The wife of the Finance Minister, Angela Ofori-Atta, has entreated Ghanaians to bear with government for introducing the electronic transaction levy. She told JoyNews in an interview on governance issues at the Volta Fair in Ho, that the country can achieve economic and sustainable growth when the citizenry commit to …

According to news filed by 3News, the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has said that he can remove the president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo from office. He said the law gives Parliament to power to remove a president but does not give the same powers to a president to be …

The East Gonja Municipal Assembly nominee Richard Broni has been confirmed after receiving 100 percent endorsement from members of the assembly. He polled 34 yes votes out of 34 valid votes cast during the ballot on Monday November.   This comes after the president’s first nominee and outgoing MCE, Mohammed …

A former Constituency Chairman for Fomena, Akwasi Nti has alleged that most of the independent candidates who popped up in the run-up to the 2020 elections in the Ashanti Region were sponsored by Ashanti Region Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi. …

Five AK-47 rifles and 100 rounds of ammunition have gone missing from the armoury of the Tamale Police Station; this is according to the Auditor General’s report. The rifles and the ammunition had been issued to officers as part of Operation Calm Life. These arms and ammunition issued out to …

Ghana’s public debt stock hit ¢341.8 billion as of the end of September, 2021, the November ,2021 Bank of Ghana Summary of Economic and Financial Data has revealed. This is equivalent to 77.8% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and confirms concerns by analysts and economists that the country’s debt has …

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC), is disappointed that the government did not propose any policy in the 2022 budget statement to address the continuous hikes in fuel prices. COPEC’s grievance comes on the back of another increment in the price of fuel from GH¢6.90 per litre to GH¢6.99 per …

Cycling to work may soon be, if not already, an imperative as the consistent jump in fuel prices in the country since September has secured Ghana a top spot on the list of African countries with very expensive fuel prices. With an African average of GH¢ 5.978 ($0.98) per litre, …

The US ambassador to Ghana, Stephanie Sullivan, has joined the deputy minister for trade and industry Michael Okyere Baafi to inaugurate the new Air Conditioner and Refrigerator Test Laboratory at the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA). The US government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) gave US$1.84 million in funding for the project …

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s Executive Secretary, Augustine Blay has been installed Boafohene of Sefwiman for his immense contribution to Ghana’s digitalization agenda and to the development of the Western North Region. The citation that came with his coronation said in part that he was being installed Boafohene (chief helper) …