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Key suspect arrested in connection with 12 stolen motorbikes in Accra
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
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July 8, 2025
By: Rebecca Ampah The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested a key suspect believed to be behind recent spate of motorbike thefts in the region. According to a press release issued by the Regional Public Affairs Unit of the Ghana Police...
8-member Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund Board inaugurated
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
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July 8, 2025
The Deputy Minister for Finance, Thomas Ampem Nyarko, has sworn in an eight-member Board of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF) at a brief ceremony in Accra. Speaking at the inauguration, the Deputy Minister highlighted the...
No more Dubai for jewelries, Ghana to become gold village - President Mahama tells traders
GhanaWeb
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July 8, 2025
President John Dramani Mahama has announced plans to establish a gold village in Ghana. He explained that the gold village will serve as a manufacturing hub for gold jewellery and ornament production, positioning Ghana as a continental leader in...
CDD-Ghana Launches Democracy Capture Index Amid Media Vulnerability Warning
News Ghana
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July 8, 2025
The Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has launched the inaugural Democracy Capture Index (DEMCAP Index), urging African media and civil society to resist rising threats of democratic erosion. Unveiled in Accra on July 7, 2025,...
Greater Accra Gender Department sensitises traditional leaders on harmful cultural practices
Ghana News Agency
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July 8, 2025
By Elizabeth Larkwor Baah Dodowa, July 08, GNA – The Greater Accra Regional Department of Gender, in collaboration with the Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council, has sensitised more than 60 traditional leaders on the risks and negative...
IMF Urges Bank of Ghana to Sustain Tight Monetary Policy Amid Stubborn Inflation
News Ghana
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July 8, 2025
Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Bo Li, has called on the Bank of Ghana to maintain a “tight monetary stance” until inflation retreats to single digits, alongside reduced intervention in foreign exchange markets...
IMF Executive Board approves $370 million disbursement for Ghana
GhanaWeb
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July 8, 2025
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board has approved Ghana’s Fourth Review under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) Programme, clearing the way for the disbursement of approximately $370 million to support the country’s ongoing...
Nigeria and Ghana labour unions meet to tackle climate and energy transition job risks
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
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July 8, 2025
The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Ghana Trades Union Congress met in Ghana in a union-to-union cooperation effort to compare notes and ensure that global energy transition and climate policies do not adversely affect the livelihoods of workers...
Dr. Johnson Asiama chairs reconstituted Board of Ghana Depos...
Modern Ghana
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Deputy Minister for Finance, Hon. Thomas Ampem Nyarko, has formally inaugurated the new Board of the Ghana Deposit Protection Corporation (GDPC), with a strong charge to safeguard the savings of everyday Ghanaians and reinforce trust in the...
MTN Ghana donates school uniforms to pupils of Katinguli R/C, Baale Primary Schools
Ghana News Agency
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July 8, 2025
By Yussif Ibrahim Yendi (N/R), July 08, GNA – Telecommunication service operator MTN Ghana, as part of its annual 21 Days of Y’ello Care programme, has donated school uniforms to pupils of Katinguli R/C and Baale L/A Primary Schools in the Yendi...
2024 WAFCON: We lost concentration, says Ghana coach Kim Lar...
Modern Ghana
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Black Queens coach Kim Lars Bjokegren has attributed his side's loss to South Africa to a loss of concentration. Ghana opened their 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) with a 2-0 defeat against the defending champions on Monday. First-half...
Ellis chuffed with Banyana’s opening performance against Ghana
Herald (South Africa)
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July 8, 2025
Premium By VUYOKAZI NKANJENI - 08 July 2025 Banyana Banyana’s victory against Ghana in their opening fixture has not only given them a good grip on Group C but also a chance to rotate the squad in the energy-sapping tournament, coach Desiree Ellis...
Include diaspora artists — C Burn tells Ghana Music Awards:
Modern Ghana
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C Burn, a Ghanaian musician based in the United States, has called on the organizers of the Ghana Music Awards to include Ghanaian musicians living abroad in the scheme. In an interview with Candymann on Akwaaba Radio 93.9 in Cape Coast, Cburn...
IMF Names Dr. Adrian Alter Ghana Rep
Daily Guide
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July 8, 2025
Dr. Adrian Alter The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has appointed Dr. Adrian Alter, a seasoned Senior Economist, as its new Resident Representative to Ghana. His appointment takes effect from September 2, 2025. Dr. Alter will take over from Dr....
Agradaa’s case shows Ghana’s laws need urgent reforms — Prof...
Modern Ghana
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Ghanaian legal scholar and social commentator, Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare, popularly known as Kwaku Azar, has weighed in on the criminal case involving self-styled evangelist Patricia Asiedu, widely known as Nana Agradaa. The controversial...
Breaking Makola’s Gate: Ghana’s Legal Education Revolution
Modern Ghana
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According to the IMF, improving institutional governance—such as strengthening the rule of law and regulatory quality—can boost GDP growth by approximately 0.5 to 2.3 percentage points per unit increase in governance performance, based on...
EBID's $120 million financing deal herald's new era for indigenous mining in Ghana
African Business
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July 8, 2025
This article was produced with the support of ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development In a major boost to local ownership and value creation in West Africa’s mining sector, the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has approved a...
Archbishop Duncan-Williams Hails Mahama as “Visionary Leader” for Ghana
News Ghana
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July 8, 2025
Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, Founder of Action Chapel International, endorsed President John Mahama’s leadership during a July 8 interview on Channel One TV’s The Point of View, citing his “drive and passion to correct past mistakes.” The...
Vikings’ Brian Asamoah II is helping bring football to Ghana, and he’s taking teammates along for the journey
Fergus Now - Minnesota
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July 8, 2025
The difference between the interest in football when Asamoah visited at 10 years old to now is “crazy,” he said.“I went back down there this year, and I said ‘football’ and they all eyes were open,” Asamoah said during Vikings minicamp last month....
Today in History: I will reset Ghana in four years – John Mahama
GhanaWeb
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July 8, 2025
John Dramani Mahama in July last year promised to put the country back on a sound footing when voted back into office. He said; “Companies that will participate in the 24-hour economy will receive some tax incentives. We have to boost our local...