Recipients of foreign remittance can now opt to have the money paid directly to their bank account, following a collaboration between Unity Link remittance company and Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS). This collaboration also enables intended beneficiaries to receive their remittances directly on their e-zwich card. The cash to account remittance as it … Read more
Indian opposition parties say thousands will participate in nationwide protests against the government’s ban on two major currency notes. Earlier this month, the 500 and 1,000 rupee notes were banned overnight, causing chaos as people lined up at banks to exchange their old currency. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has defended the decision saying it was … Read more
I am not on Ground Zero and so I don’t know what sort of development agenda Vice-President Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur is talking about, when the former Governor of the Bank of Ghana calls his boss an “uncompleted project” ( See “ ‘Mahama is an Uncompleted Project’ – Amissah-Arthur” Atinkafmonline.com / Ghanaweb.com 11/23/16). What I know … Read more
Did Omane-Boamah receive his cut of Woyome’s mega-heist? Finally, the chickens are coming home to roost. If unfettered justice is allowed to have its way, Ghanaians would soon learn the scandalous details of how the GHc 51 million criminally paid into the private bank account of Mr. Alfred Agbesi Woyome, the notorious National Democratic Congress’ … Read more
Finally, the chickens are coming home to roost. If unfettered justice is allowed to have its way, Ghanaians would soon learn the scandalous details of how the GH₵ 51 million criminally paid into the private bank account of Mr. Alfred Agbesi Woyome, the notorious National Democratic Congress’ underwriter, was divvied up among the movers and … Read more
Arguably, choosing between “life and peace” as keen elements money cannot buy, the latter stands supreme. The United Nations Security Agency has tried all possible means hoping to find a perfect solution to restore the world peace, but to no avail! The UN works to maintain international peace and security in a world where security … Read more
A 35-year-old man, Michael Atanda, who specialised in blackmailing lovers by threatening to display their nude pictures on social media, especially Facebook, if they refused to pay his monetary demands, has been arrested by operatives of Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of Lagos State Police Command. It was gathered that he was apprehended while blackmailing four … Read more
In every sphere of life, Africans are great innovators and entrepreneurs. You only have to step into an African market to see and hear that ingenuity. But every entrepreneur needs investment, and that’s where things often get tough in Africa. Investment is hard to come by, whether you’re a small trader trying to open a … Read more
The anti- corruption crusader, Mr Martin Amidu, yesterday slugged it out with lawyers for the state and businessman Mr Alfred Agbesi Woyome at the Supreme Court in Accra over the oral examination of Mr Woyome on his assets. It all began when the Deputy Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, and the lawyer … Read more
Nobody is rushing to make political predictions right now. But with the French presidential election less than six months away, shockwaves from Donald Trump’s victory are already striking Paris. Inevitably, Marine Le Pen is being touted as the main benefactor. Like Trump, she’s a populist nationalist, and a far-right political outsider. Few people now doubt … Read more
The Upper East Regional Director of the Ghana Health Services, Dr. Kofi Issah has lifted an embargo he placed on the salary of a Medical Officer at the Regional Hospital in Bolgatanga for three months on grounds that the officer had vacated post. It will be recalled that on Thursday October 27, 2016, The Chronicle … Read more
An Afghan woman made famous by a National Geographic cover in 1985 has been deported from Pakistan after she was convicted of having fake ID papers. Sharbat Gula had served a 15-day prison sentence in hospital where she was treated for hepatitis C. She was handed to Afghan officials at the border and is expected … Read more
The Acting Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana, Her Excellency Mrs. Adekunbi Shonaike Ayodeji has dissolved – with immediate effect – the present executives of the All Nigerian Community (ANC) – Ghana led by Moses Owharo and the faction led by Dr. Prince Emmanuel Okeson. The decision, according to Mrs. Shonaike was as a result of … Read more
A Deputy Communications Minister has dismissed a claim by a former Attorney-General that the president stopped legal proceedings against a businessman who is to refund GHC51 million to the state. Felix Kwakye Ofosu said this claim by Martin Amidu is nothing more than ‘recycled propaganda of the opposition New Patriotic Party’ (NPP) bent on tarnishing … Read more
Ghanaian actor and musician, Kwaku Manu has disclosed that though he isn’t a ‘skirt chaser’ however temptations do come his way. Speaking on ‘Pae Mu Ka’ on Kasapa Entertainment on Kasapa 102.5FM, the comic actor opined that though he is able to make his way out of some of the enticements yet some he still … Read more
President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Tanzanian counterpart John Pombe Magufuli at State House, Nairobi Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli has been turning heads in the region being not travelling outside his country. When he visited Nairobi for the first time as President on Monday, the austerity buff found himself talking about his domestic policies. “I … Read more
Black Princesses Head Coach Masud Dramani has said the team is unsure of emplaning to Papua New Guinea on Friday to prepare for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, scheduled for November 13. Ghana has been drawn in Group C of the event alongside France, New Zealand and USA. The Princesses have failed to … Read more
Heike Schulz, slim, small, square face, blond hair, shoulders hanging, short legs, greenish eyes with a cloud of smoke touching her facial expression. Walking slowly with tired eyes, she took the cup from the Coffee Machine, poured it out into her cup that was always standing in the tiny sink underneath the window when not … Read more
I do have a question for you. Is the use of Mobile Phone Banking making significant efforts in bridging the gap to universal financial inclusion? Come to think of it! Mobile banking is simply the act of performing financial transactions on a mobile device like a cell phone or a tablet to send remittances, pay … Read more
Folks, the only claim that seems to be working well for the NPP’s Akufo-Addo in his campaign to have a third bite at the Presidential pie is that he is neither corrupt nor corruptible. He has trumpeted it all and left a trail for his buffs to hang on to as they project him as … Read more