GENERAL NEWS

The executive director of the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) Prof H Kwasi Prempeh has suggested to African governments to subject churches to the payment of income tax. His call comes after the number of victims of a suspected starvation cult rose to at least 89 after more bodies were …

President of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), Dr Joseph Obeng has informed Ghanaians to brace themselves for a hike in prices of selected goods on the market following government’s implementation of the Excise Duty and Income Tax Amendment Acts. Dr Obeng pointed out that since businesses operate hand-in-hand …

Management of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has refuted claims by former president John Dramani Mahama that president Akufo-Addo’s mismanagement is collapsing Ghana’s cocoa sector. Former president Mahama while addressing party supporters and branch executives in the Western North Region on a campaign tour on Tuesday, April 25 said the cocoa …

Nhyiraba Kojo, a popular Hip Life Musician and owner of the NK City Nightclub at Fijai-Takoradi has been sentenced to 30 days imprisonment by a Sekondi Commercial High Court for contempt in a case filed by three residents of Fijai over noise from his nightclub.   The court presided over …

The High Court in Accra has ordered for a retrial of Gregory Afoko who has been on trial for eight years over the death of late Upper East Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Alhaji Adams Mahama. The second accused person, Asabke Alangde has also been sentenced to death …

State prosecutors are left with no other choice but to consider starting a fresh trial for Gregory Afoko. For Capital Offences including murder, the Jury must return a unanimous verdict to sustain a conclusion of guilty of the charge. A 7-member jury on Thursday afternoon returned a 4-3 Not Guilty …

Jubilee House is demanding an unqualified apology from international media organisation, Al Jazeera over its depiction of President Akufo-Addo in its damning documentary – Gold Mafia. Al Jazeera has seven days within which to oblige the seat of government, according to a notice issued by Jubilee House on April 25, …

New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer aspirant Kennedy Ohene Agyapong disclosed the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government pissed him off when he appointed people of Northern extraction to influential positions in his administration.   He disclosed that he does not know if Northerners in the party are the only people who vote …

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Bernard Antwi Bosiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has called on well-meaning Ghanaians to ignore the report on illegal mining authored by Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng. He said the report is full of lies and that the Former Minister of …

Eric Sakyi Nketia has declared his intention to contest the Flagbearership race of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). Eric Sakyi Nketiah officially made this known following the release of the approved timelines for holding presidential primaries of the NPP ahead of the 2024 general elections. He stated in a …