The Customs division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has raked in an estimated 2.7 billion cedis for the first quarter of 2017, Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta has revealed. This represents 19.23 percent collection of its total 2017 revenue target of about 14 billion cedis. By this, the Customs division is anticipating a revenue collection […]
Civil society group, CitizenGhana Movement, is asking the Electoral Commission (EC) to furnish it with copies of the annual audited accounts and assets and revenues of all 24 registered political parties. The group, in a statement indicated that, it had written to the EC on the 29th of March, 2017 in this regard. The group said […]
The Akufo-Addo government could soon be implementing the proposal made by Ghana Charismatic Bishops’ Conference to use concrete for road construction nationwide instead of asphalt. Speaking at the Lighthouse Chapel’s 2017 Good Friday Miracle Service, the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, described the proposal as “pure wisdom” and noted that the Ministry Roads and Transport were […]
A combined team of Police and Military personnel will be deployed during the Easter period to maintain law and order during the festivities. The personnel will be situated at some public centers and security installations to guarantee public safety and security. Speaking to Citi News, the Public Relations Officer of the Accra Regional Police Command, […]
The Ghana Revenue Authority(GRA) has announced that it will slap the statutory 125% interest fine on persons and companies that fail to pay their withholding taxes monthly. According to the GRA, failure to pay withholding taxes on due dates will attract an interest of 125% fine of the statutory rate, compounded monthly on the outstanding […]
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has disclosed that the government is committed to ending its agreement with the IMF in April 2018. This according to him has made it necessary for the government to consider alternatives in addressing deficits and maintain a sound economy for businesses to thrive. The comment by Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta is a […]
A huge range of security weaknesses, said to be worth over $2m if sold on the black market, have been leaked online. The tools are said to have been created by the US National Security Agency (NSA), and accompanying documents appear to indicate a possible breach of the Swift global banking system. Such a hack […]
The 2017 edition of the Lighthouse Chapel International’s annual Good Friday Miracle Service came off at the Black Star Square on Good Friday, April 14. The Good Friday service, the third of its kind, saw believers share testimonies conveying their experience with God’s grace, mostly capturing how they came to give their lives to Christ. Evangelist […]
Appetite for domestic tourism has suddenly shot up among customers of Achimota Mall as shoppers brace up for an opportunity to explore the untold pleasures of the Mole National Park’s new and biggest hospitality attraction – the Zaina lodge. The management of Achimota Retail Centre (ARC) has launched an exciting customer loyalty reward campaign which […]
Members of the Korle Bu Senior Staff Association (KOSSA), have expressed their joy at the reinstatement of the Association’s President, Charles Offei-Palm. Mr Offei-Palm, who was interdicted in April 2016, for allegedly flouting the hospital’s media policy and making some offensive comments against the management of the hospital, was reinstated last month after he was […]
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has called on the public to disregard reports of Mr Samuel Oduro being appointed as the new Ashanti Regional Director of the Gender Ministry. A statement signed by Pearl Adusu Gyasi, the Public Relations Officer of the Ministry and copied to the Ghana News Agency on Thursday […]
Reverend Benjamin Acquaye, Pastor of Hohoe Hope Temple of the International Central Gospel Church has said Jesus Christ’s selfless atonement of mankind’s sins on the cross should rekindle and deepened faith of Christians to love one another and country. He said if this principle was well understood and upheld by Christendom, the world would have […]
Pastor Benjamin Bempong, the Brong-Ahafo Regional Overseer of Deeper Life Bible Church, on Friday urged the clergy to prepare their church members spiritually to enable them partake in the rapture. Giving a sermon at the Easter retreat of the Church at Ayakomaso, near Nsoatre in the Sunyani West District, Pastor Bempong emphasised that the second […]
Mrs Rhoda Darmata Bukari, the Principal of the Bawku Presbyterian Nursing Training College (PNTC) in the Upper East Region has called on nurses to exhibit discipline and love in their work. Mrs Bukari said the nursing profession was a noble one aimed at providing quality health services to the people and noted that professionals needed […]
Apostle Jeroham John Obour, the Field Director of the Christ Apostolic Church International (CACI) has asked Christians to seek spiritual passions to obtain salvation, and not earthly comforts. He said salvation must be the main priority of every Christian and urged them to shun pleasures that hindered spiritual growth in Christ to have eternal life […]
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