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The e-levy is now serving the purpose that the Agyapa deal would have done therefore, the government must abort the plan to collateralize the mineral resources, a Professor at the University of Ghana Business School, Lord Mensah, has said.   Prof Mensah explained that as of the time the Agyapa …

The Ghana Government has extended the ban on exportation of maize, rice and soya beans from April 13, 2022 to 30th September, 2022. In January, the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo issued an Executive approval for a temporary restriction to be placed on maize and soya bean exports.   The …

The Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Secretariat, Gifty Oware Aboagye, has emphasized the reasons most National Service Personnel (NSP) don’t get paid.   The Secretariat has been claimed to have defaulted in paying allowances to personnel for March and April after managing to disburse payments for only January …

A local radio station in Elmina, Benya FM, in the Central Region, was attacked on Monday by unknown people. According to reports, the radio station was discussing matters of non-availability of premix fuel and how those who are not fishermen were given the product to the detriment of fishers who …

Before becoming a mining magnate, the Ashanti Regional ruling New Patriotic Party’s Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako  (Chairman Wontumi) worked in different capacities in his quest to survive and make a name for himself. Having enrolled in Prempeh College and later in a Bible school in Chicago, Wontumi who had earlier …

Manager in charge of Corporate Communications at the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo),Maxwell Kotoka, has said that the government is making efforts to settle its debts to the company. He said on the Key Points on TV3 Saturday May 14 while contributing to a discussion on the proposal made by …

Scores of traders at the New Kejetia market are counting their losses as several items have been destroyed as a result of faulty valves within the market forcing water tanks in the facility to overflow, thereby causing flooding in some areas within the market.     Although it has not …

The price of cooking oil and other products like soaps and biscuits, that are produced using crude palm oil (CPO) should rise in the coming weeks in Ghana if the ban on the export of palm oil from Indonesia isn’t lifted. This is according to stakeholders within the palm oil …

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has warned the public about an impending launch of a cryptocurrency investment scheme named “SIDICOIN” in Ghana. According to a statement from the Central Bank, neither the cryptocurrency investment scheme nor its promoters have any approval from the Bank of Ghana to operate in the …

The coalition of aggrieved customers of Menzgold has called on the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) and the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to arrest Stonebwoy for promoting another new way to make quick money. The Ghanaian dancehall act was seen prompting a non-fungible token …