Mr Kwesi Pratt Jnr, Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper and Convenor of the Socialists Forum Ghana is one person who has been extremely angered by the news of the agreement between the Government of Ghana and the United States on the stationing of US troops on Ghana soil. The blame for the entire agreement, Mr Pratt holds, lays on […]

Today: – BoG takes over uniBank – Defense Minister allays fears…No US military base in Ghana but Apaak cautions don’t mortgage our sovereignty – ‘Provide capital for private sector to deal with waste Daily Graphic: – uniBank insolvent.. KPMG takes over – Ghana-US defense cooperation agreement laid in parliament – Only 2,000 out 32,000 health facilities registered – uniBank still […]

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) on Tuesday March 20, 2018 announced a take-over of private bank, uniBank. Governor of the Central Bank, Ernest Addison at a press outlined five major reasons for the take-over. The Bank of Ghana will now be in control of the day to day running of the local bank and has accordingly appointed KPMG as the […]

It has emerged that the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) was too broke in 2016 to the extent that, it could not pay a paltry GHC3,000 it owed one of its service providers. Upon persistent demands for the money, COCOBOD allegedly gave a cheque for GHc3,000 to clear the debt but it was bounced, the Executive Director of FKP & Rald […]

Founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings has said that he won’t sit and watch his party go into the abyss. The former President was addressing cadres and NDC activists at a Town Hall meeting at the Arts Centre one Accra. “I am going to dedicate my time to speaking to my NDC people, When […]

An Educationist and Head of the Finance Department of the University of Cape Coast, Professor John Gatsi, has expressed concern over the continuous abysmal performance of pupils in public schools in the Basic Education Certificate Examination. Prof Gatsi observed that public basic school pupils perform poorly compared to their counterparts in the private schools during the standard assessment examinations. Professor […]

The wanton abuse of drugs especially Tramadol is partly to blame for the increasing cases of robberies in the country, officials of the Ghana Police Service have revealed. According to the Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana, the drug is approved for the management of pain but the rapid increase in its use by the youth is worrying. “The strengths approved for […]

About 70 ministers serving in the current administration under the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo do not receive salary, Deputy Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has revealed. “Should most of our ministers have been new in government without being MPs, then I would agree we are overspending on them as ministers. These ministers we are talking about, most of them […]

The Presidency has directed all Ministries, Departments and Agencies to undertake a cleanup exercise this [Friday] morning for two hours. A letter from the Chief of Staff said all staff of MDAs are to participate in the thorough cleaning of their premises from 8:00 am to 10:00 am. “In order to ensure the President’s vision to make Accra the cleanest […]

National Organizer for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams, has taken a swipe at the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) for witch-hunting the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO), of COCOBOD, Dr. Stephen Opuni. The outspoken politician told Accra based Happy FM that, the suit filed against the former CEO would amount to nothing because he will come out […]