Former Education Minister and renowned author of ‘The Dilemma of a Ghost’ has passed on. According to her family, the poet, playwright and academic born on March 23, 1942, died peacefully at home. In a press statement, the family announced, “with deep sorrow but in the hope of the resurrection, informs the general public that […]
As part of measures to make tourism play its leading role in the economic progress of the country, Ghana is working towards attracting two million international arrivals that will culminate in a $4 billion spending impact by 2025, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated. He said as part of the measures put in place, […]
The chief of Antoa in Asanteman, Nana Kwame Owusu Agyeman has been destooled. The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II in a ruling destooled the Antoa chief following a number of offences including multiple sale of lands. The ruling was delivered by Otumfuo, who is the President of the Kumasi Traditional Council on his first sitting […]
The recent sudden death of a 17-year-old student of the St Monica’s Senior High School (SHS) at Mampong in the Ashanti Region, and the circumstances surrounding the incident, has been attributed partly to negligence on the part of the management of the school. The student, Patience Amanyi, reported sick, the housemistress, senior housemistress and other […]
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 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 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 […]
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 […]
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture is set to roll out a credit system for agricultural inputs to enable farmers to boost food production and stabilise food prices. The Input Credit System initiative, expected to begin next month, is currently before Cabinet for approval to make way for its implementation. The new credit system will see […]
