Lionel Messi has purchased custom-designed gold iPhones for his Argentina teammates and coaching staff following their World Cup victory in Qatar 2022. The total cost of the 35 devices, which were delivered to Paris, was reportedly £175,000. Messi, who recently won the FIFA Best men’s player of the year award, worked with IDESIGN GOLD to...
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Diesel selling at GHS13.80; Petrol GHS13.80: A leap of relief for Ghana’s road users – Gabby
A member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Gabby Otchere-Darko has expressed hope that the reduction in fuel prices will last longer. The former Executive Director of the Danquah Institue stated that in December 2022, Diesel sold at GHS23.43 and Petrol for GHS17.42. As at, March 1, 2023, Diesel is selling at GHS13.49 and...
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Mahama will build a workable Ghana – Alabi
The creativity of former President John Dramani Mahama in building a workable Ghana is not based on rhetoric but on a sense of urgency and commitment, former Vice Chancellor of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) Professor Joshua Alabi has said. Speaking at the campaign launch of former President Mahama to enable him to contest in the presidential...
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AFCON qualifiers: Angola coach vows to upset Black Stars
Angola coach Pedro Goncalves is upbeat ahead of their matchup against Ghana in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers for 2023. Angola failed to qualify for the 2021 AFCON in Cameroon after exiting the group stage in 2019. They now face the difficult task to re-enter the competition. The Palancas Negras will travel to Ghana...
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EC Chair, NIA Boss expected in Parliament today over new CI
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa, and the Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority, Kenneth Attafuah, are expected to appear before Parliament on Tuesday, February 28, 2023, to brief the House on the commission’s proposed Constitutional Instrument (CI). Due to Madam Mensa’s absence from the House, the Minority in Parliament objected...
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Tinubu stretches lead in Nigeria presidential race
Ruling party candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu is leading Nigeria’s most hotly contested general election since the country’s return to democracy over two decades ago. Fourteen of the 36 states have thus far been officially declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec). Mr Tinubu has now secured 44% of the votes counted so far. The...
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Obasanjo urges Buhari to cancel compromised election, says tensions are building up
Obasanjo in his letter on Monday, February 27, 2023, alleged that INEC officials tampered with BVAS machines and manipulated election results. Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to cancel all elections that do not pass credibility and transparency test. The former President said this in a letter to Buhari amid calls for...
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Govt assures external creditors of their equal importance to the Republic of Ghana
The Ministry of Finance has said that the Government of Ghana will continue to work with external creditors to advance the progress of our external debt treatment in order to ensure Ghana’s long-term macroeconomic stability. The Ministry assured the external creditors of their equal importance to the Republic of Ghana. “The newly issued bonds have...
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Opposition boycott Nigeria election announcement
Opposition parties have walked out of the venue where results from Nigeria’s tightly contested presidential elections are being announced. The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party have claimed there is a lack of transparency with the new electronic voter system. This is the first national election where an electronic device has...
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Bondholders to meet Ofori-Atta over March 13 ‘assurance’
Representatives of bondholders who did not subscribe to the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) have raised doubts about the assurances given by the Ministry of Finance to pay coupons on old bonds by Monday, March 13. The Ministry, in a statement on Monday, February 27, assured that administrative steps are being taken to ensure that coupons and...