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Cedi depreciation is a disguised blessing

For some time now, our airwaves, print and even social media seem to have had a respite on the issue of cedi depreciation...

Audio+Photos: Minority issues 3-day ultimatum to govt over 40 parked ambulances

The Minority in parliament has issued a 3-day ultimatum to the government to quickly release the over 40 ambulances parked at the forecourt of...

#Sexforgrades: Ignatius Ajuru University sacks lecturer, suspends 10 others

One lecturer has been dismissed, while 10 others have been suspended at Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, over the allegation of demanding cash...

Kanye West to perform at Joel Osteen’s church

Kanye West and Jay-Z may be over, but the friendship between Kanye and Joel Osteen is just beginning. Osteen, the ultra-famous televangelist whose megachurch sermons...

Preview of new Hotline documentary ‘Just One’

A married man had a girlfriend popularly referred to as ‘side chick’ who gave birth to three children for him because his marriage had not produced...

Enough of the agric modules, consolidate existing ones – Researcher advises Minister

A senior lecturer and Research Fellow of the Kumasi Technical University’s (KTU) Institute of Research, Innovation and Development (IRID), Dr Smart Sarpong, has...

Listen: Govt’s 2020 revenue target not achievable – Tax expert

A tax expert has contested government’s ability to achieve its revenue target for 2020 as captured in the 2020 budget presented to Parliament on Wednesday. Although Kwaku...

Audio: Govt urged to show commitment to implementation of 2020 budget

The government has been urged to show more commitment to the implementation of its policies in the 2020 budget. Dr Benjamin Otchere-Ankrah, a lecturer at...

Absence of Volta Region roads from 2020 budget a mistake – Senior Minister

Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Maafo has described the absence of Volta Regional roads in the 2020 budget as an obvious mistake following major concerns raised. To...

Communications Minister wants profits from ‘momo’ transactions taxed

The Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, is pushing for mobile network operators to be taxed for the profit they make on mobile money transactions. At a...

‘Kayayei’ react to govt’s plans to build 600-bed hostel for them

Kayayei, also known in English as Head Potters, have lauded the government's plan to build a 600-bed hostel facility for them. A woman who described...

MP chases Finance Minister for ‘National Cake’ [Audio]

National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has questioned the reasoning behind government’s decision to boycott road...

2020 as ‘year of roads’ not for election – Ursula Owusu

Declaring 2020 as a year to embark on a massive road construction project is not for election, says Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful. According to the...

Beautiful photo of aged couple married for over 52 years

A couple who have been married for 52 years have gone viral since their 52nd-anniversary photos came out The age of the couple in question...

Listen: Torture of 6-year-old boy an act of wizardry – MP

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tano North Constituency, Mrs Freda Akosua Prempeh, has condemned the abuse of a six-year-old boy at Manhea in...

Chief imposes wedding tax in his village

No-one has got married in a village in Kano state, Nigeria, in the past four months after its chief imposed a wedding tax. Ado Sa'id, the chief...

Two children dead after being shot in farm at Kintampo

The Kintampo Divisional Police Command has started investigations into the death of two children at Krabonso-Adiambra in the Kintampo South District of the Bono...

Full document: 2020 Budget and Economic Policy of gov’t

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, presented the Akufo-Addo-led government’s budget statement and economic policy for 2020. The Finance Minister increased 2020 revenue target to GHS67.1 billion,...

Nicknames of Presidents of Ghana’s 4th Republic

Leaders in every sphere or jurisdiction usually earn certain names and descriptions from their followers depending on the characteristics they exhibit or events which...

Ghana records 80 armed robbery cases in 10 months – WANEP

From January to the end of October this year, the West Africa Network for Peace building (WANEP)’s Early Warning system has recorded captured 80...

Police shoot and kill man who stabbed officer at Doboya

A 32-year-old man and a native of Daboya in the North Gonja District of Savannah Region, Abudulai Mustapha, is said to have been shot...

Ato Forson laughs off govt’s claim of putting GHC12.2bn in Ghanaians’ pockets

Minority spokesperson on Finance, Cassiel Ato Forson has ridiculed the government's claim that it has put GH¢12.2 billion in the pockets of Ghanaians. Speaking to...

Inflation rate for October inches up to 7.7%

The year-on-year inflation rate for October, 2019 has hit 7.7 percent up by 0.1 percentage point from the 7.6 percent recorded in September 2019....

Pastor feeds church members with millipede and beer

South African Pastor, Lesego Daniel is in the news again for feeding his church members with millipede and beer.  Photos from the 'mass feeding' programme was...

Tax expert urges govt to implement new tax regimes

Tax expert and Senior Associate at Ali-Nakyea and Associates, William Kofi Owusu Demitia, has urged the government to come up with new compliance rules...

GH₵1.8 billion spent on free SHS -Kwaku Kwarteng

Government has spent GH₵1.8 billion in the implementation of free Senior High School (SHS) for the past three years. This initiative, according to Deputy Minister...

‘Collapsed banks’ bailout cash bigger than $2 billion Sinohydro deal’

The Chief Operating Officer of Dalex Finance, Joe Jackson, has questioned government’s inability to retrieve monies from persons responsible for the collapse of local...

Cristiano Ronaldo’s daughter Alana Martina’s superhero-themed birthday

On Tuesday, November 12, Cristiano Ronaldo and his partner Georgina Rodríguez threw a superhero-themed party for their daughter, Alana Martina, who turned...

Odartey Lamptey welcomes third child

https://twitter.com/SaddickAdams/status/1194528441468694528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1194528441468694528&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ghanaweb.com%2FGhanaHomePage%2FSportsArchive%2FOdartey-Lamptey-welcomes-third-child-798769 Former Ghana international, Nii Odartey Lamptey, has welcomed his third child. READ: Video: Minority taunts Finance Minister over ‘Bye Bye’ budgetThe child is...

‘No additional tax in 2020 Budget’

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has said there will be no additional tax in the 2020 budget. According to him, the 2020 budget is designed to address...

Shocking: 1 out of 24 Ghanaian children dies before age one – Survey

The National Director of World Vision Ghana, Dickens Thunde, has revealed that the Ghana Demographic and Health Survey 2014 has estimated that one in...

Free SHS numbers jump from 400,000 to 794,899

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta says the free Senior High School (SHS) education has recorded significant enrollment. According to the Minister, records display an increase...

Govt spent $11.7b to embark on banking sector clean-up – Finance Minister

Ken Ofori-Atta, the Finance Minister, has disclosed during the presentation of the 2020 budget to Parliament that, the government spent about $11.7 billion to...

Protection of Atewa Forest must be prioritised – Top American actor

Oscar award-winning actor, Leonardo DiCaprio, has added his voice to calls for the protection of the Atewa Forest as Ghana prepares to commence the...

National Cathedral project to begin in March 2020

Construction work on the interdenominational National Cathedral at Ridge in Accra is set to begin in March 2020. Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta announced this...

Listen: Why JUSAG is on strike; the inside story

The Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) has directed its members to stay away from work following its declaration of indefinite strike against...

Banking sector: Saving depositors, investors has been costly – Finance Minister

The intervention by the government to save depositors and investors whose funds were locked up with failed financial institutions has been very costly. This...

Govt has delivered on flagship programmes –Minister

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, says the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government has delivered on its flagship programmes it promised Ghanaians. According to Mr Ofori-Atta, the...

‘Don’t sleep’ – Ada MP distributes ‘chewing gum’ to colleagues (Video)

Member of Parliament (MP) for Ada, Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe, was seen on the Floor of Parliament distributing what looked like chewing gums to colleague...

Economic growth not driven by oil – Finance Minister says

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, in his 2020 budget presentation to Parliament, said Ghana’s economic growth is not primarily driven by oil, but the economy's...