. However, Easter was accepted and adopted by the communities when members understood the …

The government of Ghana is due to implement a 10% tax on earnings from lotteries, games of chance winnings and sports betting at the point of payout. As part of the government’s efforts to expand the tax base and increase domestic tax revenue, gamblers should be ready to have 10% …

A former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Emmanuel Asiedu-Mante, has died. Mr Asiedu-Mante died Monday night aged 81. He passed on at the Bank Hospital in Accra after battling with ill health, his son, Daniel Asiedu-Mante, told Graphic Online Wednesday. Born in June 1942, he was the Deputy …

Keith Mason, a British actor and former professional Rugby player, has launched a non-profit sportswear brand to help raise funds for a £25 million brain injury hospital for children in the United Kingdom who are not provided NHS treatment. Funds to be generated through the sales of the MasonMerch sportswear …