On Wednesday, October 8, 2025, the US declared that Malians would have to post a $10,000 (KSh 1.3 million) bond beginning Thursday, October 23, 2025, before securing visas to travel to the US. Through the visa-bond programme, US consular officials … Read more →
Former Auditor-General Daniel Domelevo has admitted that during his tenure, the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) team collected and compiled data without verification — including entries he described as “garbage.” Speaking on Joy News’ PM Express on October 22, Mr. … Read more →
Minister for Lands and Natural Resources and Member of Parliament for Ellembelle, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has expressed optimism about President John Dramani Mahama’s renewed commitment to accelerating development in the Western Region, particularly in the areas of health and infrastructure. … Read more →
Ghanaian gospel musician and preacher, Sonnie Badu, has heaped praises on dancehall heavyweight Shatta Wale following the massive success of his Shatta Fest concert, which took place on Saturday, 18 October, at Accra’s Independence Square. The event, which doubled as … Read more →
Speaker of Parliament Alban Sumana Bagbin has called for the introduction of official leave periods for Members of Parliament (MPs), arguing that the heavy demands of their work leave little room for rest or family time. Speaking in Parliament on … Read more →
Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Johnson Asiama, says one of his top priorities is to end the long-standing reliance on the U.S. dollar for domestic transactions. He wants to make the Ghana cedi the sole currency of … Read more →
Parliament will resume sittings today, Tuesday, October, 21 2025, for the Third Meeting of the First Session of the Ninth Parliament. This session, the final for the legislative year, is expected to be a busy one, with the presentation of … Read more →
The cedi’s sustained “good run” against the dollar over the past two weeks of October 2025 has helped erase the local currency’s losses posted in the third quarter of the year. Data from Bloomberg News and the World Bank show … Read more →
Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partner expected to pull her governing bloc further to the right. Takaichi replaces Shigeru … Read more →