The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and National Insurance Commission (NIC) will from next year roll-out a system that ensures importers are paying fair insurance on their goods brought into the country; thereby ending the age-old flat rate system which sometimes slaps higher charges on them.

A total of seven people are suspected or confirmed to have died after an explosion at a German chemical complex. Prosecutors have opened an investigation into involuntary manslaughter. An explosion Read More... The post Leverkusen chemical blast

Vice President Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s remarkable effort in spearheading Ghana’s digitization drive has earned him international plaudits in recent times. Global development agency of the United Nations, the UNDP, is the latest body to hail Dr. Bawumia for spearheading Ghana’s digital transformation under the Akufo-Addo government. After its Ghana representative, Dr. Angela Lusigi, held […]

Francis Baah, the chairman of Nzema Kotoko Football Club has said that highly-sought after striker Akese Akese is central to the club’s plan for next season.

The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta is expected to deliver the 2021 mid-year budget review today, Thursday, July 29, 2021. He is expected to touch on all critical aspects of the economy that need to be reviewed to address the nation’s growing challenges. The energy sector, which is expected to feature in the budget review, […] The post #GhBudget: A focus on the energy sector

• Two and half years since his murder, police have yet to present a docket on Ahmed Suale to the AG • Godfred Dame made the disclosure when he appeared before Parliament to answer questions • He said in the process of investigations, two phones of the deceased were sent to the US for unlocking and retrieval of information Millions of materials have been retrieved from the phones belonging to murdered investigator Ahmed Hussein-Suale, two years after he was shot

The Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Attah, has asked the Ga North Municipal Assembly in the Greater Accra Region to implement stringent rules to ensure that traders do not take over the spaces around the Pokuase interchange. He asked the assembly to be up and doing in maintaining sanity around the newly commissioned project. […] The post Don’t

Patrick Moster, the sports director of the German Cycling Union, has been sent home from the Olympics after making racist comments during Wednesday's men's road time trial.

•Barreto is frustrated with the lack of washroom facilities at Kotoko's training ground •He believes that the lack of these basic amenities affected the club's chances •Meanwhile the club is close to completing construction works at Adako Jachie training base Kumasi Asante Kotoko head coach Mariano Barreto continues to lament the lack of facilities at the club’s training ground.

•Koku Anyidoho has been expelled from the National Democratic Congress •The party says Koku Anyidoho breached some its disciplinary rules •GhanaWeb looks at five leading members of the NDC Koku Anyidoho clashed with as a member of the NDC For most watchers of Ghana’s political space, news of koku Anyidoho’s expulsion from the National Democratic Congress came with little shock.

•The anti-LGBTQ+ bill seeks to criminalize activities of same sex and its related matters •The bill is being sponsored by eight Members of Parliaments, seven on the minority side and one on the majority side •Murtala Mohammed claims some government officials are lobbying for the withdrawal of the bill Some appointees of the Akufo-Addo government are lobbying lawmakers behind the controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill to withdraw it, Murtala

• Kennedy Agyapong accused James Quayson of holding Canadian passport in 2020 • He promised that in the event he won the election, he was not going to enjoy his full term as MP • The Cape Coast High Court on Wednesday annulled the elections that made Quayson an MP In late November, 2020, Kennedy Agyapong, the Member of Parliament for Assin Central addressed a rally in the Assin North constituency where he made some revelations

There are 163 convicts on death row in Ghana and they are treated as convicts serving life imprisonment, the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, told Parliament. He said, however, that since July 1993, the death penalty had never been carried out although a number of accused persons had been sentenced to death. … The post Ghana has 163 convicts on death

Defence Minister Dominic Nitiwul has assured the safety of the journalist who recorded the recent military brutalities against civilians in Wa, the Upper West Regional Capital. This was in response to an urgent question by Mr Kwame Dzudzorli Gakpey, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Keta, who wanted to know what measures had been put … The post Recording

•Murtala Mohammed has described Kennedy Agyapong as a 'good friend and nice person' •He is however not enthused with his some his public statements •He believes that Kennedy Agyapong should have been arrested for his comment on Ahmed Suale Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, the Member of Parliament for Tamale Central has opined that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and leadership of the New Patriotic Party are unable to call to order

• A Cape Court High Court has stripped an NDC MP of his position • The court says Assin North MP James Gyakye Quayson breached electoral rules when he contested the 2020 elections • The NPP is meanwhile threatening to lay criminal charges against the embattled MP The July 28, 2021 ruling by a Cape Coast High Court that Member of Parliament for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson, ceases to hold himself as a lawmaker till he contests in a new election is the latest

The Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources George Mireku Duker on 28th ,July 2021 inaugurated a 21-member Upper East Regional Lands Commission.

The General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, says the team that was put together to vet Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executive aspirants has completed its work and submitted its report to the President. Speaking to Citi News, Mr. Boadu said the committee did a very thorough job. In explaining […] The post We’ve

The Supreme Court has in a majority decision upheld the motion for Justice Clemence Honyenuga to discontinue hearing the case involving Dr Stephen Opuni and two others at the High Court. The five-member panel of the court in a three-two majority ruled that, Justice Honyenuga, a Justice of the Supreme Court, sitting as an additional High … The post Supreme

The year 2021 has also been marked by a renewed commitment to the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund. After no allocations were made from the Annual Budget Funding Amount to the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund for two consecutive years, the 2021 budget indicated a proposed 20 percent of the allocation for ABFA Capex to the fund. […] The post #GhBudget: Previewing roads and