Plans are far advanced by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to fully operate digital effective July 1, 2020 in line with government’s digitization drive. A GRA circular to its staff states that effective July 1, 2021, all payments for Taxes and Duties must be made directly to GRA bank accounts through digital means such as […]
Following the recent National Consultative Dialogue on Small Scale Mining, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources has directed all persons and companies engaged in reconnaissance and/or prospecting in Forest Reserves, with or without legal authorization, to suspend such activities until further notice. In addition to that the Minerals Commission, with immediate effect, is not […]
The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has launched a platform that will harmonise individual fraud control mechanisms of mobile money operators in the country. He said the system would help in blocking subscriber identification module (SIM) cards and mobile devices, as well as blacklist identification numbers that connected to fraud or general crime-related cases. Dr Bawumia, […]
The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) yesterday presented a cash prize of Gh¢570,000 to the 2020 National Best Farmer, Mr Solomon Kwadwo Kusi. Mr Kusi was presented the amount at a short ceremony in Accra during which the Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, commended farmers for their tireless efforts to provide food […]
The state has dragged former Director-General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Mr Ernest Thompson, and four others back to the Accra High Court concerning the charges of causing financial loss of $14.8 million to the state. The state has improved on the charges levelled against the accused persons and filed it at […]
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the McDan Group of Companies, Dr. Daniel McKorley has been appointed the Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee for the newly established U-17 Inter-Club Champions League and Inter-Regional Challenge Cup. Dr. McKorley known as McDan in sports circles has been appointed by the Kurt Okraku-led Ghana Football Association (GFA) […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has submitted to Parliament a list of 39 Deputy Minister nominees and one Minister of State. The list was submitted Wednesday, April 21, 2021 to the Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin. Parliament is to vet and approve or disapprove the nominees for appointment. They are to serve in […]
The work of internal auditors in public institutions across Ghana has saved GH¢522.9 million of public funds, the Director-General of the Internal Audit Agency (IAA), Dr Eric Oduro Osae, has stated. He said the amount was realised from audit observation infractions in 9,068 audit reports, out of which 6,699 recommendations, with a monetary value of […]
The Accra High Court has granted bail to actress Rosemond Alade Brown a.k.a. Akuapem Poloo. Poloo was granted bail Wednesday morning, April 22, 2021 by the court, presided over by Justice Ruby Aryeetey, pending the final determination of her appeal challenging the 90-day jail term handed to her by the Accra Circuit Court. The actress […]
THE president of Chad died today after a clash between the country’s army and rebels at the border. Idriss Deby, 68 – who has been the head of state of more than 30 years – died from injuries sustained in the battle, an army spokesperson confirmed. Deby “has just breathed his last breath defending the […]
Preparations are rife for migration from Analogue Terrestrial Television (ATT) transmission in the country onto a Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) system. According to the Minister of Communications and Digitisation, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the government was in the process of identifying people to manage the platform, adding that the migration “will be done soon”. “The only […]
The 5th edition of the Ghana CEO Summit will be launched on Tuesday, April 20, at the Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel in Accra. The conference for decision makers, CEOs, heads of institutions, business leaders and entrepreneurs as well as investors and ambassadors, seeks to unlock Ghana’s economic potential by offering concrete, innovative and actionable solutions. […]
