Politics

2,486  President Akufo Addo has bemoaned the influx of refugees into the country. Interacting with the visiting Arch-Bishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, President Akufo-Addo described the situation as worrying. “One of the biggest problems we have in Ghana today will be of course the issue of refugees as a result of the dislocations that have […]

1,663  The Founder and Leader of United Front Party,Dr.Nana Agyenim Boateng, aka Gyataba has said that Ghana needs more of Sophia Akufos to make the Country work again. According to him, Madam Sophia Akufo never considered her appointment by President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo Addo as former Chief Justice but rather took a bold decision […]

1,769  The government has assured individual bondholders and groups who did not sign up for the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) of the payment of their outstanding coupons and maturing principals. The Ministry of Finance, in a statement issued on Tuesday, February 14, said the payments will be done in line with the government’s fiscal […]

1,567  The Member of Parliament for Pru East, Dr. Kwabena Donkor has threatened to take legal action against the Ghana Highways Authority over the poor state of the Ejura-Yeji highway. The lawmaker contends that the stretch is riddled with deep potholes threatening the lives of commuters and creating discomfort due to the long hours spent […]

1,486  The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has secured a court order to seize vehicles suspected to have been stolen and smuggled into the country. The freezing order from the court, according to EOCO, would enable it to seize 95 more vehicles in addition to 41 others seized earlier in collaboration with the US […]

1,699  The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has distanced himself from a letter written in his name by James Keck Osei, a Director of Administration in his office over a request for clearance of some 15 containers loaded with bags of rice from the Tema Port. Per a letter from the Vice President’s Secretariat signed […]

1,617  Convener of the Individual Bondholders Forum, Senyo Hosi, has called on Ghanaians to be more patriotic and selfless towards national issues. Speaking in relation to the government’s domestic debt exchange programme and the consequent pushback it suffered from primarily middle class individuals in the country, he noted that the unionizing of the middle class […]

4,147  The Ministry of Finance has revealed that it has successfully swapped GH₵‎82,994,510,128 worth of old bonds from a possible GH₵‎ 97,749,624,691 under the domestic debt exchange programme. The amount represents an 84.91% success rate exceeding the Finance Ministry’s intended target of an 80 percent participation rate. Meanwhile, the government has extended the settlement date […]

1,746  Convener of the Individual Bondholders Forum, Martin Kpebu, says the government’s domestic debt exchange programme has been a rude political awakening to most middle class Ghanaians. According to him, the middle class – who are fond of staying on the fence in issues of national discourse – have had no choice but to take […]