Ghanaians will be enjoying fourteen (14) public holidays in 2019 and this comes on the back of the newly introduced additional holidays by government. The list begins with tomorrow, Tuesday January 1 2019, New Year’s Day, followed by Monday January 7, 2019 as constitution day and then March 6, 2019 which is independence day in […]
Ghana has 16 regions now, but started with just 3 regions. Yes, we had Ashanti, Gold Coast Colony and Northern Territories by 1902. 1956: 4 regions- Ashanti, Gold Coast Colony, Northern Territories and Trans Volta Togoland. 1957: 5 regions- Ashanti (Kumasi), Eastern (Koforidua), Northern (Tamale), Trans-Volta Togoland (Ho), Western (Cape Coast). 1959: Ashanti region split […]
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensah has come under attack for what has been described as her very poor showing in her first big test since she assumed the high office of Chairperson of the Electoral Commission. Assibid Dauda, a youth activist says the EC boss is playing with the destiny of the […]
Former deputy communications Minister in the John Dramani Mahama era, Vicky Hammah has identified churches and drinking bars as the most flourishing enterprises in the country. “Today if you turn at every corner, you count several churches and drinking bars. They are the most thriving businesses in the country. We really need to do something […]
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has taken politicians in the country to the cleaners, accusing them of being the cause of divisions and tribalism in the country. According to him, the country was closely knit and was united until the emergence of party politics with the attendant polarization of the hitherto peaceful atmosphere. The […]
The Acting Vice President of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), Ms Kyeh Kim, has announced that Ghana has been selected as one of the countries in West Africa to be beneficiaries of another Compact programme from the MCC. The Regional Compact Programme, Ms. Kim said, will be used for the construction of large-scale, cross-border infrastructural […]
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says Ghana is well-poised for significant transformation and development, and has welcomed the inclusion and participation of the Japanese investment in that regard. According to President Akufo-Addo, his administration, over the last twenty-three months, has strengthened the Ghanaian macroeconomy, and has brought back discipline in the […]
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says Ghana has decided to turn its back on the old economy, which has been dependent on the production and export of raw materials, and also dependent on aid. According to President Akufo-Addo, “We want to emulate the story of the East Asian Miracle, which saw, […]
Ghana has received a $57 million (¥6.49 billion) grant facility from the State of Japan for the rehabilitation of phase two of the national trunk road, N8. This was after the Governments of Ghana and Japan signed an agreement after the holding of bilateral talks between President Akufo-Addo and Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, on […]
Ghana has received a $57 million (¥6.49 billion) grant facility from the State of Japan for the rehabilitation of phase two of the national trunk road, N8. This was after the Governments of Ghana and Japan signed an agreement after the holding of bilateral talks between President Akufo-Addo and Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, on […]
The former President of America George Herbert Walker Bush died, and within a week, he’s been buried. The only eulogy was delivered by his son George Bush Jnr, himself a former American President. The man planned his funeral arrangements and determined his place of burial, which is his personal library built as a family monument […]
Hungary has reopened its embassy in Ghana after it was closed for 30 years. Vice President of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia joined the Minister for Foreign Affairs for Hungary, Dr. Peter Szijatto to cut the tape for the official reopening of the embassy. According to Dr. Bawumia, the reopening of the Embassy is a win-win […]
