GENERAL NEWS

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said the Free Senior High School (SHS) and TVET education are not under review. Presenting the 2022 Mid-Year Budget Review to Parliament for approval, Mr Ofori-Atta said the government will continue to fund and improve them. “We shall not compromise on President Akufo-Addo’s commitment …

Over 700 Burkinabe nationals who fled terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso have arrived in Ghana. This was confirmed by the Ghana Refugee Board. Most of the refugees who are women and children, are seeking refuge in communities in the Bawku Municipal and Bawku West district. The refugees, are from communities …

Collins Asumadu, the 22-year-old internet fraud boy aka ‘Sakawa’, who was shot dead in Kumasi last Tuesday, allegedly suffered his fate after he duped his crime partners a staggering US$250,000. According to reports reaching the paper, Asumadu had strong links with some banking institutions in the country, therefore, he usually …

The Management of the National Service Scheme (NSS) on Monday, July 25 released a total of 127, 999 registration PIN Codes for eligible Ghanaian final year students from all accredited tertiary institutions in the country to enable them to enroll for their mandatory national service for the 2022/2023 service year. …

The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has called on Ghanaians to offer President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo the much-needed support to turn the economy around.   “I want to appeal to Ghanaians to keep faith with the President and his team,” he said. “We know things are tough now but …

Ghana’s Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has said the Nation Builder’s Corps (NABCO) programme will end on September 1, 2022. He said this while presenting the mid-year budget review in Parliament on Monday, July 25. “Mr. Speaker, our iconic National Builder’s Corps (NaBCo) programme, which was initially to run for three …

The Bureau of Public Safety (BPS) has appealed to the Minister in charge of the Interior and other law enforcement agencies to come up with policies that will reduce the increasing number of violent crimes executed with firearms. The Bureau Public Safety explained that the execution of violent crimes with …

The Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has admitted that the state of the Ghanaian economy is not in the best shape.   Presenting the mid year budget review in Parliament on Monday July 25, he recounted the challenges Ghanaians are going through due to the impact of the warfare between Russia …

The Finance Minister Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta has served notice that new roads to be constructed by government in partnership with investors will be tolled. He said the roads, most of which will be by public-private partnership (PPP), will have users paying while travelling on them in order to recover …

Vice Chairman of the Education Committee of Parliament, Dr Prince Hamid Armah has revealed that the government has instructed the Controller and Accountant General Department to make available an amount of ¢50M for the conduct of the West Africa Examinations Council Examinations (WASSCE). According to the Member of Parliament (MP) …