The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has introduced a new visa policy under which all applications to travel to Ghana will be processed within five working days. The announcement was made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, in a Facebook post on Tuesday, May 21, 2025. He stated that […]
The 2024 Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and former Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has for the umpteenth time, exhibited his humility, modesty and kindness, by reaching out to content creator and blogger, Kwadwo Sheldon, whose home got flooded, following a heavy downpour in the capital city, […]
Africa’s bane: Lack of access to Capital, Infrastructure and Trust – Bawumia declares at Cambridge University Former Vice President of the Republic of Ghana and leader of the opposition New Patriotic Party, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has declared that Africa’s bane is the lack of access to capital, infrastructure and trust. Apart from the above, the […]
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has announced that it will not sell its current assets and facilities, instead, the organisation plans to revamp and optimise its resources to generate better returns. This is a significant shift in its investment strategy, reassuring stakeholders of value for money, after the Trust suffered a backlash […]
Former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says Ghana’s economy would have collapsed without the Gold-for-Oil and gold purchase programmes introduced under his watch. Speaking during his Thank You Tour in the UK at an interaction with the Young Executive Forum (YEF) in London, NPP 2024 flagbearer said the country’s current economic stability is directly tied […]
The new Board Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Dr. Adu Anane Antwi, has revealed that he pushed for his appointment at the institution. Mr. Anane Antwi noted that “In January 2021, after four years of my retirement, when the board was going to be reconstituted, I wrote to then Minister for Finance […]
Transport fares are set to drop by 15% starting Saturday, May 24, 2025, following successful negotiations between transport operators and the Ministry of Transport. The fare adjustment reflects recent macroeconomic developments, including a sustained appreciation of the cedi against the US dollar, contributing to a notable drop in fuel prices. The development also comes in […]
The Court of Appeal sitting in Koforidua has granted an interlocutory injunction brought by Professor Margaret Kweku and others from the SALL [Santrokofi, Akpafu, Lolobi and Likpe] traditional areas to restrain John Peter Amewu, a former Member of Parliament for Hohoe. The court restrained Mr Amewu from holding himself out as a former Member of […]
A Paediatrician at the 37 Military Hospital, Dr Adeline Asante-Kwabiah, has disclosed that children can also get hypertension, as the disease is not limited only to adults. Dr Asante-Kwabiah, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) on World Hypertension Day, that most of the cases in children often had an underlying medical condition. The 2025 World […]
President John Dramani Mahama has stated that feasibility studies were underway for the design of a new national capital. That, he explained, was to address the mounting pressure from rapid urbanisation, traffic congestion and inadequate infrastructure. “It is time to think long-term and plan for a new city to ease this burden,” Mr Mahama said […]
The police in the Volta Region last Tuesday (May 13) intercepted a petrol tanker travelling from Madina in Accra to Jasikan, which was loaded with cocoa beans and not fuel. It was believed the cocoa beans were meant for smuggling into neighbouring Togo. The vehicle with registration number, GN 3801-13, has been impounded, while the […]
A man accused of masterminding a string of violent robberies in parts of Accra has been extradited from Togo to face charges in Ghana. Adinda Abdu Mujibu, also known as Adinda Akpo Abdo, was handed over to Ghanaian authorities in Lomé on May 14, 2025, after months of cooperation between the police in Ghana and […]
