Dr. Bawumia clarifies comments on mobile phone credit purchases
Presidential candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has clarified recent comments he made about Ghanaians purchasing mobile phones on credit and paying for them monthly. This clarification was made during his constituency-focused nationwide campaign, where he interacted with the people of Lambussie, Nandom, and Lawra constituencies. The vice president in an earlier interaction with constituents in the...
US Secret Service boss resigns over Trump shooting failures
US Secret Service director Kim Cheatle has resigned after security failures surrounding an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. "As your director, I take full responsibility for the security lapse," Ms Cheatle said in a resignation letter to agency staff. She had faced calls from both Democrats and Republicans to step down after a contentious congressional hearing on Monday about...
Law against anal sex constitutional – Supreme Court declares
The Supreme Court has declared as constitutional the law which prohibits unnatural carnal knowledge such as anal sex. In a unanimous decision Wednesday , a seven-member panel of the court dismissed a writ challenging the constitutionality of Section 104 (1) (b) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29). The court, presided over by Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, did not read the...
‘My mom was a baddie’ – Davido
Afrobeats singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has revealed that his late mom, Veronica Hailey Imade Adeleke, was a “baddie.” The ‘OBO’ crooner disclosed this while remembering his late mother in a recent post on Instagram. Sharing a picture of his late mom in her academic regalia, Davido wrote: “My mom was a baddie.” It can be recalled that Davido’s mum,...
Court documents reveal Diddy ‘paid’ $1m to have 2Pac killed
Embattled American music mogul, Sean Combs, aka Diddy, has been implicated in the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. The Bad Boys Records boss is accused of paying $1 million for Shakur’s assassination by suspect Duane “Keefe D” Davis, who was arrested for the murder last year, in new court documents, according to the U.S. Sun. In the papers filed on...
Ghana’s new Labour Bill to introduce paternity leave
The Ghanaian government, in collaboration with its social partners, has drafted the Labour Bill, 2024, introducing significant reforms aimed at enhancing labour administration and regulation including paternity leave. This announcement was made by Finance Minister Mohammed Amin Adam during his mid-year budget review to Parliament The proposed Labour Bill, developed in collaboration with social partners, aims to enhance labour administration and...
GRA exceeds half-year revenue target despite delays in implementing new tax measures – Dr. Amin Adam
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has surpassed its midyear revenue target by 0.2%, despite the delayed implementation of new revenue mobilization measures. This achievement was announced by Finance Minister Mohammed Amin Adam during his mid-year budget review to Parliament on Wednesday. In the 2024 Budget, the government amended existing legislation to enforce new revenue measures aimed at broadening the tax base...
Ghana’s public debt rises to GH¢742 Billion, Finance Minister reports
In his mid-year budget review presented to Parliament on Tuesday, Finance Minister Mohammed Amin Adam highlighted the significant increase in Ghana's provisional central government debt, which has reached GH¢742.0 billion (US$50.9 billion) as of the end of June 2024. This figure represents 70.6% of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Minister Adam explained that the 22.0% rise in public debt...
GFA unveils schedule for the upcoming 2024/25 Ghana Premier League season
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has released the schedule for the upcoming 2024/25 Ghana Premier League season. The season will commence on Friday, September 6, 2024, and conclude on Sunday, June 8, 2025. The season will include a unique one-week break to accommodate the national elections on December 7, 2024. To ease travel burdens on clubs, the GFA has opted for a...
GFA bans RTU officials for one year
The Ghana Football Association's Disciplinary Committee has issued a one-year ban to five officials of Real Tamale United (RTU) from all football-related activities. This decision follows a serious violation during their Matchday 28 game against Dreams FC at the Theatre of Dreams. The banned officials are Iddi Manzah Alhassan, Abdul-Samed Iddrisu, Abdul-Gafaru Salifu, Tanko Jentumah, and Sylvester Yaw Apanka. They were implicated...
