Renowned Pan Africanist, African Law Professor and Founder of the P.L.O.Lumumba Foundation, Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba, is worried over the decision by African leaders to constantly seek help from the Bretton Woods Institutions, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. He says that when officials of these institutions …
Read More »Gold-for-Oil: Second consignment of 40,000MT of diesel, 35,000MT of petrol received
Ghana has received its second consignment of Petroleum products under the Gold-for-Oil Programme. Ghana received 40,000MT of diesel and 35,000MT of petrol at a cost of 40 million Dollars which has just arrived and is being discharged, the Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid …
Read More »Dr Samuel Nuamah Donkor’s family officially informs Asantehene of his passing, funeral arrangements
The family of the late former Minister of Health, Dr Samuel Nuamah Donkor in the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) regime has officially informed the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II about his final funeral rites. Dr Samuel Nuamah Donkor sadly passed away at aged 64, on October 14,2022 while receiving …
Read More »Bawa’s Struggle Against Homophobia in Kumasi
In November 2023, the tranquil community of Tafo Pankron in Kumasi, Ghana, witnessed a disturbing incident that would shake the foundations of one man’s life. Bawa Mohammed Amin, a 41-year-old resident, found himself at the center of a storm of accusations, facing hostility and threats from his own community …
Read More »Will Ghanaians choose a dead goat over a limping elephant? – Owusu Bempah asks
Ghanaians will not make a mistake to choose former President John Dramani Mahama who ran Ghana as a casino economy when he was in office, a Deputy Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ernest Owusu Bempah has said. Mr Owusu Bempah recounted that during the Mahama administration, millions …
Read More »Mahama used $260m to build only Circle Interchange; Akufo-Addo used $289m to build 4 of them – Bempah
Former President John Dramani Mahama institutionalized corruption when he was in office, a Deputy Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ernest Owusu Bempah has said. Mr Bempah recounted that the Mahama administration used $260million to build just one interchange, the Circle Interchange whereas President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo …
Read More »30-yr Parliamentary democracy: We’ve done well in terms of elections – Asah-Asante
A Political Scientist, Dr Kwame Asah-Asante has said that Ghana has done well in terms of election organization since the Fourth Republic started in 1992. He said vanquished have always resorted to the courts to settle electoral disputes, a mark of political maturity. The courts on the other hand, he …
Read More »PPI for the month of January 2023 fell marginally to 52.1% – GSS
The Producer Price Inflation (PPI) for the month of January 2023 fell marginally to 52.1%, from the 52.2% recorded in December 2022, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has said on Wednesday, February 22. Producer price inflation is the average prices of goods and services received by domestic producers for their …
Read More »Cable Thief Jailed 15 Months
The Amasaman District Court B in the Greater Accra Region has convicted, Kwesi Sam Abudu, 28, for stealing copper cables from a transformer of the Electricity Company of Ghana in the Central Region. Prosecuting Officer, Inspector Sabutu Caesar of the Dankyira Police Station, Weija Division told the court that, on …
Read More »Shop attendant arrested for locking up ECG staff
A 24-year-old shop attendant, Veronica Ansah, at Abeka Free-Pipe, Accra, has been arrested by the Police for locking up a monitoring staff of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in her shop. The staff was part of a team on a monitoring exercise to audit the health of prepaid meters …
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