Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has died aged 61, the country’s vice-president has announced. He died on Wednesday from heart complications at a hospital in Dar es Salaam, Samia Suluhu Hassan said in an address on state television. Magufuli had not been seen in public for more than two weeks, and rumours have been circulating about […]

Businessman and politician Kennedy Agyapong has said most Ghanaian workers steal from their employers to create unimaginable wealth for themselves. The Assin Central Lawmaker said on his television station Wednesday March 17 that most of these workers rather turn to accuse politicians of stealing from the state whereas they do worse. He further called on […]

Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has said no ethnic group should be stereotyped and stigmatized in Ghana. She said on the floor of parliament that all ethnic groups play important roles in the country hence must all be respected. The Communications Minister’s comment follow the uproar over the controversial textbooks that disparage […]

Some drivers union in the Ashanti Region have hinted at boycotting the yet-to-be introduced road toll as they demand a “comprehensive expenditure report” on developmental projects road toll levies have been spent on over the years. This comes as government in the 2021 budget statement hinted at an upward adjustment of road toll levies to […]

The Eastern Regional Hospital is not detaining 246 patients for non-payment of fees, contrary to media reports. The Clinical Director of the Hospital, Dr Forster Amponsah-Manu, in a press release clarified that the number is just a cumulative figure of persons recorded in 2020 between January and December and could not either pay all or […]

The Ministry of Trade and Industry has dismissed media reports that there is currently tension at the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCfTA) Secretariat in Accra. The Ministry said in a statement that the reports are not only untrue but also disingenuous and are designed to cause disaffection between the Ghanaian workers at the Secretariat […]

The Paramount Chief of Upper Dixcove in the Ahanta West Municipality of the Western Region, Obrempong Hima Dekyi, has made a passionate appeal to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to intervene in the continuous bloody attacks in the area. The appeal is coming on the heels of Monday’s brutal attack on a sub-chief of Upper […]

Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has called on all members of the legislature to rally behind the government and approve the budget statement for the 2021 fiscal year. According to him, the budget has good measures to support the economy in these critical times. Deliberating on the 2021 Budget statement in Parliament Tuesday, March 16 […]

WO1 Joseph Ashitey Hammond, a Ghanaian soldier who fought in the Second World War, has said he has witnessed the performance of all the presidents that have come after Ghana’s independence and can therefore state on authority that President Nana Addo Dankwa Adankwa Akufo-Addo is the second best president ever in the history of Ghana. […]

Member of Parliament for Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam, Casiel Ato Forson, has said the economy started dwindling before the coronavirus pandemic. He has therefore, asked the government not to put every blame on the pandemic. His comments come after the budget statement for the 2021 fiscal year presented to Parliament by Leader of Government Business Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu indicated […]

Member of Parliament for Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam, Casiel Ato Forson, has said the economy started dwindling before the coronavirus pandemic. He has therefore, asked the government not to put every blame on the pandemic. His comments come after the budget statement for the 2021 fiscal year presented to Parliament by Leader of Government Business Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu indicated […]

Former Auditor General, Daniel Yao Domelovo, has replied the handover request by the Board Chair of the Audit Service Professor Edward Dua Agyeman saying the request is preposterous . The Board Chair asked him to handover to the acting Auditor General, Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu. In a reply, Mr Domelevo said “This refers to your letter […]

Member of Parliament for Builsa South Dr Clement Abas Apaak has made an audacious call for the rank and file of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to allow John Dramani Mahama a “free pass” to lead the party in the next presidential elections. According to him, the former president won the 2020 elections but was […]

The Supreme Court has by a unanimous decision said on Wednesday March 17 that the charges against a former Director-General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Mr Ernest Thompson are inappropriate. The five-member panel, presided over by Justice Yaw Appau said the charges preferred against the accused persons do not meet the […]

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has expressed his commiserations with the Jallo fraternity following the death of one of its leading figures, Shaykh Aliu Ahmed Maikano Kalamu. The respected Shaykh, the son of renowned late cleric Shaikh Abdulai Maikano of Jallo fame in Prang, died Wednesday morning after he was allegedly shot by unidentified […]

Ghanaians will continue to pay taxes if they get to know that the levies are being utilized prudently, Sulemana Braimah, Executive Director of the Media Foundation for the West Africa, (MFWA) has said. He explained that Ghanaians have over the years paid all manner of taxes to enable the government embark on developmental projects. However, […]

The Ashanti Region Director of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), Kwabena Nsenkyire, has taken a swipe at his Director General tagging him as incompetent. He alleged that his boss distributed some relief items in the Ashanti Region without recourse to him. “How can a Director General of NADMO bring relief items to the Ashanti […]

Kumasi Asante Kotoko have completed the signing of Brazilian, Michael Vinicius Silva de Morais on a two-and-a-half year deal. The 27-year old attacker joins the Porcupine Warriors to bolster their attack for the second round of the Ghana Premier League which resumes on April 2. The former Fluminise forward becomes the second Brazilian to join […]

MTN MoMo has announced that effective 2nd April 2021, all MoMo customers will be required to present valid ID cards before any MoMo cash-out (withdrawal) transaction can be processed.  As a result of this directive, all MoMo agents will be required to select the ID type and enter the ID card number presented by the […]

The Commissioner for the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Col Kwadwo Damoah (Rtd), has said the GRA will have to embark on tax sensitization to enable people pay their due tax. According to him, most Ghanaians, especially importers do not understand the processes and the need to pay tax to the state […]