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Hot audio: Special Prosecutor can't even work in a morgue – Asiedu Nektia mocks

General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has hit back at critics suggesting that the Special Prosecutor will prosecute only former appointees...

Free SHS impacts lives in Assin as hawkers return to classroom

Notwithstanding the barrage of infrastructural challenges, apprehensions and frustrations that characterised the implementation of Government's free Senior High School (SHS) policy, the story has...

Patrick Awuah wins prestigious WISE Prize for Education 2017

The prestigious WISE Prize for Education has been presented to Mr Patrick Awuah, founder and president of Ashesi University College, a private, not-for-profit institution...

Police hunt for ‘serial fraudster’ in Kumasi market stalls allocation

The Ashanti Regional Police Command is on manhunt for one Kwakye said to be leading a group of suspected criminals to be extorting monies...

Violent Shepherds: The ugly story of clashes between nomadic herdsmen and farmers

"Most of the armed robberies going on in the region and elsewhere, some are criminals. For instance in the northern region those I arrested last...

PHOTOS: Court sentences man for assaulting ECG staff

The Dzodze Magistrate Court, presided over by Mr Lawrence Buernor Buer, on November 13, 2017, sentenced a Primary 4 pupil teacher, Mac-Billy Ani, to...

NCA shuts down illegal 'living room' FM station

Officials of the National Communications Authority (NCA) on Wednesday, 15 November, shut down an illegal FM station at Donsoman in Accra. The NCA said the...

2 women die mysteriously in Ketu South

Two women have died under very bizarre circumstances in separate incidents in Horme and Viepe in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region....

Meet Ghana's 27-year-old PhD holder Gloria Opoku-Boateng Osardu

Dr. Gloria Opoku-Boateng Osardu is a PhD UX Researcher/ Scientist at Northrop Grumman, a leading global aerospace and security company. She received her PhD in...

Ghanaians, other African migrants being auctioned in Libya

Some African migrants including Ghanaians who are seeking greener pastures in Libya are being sold as slaves. This was revealed by international news network CNN...

Kwahu Fulani saga: Gunshots at chief's palace, two injured

At least two people have sustained gunshot wounds after a scuffle ensued between locals and guards of the Abene Chiefs Palace on Wednesday. The scuffle...

Ghana’s debt stock now GHC 138 billion – Oppong Nkrumah

Ghana’s debt stock now stands at GHC 138 billion, deputy information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has revealed. The Minority had accused the Finance Minister of...

PHOTOS from 2018 budget presentation

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NPP will take Ghana back to Dumsor days – JJ predicts

Former Deputy Energy Minister, John Jinapor has predicted the country will soon be taken back to dark days of energy crisis, popularly known as...

'We didn't cook 2018 budget figures'

Deputy Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has refuted claims that the Ministry cooked up figures in the 2018 budget estimates. Speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosii...

Sam George, Afia Akoto in nasty facebook fight

NDC Ningo Prampram MP Sam Dzata George and deputy MASLOC CEO Afia Akoto have locked horns on social media in a nasty fight. What appeared...

NPP inherited better financed economy – John Jinapor

Former Deputy Power Minister and Member of Parliament (MP) for or Yapei Kusawgu, John Jinapor has claimed that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government...

Zimbabwe's Mugabe 'under house arrest' after army takeover

Zimbabwe's military has placed President Robert Mugabe under house arrest in the capital Harare, South African President Jacob Zuma says. Mr Mugabe told Mr Zuma...

Stop eating egg, meat, sugar to prevent fibroid – nutritionist tells women

Clinical Nutritionist Dr. Benjamin Nuako is strongly kicking against women consuming high-fat dairy and saturated products such as milk, meat and egg to avoiding...

Minority calls 2018 Budget 'Wahala Budget'

Amid hoots and various chants of disapproval, the Minority in Parliament has named the 2018 budget the ‘Wahala Budget’. Members of the Minority who have...

FULL TEXT: 2018 budget statement

“Rt. Hon. Speaker, Honourable Members of Parliament, on the authority of the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, I beg to move...

100,000 graduates to be employed in 2018 – Finance Minister

The government has announced the creation of a Nation Builders' Corps (NBC), which is set to address graduate unemployment in the country. The corps, according...

Special Prosecutor office ready to crack the whip – Finance Minister  

The Special Prosecutor's office will be catered for following the passage of the bill” Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has said. He said the Attorney General...

Budget Highlights for 2018 financial year

Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta is currently before Parliament presenting the budget  for the 2018 financial year. The theme for the budget is “Putting Ghana...

Electricity tariffs to be reduced by 13%

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has proposed an average reduction of 13 percent in electricity tariffs for residential consumers of electricity. Consumers in the non-residential...

Full document: 2018 budget presented by Finance Minister

Finance Minister, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta has presented to Parliament the budget for 2018. This is the second budget statement and economic policy since the...

Akufo-Addo has inspired us to achieve the impossible – Ken Ofori-Atta

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta is thankful of a visionary leader like President Akufo-Addo. According to him, the President has inspired them especially at the Finance...

 Gov’t will continue to invest in projects – Finance Minister

The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori Atta, says government will continue to invest heavily in its flagship policies such as Planting for Food and...

Zimbabwe army has Mugabe, wife in custody, controls capital

Zimbabwe's army said Wednesday it has President Robert Mugabe and his wife in custody and is securing government offices and patrolling the capital's streets...

Govt to use $1.3bn to purchase cocoa

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has disclosed some $1.3bn has been raised to purchase 850,000 tonnes of cocoa beans. He said while other cocoa-producing countries...

Highlights of 2018 budget in pictures

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has presented government's second budget to the House of Parliament Wednesday. The budget among other things focuses on growing key sectors...

Govt targets 8.0% inflation in 2018

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has said government is targeting an end-of-year inflation rate of 8.0 percent, lower than the 11.2 percent targeted for...

Free SHS policy is ‘destiny changing’ – Ofori-Atta

The flagship free Senior High School (SHS) policy by the Akufo-Addo led government has been described as “destiny changing”. According to Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta,...

We have rescued our public purse from naked abuse – Ofori-Atta

The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta has hit hard at the erstwhile Mahama administration for subjecting the public purse to what he described as...

Over 2000 graduate recruited under Planting for Food and Jobs

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has revealed the flagship Planting for Food and Jobs programme has reduced graduate unemployment in the country. According to him, 2,...

We have achieved what seemed impossible in 8 years – Ofori Atta

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta has said government has been able to accelerate Ghana’s economic growth just 10 months in power. According to him, through...

Asamoah Gyan unveils energy drink

Asamoah Gyan has launched his own energy drink known as RUN as the Black Stars skipper continues to expand his business empire in the country. The announcement comes...

'Akufo-Addo turning our wives to lotto stakers'

President Akufo-Addo is being blamed for the increase women staking lotto in the country. The reason for this phenomenon, according to a communications team member...

Write books that will shape thinking – Former President Kufuor urges writers

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has encouraged young Ghanaian and African writers to write books that would help shape the thinking and perceptions of...

Document: 2017 budget highlights

Finance Minister in March this year presented to Parliament the 2017 budget, his first budget statement and economic policy. The budget gave details of government’s...