GENERAL NEWS

The Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang Manu, has revealed an imminent bilateral agreement between the Government of Ghana and the British Government to send Ghanaian trained Nurses to the United Kingdom (UK) in exchange for financial considerations. According to Mr Agyemang Manu, this will be similar to an already existing arrangement …

The Government has slashed interest payments for domestic bondholders to zero percent in 2023 and pegged 2024 interest payments at 5 percent. The government has, however, announced that there will be no haircut on the principal of bonds, adding that individuals with government bonds will have their full investments upon …

A lady has run to seek shelter on Confessions with Ms Nancy, hoping to find her birth mother after suffering sexual abuse from her biological father from the age of three. She recounts her sexual experience started when her father forcefully took her away from her mother. She said, “The …

The Association of Road Contractors is lamenting government’s reluctance in settling debt owed them since 2018. Members say the situation is really affecting their livelihoods and taking a toll on their health and businesses and rather frustrating. Vice Chairman for the Association Stephen Atatsi while speaking on Akoma FM‘s weekend …

SEND Ghana, a non-governmental organization (NGO), has advised government to deposit the covid-19 levy into an identifiable fund. According to the organization, the current fund – the consolidated fund – is not the sole fund for the revenue accrued from the Covid-19 levy making it difficult to use the money …

A technical advisor at the Office of the Vice President, Dr Kabiru Mahama, has condemned some cabinet ministers and NPP MPs who abandoned parliamentary work to cheer the Black Stars in Qatar. Parliament on Tuesday, November 29, began the debate on the 2023 budget, which is considered crucial to the …

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has debunked claims that it is about to implement luxury vehicle levy in the country. According to the Authority, such claim is false as the publication was not authorized by them. This follows a purported letter from the Authority being circulated on social media titled …

In the era of tweets being coughed up under the mantra of ‘The internet doesn’t forget,’ politicians are often the subject of social media posts that literally slap them in the face. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is facing one such social media post in the wake of the Black …

A joint Immigration and Formed Police Unit (FPU) have seized 981 parcels of marijuana at Liero, a community near Fielmuo in the Upper West Region of Ghana. In a press release, the Immigration Service said the joint team was on a routine patrol on some unidentified routes bordering Burkina Faso …

The leadership of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association has called off the strike by nurses at the Manhyia District Hospital as well as suspended the planned road map to the escalation of the strike. The suspension of the industrial action, according to a statement issued by the GRNMA, …