The Ghanaian film industry has finally been given a name after years of debates, suggestions and deliberations. At a ceremony held on Wednesday, December 8, 2021, by the National Film Authority (NFA), ‘Black Star Films’ was announced as the name for the industry. This comes after over a year of putting together a process for […] The post Ghana’s Film Industry named
The Sawla Tuna Kalba District Police Command says the accident that occurred at Gindabuo in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of the Savannah Region, which claimed nine lives on Wednesday, December 8, 2021, can be blamed on the driver’s recklessness. The police believe the driver dozed off which resulted in the accident. According to police, the driver […] The post Police
Newage Agric Solutions Ltd. as part of its Corporate Social Responsibilities has donated cash and assorted items to the Dzorwulu Special School in Accra. The items donated included bags of rice, oil, eggs, biscuits, drinks, sanitary products, and toys, among others. The donation is to enable the Dzorwulu Special School to begin preparations for this […] The post Newage
Ghanaian oil marketing giant, GOIL, has refuted suggestions that its latest 15 pesewas price reduction on petrol and diesel was in response to a directive from the government. GOIL has thus challenged the Association of Oil Marketing Companies to provide proof of its claims. GAIL’S reduction came barely 24 hours after commercial drivers embarked on […] The post ‘We
A Deputy Minister for Finance, John Kumah has justified a GH¢240 million allocation earmarked in the 2022 budget as revenue assurance for the collection of controversial e-levy. Speaking on Eyewitness News on Wednesday, John Kumah said the amount is mandatory to enable the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and any other institution with the capacity to […] The post John
The Chairman of the Trade and Industry Committee of Parliament, Carlos Ahenkorah, has entreated Ghanaians who do not want to pay the 1.75 percent e-levy not to patronize electronic transaction services. Mr. Ahenkorah insists the levy is not compulsory and persons who do not want to pay are free not to use platforms that would […] The post ‘E-levy
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has joined groups opposing the decision to reschedule the vacation date for all basic schools to December 17, 2021, to allow for the National Standardised Test for primary four pupils to be held. Speaking on Eyewitness News, Angel Carbonu, NAGRAT’s President, complained that “we are toying too much […] The post NAGRAT
The Chief Executive Officer of defunct UT Bank, Prince Kofi Amoabeng, says the collapse of his bank may be linked to his decision not to align strongly to any political party. He said while the bank was not performing poorly at the time of its collapse, the government had the option of bailing it out […] The post Government could’ve bailed out
Malawi’s former finance minister and ex-central bank governor have been arrested for allegedly misleading the IMF over the southern African country’s compliance with a bailout. Joseph Mwanamvekha and Dalitso Kabambe, respectively the finance minister and head of the central bank until last year, are suspected of having “procured and masterminded” the falsification of information given […] The post Former
Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré has in a decree dismissed Prime Minister Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré and dissolved the government. “The functions of the Prime Minister are terminated, the government is dissolved,” a presidential decree said. There is no indication yet of when a future head of government will be appointed. The West […] The post Burkina
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