Some students of the University of Ghana (UG) have expressed concern about a recent management decision to revoke the residential status of some continuing students at their affiliate halls of residence. In a press statement, the students described the management decision as “heartless” for deciding to revoke the residential status of continuing students of Mensah Sarbah […]
Lionel Messi finally achieved his World Cup dream as Argentina won their third crown on penalties in one of the greatest finals in the tournament’s history. Argentina won the shootout 4-2 after a spectacular game which developed into the much-anticipated confrontation between the 35-year-old maestro Messi and his France opposite number Kylian Mbappe. France’s own […]
From today, transport fares are expected to go down by 15.3 per cent, the Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council (GRTCC) and the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) have announced. The reduction in fares is to commensurate with prevailing fuel prices on the market and it follows engagements between transport operators and the Ministry of Transport. “Following the negotiations, and in consideration with […]
Ghana’s longest-serving Finance Minister, Professor Kwesi Botchwey, who passed away last month, will be laid to rest in a private burial on Thursday, December 22. The burial will be preceded by a burial service at the Forecourt of the State House in Accra on the same day. The state event, which begins at 9 a.m., […]
Renewed violent clashes in Bawku have claimed seven lives over the weekend. Graphic Online sources suggested that the latest incident was triggered by the alleged killing of an old man at Seenateng, a suburb of Bawku, after some unknown assailants shot him, last Saturday. His son, who also suffered severe gunshot wounds in the attack, is […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appealed to manufacturers, traders and transport operators who increased the prices of goods and services at the height of the cedis’ depreciation to reduce them now that the cedi is regaining its strength. He urged Ghanaians to join the clarion call for price reduction, which he said was not […]
Prices of petroleum products are expected to fall significantly beginning this Friday, December 16, 2022, the Institute for Energy Security (IES) has projected. According to IES, the expected price drops would be significant due to the 6.60% appreciation of the cedi against the US dollar. It said the new prices will fall to about ¢13 […]
The Ghanaian currency has continued to strengthen the trend against the US dollar and all the other major foreign currencies. The cedi in the last two weeks has been on a path of resurgence against all the major trading currencies. The local currency is currently trading at ¢8 to a dollar on the interbank market. […]
Two labour groups have joined the calls against the decision of the government to include Pension Funds in a proposed domestic debt exchange programme. The Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG), and the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) Ghana, both said that it was against the law for the government to touch […]
Preparations are almost complete for the 10th National Delegates Congress of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), slated for the Accra Sports Stadium tomorrow. It will be an elective congress and delegates from all the constituencies in the country, including former government appointees of the party, will be eligible to vote to elect fresh leaders to […]
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called on the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and its 2020 presidential candidate, former President John Mahama, to render an unqualified apology to the judiciary and the citizenry for what it said was its (NDC’s) deceptive election petition. The NPP said it was the height of misconduct for former President […]
United States Ambassador Virginia Palmer says calls for the protection of the rights of persons of same-sex orientation should not be misconstrued as an attempt to promote such interests. Speaking on JoyNews‘ Foreign Affairs with Blessed Sogah last Friday, the foreign diplomat noted that discrimination of all kinds is bad, hence the need for social protection measures to […]
