‘FARMERS ARE NOW MY FAN CLUB’ – DR. OWUSU AFRIYIE AKOTO
Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, the minister of food and agriculture, claims that farmers in the nation now adore him because of the changes he has brought about in the agricultural…
BUSINESSES IN GHANA THREATENED BY CEDI DEPRECIATION
The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has stated that the depreciation of the cedi against other major trading currencies is alarming and the increase in the monetary policy rate…
CORRUPTION AMONG COUNCIL OF STATE MEMBERS?
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has recovered Ghc1.074 million from a business owned by a Council of State member. The amount from Eunice Jacqueline Buah Asomah-Hinneh’s frozen foods company,…
INVESTORS ON THE RUN AS S&P DOWNGRADES GHANA’S CREDIT RATINGS FROM B- TO CCC+
Standard and Poor’s (S&P) Global Ratings, an American credit rating organization, downgraded Ghana’s foreign and local currency sovereign ratings to CCC+/C from B-/B on Friday, August 5. This moved Ghana’s…
NAPO TEASES MAHAMA AS BEING KINGPIN OF DUMSOR
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has been approved by Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, also known as NAPO, as the next leader of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Napo believes that the Vice…
“DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO”: THE ERA OF LIP SERVICE LEADERSHIP
The purpose of Founders’ Day, celebrated on the 4th of August every year, is to recognize the contributions of all individuals, particularly those who led the fight for Ghana’s independence.…
SEXUAL CRIMES ON THE RISE: WHAT COULD BE THE CAUSE?
Six students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have been accused of raping a first-year student and remanded by the Asokore Mampong District Court. The development…
THE AFRICAN PEOPLE HAVE WAITED LONG ENOUGH
Ghana’s president, Nana Akufo-Addo, said at a four-day Reparations and Racial Healing Summit in Accra on Monday that reparations for the heinous Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade that saw Africans and people…
SIM RE-REGISTRATION: IT’S ABOUT TIME
The re-registration of SIM cards initially started on October 1 of 2021 and finished on March 31, 2022. However, because the majority of Ghanaians hadn’t yet received their Ghana cards,…
NO SCHOOL ON PERIOD DAYS
I was born in the mid-nineties, a time when girls’ education was not common, and if they got the chance to go to school, some parents could only afford secondary…
“COMPLETE ABANDONED HOSPITALS” – JOHN MAHAMA TO AKUFO-ADDO
Former President John Dramani Mahama has once more lamented the government’s abandonment of the healthcare facilities set up by his government. Mr. Mahama was speaking at the opening of the…
GHANA POLICE SERVICE: SERVICE WITH INTEGRITY?
The Ghana Police Service and the Office of the President are regarded as the most corrupt institutions in Ghana. According to the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), the Afrobarometer…
“THE OVERCOMING SPIRIT OF GHANAIANS” – IS THERE ANY MORE OF THAT LEFT?
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, at the Mid-Year Budget Review before parliament on Monday, July 25, 2022, admitted that we are in difficult times as a country. The government blamed our…
IS GABBY OTCHERE DARKO RIGHT ON THE ISSUE OF MINISTERIAL RESHUFFLING?
A staunch member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Otchere Darko, has heavily descended on people calling for a ministerial reshuffle to take out officials whose sectors are…
AFRICA: THE CONTINENT OF PLENTY YET, HUNGRY
According to a lead Agriculture Economist with the World Bank, Luc Christiansen, Africa’s food import bill has more than tripled, reaching about US$35 billion a year. Alas, Africa is the…
IS WASSCE A GOOD JUDGE OF GHANA’S EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM?
The West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) is a standardized test organized by the West African Examination Council (WAEC) for final-year students enrolled in secondary schools in Anglophone West…
IMF LOANS: WHY GHANA NEEDS ASSISTANCE
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international organization that offers advice and assistance to member countries on how to deal with economic problems. It provides them with loans in…
CHURCHES MUST DO MORE THAN JUST SHOUT “HALLELUJAH”
The Headmaster of Pentecost Senior High School in Koforidua located in the Eastern Region, Peter Attah Gyamfi after receiving Ghc 30,000 worth of stock of food items from the Church…
THE GHANA POLICE SERVICE AND TWO OTHERS AMONG TOP 3 MOST CORRUPT IN 2021 – SURVEY
According to the Ghana Integrity of Public Services Survey (GIPSS), Ghana lost GHS5 billion in cash in 2021 as a result of paying bribes to government employees. This amounts to…
ACCOUNTABILITY NOT A LUXURY BUT A RIGHT OF GHANAIANS
The minority leader in Parliament, Hon Haruna Iddrisu has stated that the minority would not approve 750 million dollars out of the $1 billion syndicated loan unless the government provides…