Dr. Henry Kofi Wampah, Governor of the Bank of Ghana, has urged banks to adopt the Direct Debit payment system for the payment and collection of cash. He said the country was making a steady stride in its quest to make the Ghanaian economy a cash-lite one; adding that Direct Debit products were very useful […]
At least 45 persons have been confirmed dead in a motor accident on the Kintampo-Tamale highway. The accident, which is said to have occurred near the Kintampo Water Falls, involved a Metro Mass Transport bus with registration number AS 7131 Y. The bus was said to be travelling from Kumasi to Tamale but rammed into a
The Media Foundation for West Africa, (MFWA) has learnt with concern the threats issued against Ato Kwamena Dadzie, a journalist with privately-owned Joy FM, by the Member of Parliament for the Assin North Constituency of the Central Region of Ghana, Kennedy Agyapong. On February 16, 2016, Agyapong reportedly accosted Dadzie in front of the Joy
Motivational speaker Victor Segun Sanya continues with his series on IDEAS THAT WIN. This week he speaks on the topic, Value. .
An Australian mining firm has found a 404-carat diamond worth an estimated $14 million dollars in the southern African country of Angola. Executives of the Lucapa Diamond Company said Monday, miners discovered the white diamond in the Lunda Norte province in northeastern Angola. Company chairman Miles Kennedy said “We’re not used to valuing 400-carat diamonds,
Eight-time world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao has described gay couples as “worse than animals”. His comments have sparked a firestorm of criticism in the Philippines where he is seeking to be elected a senator. “It’s common sense. Do you see animals mating with the same sex? Animals are better because they can distinguish male from
The Minority in Parliament has accused President John Mahama of constitutional lawlessness as far as the transfer of two former Guantanamo Bay detainees into Ghana for a two-year stay is concerned. Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih al-Dhuby, both Yemeni, were transferred to Ghana on January 7, 2016 after a deal was
Two students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) are on admission at the university’s hospital in Kumasi after they were stabbed in a clash between students of the Katanga and Unity halls of the university. Students from the two rival male halls were reported to have engaged in a brawl on
The Eastern regional Police Commander DCOP Awuntubuge Awuni has charged security officers in the region to shoot and kill the cattle of recalcitrant Fulani herdsmen who have migrated to the area. He gave the directive during the launch of ‘operation cow leg’ meant to flush out Fulanis in the region Monday. “I will not take
Palm Oil Producers Association of Ghana (POPAG) has issued a week ultimatum to researchers at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to apologize to the association for publishing what it described as falsehood about their business. A research by postgraduate students of the university concluded that traders of palm oil have been soaking
