Promising Ghanaian forward Charles Sagoe Jr. has signed a long-term contract with Arsenal and will spend the 2024/25 season on loan with League One side Shrewsbury Town. The 20-year-old joined Arsenal’s academy from Fulham in July 2015 and signed his first professional contract with the Gunners in July 2022. During the 2023/24 season, he made…
The 2024 Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has taken steps to clarify and dispel rumours circulating on social media, alleging that he deliberately ignored the chiefs and people of Ehi in the Ketu North District during his recent campaign tour of the Volta Region. According to the rumours, Mahama was…
President of Policy Think Tank, IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe has asked Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh to stick to his script. After apologizing for goofing during his inauguration, Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh has been caught on tape denigrating Dr Kwame Nkrumah. He is heard in a radio interview claiming Kwame Nkrumah chased several chiefs away. These…
The Ministry of Health has activated its emergency response plan to combat the new virus Mpox disease which is fast spreading in some part of Africa. This action by the Ministry of Health comes after the announcement by the World Health Organization (WHO) that the new virus, Mpox is gradually spreading. Recall that on the…
The Black Princesses have departed Accra for Colombia for the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup. The team will continue preparations in Colombia ahead of their seventh consecutive appearance at the tournament. The Princesses, who moved camp from Cape Coast to Accra on Monday, engaged Avenor All stars in a preparatory game at the Accra Sports…
The President of the Ghana Football Association, Kurt Okraku, is tasking the Black Princesses to “write a better story” in the upcoming U-20 World Cup. Despite qualifying for the last six editions of the global tournament, the Princesses have been unsuccessful in their attempt to progress beyond the group stages. Ghana is paired against Austria,…
Ghana Football Association President, Kurt Okraku is urging Nsoatreman FC to “raise the flag of Ghana high” in next season’s CAF Confederation Cup. The FA Cup champions take on TP Elect Sport of Chad in the first preliminary round of competition. The first round of the prelims is set to be played between August 16…
Loud cheers and applause echoed around the stadium as the world watched Australian Eleanor Patterson triumphantly pump her fists after clearing 1.95m in the Paris Olympics women’s high jump final. It was a moment of pure joy for Patterson, but for many Ghanaians, it was a bittersweet reminder of what could have been—a painful “what…
The Ghana cedi remained relatively stable for the most part of last week, buoyed by a $10 million Bank of Ghana’s spot market support. However, persistent corporate demand pressures put the local unit on the back foot at the tail end of the week’s trading. Consequently, the local unit shed a marginal 0.47% week-on-week against…
The World Bank has revealed that Ghana’s tax system does not generate as much revenue as it could because of the many tax reliefs or exemptions that narrows the corporate income tax (CIT) base. Between 2015 and 2020, the Bretton Wood institution pointed out that, Ghana missed out on an average of about 1.3% of…
