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Five(5) female students of Chiana SHS in the Kassena Nankana West District of the Upper East Region who were captured in a viral video insulting President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo have been dismissed by the Ghana Education Service (GES) after thorough investigations into the matter. The students who had been …

Mr Saigulu Ololosereka, 50, who admitted to marrying a nine-year-old girl was sentenced to life imprisonment A 50-year-old man who admitted marrying a nine year old girl has been handed life imprisonment after he was found guilty of defiling the girl for three years and impregnating her. Appearing before Narok …

Former Minister for Lands and Natural Resources Kweku Asomah Cheremeh has been appointed Ghana’s High Commissioner to India. President Akufo-Addo announced this when he met the Sunyani Traditional Council as part of his two-day tour of the Bono Region. President Akufo-Addo said he should represent Ghana’s path towards the revitalization …

It will be unlawful and totally against the constitution if the International Monetary Fund (IMF) instructed the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta to introduce the debt exchange programme as part of the conditions to be met for a programme under the Fund to be concluded, a renowned economist Mr Kwame Pianim …

Ghana’s economy is in bankruptcy, a renowned economist, Mr Kwame Pianim, has said. In his view, the economy is sitting on time bomb waiting to explode. Mr Pianim said this is due to policy measures including the domestic debt exchange programme introduced by the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta. The Government …

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta A renowned economist, Mr Kwame Pianim has criticized the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta for the way and manner he is managing the economy. In his view, measures including the debt exchange programme introduced by the Finance Minister, clearly show that the economy is in bankruptcy. …

Asante Kotoko could end matchday 12 four points adrift of first place after dropping points for the third time in a row. Tamale City and Kotoko drew 1-1 on Wednesday. Coach Seydou Zerbo’s men thought they had secured three points when they took the lead in the 84th minute thanks …

Communications Director of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Henry Asante Twum says his outfit is focused on investing money earned from the World Cup in the Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence. The centre, which was constructed to accommodate national teams, is seen to be of poor quality and unfit to …

Ranking Member on the Finance Committee of Parliament Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has described the current inflation rate of 54.1 per cent as frightening. In his view, the central bank, the Bank of Ghana (BoG) may have to respond to this upward trend by increasing the policy rate which is …

The World Bank Group President David Malpass has said that emerging and developing countries are facing a multi-year period of slow growth. The slow growth, he said, is driven by heavy debt burdens and weak investment as global capital is absorbed by advanced economies faced with extremely high government debt …