Fuel prices are likely to up in the coming days following a surge in prices of finished petroleum products and crude on the international market, analysts have projected. In separate analysis of the May 2022 First Pricing Window (May 1 to May 15, 2022), the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) …
Read More »GFA’s Disciplinary Committee outline recommendations to deal with match-fixing
The Disciplinary Committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has recommended that all players involved in match-fixing henceforth should be sidelined pending the final determination of the matter. This comes after a staggering disciplinary action taken against AshantiGold SC as they have been demoted to the third tier of Ghana football with …
Read More »AshantiGold found guilty of match manipulation, demoted
AshantiGold Sporting Club has been demoted to the Division Two league starting from the 2022/23 football season. The miners were found guilty of match manipulation by the Disciplinary Committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), after their last game of the season against Inter Allies. According to the ruling by …
Read More »Kendrick Lamar visits Ghana
Having arrived in Ghana a few days ago, multiple Grammy award-winning American rapper Kendrick Lamar has dominated the worldwide charts with the release of his album “Mr Morale & The Big Steppers”. While dominating the charts, numerous news portals around the world have highlighted his visit to Ghana, where he held a private album …
Read More »Ghana government subsidises energy sector with $1b annually – Economist
The Government has been supporting the energy sector with close to $1 billion annually since 2019, Mr Habibu Adam, a member of the Energy Sector Recovery Programme (ESRP), has said. This is attributable to the excess capacity charges and production costs, related to contracts signed in the past with the …
Read More »Prof Bosu appeals to government to protect CSIR lands
Professor Paul Bosu, the newly inducted Director-General of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has appealed to the Government and other stakeholders to help protect the Council’s lands from encroachment. “Our lands at the Animal Research Institute (ARI) site at Katamanso here in Accra are under siege by …
Read More »Police investigates case of journalist attacked for filming at NPP constituency polls
The Ajumako Police Command is investigating a case of assault on a reporter of the Ghana News Agency, Mr Prince Acquah, by a mob for filming an altercation during the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam Constituency executive election. The altercation, which nearly marred the otherwise peaceful election at the Ajumako …
Read More »Local production said to be solution to Ghana’s inflationary pressures
fCaptains of Trade and Industry say strategic investment and sustained local production is the solution to Ghana’s inflationary pressures and economic challenges. They noted that the continued importation of goods, including about 70 percent raw materials for local production was the main contributing factor to the rising exchange rate challenge …
Read More »Experts at CoM2022 discuss effects of Russia-Ukraine crisis on Africa
The ECA Sub-Regional Office for Southern (SRO-SA) in collaboration with the Angolan Government and the United Nations Resident Coordinator’s Office in Angola held a side event at the margins of the 54th session of the ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to offer African countries a platform …
Read More »African Election Authorities committed to professional free and fair elections
The Executive Committee of the Association of African Election Authorities (AAEA) says it remains committed to the professional, free and fair conduct of elections on the continent. The Committee has, therefore, called on all regional and sub-regional bodies, civil society and the development community to partner them in pursuing and …
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