The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has appealed to the government to exempt holders of smaller bonds, particularly Pensioners, from the ongoing Debt Exchange Programme. According to the party, it continues to be “inundated with concerns” from affected Ghanaians, thus the need for a critical look at the issue. The General Secretary of the NPP, Justin Koduah Frimpong, made the appeal to the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, when the latter embarked on a visit to the party’s headquarters,

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has appealed to the government to exempt holders of smaller bonds, particularly Pensioners, from the ongoing Debt Exchange Programme. According to the party, it continues to be “inundated with concerns” from affected Ghanaians, thus the need for a critical look at the issue. The General Secretary of the NPP, Justin Koduah Frimpong, made the appeal to the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, when the latter embarked on a visit to the party’s headquarters,

An estate developer, James Okine, has been accused of recruiting land guards onto a 1.625-acre land, situated at Katamanso in the Greater Accra Region. According to a case that was filed by the State at an Accra Circuit Court on Friday, January 6, 2023, the encroached land is the property of Godrich Ardey’s family. Although Okine was not in court due to ill health, three of the people he allegedly engaged to provide protection for the land were arraigned on the charges of conspiracy to commit

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, is assuming office today at the Trade and Ministry as the Caretaker Minister. This follows the resignation of the substantive Minister, Alan Kyerematen, who officially leaves office today. President Akufo-Addo subsequently appointment Samuel Jinapor to take charge of the ministry, pending the appointment of a substantive minister. A Jubilee House statement Friday, January 13, 2023 said: “The President of the Republic, Nana

Opanin Kwaku Baah and Opanin Kwabena Agyei, representing Daasebre Mampong Agyei, have filed a writ at the Nkawkaw High Court citing the Kwahu Traditional Council, Daasebre Akuamoa Agyapong II, National Commission of Culture, and Isaac Bright Botwe (defendants) for contempt of court. The plaintiffs are praying the court, which writ will be moved on Friday January 20, 2023, to   commit the respondents to prison for contempt of the court. According to the plaintiffs, they want the respondents punished

The National Lottery Authority (NLA) has warned that it will revoke the licenses of Private Lotto Operators who have not yet regularised their operations for the 2023 Licensing Year. In a statement released by the Authority, with a list of Private Lotto Operators in good standing, the Authority cautions that Private Lottery Operators who still need to regularise their operations have up to January 23, 2023 to do so or face severe sanctions. “NLA will revoke the licenses of operators who have

Mr. Immanuel Owusu Ansah, a Kumasi-based Publisher, Graphic Designer, Network Engineer and Agro-Chemical importer, has been installed Chief of Abrenyase (Abuakwa) in the Nwabiagya Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The new Chief has since December 19, 2022 sworn the Oath of Allegiance to the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, at Manhyia Palace in Kumasi, and answers to the stool name of Oheneba Yaw Owusu Ansah. Oheneba Owusu Ansah, 43, ascends the stool which remained vacant for four years.

AngloGold Ashanti – Ghana, Obuasi Mine, has cut the sod for the commencement of work on an ultramodern school complex at Sanso, a mining community near Obuasi in the Ashanti Region. The project, when completed, is expected to replace the existing public school in the community and other adjourning communities, including Anwona, Nyamebekyere and Nhyieaso. The GH¢5,000,000.00 project will  comprise a nine-unit classroom block, staff common room, Head teacher’s office, Sick Bay, Kitchen,

Ghanaian rapper Lousika has been enstooled Queenmother of Manso Nkwanta in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region. The business woman cum musician and a mother of two succeeds her grandmother, the late Omanhemaa of Manso Nkwanta, Nana Nyarko Aboraa II, under the stool name of Nana Akua Nyarko Aboraa Sika. The late Paramount Queenmother, Nana Nyarko II, passed away over a year ago, after more than four decades on the stool. Nana Akua Aboraa Sika’s musical career as a rapper suffered

The Ghana Education Service (GES) last week dismissed eight female students of Chiana Senior High School in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region, for making derogatory comments against President Akufo-Addo in a video that went viral. The eight students in the video were seen making disparaging comments against the President and his free Senior High School (SHS) policy. There were mixed reactions to the sacking of the girls, as some individuals and institutions condemned the

The 1st Vice President of the Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GIFF), Paul Kobina Mensah, has revealed the perspective of clearing and forwarding agents on the newly agreed rates for freight forwarding services in the country. According to him, the professional fraternity has welcomed the new rates despite expecting more. He said they fought for a 250% increase in the rates from the last negotiated rates in 2016. Some of the reasons he expressed, included the operational cost of service

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), in consultation with the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA), has indexed monthly pensions upward by 25%. The increment was effected in line with Section 80 of the National Pensions Act 2008 (Act 766). The indexation means that the highest-earning pensioners would witness a 19.10% increment in the pensions, while low-earning pensioners will see a 43.53% increment in their pensions in the year 2023. The Chief Actuary, Mr. Joseph

The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) has announced the opening of applications for the 2022/2023 academic year. Tertiary students across the country will be able to access the Students Loan portal either through the organization’s website or by downloading the Students Loan App. Targeted applicants It is expected that over 70,000 new applicants will access the loan for the 2022/2023 academic year as against 32,744 students who benefitted last year due to measure put in place to reach out

Honorary Senior Specialists and Consultants with the School of Medicine and Dentistry (SMD) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have pledged their support for the renewed drive by the new Chief Executive Officer of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), to improve the quality of clinical care at the facility. They stated that they fully share Prof. Otchere Addai-Mensah’s passion for the transformation of the hospital into a true patient-centred hospital and

Some patients at the Bandoh and Tamakloe Hall of the 37 Military Hospital in Accra were filled with gratitude on Christmas Eve after receiving assorted food, drinks and money from a Senior Nursing Officer. The token money is expected to help in the payment of their medical bills, while the food was to enable them also partake in the Christmas festivities since they were incapable of going out with friends and family to have fun due to their ailments. Madam Elizabeth Boateng, a Senior Nursing Officer

Presidential aspirant, Hon. Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen, on Tuesday, January 10, 2023 gave an address to Ghanaians, announcing his resignation from the post of Trade and Industry minister and his intention of contesting for the flag bearer slot of his New Patriotic Party (NPP) and to contest the 2024 presidential elections. His delivery was superb and the fact that he came out with the Great Transformation Plan agenda, speaks volume of someone who can be president and continue on the good works

Fire has gutted the first-floor administrative block of the Kano Police Command headquarters. The incident is suspected to be from an electrical plug but no lives were lost. Today, Saturday 14, January 2023 at 11:00 am, we woke up to this bad incidence of fire outbreak at the Police Headquarters in Bompai on the first floor,” the spokesman of the Kano State Police Command DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa said. “No life was lost. Our records are also intact and those we have locked are also intact

Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has called on the electorate not to vote for tribe but look out character. Obi said this on Saturday in Akure at the town hall meeting to seek the support of the people of Ondo State in the February 25 election. He explained that he and his running mate, Ahmed Datti were people with traceable backgrounds, saying if elected as president, Nigerians would be proud of their country and secured. Obi, who said he was stingy but not corrupt, added that

Unknown gunmen suspected to be Eastern Security Network, ESN, militants have attacked the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, office in Imo State, killing one in the process. DAILY POST gathered that the gunmen, who were about 20 in number, operated with two SUVs, one blue-coloured Lexus and an ash-coloured Highlander. Dressed in ESN regalia, the shooters stormed the INEC office at Ahiazu Local Government Secretariat in search of staff distributing Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs. The

The founder of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, is dead. A statement from her family confirmed the tragic incident on Tuesday morning. They, however, didn’t reveal the cause of her death.   Describing the late filmmaker as an epitome of creative transcendence, the Emmanuel Onyechere Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe clan said Peace was an outstanding personality, trailblazer, titan, pathfinder, go-getter, humanitarian, one-of-a-kind creative, and visionary leader in the