first post-DDEP dividend with share price up 16.2% YtD GCB Bank – the largest indigenous financial institution by assets and branch network – saw a 23.2 percent year-on-year (YoY) increase in profit before tax to GH¢1.91billion for the year ended December 31, 2024. Net profit climbed 18.9 percent to GH¢1.21billion while total assets surged to […] The post GCB Bank posts record

Rex Owusu Marfo, the Coordinator for Blackstar Experience, government’s flagship programme for tourism, arts and culture, has announced that his Secretariat is working towards the establishment of a film studio in Ghana. He made this statement during the launch of the Blackstar Experience on Thursday, May 1,  2025 in front of the Freedom and Justice Monument […] The post Blackstar

More than two million people have attended a free Lady Gaga concert on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, city officials say. The pop star’s biggest ever concert was paid for by the city in an attempt to revitalise Rio’s economy. They expect it could bring in $100m (£75m) to the local economy. Saturday’s performance was part […] The post Two million people attend

The Federal High Court of Nigeria has established Freedom of Information Desk as part of concerted efforts to uphold transparency, promote accountability, and enhance public access to information. The Director of Information of the Court, Mrs Catherine Oby Christopher, who confirmed the development in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, explained that the step is […] The post High

President Bola Tinubu on Friday announced that the Federal Government has resolved to complete the 284-kilometre Kano–Jigawa–Katsina–Maradi railway project by 2026. The president disclosed this in Katsina State when he inaugurated the Katsina State Agricultural Mechanisation Centre and a 24-kilometre Eastern Bypass located at Tashar Bala Area of the State. The railway line project, which […] The post Govt

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has criticised a group of women who walked out during an empowerment event organised by First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu in Port Harcourt, calling the act “disturbing and embarrassing.” The protest happened on Friday at the EUI Event Centre and was allegedly led by women […] The post Wike

Residents of Love Estate, Ikorodu-Elepe are currently living in darkness as Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company, IKEDC, is yet to respond to their plight five months after the transformer serving the area packed up. The residents said the prolonged absence of electricity has made them vulnerable to attacks from marauders who operate under the cover of […] The post Lagos

Israel’s military will mobilize thousands of reservists in the coming days, it said Saturday, in what appears to be an expansion of its offensive in Gaza as talks aimed at securing a ceasefire languish. The call-up follows reports that the Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir on Friday presented a plan to […] The post Israel calls up thousands of reservists,

Benjamin Azamati, Ghana’s 100m record holder, improved his season’s best time with a 10.02s finish at the Desert Heat Classics in Tucson, Arizona. Azamati, who stormed to victory from lane 5, took first place ahead of Trayvion White-Austin, who finished second, while 10.24s was enough for a third place finish for Tyson Tippett. Jason Boston […] The post Azamati eases to season’s