POLITICS

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has urged the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to capitalise on the connection between the Ghana Card and Tax Identification Number (TIN) to enhance the identification and tax collection processes for individuals and businesses. Describing the current GRA approach of focusing solely on existing taxpayers as …

The flagbearer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, was at the final funeral rites of the Paramount Chief of Berekum (Berekumhene), Daasebre Dr Amankona Diawuo II, on Friday, November 24, 2023. Viral videos of Dr Bawumia’s arrival showed thousands of people waiting on a street to …

Below are the major news headlines captured on the front pages of the various newspapers in Ghana today.     The Daily Searchlight       Daily Analyst             The Ghanaian Observer     Daily Guide     The Daily Statesman         …

The Dormaahene, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Nana Agyeman Badu II, has addressed the injunction preventing him from attending the final funeral rites of the late Paramount chief of the Berekum Traditional Area, Daasebre Dr Amankona Diawuo II. In response to the court’s decision, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Nana Agyeman Badu II expressed his sentiments …

Dear Sir, I have a few words to help your very difficult attempt at breaking the Eight. You must focus on your own campaign. Spend much time to rebuild the palpable trust deficit and show no sense of entitlement to anything. It is politically tactless to respond to the one …

South African opposition leader Julius Malema and five other MPs from his Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party were on Wednesday punished with a one-month suspension without pay from parliament. The parliament’s powers and privileges committee found them guilty of contempt of parliament for storming the stage during President Cyril Ramaphosa’s …

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Effutu and Deputy Majority Leader Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin has intimated that Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has done much better in Government than former President John Mahama, stressing that while Dr Bawumia represents the future of the country, John Mahama belongs to the country’s …

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has directed the management of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) to suspend its proposed partnership agreement with Tema Energy and Processing Limited (TEPL). The OSP, in a letter dated November 21, 2023, and addressed to the Managing Director of TOR, Daniel Osei Appiah, …

The Member of Parliament (Mp) for Afigya Kwabre North Constituency Hon. Collins Adomako Mensah has donated a set of HP computers and accessories to some selected basic schools at Ahenkro, Denase, and Boaman in the Afigya Kwabre North District of the Ashanti Region. The donation forms part of the government’s …

Goasomanhene, Nana Akwasi Bosompra, was moved to tears as he lamented neglect in terms of development by the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government. The Omanhene specifically leveraged on the subject of bad roads in his jurisdiction stating that the gods in his area have neglected him because of dusty roads. …