Companies that under-declare their incomes and also use other dubious means to evade taxes will face the full rigours of the law, the Attorney-General (A-G) and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has warned. In an exclusive interview with the Daily Graphic last Tuesday, he said tax evasion, avoidance and under-declaration of income were pervasive […]
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Man arrested with fake currency at Aflao
A 57-year-old man has been arrested for attempting to smuggle fake currency with a supposed value of CFA80 million into the country through an unapproved route at Aflao near the Ghana-Togo border. The amount is equivalent to GH¢1.5 million. The suspect, identified as Aremu Timothy Adeyboyegu, was arrested while he was a pillion rider on […]
Man behind audio alleging police planted ‘wee’, cocaine in his vehicle arrested
Patrick Asiedu, the man suspected to be behind the viral audio alleging that the police stopped and planted “wee” and cocaine in his vehicle has been arrested by the police and accused of fabricating the narration he recorded and shared on social media. Preliminary police investigation has established that he is not a medical doctor […]
China’s population falls for the first time since 1961
China’s population has fallen for the first time in 60 years, with the national birth rate hitting a record low – 6.77 births per 1,000 people. The population in 2022 – 1.4118 billion – fell by 850,000 from 2021. China’s birth rate has been declining for years, prompting a slew of policies to slow the […]
2 wounded as youth storm Damongo police station
Two men have reportedly been wounded after the police fired warning shots to dispel a crowd at the Damongo police in the West Gonja municipality of the Savannah Region. According to Joy News’ Isaac Nonya, there was blood oozing from the chest of one of the victims and the left shoulder of the other. Eyewitnesses […]
TDCL rolls out plan for affordable housing
The TDC Company Limited (TDCL) has expressed its unwavering commitment to bridge the housing deficit in the country through the construction of affordable houses for the public. The Managing Director of the company, Alice Abena Ofori-Atta, said the Community 26 Kpone affordable housing project and the Community 22 housing scheme, among other projects, were some […]
Policeman, wife, baby burnt to death
A policeman and his family have been burnt to death at Apromase near Kumasi. The policeman said to be from the Anti Robbery Unit, his wife and three months-old baby were burnt Monday dawn. Graphic Online’s Kwadwo Baffoe Donkor reports from Kumasi that the household of Police Sergeant, Owusu Asante Baafi perished in the fire incident which engulfed […]
Debt exchange programme: Exempt domestic bondholders — PPP
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) says the government should exempt all domestic bondholders from its debt exchange. It said the approach of government should be focused on developing a valuation model of debt restructuring to be auctioned on the secondary market. “We advise that, if government will want to pursue debt exchange as a tool, […]
Minister directs GES to vary Chiana SHS girls’ dismissal after President’s intervention
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has intervened in the case of the eight senior high school students of Chiana who have been dismissed by the Ghana Education Service (GES) for insulting the President. This was after the President’s attention was drawn to it. Consequently, the Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has directed the […]
Second batch of classified Biden documents found
US President Joe Biden’s aides have found a fresh batch of classified government records at a second location, in a growing political embarrassment for the White House. The first cache was found at a private office in Washington DC that Mr Biden used after his vice-presidency. The matter is under review by the US Department […]
DVLA interdicts 4 staff implicated in JoyNews’ ‘Money over Human Lives’ documentary
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has interdicted four members of staff who were implicated in JoyNews’ ‘Money over Human Lives’ investigative piece. The investigation was carried out in two regions, the Greater Accra Regional Office located at 37 and the Tamale Regional Office in the Northern Region. The documentary exposed the breaches in […]
Charles Bissue asks court to stop OSP from investigating him
A former Presidential staffer, Charles Bissue, has gone to court to stop the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) from investigating him over certain allegations of corruption relating to illegal mining (galamsey). In a writ filed on January 4, this year at the Accra High Court, Mr Bissue is of the contention that the police […]