The Akufo-Addo administration, appears very far away from the realities of governance, despite having enough time to march utopian campaign promises against national resources and requirements of a strategic institution like the Ghana Armed Forces. The government, according to the Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, is set to introduce a Bill in Parliament that will alter … Read more
Top-ranked Lydia Ko and other players dismissed concerns Wednesday about playing July’s US Women’s Open at US President Donald Trump’s course in Bedminster, New Jersey, in the wake of his controversial comments about women. Eric Trump, executive vice president of the Trump organization, shrugged off politics when asked about his father’s comments about grabbing women … Read more
President Robert Mugabe’s daughter Bona Chikore has been appointed to the Zimbabwe board of censors, state media reported Wednesday, the latest family member to take up an official role. The board “faces the colossal task of regulating public entertainment in the digital age,” the state-owned Herald newspaper said, raising fears of further restrictions on criticism … Read more
A former stocks trader was fined in Singapore Wednesday for his role in an international money-laundering scandal involving Malaysia’s state fund 1MDB, the latest person to be penalised over the saga. Singapore, a regional financial centre known for its tough stance against corruption, was the first country to hand down criminal convictions related to the … Read more
President Donald Trump’s budget released Tuesday proposed radically downsizing the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve, arguing that America’s shale boom has lessened the need for an emergency stockpile. Trump’s proposal would sell off half the oil in the SPR, an emergency storage facility created amid the energy shocks of the 1970s. Slashing the reserve would raise … Read more
A Nigerian–born Ghanaian lawyer, has been suspended from legal practice by the General Legal Council; the main regulatory body for the conduct and administration of legal education and profession in the country. According to a letter sighted by The Herald, Martin C. Nwosu, who has lived in Ghana and worked as lawyer and a lecturer … Read more
David Beckham is set to learn next month whether his long-gestating plans for a Major League Soccer franchise in Miami will come to fruition, it was reported on Friday. The Miami Herald said the Miami-Dade County Commission would rule on June 6 whether or not to approve the transfer of a three-acre site valued at … Read more
The average interest offered by banks on customer deposits increased by 1 percent between March and April 2017. According to the latest Annual Percentage Rates (APR) and Average Interest (AI) report by the Bank of Ghana, the figure went up from 11.2 percent as at the end of March 2017 to 11.3 percent as at … Read more
The soldier a fan to Saints wanted to cock his gun Photos of football fans wrestling a gun from the hands of a soldier was captured in Uganda recently. The incident happened after a football game between Onduparaka and Saints. Trouble reportedly started when host Onduparaka slotted in a winner in the 95th minute. To … Read more
The government of Ghana is broke and might soon have difficulties paying workers, honouring debt obligations and also meeting payments to contractors they promised a One Hundred Day payment plan by Nana Akufo-Addo, during the 2016 electioneering campaign, because he and his men know where and how to raise money. Already, the Flagstaff House, has … Read more
The National House of Chiefs, led by Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State, Togbe Afede XIV, is being asked not to gazette, Odeneho Kwafo Akoto III, as the substantive paramount chief of Akwamu. Odeneho Kwafo Akoto III, whose ascension unto the throne, is being challenged, has occupied the seat for the past six years, as acting … Read more
There’s turmoil in the Akufo-Addo government and the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP)over his decision to appoint his paternal cousin and former law firm partner; Justice Sophia Akuffo, as the new Chief Justice, the fourth most powerful person in Ghana. Many in the NPP are of the view that, President Akufo-Addo’s refusal to appoint either … Read more
Government has appointed new officers to key positions at the Ministry of Finance, according to a statement issued by the Public Relations Unit of the Ministry of Finance on Thursday. Eva Mends, a Chief Economics Officer, has been appointed as the Acting Director of Budget, the first ever woman to be appointed to the position … Read more
The Ministry of Finance has appointed new officers to key positions in the Ministry in a bid to help push the reforms the government intends to pursue. Overall four persons have been appointed to augment the work at the ministry, including Ms Eva Mends, Eugene Asante Ofosuhene, Sampson Akligoh and David Klotey Collison to respective … Read more
Eva Mends, a Chief Economics Officer of the Finance Ministry has been appointed as Acting Director of Budget, which makes her the first ever female to be appointed a Director of Budget at the Ministry. The Ministry also appointed Eugene Asante Ofosuhene as the Acting Controller and Accountant General. In addition, David Klotey Collison, a … Read more
All eyes are focus on the Chief of Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area, to fairly and amicably end the 30-year litigation over the Akwamu Omanhene case today. Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin II, who is the president of the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs at the capital Koforidua, later today, is expected to end the long … Read more
There’s money to be made from other people’s mistakes: $110m (£85m) of it, to be precise. That’s the amount raised in a funding round by Grammarly, a firm that boasts of having what it calls “the world’s most accurate online grammar checker”. It has persuaded venture capital firms including General Catalyst, IVP and Spark Capital … Read more
The health of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, seen here at his 93rd birthday celebrations in February, has been the subject of increased speculation with two journalists arrested in March over a report alleging he was “in bad shape” Zimbabwe’s 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe has flown to Singapore for a “routine medical check-up”, state media reported … Read more
Details emerging from the Bank of Ghana (BoG), reveal the negotiated resignation of Dr. Abdul-Nashiru Issahaku, as Governor, three years ahead of his four-year mandate caused the taxpayer GH¢3,204 million. Insiders have told The Herald that, the Akufo-Addo government, has since effected the mouthwatering payment to the ex-Governor of the Central Bank, who was forced … Read more
Hackman Owusu-Agyemang, has denied ordering a brand new 2017 V8 Toyota Land Cruiser for his use as the Board Chairman of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), as alleged by some staff of the institution. He revealed that, a V8 Toyota Land Cruiser assigned him for his field trips, was rather purchased by the previous administration … Read more