John Dramani Mahama, the former President of Ghana, has pledged to create a favourable environment for anti-corruption institutions to clamp down on corrupt officials if he wins the upcoming presidential election. Mr. Mahama has stated that corrupt government officials will be discouraged from engaging in corrupt practices during his tenure. Speaking to delegates in Lambussie […]
Former Ghanaian Minister of Education, Professor Dominic Fobih, has denied rumours that he has nine wives and that his recent marriage to a 31-year-old woman was his ninth time. A video of a colourful marriage ceremony with his 31-year-old wife went viral on social media over the weekend, generating discussions on social media. However, in […]
Golden Exotics Limited (GEL) has launched its 20th anniversary with a commitment to expand its operations and contribute to the development of communities surrounding its plantations. The company, which started with the planting of pineapples on a 700 hectare land, projects to hit a total banana plantation of 2,000 hectares by June this year. It […]
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has called on stakeholders in the natural resource sector to support the government’s agenda to build robust infrastructure for value addition in the sector. He said the policies and programmes the government had put in place for value addition were revolutionary and would ensure effective […]
The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) says it will resume publishing the names of beneficiaries who have refused to pay back their loans this month. It said it had been able to trace a number of borrowers who were in employment but were yet to settle their indebtedness to the Trust fund. Also, the SLTF […]
Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, a flagbearer aspirant of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has raised concerns about discrepancies in the party’s voter register ahead of the presidential and parliamentary primaries scheduled for May 13, 2023. Dr. Duffuor has called on the National Executive of the NDC to postpone the elections in order to ensure a fair […]
The declaration of MTN Ghana as a Significant Market Power (SMP) in the country’s telecommunications sector has resulted in an asymmetric savings of GH¢86.6 million for the smaller Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) in the last two years. The SMP was meant, among many other things, to set a level playing field and limit the ability […]
Kweku Ampratwum-Sarpong, the Member of Parliament for Mampong and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has expressed his conviction that Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the Vice President of Ghana, is destined by God to become the leader of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the future. In a radio interview with Accra based Okay FM, […]
He was tipped by many to win this year’s Vodafone Ghana Music Awards Artiste of the Year and after winning it, Black Sherif says it is a dream come true for him. Black Sherif attributes his success to his perseverance and diligence since breaking into the Ghanaian music scene, and he is certain that his […]
In a letter addressed to the Executive Secretary of the National Labour Commission, the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) has threatened to go on an indefinite strike if a salary increase and arrears from January 2023 is not approved for them. The letter, signed by JUSAG’s General Secretary, Abdulai Yakubu, states that the […]
A storey building under construction at the city campus of the University for Development Studies (UDS) in Tamale collapsed last Saturday during a rainstorm. There was no casualty. The incident happened at night, at a time there were no workers on site. The scene had been cordoned off when Graphic Online visited the campus on […]
The United States Embassy in Accra has announced plans to increase the fees for non-immigrant visas starting from May 30, 2023. According to the embassy, fees for business and tourist travel (B1/B2 visas), international students (F visas), exchange visitor visas (J) and other visa classes that do not require a petition will increase from $160 […]
