Sharing of money has come to stay in politics – Solomon Nkansah

By: Roberta Gayode Modin Vote buying is a major conversation that comes up in the public domain anytime Ghana plans to go to the polls, whether local or national level. In a publication by pan-African, Independent and Non-partisan Research Network, Afrobarometer, vote-buying is a transaction whereby candidates distribute private goods such as cash and gifts […]

Hilda Baci: Nigerian chef ready to poach world cooking record

Hilda Baci: Nigerian chef ready to poach world cooking record

A Nigerian chef has become a national sensation after cooking non-stop for more than 90 hours in an attempt to break the world record. Hilda Baci has used over 100 different dishes since turning on her cooker at 15:00 GMT on Thursday. Politicians and celebrities have been egging her on, as has the boisterous crowd […]

KNUST Provost raises alarm over shortcomings of facilities management

KNUST TEWU threatens to disrupt academic activities

By: Nicholas Osei-Wusu Provost of the College of Built Environment of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, KNUST, Professor John Tia Bugri, has raised an alarm about the recent increasing cases of building collapse in the country with the loss of human lives and injuries as a result.  He called for a closer […]

$600m first tranche IMF cash coming

Second tranche IMF loan: Ghana gets green light

The first tranche of the $3 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) support will be released immediately after the Executive Board of the fund approves the country’s programme on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, the Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance, Dr Mohammed Amin Adams, has told the Daily Graphic. He said the first tranche […]

Mahama grateful for overwhelming endorsement from NDC

Mahama grateful for overwhelming endorsement from NDC

Presidential candidate-elect of the National Democratic Congress, NDC, John Dramani Mahama, has extended his appreciation to delegates and supporters of the NDC for reposing their confidence in him by voting for him to lead the party into the 2024 elections. Ahead of his formal address to thank party members for the confidence to lead the […]

Government launches GH¢100 million grant funding initiative for capacity upgrading of micro, small and medium scale enterprises

Government launches GH¢100 million grant funding initiative for capacity upgrading of micro, small and medium scale enterprises

Government has launched a 100 million cedi (GH¢100 million) grant funding initiative for training and capacity upgrading of high-growth Micro, Small and Medium-Scale Enterprises, MSMEs, owned by women and young persons. The initiatives, which are being supported and funded by the World Bank and the government under the Ghana Economic Transformation Project, GETP, will allocate […]

Accra: Nine victims of Bortianor-Faana boat disaster laid to rest

Accra: Nine victims of recent boat disaster at Bortianor laid to rest

The bodies of the nine school children who drowned after the boat they were travelling on, capsized on the estuary at ‘Wiaboman’, have been laid to rest. Family and friends could not hold back their tears when the bodies of the victims were laid at the Bortianor palace park for a final farewell. The school […]

COPEC projects decline in fuel prices in second pricing window of May

Prices of fuel products drop 

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers Ghana, COPEC, is projecting a decline in the prices of fuel in the second pricing window of May 2023. COPEC’s projections is as a result of decline in the price of crude on the international market and stable to slightly declining forex rates. Petrol is expected to be sold at […]

Flagbearer-elect of NDC Mahama to deliver formal acceptance speech today

Mahama files Presidential nomination on Monday

Flagbearer-elect of the National Democratic Congress, NDC, and former President, John Dramani Mahama, will today, May 15, 2023, deliver his formal post-election acceptance speech at the University for Development Studies (UDS) in Tamale in the afternoon. CLICK HERE FOR MORE ON POLITICS