Passing RTI is not by force, don’t cry more than the bereaved, speaker of Parliament to MFWA, Occupy Ghana etal

The Speaker of Parliament, the Rt. Hon. Aaron Michael Ocquaye seems to have had enough of the pressure and has warned Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and pressure groups to back off with the pressure being exerted on the legislature for the passage of the Right To Information (RTI) Bill. ‘’Recently when parliament is still working […]

Lydia Alhassan, Edward Kufuor etal sail through vetting, ready for primaries on December 29, 2018

Widow of the late Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Awuogon Constituency, Emmanuel Kyeremanteng Agyarko , Lydia Alhassan together with Edward Kufuor, son of former President Kufuor, Edward Kufuor including 4 other are set to slug it out on the 29th of December 2018, in the party’s parliamentary primaries to elect a candidate to contest […]

Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election slated for January 31, 2019

The Electoral Commission has scheduled the Ayawaso Wesy Wuogon by-election for Thursday January 31 2019. This was agreed on, by the various political parties and the electoral commission at an emergency Inter Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting today, Monday December 24, 2018. All the political parties in attendance including the ruling NPP, the NDC, PPP, […]

ADB sources for GH¢310m to meet Minimum Capital Requirement

The Agricultural Development Bank (adb) has announced its readiness to meet the central bank’s minimum capital requirements of GH400million as the December 31 deadline fast approaches. This follows an approval by shareholders of the bank to source for additional funds of about GH¢310million to meet Bank of Ghana’s minimum capital requirement. The announcement was made […]

Just in: GRA to auction overstayed goods and vehicles at the Tema port on 27th and 28th December, 2018

As part of efforts to mop-up revenue before the end of the year and in accordance with Sections 93 (1) and 59 (2) of the Customs Act, 2015  (Act 891) which mandate the Commissioner-General to AUCTION OVERSTAYED GOODS AND FORFEITED VEHICLES, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) Customs Division will auction vehicles and general goods at […]

 Churches and drinking bars are the most flourishing enterprises in Ghana-Vicky Hammah

Former deputy communications Minister in the John Dramani Mahama era, Vicky Hammah has identified churches and drinking bars as the most flourishing enterprises in the country. “Today if you turn at every corner, you count several churches and drinking bars. They are the most thriving businesses in the country. We really need to do something […]

Oil exploration affecting fisheries sector —Oilwatch Ghana

A research conducted by the Oilwatch Ghana, an environmental non-governmental organisation, has called for a national conversation on the effects of oil exploration on fishing, and to find solutions to its existing and potential challenges. The research recognised that although both the oil and fisheries sectors are critical to the country’s socio-economic development, oil exploration […]

 I’ve been a palmwine tapper, truck pusher, Akpeteshie seller and shoe shine boy before, I don’t care about academics-Asiedu Nketia

General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Johnson Asiedu Nketia has said he is not perturbed about the false perception Ghanaians hold about him with regards to his academic qualifications, saying he is not bordered in the least. According to him, he has done many odd jobs in the past to survive and […]

Opponents of NABco are now eating humble pie, they’re ashamed the policy is working-Information Minister

Minister for information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says opponents of the Nation Builders Corps programme, particularly the opposition National Democratic (NDC) having realized the programme has taken shape and working have gone mute over its success. According to him, the stiff opposition and the huge criticism and ridicule that greeted the announcement and subsequent implementation of […]