Tricycle operators in the Ashanti Region have escalated their protest against a directive to restrict their movement in parts of the Central Business District as the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly vows to implement the policy. The tricycle operators on Wednesday, August 2, took to the streets and blocked a major road leading to Kejetia, causing significant disruptions to traffic and daily ...

Former Hearts of Oak striker Ishmael Addo has shockingly revealed that he got to know about the tragic May 9 disaster a week after the event. The lethal forward inspired Hearts of Oak to a comeback win over Asante Kotoko at the Accra Sports Stadium after the Porcupines had broken the deadlock on May 9, 2001. One of Addo’s goals ...

William Kojo Johnson, popularly known as Stay Jay has said that the Ghana Music Rights Organization pays him not less than Gh¢20,000 every month. In an interview with DJ Willie on Onua Weekend Party on Onua FM, the hiplife artiste revealed that in a month he is credited not less than Gh¢20,000 from GHAMRO so he strongly believes that the said organization pays ...

Two more suspects have been arrested in the ongoing investigations into the stolen funds from the residence of the former Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Dapaah. This was revealed in court on Wednesday, August 2, by police prosecutor DSP Emmanuel Nyamekye when the case was called. Five persons including two house helps of the former Aviation Minister were initially arrested for allegedly ...

The Director of Research at the Bank of Ghana (BoG) Dr Phillip Otoo has said that he does not share in the views that the Governor of the central bank Dr Ernest Addison should resign because of the GHS60.8 billion loss. He said that the factors that accounted for the loss were not the doing of the Governor. Asked whether ...

For 50 years, since legendary highlife musician Pat Thomas began his professional music career, many people believed that his real name was also Pat Thomas. In an interview on Citi TV’s entertainment and lifestyle show, “Upside Down,” Pat Thomas, who is also known as “The Golden Voice,” astonishingly revealed that his real name is Nana Kwabena Amu Mensah. According to ...

The GUTA President, Dr Joseph Obeng has expressed disappointment at the 2023 mid-year budget. According to him, despite the fact that no new taxes were introduced, they expected some existing ones to have been scrapped or the rates reduced. “The budget did not touch on the high cost involved in doing business, no revision on taxes, high interest rate and ...

A former Deputy Finance Minister and Member of Parliament for Cape Coast South, Kweku Ricketts-Hagan has described the actions by the former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah to keep huge sums of foreign hard currency in her home as unlawful. Mr. Ricketts-Hagan said not only are the former minister’s actions unlawful but are also unpatriotic considering ...

The Governing Council of the University of Education, Winneba, has appointed Professor Stephen Jobson Mitchual as the next Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba. Prof. Mitchual takes office on 1st October 2023. He comes with over 20 years of teaching and administrative experience in the Higher Education sector. Prof. Mitchual holds a PhD in Wood Science and Technology obtained ...

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has rejected claims that the GH¢60 billion losses it recorded in 2022 were a result of recklessness. “What we are seeing on the balance sheets of BoG is not as a result of reckless policy, or bad decisions but the direct impact from DDEP. We can say [BoG] policy has been suboptimal. Suboptimal in the ...