play videoBlack Stars midfielder, Kudus Mohammed Black Stars midfielder, Kudus Mohammed was named man-of-the-match in Ghana’s win over South Korea at Education City Stadium. Kudus netted a brace in an entertaining 3-2 win over Asians in their second Group H encounter at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The Ajax put on a show and propelled Ghana to their first win ...
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Capital Bank saga: High Court to deliver ruling on Ato Essien, others on December 1
Founder of defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien and Rev. Fitzgerald Odonkor, former MD The High Court of Ghana will on Thursday December 1, 2022 deliver a ruling regarding the matter of the defunct Capital Bank Limited and its founder William Ato Essien. Ato Essien has been standing trial along with the former Managing Director of the defunct bank, Fitzgerald ...
Read More »Parliament to debate 2023 budget tomorrow
Ghana’s parliament Members of Parliament (MPs) will on Tuesday, November 29, 2022, begin debate on the 2023 Budget Statement. Ahead of the debate, Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo Markin, has outlined areas of concern saying, “on November 29, 2022, it’s expected that the debate will focus on Finance, Agriculture, Trade and Industry, and Wednesday Communications, Energy, Roads, Works, Housing, Sanitation ...
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Alan Kyeremanten, Minister for Trade and Industry The Ministry of Trade and Industry has directed the management of the Ghana Standards Authority(GSA) to abandon the implementation of Act 891. The Act passed by Parliament is to ensure road safety by banning the importation of certain types of used vehicles. According to the Customs (Amendment) Act 2020, Section 61 of ...
Read More »Norway Appeal Court dismisses appeal against Ghana
Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame By a unanimous decision, the Oslo Court of Appeal, Norway composed of three Justices of Appeal (Pal Morten Andreassen, Irene Sogn and Rolf Ytrehus), has in a judgment dated Tuesday, November 22, 2022, dismissed an appeal filed by Messrs. Jongsbru AS, the sellers of a property identified by the Republic ...
Read More »Social media users roast Afia Pokua over comments on Rita Dominic and Simon Guobadia’s marriage
Journalist Afia Pokua Media personality, Afia Pokua got on the wrong side of social media users in her Facebook post that tagged Ghanaians as people filled with ‘pure hatred’ that hinders them from sharing in the joy of others. Her ‘harmless’ post has attracted backlash in what has been termed as a deliberate attempt to ridicule Ghanaians by comparing them to ...
Read More »‘God will provide our daily bread’ – Empress Gifty reacts to the news of her husband’s dismissal
play videoEmpress Gifty and her husband, Hopeson Adorye Gospel singer, Empress Gifty, has reacted to news of her husband, Mr. Hopeson Adorye’s dismissal from his National Security job. Earlier, Mr. Adorye announced during a discussion on Oman FM that he had been fired from his job mainly because of his staunch support for an NPP flagbearer hopeful, Alan Kyerematen. “God ...
Read More »Ghana suffering a ‘severely disorientated economic downward spiral’ – Bagbin
Alban Bagbin, Speaker of Parliament Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has commented on the current state of the Ghanaian economy describing it as being in a state of severe disoriented downward spiral. Bagbin was speaking over the weekend during an out-of-town post-budget retreat for Members of Parliament and other relevant stakeholders. In his address, he spoke about the responsibility ...
Read More »Jospong Group aims to boost local rice production; signs MoU with major rice players in Thailand
Executive Chairman of JGC with Vice President of Exim Bank-Thailand, Madam Draswan Shoowon The Jospong Group of Companies (JGC) has responded positively to the government’s decision to boost rice production in the country by signing MoUs with major rice players in Thailand. Presenting the 2023 Budget in Parliament last week, the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, said that as part of efforts to ...
Read More »Bawumia clarifies usage of gold instead of dollars to purchase oil products
The Vice President of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has stated the usage of gold to purchase oil instead of dollars is not a move against the usage of the US dollar for international transactions. He explained that the decision came about, due to the persistent depreciation of the Ghana cedi. Speaking at the AGI Awards night in Accra, Dr. Bawumia ...
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