 Some telecommunication companies in the country have increased the rates
for both voice and data services due to the increment in taxes by the
government. The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications indicated that the mere public
announcement by the network operators is a confirmation of the
authenticity of the increment. In an interview on Eyewitness News on Thursday, the Chief Executive Officer of the... |
 Local police assisted Secret Service in an investigation that led to the
arrest of Samuel B. Boah and Kwame A. Nketiah in
Bolingbrook. An ongoing investigation by the U.S. Secret Service's Chicago
Electronic Crimes Task Force led to Bolingbrook and the arrest of two
Ghanaians on charges of credit card fraud, said Derrick Golden,
assistant to the special agent in charge. Samuel B. Boah, 27, and Kwame A. Nketiah, 23, were
charged...
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A man allegedly had a bath for 60 years. Daily Mail reports that 80 year old Iranian Amou Haji hasn't washed for 60 years because he believes being clean will make him sick, and his favourite food is rotten porcupine. To relax he likes to sit down and have a smoke, from a pipe packed with animal faeces. Mr Haji says he chose this way of life after going through some emotional setbacks in his youth and since then - perhaps unsurprisingly - he has become a bit isolated...
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 Former Asokwa Legislator, Maxwell Kofi Jumah says Ghana’s Electoral Commission Chairman deserves to be in jail by now. The former Kumasi Mayor has accused Dr. Kwadwo Afari-Gyan of making the
state waste US$96 million on "useless” biometric registration and
verification machines used for the 2013 general elections. "US$96 million thrown to the dogs, useless, the machine is useless and
indeed if I had my way, Afari-Gyan will be in jail today for...
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 Minority Spokesperson on Finance,Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei has
advised President Mahama to re-negotiate the 3 billion dollar CDB loan
since the current terms and conditions for the loan is making
disbursement cumbersome. Government has so far received 600 million dollars out of the 3 billion
dollars and has so far paid a commitment fee of 54 million dollars. Speaking at a forum in Accra, Dr. Akoto Osei, said the
President should intervene in... |
 The Minister of Finance, Mr. Seth Terkper has said attempts
by some people within government to get the President to fire him would
rather challenge him to do better. President Mahama revealed on Wednesday at a meeting with the new
Barclays Bank boss that he was under pressure to dismiss Mr.
Terkpeh. The minister’s critics accused him of mismanaging the economy, allowing the Cedi to fall sharply against the dollar, rising inflation and unnecessary borrowing... |
 The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is expected to offload its shares in the
Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) within two months. The central bank, which has 42 percent shares in the ADB last year
announced it will offload its shares by the end of that year but failed
to. Speaking to Citi Business News the Board Chairman of ADB, Nana Soglo Alloh IV said, "almost everything is done as far as we are concerned, we are just waiting for the government to...
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T he Ghana Private Roads Transport Union (GPRTU) says users of public transport should expect an increase in fares. "Definitely there will be an increase in the transport fares,” the
Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the GPRTU, Robert Sabah said. This is as a result of an announcement by the National Petroleum
Authority (NPA) on Wednesday over a 6 % increment in petrol, 7 %
increment in diesel and a 9% increment in... |
I do not think sacking the Finance
Minister will change anything in Ghana probably sacking the entire
Government may make a difference. The compounding problems of Ghana is
not being caused by the dealings of one person-the Finance Minister. According to President John Dramani Mahama,
extensive pressure is being mounted on him from within to sack Finance Minister-Seth Terkper for... |
 According to Agya Koo, Producers did not cast him throughout 2013
because his charges are exorbitant. The Producer in question who double
as the CEO of Peace and Love Productions, Daniel K. Sarfo Tyson has
responded after the story went viral last week.
Following up on the story, Nana Kwame, the host of OC Showbiz Review on Skyy Power 93.5, a Radio Station in Takoradi interviewed the... |
 Smooth highlife musician, Kwabena Kwabena, appears to be of two minds about his hit song Adult Musik. Last year, when the song made its debut, it was largely believed that
Kwabena Kwabena was being careful not to hurt public sensitivity by
categorising the song as 18+, the reason behind the title Adult Musik. But that does not seem to be the case. The song is now virtually on air at all...
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