GENERAL NEWS

Ghanaian-born Britain’s finance minister Kwasi Addo Alfred Kwarteng  has been sacked after less than six weeks in the job, the BBC reported on Friday, as the government’s massive tax cuts sparked financial market turmoil. Kwasi Kwarteng is no longer chancellor of the exchequer after meeting Prime Minister Liz Truss at …

A jealous man is in the grips of the police for killing the husband of his ex-wife at Edwinase-Munsunkwa, a community in the Wassa East District of the Western Region. The suspect, whose name has been given as Kojo Arthur aka Capo, is said to have committed the crime with …

Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday, 13 October 2022, was elected Chairperson of the Gulf of Guinea Commission.   Gulf of Guinea Commission is an organisation established to defend the common interests of Member States, and promote peace and socio-economic development based on dialogue, consensus, ties of friendship, …

The Education Ministry has announced the date for the selection of schools by prospective candidates of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). The ministry has asked parents, guardians and candidates to take note of an video that’s going to be played on various television and radio stations across the country …

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People’s Liberation Council (PLC) of Western Togoland have said that the recently discovered iron ore in the Oti Region belongs to the people of Western Togoland and not Ghana. According to the PLC, the territory that the Government of Ghana is referring to as the Oti Region belongs to the …

The Former president of the republic of Ghana,  John Mahama has said he will keep his opponents guessing on his future political plans as the National Democratic Congress (NDC) goes to the polls next year to elect a presidential candidate.   Speaking to VOA in Washington on Wednesday (12 October …

The depreciation pressures on the Ghana cedi continued relentlessly today as the local currency sold at ¢11.62 pesewas in the retail market. This is almost 6% depreciation since Friday, October 7th.   Checks by Joy Business at some forex bureaus indicate that the supply of dollars in circulation is insufficient. …

The Electoral Commission (EC) has served notice to cancel the registration of some 17 political parties in the country. According to the EC, these political parties have no offices at the national and regional levels as required by section 15 (1) (Act 574). In a notice published in the Daily …

The UN General Assembly (UNGA) overwhelmingly approved a resolution on Wednesday telling Russia its annexation of four Ukrainian zones is illegal and not valid. Ghana was among the 143 countries that voted in favour of the resolution, 15 abstained from the exercise and 5 rejected the resolution including Russia. Ukrainian …