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The numbers here are simply overwhelming but it doesn’t come as a surprise; it is to be expected, because for Date Rush to trend every single week throughout its second season means it has got cloud. It shows how much interested people are in it and how much eager many are willing to participate. Here they are, big and small, dark and fair, slim and fat – just name your taste and I can guarantee there’s one right in this queue hoping to make it into the selected few who will be featured on the Season 3 of your all-time…

Former Minister for Finance, Seth Terkper, has described as “unfortunate” assertions by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori, that Ghana’s rising public debt is merely statistical. The country’s public debt currently stands at 68.3% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), a development the public has raised concerns about. The concerns have further been compounded in recent times by an IMF report which projects that Ghana’s debt will hit 76.7% by the end of December this year. This projection by the IMF is much higher than that which the government had projected of its debt portfolio for the year. But the Finance Minister says…

The Club Licensing Board of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has announced decisions after inspecting the venues proposed by Premier League clubs across the country. Eight (8) Clubs were granted conditional approvals with the Board set to re-inspect (ten) 10 venues before the granting them approvals. Source: GFA

Nine Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have jointly sued President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at the Supreme Court for asking the Auditor General Daniel Demeleo to proceed on a 167-day accumulated leave. In a statement Monday, the CSOs said: “We had hoped that the President would reconsider his decision in light of the deleterious effect of his action on public accountability and the fight against waste and corruption in the management of public finances. “Unfortunately, that has not happened. Instead, certain developments since the Auditor-General was forced to leave his office have only gone to worsen the situation, leaving us with…

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The Government Statistician, Professor Samuel Kobina Annim, has asked all Ghanaians to support the impending national population and housing census exercise in order for the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) to generate accurate and reliable data for national development. Prof Annim told TV3’s Johnnie Hughes in a yet-to-be-aired interview that the exercise will also strengthen Ghana’s democracy. “I take this opportunity to urge all Ghanaians to participate in the process. I emphasize the fact that Ghana Statistical Service is only coordinating the exercise, it is not the only agency that can do the exercise. “This, we call it the national priority…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Sunday, October 25 cut sod for the construction of Phase One of the Tema-Aflao road, in fulfilment of a pledge he made when he commissioned the Tema Interchange project. Once completed, this project will alleviate the plight of motorists traversing the Tema-Aflao stretch, and tie into the Trans-African Highway Project, from Lagos to Abidjan, with the current two-lane dual carriageway being expanded into a three-lane carriageway in each direction, he said. With commuters having to spend over four hours traversing the road along the Dawhenya township, the President described the situation as “very unproductive”,…

Pollster Ben Ephson says whoever wins Greater Accra Region will carry the day on December 7. Contributing to discussions on 3FM’S ‘Decision 2020’, Mr Ephson said anyone who had won majority in Parliament and the presidential elections will have to win the Greater Accra, Central and Western regions. He will, however, not predict which of the two leading political parties will win the Greater Accra Region. According to the pollster, who is also the Managing Director of the Dispatch newspaper, the importance of Greater Accra is magnified by the fact that it has over 33 percent increase in registered voters…

Ghanaian striker Raphael Dwamena has been ruled out of football until further notice after suffering another health problem. Danish SuperLiga club Vejle BK have announced that Ghanaian international Raphael Dwamena has been ruled out of action indefinitely following his health condition. Dwamena’s woes looked to have been in the past after he had a surgery to correct the defect but six months after, he has been diagnosed with another.   The Danish club announced the 25-year-old’s predicament on Monday evening signifying that he might be out for a long, long time.   The club’s official statement reads “The Ghanaian attacker came to…

Former President John Dramani Mahama has said the decision by the Akufo-Addo administration to pay all customers of the failed banks and microfinance companies at this time of the year smacks of hypocrisy. He noted that Mr Akufo-Addo was unwilling to pay the funds but only decided to do so after he Mr Mahama had promised the depositors that he will ensure they are paid if he is elected to be president again. The Government has released GHs3.5 billion to settle all outstanding claims of depositors of defunct financial institutions including savings and loans firms. A statement by the Receiver,…