IMF downgrades global economic forecasts
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has further downgraded its forecasts for the global economy for this year and next. The IMF now says economic activity in 2020 is likely to decline by almost 5% – nearly two percentage points more than what it predicted in April. It says this is likely to increase so-called “economic […]
Defeated NPP MPs absent in Parliament
Some of the sitting Members of Parliament on the ticket of the ruling New Patriotic Party who suffered defeat over the weekend during the Party’s primaries are absent in Parliament. The Party organised primaries in over 100 constituencies nationwide on 20th June 2020 to elect candidates for the 2020 Parliamentary general election. The election has […]
PAC fails to engage BoG officials over absence of Governor
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday sent officials of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) who had appeared before it packing, because the Governor was not among them. Dr. Ernest Addison and his officers were scheduled to appear before the committee to respond to the Auditor-General’s report on the statement of foreign exchange receipts and payments […]
Northern Region records 3 more covid-19 deaths, 18 new cases
The Northern Region has recorded three additional deaths through ccovid-19, bringing the number of deaths in the region to six. The region has also recorded eighteen (18) new cases over the last twenty four (24) hours, bringing the number of infections in the region to ninety five (95), up from seventy seven (77) yesterday. Eight […]
Kay Sports supports women football
International sports consulting company, Kay Sports, has pledged to help the National Women’s League Board (NWLB) secure sponsorship for the various competitions under its wings. Since its formation six months ago, the board has been outsourcing for sponsorship for the women’s premier league and the FA Cup but is yet to make any headway. Speaking […]
Black artists call on Hollywood to prove Black Lives Matter
More than 300 Black actors and filmmakers, including Idris Elba, Queen Latifah and Billy Porter, on Tuesday asked Hollywood to divest in the police and invest in anti-racist content. An open letter addressed to “Our Allies in Hollywood” attacked what it called the industry’s “legacy of white supremacy” and said Hollywood “encourages the epidemic of […]
NIA extends issuance of Ghana Cards in 13 Districts
The National Identification Authority (NIA) has extended its issuance of cards in thirteen districts. The exercise which was scheduled to end yesterday (23rd June 2020) will now end on Saturday 27th June. Head of Corporate Affairs of the Authority, Francis Palmdeti said the extension has become necessary because some of the districts received their card […]
Chinese Ambassador, Australian High Commissioner bid farewell to President
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed gratitude to the Chinese government for its continuous support to Ghana. In a meeting with the outgoing Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Shi Ting Wang, at the Jubilee House in Accra Tuesday, President Akufo-Addo said the Chinese government and companies have over the years supported the growth of the […]
Hard working MPs should be allowed to contest unopposed- Ben Abdallah Banda
MP for Offinso and Chairman of the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, Ben Abdallah Banda, has attributed his defeat in the just ended NPP primaries to constituent’s quest for change which is inevitable with time. Mr. Banda said he lost not because of under performance but that his contender had a superior strategy. “As […]
Slovak president self-isolating
Slovakia’s President Zuzana Caputova will self-isolate at home until Friday as a precaution after one of her aides came into contact with someone who had tested positive for Covid, her spokesman said. The president has cancelled her engagements, including a meeting on Wednesday with the head of the Czech Senate, Milos Vystrcil and Austrian President […]
11 arrested in Nima police station robbery
The Nima Divisional Police Command has arrested 11 suspects in connection with the recent burglary of one of the general offices at the command. Unidentified persons allegedly broke into the Orderly Room at the police command on Thursday June 18 and made away with a 32 inch television and a computer monitor. The break-in, which […]
“We have to find a way to continuing the life of education”- President Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo has met with Heads of Basic Schools ahead of the planned re-opening of the schools on June 29 for final year students to write their exit examinations. The meeting discussed how best the basic schools can reopen amid the Coronavirus pandemic. President Akufo-Addo said the country has to find a way to turn […]
President Akufo-Addo has apologised for demolition – Nigerian Presidency
A statement from the Nigerian presidency says President Akufo-Addo has expressed “his sincere apology for the demolition of a building on the premises of Nigerian High Commission in Accra, Ghana”. The statement signed by Mr Garba Shehi, the Senior Special Assistant to the President Muhammadu Buhari said the Ghanaian leader told President Buhari in a […]
Police rescue workers ‘locked in rice factory’
Police in Nigeria have rescued more than 100 people they say were locked in a rice-processing factory and forced to work throughout a coronavirus lockdown. From the end of March the men were allegedly not allowed to leave the mill in the northern city of Kano. The workers were promised an additional $13 (£10) a […]
