President John Dramani Mahama has ordered immediate interventions to shield Ghanaians from surging fuel prices, as global tensions in the Middle East continue to disrupt oil supplies and push up costs. The directive was issued following a Cabinet meeting in … Read more →
Ghanaians will have to brace up for more hardships as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to remain committed to bringing down inflation. The low export revenues coupled with fiscal indiscipline have created a gaping … Read more →
President John Dramani Mahama this morning began his official visit to Japan with a courtesy call on Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. The President was accompanied by First Lady Mrs. Lordina Dramani Mahama who … Read more →
Mr Hassan Ayariga’s All People’s Congress (APC) has opened nominations for interested presidential candidates on the ticket of the political party to pick up nomination forms. Fees for contesting the presidential primary has been pegged at a total cost Gh?100,000. … Read more →
Fred Agbenyo says organizers of the UK Anti-corruption Summit have no moral right to hold a summit to discuss issues of corruption, particularly pertaining to Africa. Speaking on Peace FM‘s Kokrokoo, the Deputy Communications Director of the ruling National Democratic … Read more →
THERE WAS pandemonium at the Miklin Hotel, Kumasi, yesterday as Members of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) openly traded punches following a misunderstanding over the election of a Presiding Member (PM). The House, which had been sharply divided on New … Read more →
The 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has said President John Mahama does not need a second term because he has been poor in office. According to him, the belief by most presidents that … Read more →
Ghana’s public debt has increased from GHC96.9 billion to GHC99.9 billion as of December 2015, according to the Central Bank. External debt now stands at GHC59.9 billion cedis with domestic debt hitting 40 billion Ghana cedis. The figures are contained … Read more →
The Founder and leader of the Ghana Freedom Party Madam Akua Donkor had lashed out at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA)for proposing a separate debate for President John Mahama and the Presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), … Read more →
The youth for Nana Addo in the kwesimintsim constituency are worried over the delay of the court to give ruling relating to the election for a parliamentary candidate for the party in the kwesimintsim constituency. Michael Assong , who is … Read more →
The Electoral Commission was able to register more than 188,000 prospective voters during the just-ended limited registration exercise in the Ashanti Region. The figure represents about 38,000 more applicants relative to the targeted figure of 150,000 before the start of … Read more →
President John Dramani Mahama has stated that the fight against corruption is an uphill task which needs “a partnership of the willing” to be able to tackle. Admitting that the nation had more work to do in battling the canker, … Read more →
President Muhammadu Buhari has announced that he will name looters of public funds in a speech he intends to deliver on May 29. Buhari told journalists on the sideline of the Anti-Corruption Summit holding in London, that such corrupt individuals … Read more →
As Ghana prepares to hit the international bonds market to raise about one billion dollars, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has given its blessing to the move for the country to issue its 5th Eurobond. Prior to the approval, some … Read more →
President John Dramani Mahama has stated that he has never taken bribe, in spite of the several allegations of corruption levelled against him and members of his government. In an interview with the BBC on the sidelines of the Anti-Corruption … Read more →
Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff is to face trial after the Senate voted to impeach and suspend her. Ms Rousseff is accused of illegally manipulating finances to hide a growing public deficit ahead of her re-election in 2014, which she denies. … Read more →