The United Nations (UN) has ranked Ghana seventh out of the 122 contributing countries in peacekeeping as of March this year. The total number of peacekeepers deployed globally by the UN as of March this year was 76,712, comprising 70,257 males and 6,455 females. Out of the total number of 6,455 women deployed, Ghana had […]
The government has been asked to continue the processes towards the review of Article 243 (1) of the 1992 Constitution for the election of municipal and district chief executives (MDCEs) on the ticket of political parties. An amendment of that nature will boost inclusive representation and enable the country to realise the essentials of good […]
The Chairman of the Board of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Freddy Worsemao Armah Blay, has said the allegations surrounding the supposed “surreptitious,” “clandestine,” and “scandalous” sale of the so called GNPC shares are unequivocally false. According to him, there was “no intention by GNPC or me as its Chairman, to divest seven per […]
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) will start the imposition of an upfront 12.5 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) on the customs value of taxable goods at all ports of entry with effect from Tuesday, June 6, this year. The development will affect importers of taxable goods who are not registered to charge VAT. It […]
The World Bank has released $150 million to the government as additional funding to improve on flood resilience in the Odaw River Basin in the Greater Accra Region. The loan is to fund the Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project aimed, among other objectives, at improving flood risk and solid waste management for […]
Mr. Freddie Blay, the Chairman of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) and former New Patriotic Party (NPP) chairman has responded to the demands from some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) urging him to step down. The calls for his resignation came after the GNPC announced plans to sell a 50% stake in Jubilee Holdings Limited […]
Six business operators, including two Chinese, have been arrested in Accra for failing to issue Value Added Tax (VAT) invoices to customers. Although the identities of the arrested persons were not disclosed, their businesses were given as Computer Land Ghana Limited, dealers in computers and accessories, and Hiang Vegetables and Fruits Chinese Supermarket, both at […]
The Supreme Court has dismissed a review application challenging its decision to struck out a law that allowed the cultivation of cannabis [wee] for medicinal and industrial purposes. In a 5-4 majority decision Wednesday [May 24, 2023], the court held that the review application filed by the Attorney-General (A-G) did not satisfy the criteria for […]
Four nurses in Tanzania’s western Tabora region are to be charged in court with harvesting the organs of baby twins, a regional official has said. A committee set up to investigate the incident found that the bodies of the prematurely born twins were mutilated after they had died. The mother found her babies’ eyes gouged […]
The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), along with two independent candidates are today Tuesday, May 23, battling it out for the Kumawu parliamentary seat. And the Ghana Police Service says it mapped out a plan to provide adequate security to ensure law and order. The by-election has been […]
City authorities from the Ayawaso Central Municipal Assembly on Monday supervised the cleaning and clearing of the debris that was left from the inferno that razed stores and their wares within the neighbourhood of the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange (Circle) last Sunday. The fire, which began around 1 p.m., gutted over 50 shops that deal in […]
Coming events, they say, cast their shadows, and that is the case of the dynamic, affable and hardworking Director-General of the National Lottery Authority (NLA) Mr. Sammi Awuku. Mr. Awuku yesterday, Monday, May 22, emerged the overall Best Public Sector CEO at the Ghana CEO Summit 2022, beating stiff competition from more than 30 other […]
