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Credit ratings agency, S&P Global Ratings has downgraded Ghana’s debt further into speculative territory, lowering the country’s foreign and local currency sovereign ratings to junk from B-/B to CCC+/C with negative outlook. In February Moody’s downgraded Ghana to Caa1 with a stable outlook. According to S&P Ghana’s outlook is negative, …

Emmy Duro, 29, a Nigerian businessman has appeared before an Adentan Circuit Court for allegedly stabbing his co- tenant with a broken bottle at Nanakrom, near Ashalley Botwe in Accra. Duro is alleged to have demanded answers from his co-tenant as to why he wanted to sleep with his wife, …

Landed property is a very essential asset to nations, businesses, and individuals. It is a cherished asset top-notch investor in the world feel safe to keep their funds. Nonetheless, owning a land has always come with its challenges. From time immemorial, conflicts from land litigation have seen people murdered, families …

The Accra Circuit Court Four has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Prophet Daniel Nkansah for failing to attend court. Mr Nkansah, who is charged for GH¢390,000.00 fraud under the pretext of supplying 60,000 pieces of jute bags to a businessman, was absent when the case was called. …

More than 500 learners from the Agricultural Technical and Vocational Education and Training (ATVET)’s Competency-Based Training (CBT) have received capacity building in the Oil Palm Value Chain. The six-month training was run at five different agricultural training institutions throughout Ghana, focusing on specific training modules for occupations along the oil palm value chain. The modules …

Reverend Dr Stephen Yenusom Wengam, Lead Pastor of Cedar Mountain International Church in Accra, has been elected the General Superintendent of Assemblies of God, Ghana. This was at the 30th biennial General Council Meeting of the Church last night attended by more than three thousand delegates at the University of …

Ms Freda Henka, a resident of Tamale has complained about the celebration of Founders’ Day without the mention of Yaa Asantewaa, a Warrior who resisted the colonialists. Speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency in Tamale on Thursday on the observation of Founders’ Day, Ms Henka said Yaa …

Convenor for the Ghana Fisheries Alliance and Programmes Manager of Friends of the Nation (FoN), Mr Kwadwo Kyei Yamoah has indicated that “implementing the Closed Season without strict compliance of the Fisheries Laws, is a waste’. According to him, a successful Closed Season must not be marred with the practice …

Police Ladies’ Association (POLAS) has launched its 70th-anniversary celebration on the theme: “70 years of women policing in Ghana, her evolution and future,” with lots of milestones in the Ghana Police Service (GPS). Commissioner of Police (COP) Mrs Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo Danquah, President of the Association, said the discrimination …

At least 12 people have been confirmed dead in a gory accident at Eduegyei, near Ataabadze junction on the Cape Coast-Takoradi highway on Wednesday. A middle-aged woman, yet to be identified,  sustained serious injuries. The head-on collision, which happened at about 1550 hours involved a Toyota Hiace bus with registration …