2017 GJA Awardees Receive Prizes
The Ghana Journalists Association has presented prizes to awardees of the 2016 GJA Awards. Journalist of the Year Kwame Sefa Kayi though not received a 200,000 cedi-three bedroom house while other...
Tag: Ghanaian cedi
Cheated Robber Causes Arrest of Colleague
Three persons who allegedly robbed a Chinese of his bag containing GH¢1,000 cedis and a Non-Citizen National Identity Card have been put before an Accra Circuit Court. Mohammed Iddris, a trader,...
3% Fuel Increment Will Not Affect Transport Fares
The recent increment in petroleum prices in the country will not affect transport fares, according to the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU). The National Vice Chairman of the transport...
Gun Points At Woyome’s Wife As Armed Military and Police Storm House
A combined armed military and police team allegedly pointed a gun at the wife of embattled businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome when they stormed the couple’s home Tuesday morning. The action of the...
K’si: Police Grab 2 Men With Fake 14,000 Cedis
Two men have been arrested in Kumasi for allegedly dealing in fake Ghanaian cedi currency. Police found on them fake currency amounting to GHC14,000 as well as a machine suspected to be used for the...
Multimedia Group Given 3 Days To Retract Defamatory Bins Story
The Multimedia Group Limited, owners of Joy FM, has been given a three-day ultimatum to retract a running story on its networks concerning an alleged inflated contract involving five subsidiaries of...
Ankaful Mental Hospital To Send Over 100 Patients of Home
The Authorities of Ankaful Psychiatric Mental Hospital in the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem Municipal of the Central Region will soon send home over 100 patients who are currently receiving treatment at...
Ghana’s Trade Surplus Hits 1.4 Billion Dollars
Figures from the Bank of Ghana have shown that Ghana’s total balance of trade recorded a surplus of 1.429 billion dollars as at June this year. This is equivalent to 3.1 percent of GDP. The surplus...
Access Share Is A Hold
ACCESS Bank Ghana Plc (ACCESS) performed below market watchers’ expectation after releasing its unaudited HY-2017 earnings reports. The Nigeria-owned bank listed on the local bourse after...
Tamale Floods Kill 2
Many parts of the Northern regional capital, Tamale, were devastated by floods following a six-hour downpour yesterday. According to our affiliate radio station, Suhupelli FM at Tamale, two people...
Tebu Basic School Cries For Aid As Pupils Sit On Bare Floor To Write
Pupils of Tebu M/A Basic School in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra region sit on the bare floor to write with others using their laps as tables to write on. The younger ones in...
Kwaku Kwarteng Goofed On GHC5.2m Ghana@60 Funds
Financial analyst, Sydney Casely Hayford believes that deputy Finance Minister, Kwaku Kwarteng was unprepared for Parliament’s queries on the Independence Anniversary celebrations, thus providing...
Ghana@60: Gov’t Spent GHc5.2m On Celebrations
Government of Ghana spent over 5 million Ghana cedis on the country’s 60th anniversary celebrations. The deputy Minister of Finance, Hon. Kwaku Kwarteng, who made the revelation on the floor of...
BOPP Share Value To Soar Higher
Benso Oil Palm Plantation (BOPP) shares continue to record daily gains on the local bourse especially in Q2-2017. Backed by years of continuous research in healthy seeds production, BOPP has...
Gov’t Spends GHC5.2m State Cash On Celebrations
It has emerged that the government has used GH¢5.24m from the state coffers to undertake various activities as part of the Ghana@60 celebrations. This revelation contradicts the President’s...
Cal Shares Set On A Positive Trajectory
CAL bank (CAL) recorded improvement in its financial statements for the first half of 2017 (HY-2017) compared to same period in prior year. Management of CAL maintained a healthy balance sheet after...
Market Returns To Rise Further This Week
Trading activity in terms of volumes on the stock market increased by 86.97% in the week under review as volumes of shares traded scaled up by 1,025,869. Further, the total values of shares traded...
NDC Can’t Be Blamed For NHIS Debt – Alex Segbefia
The immediate past Minister of Health, Alex Segbefia, has said his administration will not accept responsibility for the current woes of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA). According to...
Govt To Raise GHc17.4 Bn In Third Quarter
Government is seeking to raise 17.4 billion cedis in the third quarter of this year from the securities market. The cash accrued will be used to rollover maturities as well as to take care of...
Govt To Raise GHc17.4 Bn In Bonds Next Month
Government is seeking to raise 17.4 billion cedis in the third quarter of this year from the securities market. The cash accrued will be used to rollover maturities as well as to take care of...