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Shed that arrogant posturing – Suhuyini tells government over debt exchange programme

The Member of Parliament for Tamale North, Alhassan S. Suhuyini has advised the New Patriotic Party (NPP) led government to do away with its “arrogant posturing” amidst talks about the debt exchange programme.In an...

Bondholders have genuine fears over debt restructuring programme – Ahiagbah

Director of Communications for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Richard Ahiagbah says the reason for the rejection of the debt restructuring programme is due to the difficulties it will pose for bondholders.Mr. Ahiagbah stated...

Raise WASH concerns for proper solution – Sanitation Ministry

The Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources has urged journalists to continue raising concerns in the sector in order to find a suitable solution.The Ministry says critical reporting on water and sanitation issues by...

Dealing with corruption is most difficult for Presidents – Mahama

Former President John Dramani Mahama has stated that dealing with corruption is one of the most difficult tasks for Presidents.This, he explained is due to the persons that are usually involved in the practice....

Choas characterises NDC congress in Cape Coast; 2 persons shot

At least two persons have allegedly sustained gunshot wounds at the ongoing congress of the National Democratic Congress in Cape Coast.Over 1,800 delegates of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) are expected to vote in...

Ofori-Atta has exposed himself to public ridicule – Editor of ABC News

Editor of ABC News, Gordon Asare-Bediako, has said that the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta should advise himself and step down if the people want him out.According to him, the situation shouldn’t have gotten this...

PURC Ghana ranked 4th in Africa Electricity Regulation Index (ERI) 2022

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), ranked fourth in the 2022 Electricity Regulatory Index (ERI) for Africa.This was made known when the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank (WB) on the Global...

UBA Ghana’s Belinda Tinkorang named Corporate Lady of the Year

Head of Commercial Banking at UBA Ghana, Belinda Tinkorang, has been named Corporate Lady of the Year at the 4th edition of the Women’s Choice Africa Awards held at the Labadi Beach Hotel in...

Kofi Akpaloo says he will invest $1bn into Ghana football if voted as president

2020 Presidential aspirant, Kofi Akpaloo, has pledged to invest $1bn in Ghana’s football should he be given the nod as the President in 2024.Akpaloo, who is also the founder of the Liberal Party of...

Education Ministry partners 3 NGOs to bring 70,000 out-of-school children back to school

The Education Ministry (MOE) is partnering three NGOs to send over 70,000 school dropouts back to school.On Wednesday, the Ministry through the Ghana Education Outcomes Project (GEOP) signed a contract with three Service Providers...

Chinese nationals release dogs on GRA tax officers at quarry site

Some Chinese nationals working at quarry sites in Kasoa in the Central region on Thursday, December, 8, 2022 released dogs on the Tax Enforcement Unit of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA).The GRA officials were...

NLA boss hopeful global lottery institutions leadership will roll out resolutions to uphold best practices

The director general of the National Lottery Authority, Sammy Awuku, is confident that resolutions to uphold best practices in the lottery and gaming industries will be implemented by lottery institutions throughout the world.According to...

Escript Solutions Limited launches new online medical delivery app

In order to facilitate effective and convenient medical delivery, Escript Solutions Limited has introduced a new online medical delivery app.The new app “MedFind” which was launched in Accra on Tuesday 6th December, 2022, allows people to...

Ofori-Atta’s censure motion: Ad-hoc committee exonerates Minister of any wrongdoing

The Ad-hoc committee which was established and mandated to probe allegations in a censure motion filed against the Finance Minister, Ken ofori-Atta, has exonerated the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta of any wrongdoing.According to a...

KNUST students develop smart farming system

Farming improves on food security and also stimulates economic growth.However, lack of time and resource to go to the farm site to monitor the conditions of the farm and motivation to manually irrigate the...

Ofori-Atta’s censure motion: Our side didn’t take sitting allowances – Ablakwa

A member of the special committee that looked into the Minority's motion of censure against the Finance Minister has refuted claims that his party utilized sitting expenses.Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa said the claims are untrue...

Nursing and Midwifery Council urges victims of medical negligence to report cases for redress

Deputy Director of Operations for the Nursing and Midwifery Council, Ampem Oklodu-Abbey has said that the Council’s duty is more focused on the preventive measures of medical negligence rather than being reactive about it.In...

Debt Exchange: Proposal put forward by government drastic and steep – Prof. Bokpin

Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Ghana Business School, Professor Godfred Bokpin, says the pushback against government’s debt exchange programme is due to the fact that government has failed to internalize its...

Restructuring Ghana’s Debt: Pay your taxes, reduce size of government – OccupyGhana to Akufo-Addo

Pressure group, OccupyGhana, has outlined some ten measures which can potentially put the country’s economy on track should they be implemented by government.According to the group, government cannot continue to blame the Covid-19 pandemic and...

Supreme Court Nominees: Appointment Committee’s report presented to Parliament 

President Akufo-Addo's list of candidates for appointment as Justices of the Supreme Court has been reported by the Appointments Committee of Parliament to the House.Mr Andrew Amoako Asiamah, the Second Deputy Speaker, Presiding as Speaker,...

Debt Exchange: Government has not shown that the country is in crisis – Dr. Serebour

President of the Ghana Medical Association, Dr. Frank Serebour, says the government has not demonstrated that the nation is in a crisis, so organized labor should not be forced to bear the weight of...

COVID-19: Three institutions partner to produce ventilator

The Academic City University College on Monday held a medical technology fair to provide updates to stakeholders on the progress of a local ventilator developed by the school.The development of the ventilator is being...

Wenchi Police arrest eight suspected Indian hemp smokers

In a raid on the Municipality on Tuesday, the Wenchi Police in the Bono Region detained eight alleged Indian Hemp smokers and sellers.The Ghana News Agency (GNA) gathered the suspects, including a young lady,...

Franklin Cudjoe says government has not shown any seriousness in handling economic crisis

The Chief Executive Officer of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, claims that the Ghanaian government has not taken the current economic situation seriously.According to him, reports from meetings on the government’s planned debt exchange programme...

Marketing Officer granted bail for stealing from Duraplast Company 

An Accra Circuit Court has granted bail to a 27-year-old Marketing Officer who is accused of stealing GHS107,798.31 from the Duraplast Company.Mr Samuel Allotey Annan, charged with nine counts of stealing pleaded not guilty.The...

Afriyie-Ankrah’s former students support campaign with billboards

Some former students of Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah are supporting his dream of becoming the next general secretary of the NDC by raising funds to mount billboards across the country.Mr Afriyie-Ankrah lectured the students at the...

Phones in the right hand, books in the left – WASSCE vs mobile phones

It’s regular to witness young people with their heads buried in phones, jumping from one social media platform to the other.In search for fun activities or trends to hop on from TikTok to Instagram,...

College of Physicians and Surgeons to undertake fellowship training programmes in regional hospitals

The Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons (GhCoPS) has announced that beginning next year, fellowship training programmes for postgraduate doctors will be carried out in regional hospitals across the country.According to the Rector of...

Close down betting companies around schools -Dr Adutwum to Gaming Commission

The Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has urged the leadership of the Gaming Commission of Ghana, to intensify efforts to close down betting companies that flout laws guiding their operations in the country.He...

Vodafone scoops 5 honours at National Communications Awards

The 4th National Communications Honors was held this past weekend at the Labadi Beach Hotel in Accra, and Vodafone Ghana won five important awards there.The Vodafone Ghana Fixed Broadband team received the Access Innovation...

Oxford University partners Ghana Gold Expo to promote CSR

Director of African Studies Center at the Oxford University, Professor Miles Lamer says a major way of ensuring optimal benefit of the mineral resources on the African continent is through Corporate Social Responsibility.The University...

Mahama appeals for ¢10 to support NDC congress

Ghana’s request that private pensions forfeit some interest payments on government bonds to help it restructure debt and qualify for $3 billion of International Monetary Fund (IMF) support has received short shrift from local...

GWCL to cut water supply to parts of Accra

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has announced a 48-hour interruption in the supply of water to certain parts of Accra.The development, according to the GWCL, is due to planned maintenance works on the Tema Booster...

Language Therapist disputes claims that female babies develop speech faster than males; says it’s a myth

Speech and Language Therapist, Zahrah Ibrahim has debunked claims that female babies develop speech swiftly than their male counterparts is a folk tale.According to her, it was a myth in the olden days that...

NPA to seek cabinet support to remove taxes on LPG

The Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority, Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, has said the Authority’s goal in the energy sector is to help to eradicate energy poverty.In that regard, he said, the NPA would...

81 aspirants vie for 14 national executive positions in NDC

The list of all qualified aspirants for national executive positions in the upcoming National Democratic Congress (NDC), scheduled for December 17, 2022 congress has been released.In all, there are 81 aspirants with a total...

796 Burkina Faso citizens seek refuge in Sissala West for fear of attack

The Sissalla West District Chief Executive (DCE), Ayisha Batong Hor, has raised concern over Burkinabes escaping into the Ghanaian settlements of Fielmuo and Nemoro in response to alleged terrorist attacks.Madam Hor told the Ghana...

Franklin Cudjoe laments over ¢100k ‘haircut’ on his investment

Founding President of IMANI Centre for Policy and Education, Franklin Cudjoe, has been a victim of the current debt restructuring programme announced by the government on December 4, 2022.He says he has suffered a...

Road tolls will be collected electronically – Roads Minister

The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwesi Amoako-Atta, has said the mode of collecting road tolls in the country will change when it is re-introduced.According to Mr. Amoako-Atta, the payment of road toll will...

How a ball of kenkey got to parliament

The Sagnarigu MP on Monday carried a ball of kenkey and a piece of fish to Parliament House for a practical demonstration of the economic hardship Ghanaians face currently.A. B. A. Fuseini who was...

We’re shocked Akufo-Addo watched World Cup in Qatar despite economic crisis – Minority

The Minority in Parliament say they are shocked by the President’s World Cup trip to Qatar despite the country’s economic difficulties.Addressing the press on Monday, the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu indicated that the move...

Minority demands major expenditure cuts by government to alleviate economic downturn

The Minority does not appear satisfied with the government’s commitment to cutting back on its expenditure in the current economic turmoil.The NDC legislators believe the supposed measures outlined in the 2023 budget are not...

Young girls exchanging sex for sanitary pad – Eco-Me Africa

CEO of Eco-me Africa Amdiya Abdul-Latiff has revealed that some young girls in rural areas are being forced to have sex with men in order to get money for sanitary pads.According to her, many...

Labour unions kick against any ‘haircut’ on pension funds of workers

Labour unions in the country have vowed to kick against any attempt by the government to reduce the value of pension funds of public sector workers.At a news conference on Monday, the President of...

Ghanaian nurses to work in UK under new deal – Agyemang Manu

The Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang Manu, has revealed that engagements are underway to send trained Ghanaian nurses to the United Kingdom (UK) to work.According to him, there is an ongoing bilateral contract with the...

Constituents of Asante Akyem North debunk MP’s claims of functioning 1D1F factory

Residents of Asante Akyem North Constituency in the Ashanti region have expressed disappointment in their MP over claims of a functioning plantain processing factory in the area.Andy Appiah-Kubi during a parliamentary debate claimed the...

Woman shot as armed robbers attack Awutu Bereku residents

A 35-year-old woman is in critical condition after an armed robbery attack at Awutu Edahadaha, a suburb of Awutu Bereku in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region.The woman sustained gunshot injuries...

Vodafone introduces ‘100% Home Safe’ campaign ahead of Christmas

Vodafone Ghana has launched a community safety campaign called “100% Home Safe” to help reduce road accidents among commercial drivers ahead of the Christmas holiday season.During the event, Vodafone Ghana collaborated with the National...

Ban on V8s in Accra; who is going to monitor? Mahama quizzes government

Former President, John Dramani Mahama doubts government's ban on the use of V8s and V6s by government officials will be feasible since there will be no proper monitoring.Speaking at the 13th Congregation of the...

Lydia Forson, other celebrities wade into NSS boss – Manhyia hospital brouhaha

Ghanaians have been reacting to the audio of the Ashanti Regional NSS director, Alex Opoku-Mensah, verbally abusing a nurse at the Manhyia Hospital.They two were engaged in a heated argument. This according to reports...

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