Business

StarLife Assurance unveils USSD code and new mobile app dubbed Mystar

August 1, 2022

StarLife Assurance, one of Ghana’s leading indigenous insurance companies, has unveiled its new USSD code; *7373#, and Mobile App, MyStar to the public to ease clients’ insurance needs. For the past year, the MyStar Mobile App has been used by the Customer Experience Centre and Sales Executives for client sign up and transactional requests. These […]Continue Reading

NEWS

Missing security officer at Newmont Ahafo South mine found

August 1, 2022

A security officer at Newmont Africa’s Ahafo mine reported missing on the evening of Wednesday, 27th July 2022 has been found. A statement from Newmont said the security personnel was found by a hunter on Sunday. “A joint search party made of the Police, Newmont’s Emergency Team, Protea Coin Ghana (our contracted security provider) and community volunteers […]Continue Reading

Business

New deadline for SIM re-registration too short – MoMo agents association

August 1, 2022

The Mobile Money Agents Association has said the two months extension announced by the government is not enough time to guarantee that all Ghanaians would re-register their SIM cards. According to the association, the challenge for many registrants is their inability to access their Ghana Cards. In an interview with Citi News, the Secretary of […]Continue Reading

Crime

Five arrested over violence at Bono East NDC office

August 1, 2022

Police have arrested five people in connection with the attack on the Bono East National Democratic Congress party office at Techiman on July 28. The five were identified as Kojo Agyei alias Kojo Cocaine, Illiasu Sulemana aka Oboot, Andrew Kemire, Fatau Abdallah and Alhaji Nuhu. “During the attacks, one person sustained multiple knife wounds and […]Continue Reading

Crime

KNUST lecturer charged over wife’s disappearance granted GH¢300k bail

August 1, 2022

The Kumasi High Court has granted bail to a senior lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr. Wilberforce Aggrey who is standing trial over the disappearance of his wife, Rhodaline Amoah-Darko, a staff of the Lands Commission in Kumasi. He has been granted bail of GH¢300,000 with one surety to […]Continue Reading

Business

Global Credit Ratings upgrades Fidelity Bank’s Rating to A+

August 1, 2022

Global Credit Ratings (GCR), an international rating agency, has upgraded Fidelity Bank Limited’s national scale long-term issuer rating from A to A+ and has affirmed the Bank’s short term issuer ratings of A1 with a Stable Outlook. GCR lists Fidelity Bank’s sound domestic franchise, good distribution network and local geographic diversification, stable funding structure Continue Reading

Business

Minority worried over looming judgement debt in Eni-Ghana, Springfield unitisation impasse

August 1, 2022

The Minority in Parliament says it is gravely concerned that a protracted impasse between ENI/Vitol and Springfield Ghana will land the country in a 7 billion dollar judgment debt. The caucus says President Akufo-Addo must immediately intervene in the matter to avert the looming debt. ENI/Vitol challenged a decision of then Energy Minister, John Peter […]Continue Reading

NEWS

Bongo-Balungu Bridge Deteriorating

August 1, 2022

Less than two years after reconstruction, the Bongo-Balungu Bridge on the Bongo-Balungu-Namoo road in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region has started deteriorating, posing risks to users. A visit to the place by Ghana News Agency saw that multiple potholes had been created on the road, while its edges were being washed away […]Continue Reading

NEWS

Qwikloan Defaulters Swerved

August 1, 2022

The hope of some Qwikloan defaulters, who did not re-register their sim-cards and praying feverishly for their SIMs to be deactivated so to avoid repayment of their debts, was dashed yesterday, July 31, 2022. This follows the announcement for extension of the deadline to September 30th by the Minister of Communications and Digitalization, Madam Ursula […]Continue Reading

NEWS

Fearless Musah SuperiorTakes On Gabby Over‘Insensitive’ Comment

August 1, 2022

Failed General Secretary aspirant of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Iddrisu Musah alias Musah Superior, has taken on an influential member of government, Gabby AsareOtchere-Darko, for making certain comments he deemed insensitive to Ghanaians. Mr. Otchere-Darko, a cousin to President Akufo Addo, in a recent post on social media, sorts to rubbish growing calls Continue Reading