Oil prices to drop by 24.1% to sell at $73.1 per barrel in 2023 – IMF report

Prices of crude oil on the international markets is expected to fall by 24.1 percent to sell at an average of $73.1 per barrel in 2023, this is according to the IMF’s April 2023 World Economic Outlook Report. The development will be a significant reduction from the $96.4 per barrel sold in 2022. The International Monetary […]

GOIL’s petrol shortage: Gold-for-oil policy could be a cause – COPEC

Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) has attributed the shortage of fuel at some GOIL fuel stations to the implementation of government’s flagship policy, Gold-for-Oil. GOIL fuel stations at Tudu, 37 area, Tantra hill in Accra and some other pumps across the country show the oil marketing company has been lacking fuel, most specifically – Petrol. […]

Cedi sells at GH¢11.50 for $1, GH¢10.93 on BoG interbank as of April 12

Note that these rates may be different at a forex bureau near you. Our forex bureau rates are provided by Afriswap Bureau De Change in Osu, Accra. The Interbank forex rates from the Bank of Ghana today, April 12, 2023, have shown that the Ghana Cedi is trading against the dollar at a buying price of 10.9243 and a selling […]

‘I will get married, but secretly still do men’ – Homosexual opens up

While there is a conversation about streamlining the activities of the people who identify as LGBTQ+ in Ghana or not, a homosexual has said that if he continues to remain in Africa, he might eventually get married to a woman. This, he said, will however only be because that is what society expects of him, […]

NCA short code to help verify number of SIM cards linked to a Ghana Card

The National Communication Authority (NCA) has revealed that it is now working with operators to build a shortcode that the public can use to check whether their numbers have been connected to their Ghana cards. According to a Facebook post by the NCA, the code is intended for individual subscribers to verify if their numbers […]

Bright Simons explains why UK can no longer ‘recruit’ health workers from Ghana

The vice president of IMANI Africa, Bright Simons, has given some clarification on reports that the government of the United Kingdom (UK) has barred the recruitment of health workers from Ghana and 53 other countries. According to Simons, Ghanaian health workers have not been barred from travelling to the UK as being asserted but recruitment […]

NPP 2024: If Alan says it’s his turn; he deserves it – Ken Agyapong

Mr Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, the governing New Patriotic Party’s Member of Parliament for the Assin Central Constituency in the Central Region, has said fellow flag bearer aspirant Alan Kyerematen is deserving of the slot by virtue of his toils for the party. Mr Agyapong told Sompa FM in the Kumasi metropolis that Mr Kyerematen has […]

‘I want more food’ – Suspect in murder of soldier at Ashaiman tells judge

A lead suspect in the murder of Trooper Imoro Sherrif has told the Ashaiman Circuit Court presided by Simon J. Gaga that he is being underfed in police custody. Samuel Tetteh alias Wiper is standing trial together with five others for their various roles in the alleged murder of Sheriff Imoro who was a junior […]