GENERAL NEWS

Distressed Bonds Knock Cedi THE LOCAL currency sank to as low as 6.253 the previous week, from 6.189 at the preceding week’s close, as Ghana’s dollar-denominated bonds dropped further into distressed territory. According to AZA Finance, Africa’s largest non-bank currency broker by trading volume at over $1 billion annually, thirteen …

Potentially Hazardous’ Asteroid Twice the Size of Empire State Building to Fly by Earth. A massive asteroid will be flying through Earth’s side of the solar system on Tuesday, but the planet will be at a safe — albeit, a relatively close — distance from the celestial object. According to …

Two Arrested For Fraud, Illegal Abortion Two persons have been arrested in an operation by the medical And Dental Council for allegedly, practicing medicine illegally, performing an illegal abortion, and defrauding foreign-trained doctors. The two have been identified as Bright Afful, arrested at Agona Swedru in the Central Region and …

Let’s Be Civil– Info MinisterTo MPs Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said violence and misconduct in the chamber of parliament among the political class, have dire consequences on the country’s fortunes. “The past few months in Ghana’s parliamentary history will go down as some of the most embarrassing. The …

Kan-Dapaah Wants Majority, Minority Cooperation Minister of National Security, Albert Kan-Dapaah, has said Ghana will develop faster if the NPP majority and NDC minority MPs would cooperate and not always be seen to be at each other’s throat. In an address to Members of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association during a …

Dr. K. K. Sarpong Elected UPSA Chancellor The Governing Council of the University of Professional Studies (UPSA) has voted to appoint the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Company, (GNPC), Dr. K.K. Sarpong, as the new Chancellor of the University. In a circular to the University Community signed …

Ghana Gas triples production from 90mscm/d in 2016 to 300mscm/d currently The Ghana National Gas Company (GNGC), the country’s premier midstream gas business, has tripled its production capacity since 2016. The company, which started by producing 16 million standard cubic metres (mscm) of gas per day in 2015, ramped up …

Bagbin Drops Cloak, Storms Chamber With Regalia As MPs Resume Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, on Tuesday, 25th January 2022 stormed the chamber in traditional regalia, mostly worn by some chiefs in the Greater Accra, Volta Regions. The Speaker in the first session of the first sitting before the end …

Asenso-Boakye Charges TDC Board To Focus On Provision Of Affordable Housing The Minister for Works and Housing, Francis Asenso-Boakye (MP) has charged the TDC company to reinvert their operations and focus on government’s new affordable housing policy that aims to increase access to safe, secure, adequate, and affordable housing to …

Ghana’s GDP Growth Robust – Finance Ministry. MINISTER OF State at the Finance Ministry, Charles Adu Boahene, has noted that Ghana’s gross domestic product (GDP) continues to be robust in spite of the challenging global economic environment. Speaking at a press conference Monday in Accra, after a three-day engagement with …