A Ghanaian private legal practitioner and intellectual property expert, Lawyer Kwabena Mensah has provided legal context regarding the dispute over ownership of the economic and moral rights to Obrafuor’s ‘Oye Ohene’ Remix. Obrafuor whose lawyers are suing Canadain Rapper and OVO Sound founder, Drake for $10 million for sampling his song without permission has been met […]
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) Foundation has donated GHC50,000.00 to former Black Satellites Coach Sellas Tetteh, who led the national under-20 team to win the World Cup in 2009. As part of the association’s initiative to support struggling personalities through the newly established GFA Foundation, the first donation was made to Tetteh who had been […]
The Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG) has opened up to government’s fresh proposals on the alternative offer for pension funds. Executive Secretary Isaac Bampoe-Addo told TV3‘s Labour Correspondent Daniel Opoku on Thursday, April 20 that the new deal will not affect payment of benefits to their members when they retire. “Based on […]
There is the need for Ghana to speed up the sustainable development of its petroleum resources to reverse the decline in production, the 2022 annual report of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee ( PIAC), the committee set up by an Act of Parliament to monitor petroleum funds utilisation, has recommended. This recommendation follows the […]
Staff of the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) are pushing for management support to unionize. According to them, the welfare of staff is one of the key factors for the move as the development has had a negative effect on administrative operation of the state institution. “For the 21 years the GMA has been in existence, […]
The 2022 annual report of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), a committee set up by an Act of Parliament to monitor petroleum funds utilisation, has revealed that for two consecutive years, 2021 – 1.74% and 2022 – 2.39%, the Ministry of Finance was not been able to meet the requirement to transfer five […]
The reigning VGMA Artiste of the Year, Dennis Nana Dwamena better known as KiDi has opened up about his health, life and loss in a new single titled “Not Ok. The powerful reflection on what he’s been through in the past few months touches on themes that are sure to resonate with listeners. In the track, […]
The Minority in Parliament claims leadership and members learned about the recall of lawmakers in the media “just like anyone else”. The caucus insinuated, therefore, that it was not officially informed about the decision. Speaker Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin per Order 42(3) of the Standing Orders of the Parliament of Ghana asked all members of […]
The 2022 annual report of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), the committee set up by an Act of Parliament to monitor petroleum funds utilisation, has revealed that crude oil production has been declining for three consecutive years. A volume of 71,439,585 barrels was produced in 2019, but declined to 66,926,806 barrels in 2020, […]
The Ministry of Health has described as “misleading” reports that sector minister Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has talked down the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) as not working. According to the Ministry, what Mr Agyeman-Manu said at the Ghana Health Service Management Meeting on Tuesday, April 18 in the Ashanti Region was an admonition to the managers […]
Uganda’s ruling party has agreed that the anti-gay bill, passed by parliament a month ago, be sent back to the house for reconsideration. At a meeting with President Yoweri Museveni, who is the party chairman, the MPs resolved on “proposals for improvement” to the bill, according to a statement from the caucus chairperson of the […]
Former Member of Parliament for Kumawu Constituency Yaw Baah has withdrawn his candidature from Sunday’s primaries of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The party plans to elect its candidate for the May 23 by-election following the death of Philip Basoah. After eight aspirants picked nomination forms to contest the primaries, six were cleared to contest. […]
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