Go Into Farming – Mahama To African Youth
Ghana’s former president John Mahama believes there is more to earn in the farming sector, especially for the African youth. Describing farming as a “cool” livelihood, Mahama bemoaned the...
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A Letter To President Alassane Ouattara
A letter to President Alassane Ouattara: You reap what you sow Mr. President, from my rat hole somewhere on the outskirts of Accra, I extend my warmest greetings to you, in your presidential palace....
Zimbabwe Hunter ‘crushed To Death By Shot Elephant’
A professional big-game hunter was crushed to death by an elephant that had been shot, according to reports in South Africa. The Netwerk24 website said an elephant cow stormed a group headed by...
Ghana Event Awards Launched, Calls For Entries
The awards comes with 15 categories, which will be judged by a board of JURY. The Ghana Events Awards is an annual awards ceremony to honor and celebrate indigenous Ghanaian Events and organizers who...
Galamsey Got Out of Hand Under Mahama – Rev. Prof. Martey
Former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church Rev Prof Emmanuel Martey says it was in former President Mahama’s administration that the illegal mining popularly called galamsey got out of hand. Prof....
Galamsey Worsened Under Mahama – Prof. Martey
Illegal small-scale mining (galamsey) had a field day under the Mahama administration, former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Professor Emmanuel Martey, has said. The cleric told...
Galamsey Fight Was An NPP Campaign Promise
The Akufo-Addo led government is doing what is contained in the 2016 manifesto of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in respect to fighting illegal mining activities nationwide, the party’s Ashanti...
Peter Amewu Orders Closure of Illegal Mining Firm, Arrests Four Expatriates
Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Peter Amewu, has caused the arrest of four expatriates operating an illegal gold mine at Tontokrom in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region. The mining...
BoG Cuts Key Interest Rates
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has cut its benchmark interest rate by 100 basis points from 23.5 to 22.5 percent, citing a downward trend in inflation towards medium term targets. The BoG has set eight plus...
John Mahama ‘woos’ African Youth To Go Into Agriculture
The former president, John Mahama, is urging the youth in Africa to embrace agriculture and not neglect that sector. According to him, although there are many challenges within the sector, it has the...
Black Stars ‘B’ To Play Friendly Against Benin On Thursday
Kwesi Appiah's first game is on Thursday The local-based Black Stars will face their Beninoise counterpart in an international friendly at the Accra Sports Stadium on Thursday. The match will mark...
Thomas Abbey Confident of Making Black Stars ‘B’ Final Squad
Accra Hearts of Oak winger Thomas Abbey believes he will make the final squad for the 2018 CHAN qualifiers and WAFU tournament to be hosted by Ghana in September despite receiving late call-up to the...
President Not Oblivious To Enormity of Corruption – Osafo-Marfo
President Nana Akufo-Addo says his administration will court the support of the business community in its efforts to rid the system of corruption. He said the scale and level of tolerated corruption...
Some Akufo-Addo Appointees Corrupt
Controversial Christian leader Very Rev Prof. Emanuel Martey says some appointees in the NPP government are corrupt. In an interview with some journalists in Accra, the former Moderator of the...
Critics of Akufo-Addo’s Government Are Unwise – Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Martey
Immediate past moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Very Rev Professor Emmanuel Martey, has lashed out at critics of the four-month-old Akufo-Addo-led administration describing them as...
Gambia’s Jammeh ‘stole $50m’, Assets Frozen
The Gambia's justice minister said Monday that ex-leader Yahya Jammeh stole around $50 million via a state telecoms company, while a court froze his assets in the small west African nation....
Fishmongers Asked To Adopt Hygienic Fish Smoking Methods
Fish processors and traders in the Western Region, have been called upon to adopt hygienic smoking and processing methods, so as to add value to the fish they produce. They have therefore been...
$13.9 Million Veep’s Residence Abandoned?
Work on the official residence of the Vice-President appears to have stalled following the debate over the cost of the project between the Akufo-Addo administration and officials of the previous...
Speaker Leads Parliamentary Delegation To Morocco
Ghana’s Speaker of parliament Prof Mike Aaron Oquaye has led a seven-member delegation are in the Moroccan city of Rabat for a three day visit to that country’s House of Representatives. He is...
Ghana Welcomed As Full Member Union of World Rugby
World Rugby Council has approved the application by the Ghana Rugby Football Union as a full member, bringing the total number to 104 full members and 17 associates. The Union became an associate...