GENERAL NEWS

A Senior Research Fellow of the Kumasi Technical University, Dr. Smart Sarpong, has slammed Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia for claiming the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has done a better job with improving Ghana’s economy than the erstwhile Mahama government. Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, on Thursday, April 7, 2022, delivered …

The Ghana Police Service have outdoored a holistic strategy dubbed ‘Police Action Against Rider Indiscipline (OPERATION PAARI)’ to deal with the many problems of rider indiscipline on the country’s roads.   The problems, according to the Police, include; riding through traffic lights, the non-wearing of crash helmets and general disregard …

The former Minister for Finance Dr Kwabena Duffuor has said the current managers of the economy cannot match what he was able to achieve in the late John Atta Mills government. Reacting to vice-president Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia‘s public lecture on Thursday, Duffuor said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) are better …

Some areas in Accra have flooded after a heavy rainfall on Friday, April 8. The one-hour heavy rainfall, obstructed the flow of vehicular traffic on the Weija Barrier – West Hills Mall stretch of the Kasoa Highway, Central Business District, Sahara and Odawna, among other areas. While many commuters parked …

Tension is brewing at the Damongo Nurses Training College in the Savannah Region, with students planning a demonstration against the Principal of the institution, Hajia Iddrisu Rabiatu. The students are accusing Hajia Rabiatu of running down the school and have vowed to protest to demand her removal. There are reports …

Over 50 persons displaced by the Appiate explosion have once again had their lives disrupted, this time by a rainstorm.   Following the explosion that claimed over thirteen lives, the residents had been staying at the Odumase relief camp, ahead of the rebuilding of the Appiate community.       …

A former Finance Minister,  Seth Terkper has the Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has only confirmed that the borrowing that was done by the John Mahama administration yielded results. “Borrowing and infrastructure: grateful to the Veep for highlighting the NDC’s projects in the debt stock. He just debunked the notion …

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced May 1st, 2022 as the implementation date for the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-Levy). In a notice, the GRA said the decision was influenced by the passage of the E-Levy bill by parliament. The E-Levy will impose 1.50% on all electronic transfers.     …

Finance Minister,  Ken Ofori Atta says Ghanaians must not despair but have hope that the current economic challenges will be a thing of the past. Government has admitted the economy is currently facing challenges, with the Finance Ministry imposing a raft of measures geared at stemming the tide. The rise …

Ghana abstained as the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on Thursday, April 7, 2022, calling for Russia to be suspended from the Human Rights Council.   The resolution received a two-thirds majority of those voting, minus abstentions.   The 193-member assembly had 93 nations voting in favour of the …