The total number of collateral registrations recorded for Q3 2024 was 95,340, as revealed by the Bank of Ghana in its Quarterly Collateral Registry Brief. This compares to 56,314 registrations in the same quarter of 2023, reflecting a 69.3% year-on-year growth. A breakdown of registrations across the various categories of lenders showed that Savings and…
The People’s National Convention (PNC) has declared its support for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) ahead of the December 7 elections after its presidential candidate was disqualified. The party’s decision comes after a National Executive Meeting was held on Tuesday, November 26 2024, where majority of the party’s executive supported the decision. Announcing its decision…
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) remains deadlocked over the future of Black Stars head coach Otto Addo, following its Executive Council meeting on Wednesday, 27 November 2024, JoySports can exclusively report. The football governing body’s powerful decision-making team has opted to engage in further consultations, including the opinions of politicians before making a decision on the fate…
The Ghana Football Association wishes to inform all members, stakeholders and the general public that all of its competitions will go on a planned break after this weekend’s matches to enable all participants in football to perform their civic duties in the national General Elections on December 7, 2024. The GFA Calendar for the 2024/25…
The incoming regional director of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Africa, Tanzania’s Dr Faustine Ndugulile, has died, just three months after he was elected to the position. Ndugulile, a 55-year-old lawmaker and a medical doctor, died on Wednesday morning in India while undergoing treatment, Tanzania’s speaker of parliament said. He is known for having…
The Electoral Commission (EC) is engaging the leaderships of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) and the Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA) on the issue of media accreditation to Collation Centres. A statement issued by Mr. Samuel Tettey, Deputy Chairman, Operations, EC, copied to the Ghana News Agency said since the memo directing the Commission’s staff at the…
Some armed policemen and civilians on Wednesday morning, November 27, 2024 stormed the premises of metro TV around Alisa Hotel, North Ridge in Accra to disrupt a live production. Host of the station’s morning show, Randy Abbey, who announced the incident on air indicated that the armed persons stormed the premises to injure some of…
Former Auditor General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo, has urged the media to unite and boycott coverage of the December elections if the Electoral Commission does not reverse its decision to restrict media access at the regional and district collation centres. Domelevo argued that the Electoral Commission’s move undermines transparency and accountability, casting doubt on its commitment…
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has declined the request by the Majority Leader for him to recall the House to consider outstanding urgent government and public business. He said given the closeness of the elections barely 11 days, recalling members of Parliament would interrupt with their campaigns and that would not serve…
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) in the Sissala East Municipality has taken a proactive step towards promoting peace and stability in the region. In a bid to prevent and contain violent extremism, the NCCE organized a training workshop for political party youth activists. Held in Tumu on November 20, 2024, the workshop aimed…
