There are fears that government’s decision to withdraw legitimately and lawfully granted tax exemptions from strategic investing companies in Ghana, could threaten the Government’s industrialization agenda if it is not reversed. The worry is that the move could lead to a massive drop in the inflow of strategic investments into the country, and has the ...

The man reportedly facing a bench warrant for allegedly leading a team of New Patriotic Party (NPP) loyalists to brutalize a Senior Police Officer at the Flagstaff House, Bawa Abdul Jalil, has denied allegations leveled against him. A video that went viral on social media captured one ASP Nanka-Bruce, who served at the Flagstaff House ...

The new Board Chairman of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Hackman Owusu-Agyeman, believes the slashing of the “outrageous” salaries of COCOBOD’s top management is only a reasonable step to align the Board with the state remuneration structure. “COCOBOD is a state institution. It cannot be taken out of the context of the overall remuneration structure ...

The Vice President of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, joined CYST Company Limited to launch the company’s flagship mobile payments app Mazzuma. Mazzuma enables users to receive and send mobile money to all mobile networks, thereby achieving interoperability at the telecommunications level. Users of the service who are on the Facebook platform can also buy airtime, ...

The Warrior King (Asafoatse) of the Ga state, Captain Nii Mankatah, has threatened “fire” if a new Ga Mantse is not announced by the end of April this year. According to them, the absence of a Ga Mantse has resulted in the lack of effective leadership stalling growth and development in the Ga state. The Asafoatsemei ...

With the dust barely settling on the Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Otiko Djaba’s advise to girls to dress decently to avoid being raped, the Minister has hit back at critics of her comments saying she does not regret her utterances. According to the Minister, the advice she offered during the 90th anniversary ...

Citi Sports’ Benjamin Nketsia wonders which way Ghana will go as it searches for a new head coach for the Black Stars to replace Avram Grant. The Returnee “I believe that the young guys who played did well and my intention was to bring them on when the US team get tired but these things ...

A Deputy Finance Minister nominee, Kwaku Kwarteng, has explained that Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia never suggested that a GHc7 billion expenditure by the former NDC administration was missing,. According to him, the Vice President’s comment only meant that, the expenditure was not properly accounted for within government’s financial management framework. Mr. Kwarteng’s comment comes on the back ...

This is the sickening moment a dead man was cut out of a seven-metre long python’s stomach after being swallowed whole. Akbar Salubiro, 25, went missing on Sunday night after setting off to harvest palm oil in a remote village on the island of west Sulawesi, Indonesia. Concerned friends and relatives found a giant python sprawled ...

Eight teachers who were queried for preparing Fufu on the premises of their school, after which they failed to teach students as they were practically dazed by the heavy meal, have officially written letters apologizing for their action. The 8 are teachers of the Amanhia M/A Basic school, who were queried by the Akuapim North Municipal Director of ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has sworn in former Minister of Water, Works and Housing under the erstwhile Kufuor administration, Hackman Owusu-Agyeman, as Board Chairman of the Ghana Cocoa Board. Other members who were appointed to serve on the Board including Kwame Sarpong, Carlos Ahenkorah, Nana Johnson Mensah, among others, were also sworn in today [Tuesday]. Mr. Owusu-Agyemang ...

It’s always an amazing feeling when the guy we love actually loves us back. When we’re not sure about his love, though, it’s a pretty awful feeling! So how do we find out? “I think he likes me. But I’m just not sure. What do you think?” How many times have you said this to ...

The FIFA Disciplinary Committee – in application of articles 77 a) and 108 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code (FDC) – has reached a decision in relation to the case of Lionel Messi following an incident that occurred during the match between Argentina and Chile on 23 March 2017 as part of the qualifying competition for ...

Andy Murray will miss Great Britain’s Davis Cup quarter-final against France next month as he recovers from an elbow injury. Murray, 29, pulled out of the Miami Open almost a week before his opening match because of the elbow issue. Dan Evans, Kyle Edmund, Jamie Murray and Dom Inglot will line up for Britain for ...

Police have begun an investigation after what appeared to be human waste was found in drinks cans delivered to a Coca Cola factory in Northern Ireland. The night shift at the Lisburn factory was disrupted last week when machines became clogged; Coca Cola said it had impounded all affected cans. The company stressed this was ...

A socio-environmental advocacy NGO based in the Western Region, the Friends of the Nation (FoN), has urged government to rope in relevant stakeholders in its bid to reduce and eliminate the use of mercury in small-scale gold mining. This follows Ghana’s ratifying the Minamata Convention on Mercury which is a global treaty to protect people ...

One of the female musicians that first started ragga or dancehall in Ghana, Abrewa Nana, has expressed her disgust about the culture of artistes throwing jabs at each other in their songs. The ‘beefing’ craze, which has gained currency among Ghanaian hip life and dancehall artistes, has been viewed by many as that which keeps ...

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has warned that government’s attitude towards the posting of medical doctors could usher in another era of ‘brain drain’ in the country. The Association has been asking government to immediately employ and post over 200 hundred jobless medical doctors in the country. These unemployed doctors have been home for about seven months, ...

The Foundation of Orthopaedics and Complex Spine (FOCOS), announces that its first-ever fundraising event in Ghana will take place at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel on Saturday 13th May, 2017 at 6.00pm. Proceeds from the event will go into the FOCOS Endowment Fund to support needy children who require surgery as well as to equip the ...