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Bank of Ghana Governor Ernest Addison “is a competent professional of quiet courage”, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has praised, pointing out: “In these nearly seven years, we have worked together to ensure: the inviolability of the banking system; the establishment of the Consolidated Bank of Ghana (CBG) and the Development Bank of Ghana; the raising of over $10 billion in the Eurobond market and …

The Minerals Commission has undertaken a major reshuffle exercise including a transfer of the Western Regional Director and others after the quarry explosion in Shama last Sunday, September 10. According to a document circulating on social media, he has been transferred to Koforidua. Per the said document, Head at the Ashanti Regional Office, Samuel Gyabaah has been brought to Takoradi. “The Minerals …

Auntie Muni, a famous waakye seller in Accra, has voiced her concerns about the adverse effects of economic hardship on her thriving business. She lamented the increase in the cost of living, particularly the soaring prices of essential commodities in the market. During the interview, she recalled a time when her waakye business flourished, and she was able to comfortably support …

As of July 2023, the inflation rate stood at 43.1% but dropped to 40.1 in the month of August. Professor Samuel Kobina Annim, the government statistician, announced this during a press conference. Statistics however also indicate a decline in food inflation from 55.0% to 51.9% in July. Meanwhile, Non-food inflation has also witnessed a drop from 30.9% to 2.9% and …

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has accused President Akufo-Addo of being delusional and insulting by claiming to have a superior track record in the fight against corruption. Ablakwa was reacting to the President’s recent speech on his anti-corruption efforts during the Ghana Bar Conference held in Cape Coast on Monday, September 11, 2023. President Akufo-Addo touted his administration’s accomplishments …

A leading member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Henry Osei Akoto, has called out President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for trying to resurrect an already dead case involving the former president, John Dramani Mahama. Referring to how the sitting president referred to the Airbus Scandal and the supposed role of John Mahama in it while speaking at the 2023 Bar Conference …

Former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper has called on Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia to pull out his questions thrown at late Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur and answer them first before calling for a “showdown” with former President John Mahama. Mr. Terkper explained that former President John Mahama as Vice President achieved a lot including the creation of GRA as an autonomous body which was …

The Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, has said that revelations at the ongoing hearing on a leaked tape of an alleged plot to remove the IGP suggest that the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, may have been the one behind the order to interdict some senior police officers implicated in the tape. The Inspector General …

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, has denied running a one-man show at the Ghana Police Service. Dampare was responding to allegations that he was responsible for the leaked tape that has sparked a lot of controversy in recent days. Addressing the parliamentary committee probing the leaked audio, Dampare said he is not running a one-man show and …

The Inspector General of Police, Dr George Dampare Akuffo, has disclosed that the wild allegations made by some senior Police officers have caused severe pain to his personality and his family. COP George Mensah, one of the top police officers at the centre of the alleged plot to kick out the current Inspector General of Police, stated that the IGP orchestrated …