Nigerian Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has formally declared his intention to contest in next year’s presidential election. He hopes to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari whose tenure ends in May next year. Prof Osinbajo, a lawyer, was elected as Mr Buhari’s deputy in 2015. In a short video posted on social media, he promised continuity in improving […]
The Chairman of the Appiatse Reconstruction Implementation Team, Benito Owusu-Bio, has assured the people of Appiatse that prompt action was being taken to move them to a temporary resettlement site by May 1, 2022. He said the move was to prevent further hardship on the people, especially as the rains descend. Mr. Owusu-Bio, who is […]
The management of the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has assured the public that the reconstruction works it started recently will not lead to load shedding, popularly known as ‘Dumsor’. A joint statement issued by GRIDCo and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in Accra yesterday said reconstruction work on GRIDCo’s transmission lines had commenced […]
The government has restricted the export from the country of maize and soya beans, two important commodities in the poultry sub-sector. It is part of measures to ensure food security and increase local poultry and livestock production. Subsequently, the Plant Protection and Regulatory Services Directorate (PPRSD) has stopped issuing phytosanitary certificates for the export of […]
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has reaffirmed the Akufo-Addo Government’s commitment to its vision of transforming Ghana despite the global economic challenges which have wrought dire straits on the country’s fortunes. Speaking at the Pentecost Convention Centre, Millennium City, Kasoa, on Thursday, (April 7, 2022), Dr Bawumia said the Akufo-Addo government has been focused […]
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources (MLNR) has refuted allegations by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini, that the ministry had spent GH¢10m on conferences relating to the fight against illegal mining popularly known as galamsey. A statement issued by the Public Relations Unit of the […]
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) will soon launch a tax filing mobile application to enable the public to file tax returns and also receive tax clearance certificates. The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has explained that the App will help to deal with fake take clearance certificates in the system. The Vice President who was speaking at […]
Ramatu Aliu Mahama (Neè Egala), the wife of the late former Vice President Aliu Mahama, has passed on at age 70. Affectionately known as Hajia Ramatu, she died Thursday afternoon, her son, Farouk Mahama, who is also the Member of Parliament for Yendi has confirmed. , Farouk Mahama announced. “The family has lost a great pillar. […]
The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is of the view that the digitalisation of various sectors of Ghana’s economy has greatly helped to reduce corruption. For him, “[it] has dealt a big blow to corruption” and that the government will continue to digitalise the remaining sectors of the economy. Dr Bawumia was speaking at a public […]
Since the easing of the COVID-19 restrictions in the country last year, domestic air travel has increased, recording the highest patronage in the last eight years, data from airport authorities have indicated. According to the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) and the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), domestic passenger flows (throughput) jumped from 423,718 in […]
The Nissan Motor Corporation, in collaboration with its local partners, has commissioned a $9 million assembly plant to produce vehicles in the country. The Nissan Assembly Plant in the Industrial City, Tema, which has the capacity to produce 11,593 units of vehicles per shift per annum, is a partnership between Japan Motors of Ghana and […]
A new study conducted by Prof. Kwasi Appeaning Addo, the Director, Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies of the University of Ghana, reveals that Ghana will lose its major state monuments including the Christiansborg Castle (otherwise called the Osu Castle), former seat of government; the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum; and the Independence Square to coastal erosion […]
