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Banks in Ghana record GH¢2.5bn profit as of February 2026
Posted on with No CommentBanks operating in Ghana recorded a profit-after-tax of GH¢2.5 billion as of the end of February 2026. This is compared with GH¢2.0 billion in the same period a year earlier, a 24.1% increase in growth year-on-year. Similarly, profit-before-tax (PBT) recorded … Read more →
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Ace Broadcaster Paa Kwesi Simpson appointed Public Relations Consultant for Takoradi Shopping Mall Project
Posted on | CommentNhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson, a co-host of ‘Jolly Breakfast Show,’ the biggest current affairs morning programme (on Skyy Power FM) in Western and Central Regions has been appointed as the Public Relations Consultant for the Takoradi Shopping Mall project. Amongst … Read more →
GhIB apologises to Otumfuo over expired diplomatic passport claim
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana International Bank (GhIB) in the United Kingdom, has formally apologised before a London Employment Tribunal, for stating that at the time the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II gave £350,000 to an executive director of the bank in August … Read more →
Police arrest over 240 suspected criminals and sex workers
Posted on | CommentThe Ashanti regional police command has arrested about 245 suspected criminals and sex workers in a swoop on Thursday. The move, according to the police, was part of proactive way of policing in order to rid the region off criminal … Read more →
PURC boss fired!
Posted on | CommentThe Executive Secretary of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) Samuel Kwadwo Sarpong has been relieved of his post by the president. He has therefore been directed to handover and vacate post by the close of day, Friday, October 13, 2017. … Read more →
Liberia election: George Weah in comfortable lead
Posted on | CommentPartial results from Liberia’s presidential election show former football star George Weah has taken an early lead. Figures from the National Elections Commission (NEC) put Mr Weah ahead in 11 out of 15 counties, although most votes have yet to … Read more →
Tullow awarded 4 licences in Côte d’Ivoire
Posted on | CommentPetroci, the national oil company of Côte d’Ivoire, holds the remaining 10%. The four blocks – CI 518, CI519, CI301 and CI302 – cover 5,035 square kilometres and located on the coastline of Côte d’Ivoire mostly to the west of … Read more →
I’m expecting more gas explosions – Security Analyst
Posted on | CommentSecurity Analyst, Dr. Kwesi Aning has said he was not surprised by the gas explosion at Atomic Junction in Accra. Seven persons died from the Saturday night’s ghastly blast with over 100 others suffering various degrees of injuries. “I wasn’t … Read more →
Otumfuo’s diplomatic passport had expired when he gave out £350,000 – Bank
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana International Bank has responded to media enquiries in respect of the sacking of a bank worker for lodging money in the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II UK bank account and said the Asantehene’s diplomatic passport “had in fact … Read more →
Deadly ‘supercell’ storm scatters ships in South Africa
Posted on | CommentMoored ships were blown away as a “supercell thunderstorm” swept through South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal region, killing at least 11 people. The dead include a child swept away by rising waters and two patients killed when a wall collapsed at the … Read more →
Kenya EC insists Odinga still in the race
Posted on | CommentNational Super Alliance (Nasa) leader Raila Odinga has not formally quit the presidential race. The electoral commission on Wednesday said Mr Odinga had not submitted a duly signed Form 24A, which is the document recognised in law for withdrawing one’s … Read more →
Proceedings at UK tribunal over alleged violations of anti-money laundering rules
Posted on | CommentWe chanced upon the proceedings of Wednesday’s hearing at the UK tribunal determining a case of possible violations of anti-money laundering regulation. The case has attracted the interest of Ghanaians following revelations the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, allegedly laundered … Read more →
Samira Bawumia appointed ambassador for UN’s clean cookstoves project
Posted on | CommentSamira Bawumia has announced her appointment as an ambassador for the United Nations’ Foundation Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves. The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves project focuses on improving health and environment through encouraging changes in cooking methods and types … Read more →
Gh¢244.32m fraud hits banks, others
Posted on | Comment-From 1,001 fraud incidents reported by banks in 2016 -Public also filed additional 1,529 complaints The total monetary value involved in all reported fraud cases by financial institutions, both successful and attempted, for the year 2016 amounted to approximately GH¢244.32 … Read more →
Accra Technical University lecturers withdraw services
Posted on | CommentLecturers at the Accra Technical University have withdrawn their services Tuesday morning as a result of poor conditions of service in the school. The situation, they noted, is dire to the extent that some students are compelled by circumstance to … Read more →
Kenya’s Raila Odinga quits election re-run
Posted on | CommentKenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has pulled out of October’s election re-run. Mr Odinga said his withdrawal would give the electoral commission enough time to introduce reforms that will help deliver a more credible election. The Supreme Court annulled the … Read more →
Nurse-trainees: Gh¢232m sank into restored allowance – Prez. Akufo-Addo
Posted on | CommentThe restored monthly allowances of nurse-trainees will cost the government Gh¢232 million this academic year, according to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Restoring the allowance was an integral campaign message of Akufo-Addo going into the 2016 polls after the Mahama … Read more →
Aberdare SHS shut down due to low enrolment
Posted on | CommentThe Aberdare State College at Abeadze Dominase in the Central Region has been closed down due to low enrolment. The school, which has facilities to accommodate more than 800 students, was established in 2004 by the chiefs and people of … Read more →
TV pole kills 2 school children at Agona Duakwa
Posted on | CommentTwo school children, aged between two and five, on Saturday afternoon met their untimely death when they were electrocuted by a metal television pole at Agona Duakwa Zongo. They were Master Bright Kwesi Nyanful, who was in nursery two, and … Read more →
Foreigners drive out Ghanaians from pharmaceutical industry
Posted on | CommentINDIGENOUS pharmaceutical companies are on the verge of extinction as global pharmaceutical companies terminate distribution contracts and hand the contracts to companies said to be foreign distributors operating in Ghana. Data compiled indicates that the market has grown to $522m … Read more →
GJA to meet media owners over insurance for staff
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) will start engagement of various media owners across the country from next week to deliberate on how to institute insurance packages for their workers due to the hazards associated with the job. The GJA says … Read more →
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