Outspoken reggae artist and broadcaster, Blakk Rasta has recounted his side of the story on how the longstanding rift between himself and Shatta Wale began. The veteran reggae musician bemoaned that Shatta Wale disrespected him and expressed no remorse after he helped him find his feet during the lowest moments in the beginning stages of the latter’s career. Speaking in ...

Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has debunked claims that Ghana has once again been ranked in the category of Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC). According to him, the numerous publications making rounds on social media purporting that the country has returned to HIPC is false. Speaking at the Nation Building Updates on Tuesday in Accra, the Minister noted that ...

An Economist and Professor of Finance at the University of Ghana Business School, Godfred Bokpin, says Ghana’s return to HIPC (Highly Indebted Poor Country) is not surprising. The World Bank has listed Ghana in the Category of the Highly Indebted Poor Countries on its website. A report projects Ghana’s debt to GDP which currently stands at 68.3% will hit 76.7% ...

The wife of one of Ghana’s Members of Parliament (MPs) has detailed how even though her husband is campaigning for another term in Parliament, he has done virtually nothing in his constituency. According to the distraught wife, her husband spends more money on two slay queens of his than he spends on projects in his constituency, stressing that even though ...

Striker Raphael Dwamena’s career has suffered another big setback after his Danish team Vejle Boldklub terminated his contract due to his heart condition. The club announced on Monday that they have been forced to withdraw the Ghana striker from the pitch. Rapheal Dwamena’s heart problem first came up in his botched transfer to English Premier League side Brighton and Hove ...

The Circuit Court in Accra presided over by Mr Emmanuel Marvin Essandoh has admitted Dr Nathaniel Acolatse, an alleged financier of Western Togoland branch of Lapaz and his organiser to bail. Dr Acolatse, a clinician at Amasaman government hospital and Samuel Kasraku, a carpenter were both granted bail in the sum of GH ¢100,000 with two sureties each. The sureties ...

President Akufo-Addo has launched the Ghana Improved Cooking distribution project which will see the manufacturing and free distribution of 500,000 improved charcoal stoves in Ghana to 350,000 rural households across the country by 2021 which will benefit approximately 1.8 million Ghanaians. Launching the $5.5million South Korea Government funded project on Monday October 26,2020 at Akuse in the Eastern Region, President ...

The US Senate has confirmed Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court in a victory for President Donald Trump a week before the presidential election. Mr Trump’s fellow Republicans voted 52-48 to approve the judge, overcoming the unified opposition of Democrats. Her appointment seals for the foreseeable future a 6-3 conservative majority on the top US judicial body. Democratic ...

Some Civil Society groups in the country have filed a suit over the directive by President Akufo-Addo asking Auditor General Daniel Domelevo to proceed on leave. Mr. Domelevo has been on mandatory leave since July 1, 2020 following an order by the President. An appeal by the civil society groups to have the decision rescinded was rejected by the Presidency. ...

The Paramount Chief of Kpone is reported to have walked out of the durbar grounds unhappy, at a sod-cutting event for the construction of a district hospital in the area. According to reports, Nii Tetteh Otu II was furious when he saw the artist’s impression of the project which the President, Nana Akufo-Addo came to commission because he taught was ...