Two people on a tricycle, popularly known as Aboboyaa were killed in an accident involving an ambulance at Ahwiaa in the Kwabre East district of the Ashanti Region. According to an eyewitness, the tricycle rider attempted to overtake another vehicle and ended up in the lane occupied by the ambulance heading from Kumasi, resulting in […] The post Tricycle crash kills two in Kwabre East

A former Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, has rejected the government’s decision to include pension funds in the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP). The visibly angry former Chief Justice slammed the government for messing up the economy and attempting to forcibly include their pension funds in the debt restructuring exercise without accountability and engagement. She described […] The post Including

A former Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, has rejected the government’s decision to include pension funds in the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP). The visibly angry former Chief Justice slammed the government for messing up the economy and attempting to forcibly include their pension funds in the debt restructuring exercise without accountability and engagement. She described […] The post Including

Academic activities have halted across all basic schools at Nyankpala, a community in the Tolon district of the Northern Region following gunshots by unknown persons in the community. Sporadic gunshots started Thursday afternoon. It is unclear the reason behind the sporadic gunshots. However, some residents believe that the gunshots are the result of a new […] The post Academic

The Foreign Ministers of Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Mali, all ruled by military juntas, have proposed a regional partnership to facilitate trade and tackle insecurity in the region, they said in a joint statement late on Thursday. The ministers met in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou this week to discuss collaboration. All three West African countries […] The post Burkina

A former Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, on Friday, February 10, joined Pensioner bondholders to picket the Finance Ministry. This is the fifth time that members of the Pensioner Bondholders Forum are picketing at the Finance Ministry to demand a total exemption of their investments from the Domestic Debt Exchange programme. The government has proposed a […] The post Former

Beginning March 31, 2023, passengers flying into the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) will not be mandated to fill out any landing card. This is one of the measures the airport is implementing to streamline operations and increase its competitiveness on a worldwide scale. The move is also expected to reduce facility wait times. The announcement […] The post No more filling

Former Trade and Industry Minister and aspiring flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party, Alan Kyerematen says discontinuity in governance makes it impossible for government policies to be maximized to fully benefit the country. According to Mr. Kyerematen, although the New Patriotic Party government has been able to introduce policies any change in government to another […] The post I’m

The Member of Parliament for the Anyaa Sowutuom constituency, Dickson Adomako Kissi, says the Public Accounts Committee’s hearings will not be adversely affected by the publication of audits done by the Auditor General. The New Patriotic Party MP made the remark on Eyewitness News on Thursday on the back of a letter the Attorney General […] The post Publication

The Member of Parliament for the Anyaa Sowutuom constituency, Dickson Adomako Kissi, says the Public Accounts Committee’s hearings will not be adversely affected by the publication of audits done by the Auditor General. The New Patriotic Party MP made the remark on Eyewitness News on Thursday on the back of a letter the Attorney General […] The post Publishing

The Education Committee of Parliament believes that the University of Ghana management’s decision to increase fees was right. This comes after the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) and the Students Representative Council (SRC) of the University of Ghana petitioned the committee, accusing management of the school and other public universities of defying a directive […] The post Parliament’s

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has asked the Attorney General, Godfred Dame, to immediately withdraw the letter to the Auditor General over the publication of the audit report on COVID-19 expenditure. The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Godred Dame, in a letter to the Auditor General, described the publication of the audit report on […] The post Withdraw

The Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference has urged the government to engage in talks with the Pensioner Bondholders Forum in order to secure their support for the domestic debt exchange programme. The group has been picketing at the Finance Ministry in recent days, demanding total exemption from the domestic debt exchange programme, despite the government’s proposal […] The post Catholic

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has given reasons for financing the government’s 2022 budget with about ¢44.5 billion. This is coming after renewed discussions in the media regarding the Bank’s funding of the budget in 2022. A statement issued by the Central Bank noted that its net claims on the government increased by about ¢44.5 […] The post BoG justifies funding govt’s

The Pensioner Bondholders Forum has announced that its members will picket at Parliament next Tuesday to witness the debate between members of the House and the Finance Ministry. Members of the forum have also stated that they will continue to picket at the Finance Ministry until the government addresses their concerns about exempting their investments […] The post We’ll

Dr. Ernest Addison, Governor of the Bank of Ghana, predicts a drop in inflation in the coming months. He says, measures put in place by the Central Bank will yield some fruits soon. Ghana’s inflation rate is currently 54 percent as of January 2023. The Governor of the Central Bank stated this during a meeting […] The post Bank of Ghana predicts drop in inflation soon

Government’s extended window for bondholders to complete tender processes as part of the controversial Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) elapses today, February 10, 2023. The extension from the February 7 deadline was to create a window for the bondholders who experienced technical glitches to complete the online processes for tendering their bonds. The Ministry of […] The post Window

Some Ghanaian students from Gaziantep University in Türkiye (Turkey) are stranded after a massive earthquake struck the city on Monday, killing about 10,000 people. According to the students, their attempts to obtain bus tickets from the Ghana-Turkey embassy in order to migrate from the affected area to a safer city, Ankara, have been futile. The […] The post Some

The governing New Patriotic Party is in support of the position adopted by the Attorney General against the publication of the special audit report on government’s Covid-19 expenditure. Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Dame in a letter to the Auditor-General, Mr. Johnson Akuamoah-Asiedu, argued that Article 187(5) of the Constitution mandates the Auditor-General […] The post NPP