GENERAL NEWS

Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has once again renewed his administration’s resolve to eliminate public sector corruption. The President maintains, he has not thrown his hands in despair in fighting the canker through strengthening anti-graft institutions, transparency in governance and the protection of the public purse. In a televised …

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has admonished the citizenry to work hard in ensuring that Ghana’s crisis-hit economy becomes a thing of the past. This he says can only be achieved through the collective efforts of all Ghanaians because the best days of the country are yet to come. …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that Senior High Schools are expected to reopen on January 10, 2023. This change is a result of the statutory holiday on Monday, January 9, 2023. However, Junior High Schools (JHS) and other basic schools are reminded that reopening is still on January …

President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has asked Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, to act as caretaker Minister for Trade and Industry following the resignation of its substantive minister, Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen. Mr. Kyerematen tendered in his resignation Thursday, January 5, 2023. In a statement issued from the Presidency Friday, January 6, …

The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has intercepted about 119 sacks of Indian hemp at Dabala in the South Tongu District of the Volta Region of Ghana. The 119 sacks of dried leaves, which are suspected to be Indian hemp, were concealed in bags onboard a Ford …

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it is working towards a debt cancellation programme for Ghana and other countries amid a global economic recession scare this year. The other countries are Ethiopia, Zambia, Chad, Lebanon, Surinam, and Sri Lanka. The move, Madam Kristalina Georgieva, the IMF Managing Director, said was …

The Aburihene and Adontehene of Akuapem Traditional Area in the Eastern Region, Otubour Gyan Kwasi II, has repeated his calls on government of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to invest in the Aburi Botanical Gardens to generate income and growth for the country.   According to the chief, when President …

The National Sports Authority (NSA) has confirmed it will consider suggestions to name a stadium in Ghana after late football icon, Pele. FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, at the memorial event of the Brazilian proposed every country name a stadium after the three-time World Cup winner in honour of his legacy. …

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has sacked Frederick Ameyaw from office as the director for external affairs, an official party statement said on Thursday. Kwame Amponsah-Kyeretwie alias “Stonash” replaces him with immediate effect. “This decision was taken by the national executive committee of the party at its meeting on …

The United Kingdom branch of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) is mounting more pressure on the main opposition political party, National Democratic Congress (NDC) especially its new National Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah and the 2020 presidential candidate, John Dramani Mahama, following a confession made in connection with the 2020 …