Former Director of Communications at the Presidency, Mr Koku Anyidoho who served during President J.E.A. Mills’ era has justified why Ghana needs to procure a new and bigger aircraft for presidential travels. He acknowledged that the current Falcon for presidential travels has occupancy challenges apart from the issue of stopping to refuel when on long […]
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President Akufo-Addo meets ministers over 2nd term agenda
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commenced consultative meetings with ministers of state at the Jubilee House to ensure that they continue to be in tune with his agenda for the second term in office. The three-pronged meeting also include discussion of their budgetary requirements ahead of the presentation of the 2022 Budget Statement and […]
Big push for 2022 budget – Benefits from $1bn free IMF money
The country is set to inject about US$300 million from its share of the specially created free funds from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) into the 2022 budget. The amount is a third of the US$1 billion interest-free and condition-free money that the country received from the IMF for being a member of the Bretton […]
verting food shortages in schools: Education Ministry streamlines supply chain
The Ministry of Education is streamlining the food supply chain architecture of senior high schools (SHSs) to ensure effective handling of the food needs of the schools. In line with that, the ministry is building a database, which will include an automated system that enables the ministry to identify any potential shortages. The Minister of […]
Ghana to acquire new bigger presidential jet
The government has initiated process to acquire and new and bigger presidential jet. The Minister of Defence, Mr Dominic Nitiwul is handling the processes and expected to announce details later on. The Director of Communications at the presidency, Mr Eugene Arhin gave the hint a press briefing at the Jubilee House on Monday evening (September […]
Bank worker arrested in connection with bank robbery in Accra – ACP Kwesi Ofori
The Acting Director-General of the Ghana Police Service’s Public Affairs Directorate has disclosed that a bank worker has been arrested in connection with a recent bank robbery. ACP Kwesi Ofori told the host of Newsfile on the JoyNews channel on Saturday that an arrest was effected “yesterday [Friday] in Accra, involving a bank worker not […]
Is President Mahama not undermining democracy?
Forget Do or Die! The issues are much bigger than that. Why has ex-President Mahama turned his supposed Thank You Tour into a subversive mission of the democracy we have built since 1992? Pay attention to what he has been saying on the tour. “The elections were clearly rigged.” “There was overstuffing of ballot papers […]
Police apologise to Tamale ‘assault’ victims but…
The Ghana Police Service has served notice it will arrest and bring to book, a group of irate youth who embarked on an unlawful demonstration and vandalised the Police Divisional Headquarters building and VRA office in Tamale on Saturday. The youth were protesting against the assault of some residents by policemen during a recent anti-power […]
Ghana, hub for doing business — Vice-President Harris
The Vice-President of the United States of America (USA), Ms Kamala Harris, has described Ghana as conducive for doing business in Africa. She said not only had the Ghanaian government created an enabling environment; it had also built confidence by upholding the rule of law and respect for human rights, ingredients for growth. Ms Harris, […]
We’ll take advantage of decline in COVID-19 to expand vaccination – Dr Kuma-Aboagye
The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS),Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, has said the decline in COVID-19 infections provides the government a window to speed up with vaccinations to ensure that more people are protected against any future surge in infections. “There is a surge in the availability of vaccines and persons vaccinated are less likely to be hospitalised, so this is the […]
Accra train shuttle bounces back October
The Accra commercial railway system is set to bounce back to life by the end of next month, the Ghana Railway Company Limited (GRCL) has disclosed. For about two years now, moves to resuscitate railway infrastructure in the national capital had stalled, raising questions about the commitment of the authorities to revive the city’s rail […]
Milovan Rajevac agrees $100,000 sign-on fee plus $30,000 monthly salary to coach Black Stars
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) and the government have agreed to pay incoming Black Stars coach Milovan Rajevac $100,000 sign-on fee and a monthly salary of $30,000, Graphic Online has learnt. According to sources close to the FA, the Serbian trainer will take $5,000 more than his predecessor, Charles Kwablan Akonnor who spent close to two years as […]