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  The management of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) has pardoned some 100 students who were earlier asked to defer the ongoing academic year for failing to pay their fees on time.     “Management of the Ghana Institute of Journalism has magnanimously granted all students who failed to …

The Minister for Finance nominee, Ken Ofori-Atta claims that he does not take salaries or per diem for his role as Finance Minister. The nominee made this known during his vetting before Parliament’s Appointments Committee on Thursday, March 25, 2021.     “I suspect you know that the issue of …

Appearing before Parliament’s appointments committee on Thursday, Ken Ofori-Atta said the assessment report on the Agyapa deal was leaked to the press before he made any input Finance Minister-designate, Ken Ofori-Atta, says the leaking of a report on the Agyapa deal after its assessment by the former special prosecutor Martin Amidu did a …

The State has asked permission from an Accra High Court presided over by Justice Anthony Kwofie to be given additional time enable them amend the charge of wilfully causing financial loss against former management members of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT). The Director of Public Prosecution, Yvonne …

Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei Wusu (Joewise) has asked all persons to detach religion from the ongoing development at the Achimota School because it does not help the case of the  Rastafarian students with the dreadlocks who have been asked to cut their hair before they are accepted …

Finance Minister-designate Ken ofori Atta has said that he hopes the entire nation will come to terms with the reality of diversifying the country’s natural resources and leverage them into equity. It is for this reason that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has asked that the Agyapa Royalties agreement be …

A 28-year-old driver, Isaac Kwame Asante, has been convicted and sentenced to a 12-year imprisonment for defiling a teenager.  The victim, 15, is currently pregnant. Facts from the Prosecuting Officer, Inspector Salifu Kamal Gumah, indicated that on October 29, 2020, the victim was sent by her mother to buy food …

President Akufo-Addo has reversed his earlier decision to cap the budgetary allocation for Parliament and the Judiciary after Speaker Alban Bagbin opposed the Executive’s decision. Speaking in Parliament, Mr Bagbin, who described the move as “worthy of commendation” revealed that government had approved the budget estimated of approximately GH¢523 million, …

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        The Appointments Committee of Parliament will on Thursday, March 25, 2021 vet Finance Minister-designate, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta.   Mr. Ofori-Atta is the only nominee left on the list of ministers the President, Nana Akufo-Addo presented to Parliament on January 21, 2021, for vetting.   Mr. Ofori-Atta …