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Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has petitioned the Bank of Ghana (BoG) and National Media Commission (NMC) about the activities of “money doublers” on television and urged them to take appropriate action. In a tweet, the Minister said: “I have written to the Bank of Ghana (BoG) and National Media Commission (NMC) to take note of the activities of money doublers on TV and act as appropriately to tackle it.”The Ghana cedi which is produced under the authority of the BoG cannot and ought not be duplicated”.Mr Oppong Nkrumah emphasised that the BoG and NMC have the responsibility to take…

Unilever Ghana has donated detergents and other home and hygiene products to the Osu Children’s Home as part of its campaign to support institutions and individuals to maintain decent sanitation standards as a measure in the fighting the Covid-19 pandemic. Products donated included Sunlight detergent powders, VIM scouring powder for cleaning surfaces, Domestos also a leading bleach product, BF and Key Brilliant soap for the laundry and Sunlight Dish washing liquid. The use of these products, the company said, will guarantee good care for the children who are the country’s future leaders. The occasion was also used by Unilever Ghana…

The Ghana National Household Registry is a unit under the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection with a mandate to establish a single household register from which social protection programmes will select their beneficiaries. A programme that some will say is long overdue given the importance of data and its effects on policy making and planning. No plan can be considered effective in the absence of an accurate data, the reason the national distribution of cooked food and food supplies probably became a fiasco at the time of the partial lock down due to the Corona Virus Disease 2019…

US-based Ghanaian gospel musician and preacher, Sonnie Badu will on Friday May 1 headline a a virtual concert to support the fight against the deadly novel coronavirus. The virtual concert is geared towards raising funds to support the fight against Covid-19 in Ghana and also to support Ghanaians in the United States who have been affected by the virus. Other musicians billed to perform at the virtual concert are Joe Mettle, Jeshurun Okyere, Cwesi Oteng, MOG Music, and Emmanuel Smith. The gospel acts will be supported by two talented hip life artistes; Okyeame Kwame and Bisa Kdei. Sonnie Badu said…

The Ghana Stock Exchange has struggled to make a meaningful impact for the past few years, making it quite unattractive. In the last few years between 2014 and 2019, the only impressive return was in 2017 when the Exchange returned 52.73%. The reasons for the slow performance are attributed to the high cedi depreciation, power crises, high interest rates (2014-2016), low dividend payouts, low earnings of the companies amongst others. The banking crises had the biggest toll from 2018. Currently the crises have not yet been fully resolved as the Receiver of the collapsed institutions is yet to complete its…

Legendary Ghanaian music producer Appiah Dankwah popularly known as Appietus has said no individual can claim ownership of the Azonto genre. There have been controversies in the music circles with regards to originators of Azonto music as efforts are being made to revive it. But according to the multiple award-winning producer, Azonto belongs all Ghanaian music-loving fans because they aided its to progress on the international staged but bemoaned its unexpected downfall over the past few years. “We can claim ownership of Azonto as a people. Sometimes I feel Azonto was abandoned because we tend to like new things and…

Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu is asking parliament to summon officials of the Electoral Commission (EC) to brief MPs on the Commission’s preparedness towards the 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections. Contributing to the business statement of the House Thursday, the MP for Tamale Central said the EC must let the people of Ghana know of its preparedness for the elections despite the outbreak of the deadly novel coronavirus in the country. “The independent Electoral Commission owes this country and members of parliament a duty; they will have to be summoned to come to give us their roadmap as to their preparedness…

Rapper Strongman has kicked against calls for a rap battle between Yaa Pono and himself. According to him, he has so much respect for Yaa Pono that he does not think it will be appropriate to face off with him. Earlier this month, fans of the two rappers took to social media to call for a rap battle between them. While it is unclear why they would make such a call, both rappers have remained mute on the issue. Reacting to the calls, Strongman told MzGee via Skype interview on TV3 New Day that it won’t happen. “Yaa Pono is…

A total of 113,497 persons have so far been tested for the deadly novel coronavirus in Ghana, latest figures released by the Ghana Health Service Thursday have shown. Two thousand and seventy-four of those persons have tested positive for the virus which was first detected in Ghana on March 12. Of the current 2,074 positive cases, 709 of them were detected from routine surveillance while 1,250 were from contact tracing with 115 being those who were on mandatory quarantine. Seventeen of those persons who health authorities said had various underlying conditions have so far died. Six more people who have…

Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL) has presented 100,000 cedis to the Covid-19 National Trust Fund. Officials of the company Mr Daniel Ohene Obeng, Corporate Affairs Manager and , Mr Jeff Tetteh, Communication Officer, on Tuesday handed a cheque for the amount to the Ministry of Also, the waste management giant is contributing 20,000 dollars to support the University of Ghana Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research in fighting against the 2019 deadly virus. Presenting the cheque, Mr Ohene Obeng said it formed part of the company’s corporate social responsibility of helping government to curtail the pandemic, and also to support the…