John Dramani Mahama, the former president, has arrived in Wa to start a two-day campaign tour of the Upper West Region. Before the presidential and parliamentary elections on May 13, 2023, Mr. Mahama still needs to travel to two more regions, one of which is Upper West. President Mahama will …
Read More »Fitch expects the cedi to end 2023 at ¢12.40 to a dollar
According to Fitch Solutions, the Ghana cedi is anticipated to end 2023 at 12.40 to the US dollar. Because of this, depreciation will occur at a pace that is much lower than the 38% observed last year. The research and market intelligence company’s claim is predicated on the idea that …
Read More »Duffour calls for postponement of NDC primaries over anomalies in voter register
Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, a flagbearer candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has urged the party’s National Executive Council (NEC) to cancel the next presidential and parliamentary primaries slated for this coming weekend, May 13, 2023. He claims that this is a result of some errors in the party’s voter …
Read More »Offinso North DCE promises to co-operate with MP for development
Hon. Albert Sefa Boampong, the recently confirmed District Chief Executive for Offinso North in the Ashanti Region, has vowed to continue the work of his predecessor by collaborating closely with their MP to urbanize the constituency and enhance the quality of life for the locals. Since the late DCE Hon. …
Read More »JUSAG threaten indefinite strike
The Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) has threatened to embark on an extended strike if a salary raise and back pay from January 2023 are not granted for them in a letter addressed to the Executive Secretary of the National Labour Commission. The government has until Friday, May …
Read More »2 arrested for assaulting a journalist of Dagbon FM
The two people who allegedly attacked Abubakari Sadiq, a presenter at Dagbon FM in Tamale, while he was hosting a show at the station on May 3, 2023, have been detained by the police as of today, May 8, 2023. When the police arrived at the scene after the incident, …
Read More »I am not a mole in NDC, NPP collapsed my bank – Duffour sets the records straight
Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, a potential flagbearer candidate for the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), claims that the governing New Patriotic Party has injured him personally more than any other political party by destroying his enterprises. As a result, he says he won’t accept funding from them in order to …
Read More »Bondholders promise to protest outside Ministry of Finance until principal and coupons are paid
Pensioner Bondholders Forum members have returned to the Finance Ministry’s offices to picket and demand that their outstanding coupons on matured bonds be paid. For bondholders who were pensioner bondholders and were exempt from the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) as well as for individual bondholders who chose not to …
Read More »Borrow from the treasury bills market to pay us – Pensioners to Finance Minister
Pensioner bondholders claim they must use their coupons and principal to pay for medical expenses in order to remain alive. As a result, they have advised the government to borrow money from the Treasury market in order to pay them, given that President Nana Akufo-Addo has previously claimed that he …
Read More »Assin North MP injuncted as a result of government’s manipulation of the judiciary – Mahama
The next National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration, according to former president John Dramani Mahama, will work to clarify the constitutional clause that prevents those with dual citizenship from holding political office in Ghana. The former president claims that the ban on the Assin North MP acting in his capacity as …
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