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IMF engagement: E-levy was the bait – Think Tank

The government’s decision to introduce the Electronic Transaction Tax, popularly known as E-levy, was to pave the way for it to seek a bailout...

Black man shot 60 times by police in Ohio

US police have released video of a chase in Akron, Ohio, which ended in a black man being shot dead, hit more than 60...

What the NPP said about IMF before running to IMF

There was a kenkey party at the inner court of the Ministry of Finance on Friday, March 22, 2019. The participants were the staff...

Anglogold Ashanti trains teachers in Obuasi on new curriculum

400 Junior High School teachers within the Obuasi Municipal and Obuasi East District have undergone training to prepare them adequately to adapt to the...

IMF bailout: Akufo-Addo still has confidence in Ken Ofori-Atta – Oppong Nkrumah

It appears that calls for Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta’s head over Ghana’s current economic misfortunes may have come to naught. Government spokesperson, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah...

Police arrest 6 suspects over land, chieftaincy dispute in Ashanti Region

The Ghana Police Service (GPS) has arrested six persons in the Ashanti Region who are suspected to be connected to a land and chieftaincy...

GES Director-General advises staff to prepare for retirement

The Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Prof. Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, has counseled staff members to make proper retirement plans. He encouraged them not to...

IMF will impose needless hardship on workers – TUC

The Director of Labour Research and Policy Institute at the Trades Union Congress (TUC) fears the government’s decision to seek financial support from the...

Ban single-use plastics — Prof. Akosa

Ban single-use plastics in the country, a former Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Prof. Agyeman-Badu Akosa, has said. He said this would help...

TDC wins maiden Public Enterprises League Table Awards

The Tema Development Company Limited (TDC) was crowned the overall 'Specified Entity of the Year', the maiden edition of the Public Enterprises League Table...

Dr Ibn Chambas withdraws as ECOWAS envoy to Guinea

Special Envoy of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to Guinea, Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, has communicated his intention to withdraw as...

NLA launches first-ever Sunday draw ‘Aseda’

The National Lottery Authority (NLA) yesterday, launched the seventh game of its popular 5/90 game. This is the first time in the 60 years of...

Kofi Adams celebrates 1st indigenous catholic priest of Gold Coast

The member of Parliament for Buem in the Oti Region, Mr. Kofi Adams, has joined the Roman Catholic Church of Ghana and the diocese...

I’m overwhelmed by government projects in A/R – Gifty Ohene Konadu

The National Coordinator of Monitoring and Evaluation Secretariat at the Office of the President, Hon. Gifty Ohene Konadu, has applauded the ongoing government’s developmental...

8 dead, others sustain injuries in accident

Eight persons died on the spot, while others sustained injuries following an accident on the Kwapong-Nobekaw road in the Asunafo South District in the...

Some have made it a life mission to frustrate me – Barker-Vormawor cries

A lead convener of the #FixTheCountry Movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, says some people have sworn to make life unbearable for him due to claims that...

CAF postpones 2023 Afcon; checkout new changes

The African Football Confederation (CAF) has switched the dates of the next African Cup of Nations finals to January 2024, six months later than...

Some Hajj pilgrims demand refund after being left stranded

Some Muslim pilgrims expected to travel to Mecca have expressed disappointment in their leadership after they were left stranded at the Accra Hajj Village...

Mahama mourns wife of late Gen Akuffo, Emily Akuffo [Photos]

Former President John Dramani Mahama on Saturday, July 2, led a delegation of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to the burial service of the...

IGP orders arrest of truck driver for insecure loading

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has ordered the arrest and prosecution of a driver for insecure loading. According to the Police...

IMF bailout: Ghana will be ungovernable if… – Prof Gyampo

A political science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Prof Ransford Gyampo, has warned that the country will be ‘ungovernable’ if government accepts any...

Dozens freed from church awaiting ‘second coming’ of Christ

Police in Nigeria have rescued 77 people, including children, from a church where they were confined in the southwestern state of Ondo. Some of them...

My wife visited me in Norway while pregnant for another man – Norway-based Ghanaian

Norway-based Ghanaian, Charles Asare, aka Togo Delicious, has revealed that his ex-wife was four weeks pregnant with another man’s baby, but she kept it...

Lesbian couple who lost their jobs during pandemic wins free IVF cycle on Instagram

A lesbian couple who lost their jobs in the Covid-19 pandemic eager to become parents won a free IVF cycle from an Instagram giveaway. As an LGBTQ+...

Food is expensive but there can never be food shortage – Agric Minister

Minister for Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has admitted foodstuffs are currently expensive but is ruling out any imminent shortage of food in the...

Bawumia cautions SOEs who fail to present audited financial accounts

Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has cautioned State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) who default to present their audited financial account reports will be sanctioned. Speaking at the...

Ministry of Health threatens to discharge cured mental health patients in forensic wards

Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has called for an immediate intervention to discharge the huge number of persons sent by the law courts to...

Kumasi kidnappers trial nears end

An Accra High Court has concluded the trial of four persons put before it for allegedly kidnapping two Canadian ladies in Kumasi in 2019...

Akufo-Addo’s boy, Thomas Amoani blows course in UK University

The 19-year-old boy, who had 8As in his West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) at Adeiso and was given a scholarship by President...

22-year-old narrates how he survives on gari daily, takes GH¢400 as a security guard

A 22-year-old man, Eric Mensah, has narrated how he survives while working for a security company as a house guard here in Accra.He narrates...

Two drown in River Birim

Two young men, Larbi Grant and Bless Damptey, have drowned at the tributary of the Nsuapemso River in the Fanteakwa South District of the...

Man, 28, arrested for stabbing his stepfather

The Assin Fosu Police Command, led by the Assin Fosu Divisional commander, DSP Daniel Kwabena Darkoh, has arrested a 28-year-old man, Akwasi Sadique for...

My Jerry John Rawlings’ experiences

As a normal Ghanaian, I have since the death of H.E. Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings, former Chairman of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council,...

Don’t blame us for rising food prices – Russian Embassy to Ghanaian media

Russia is not to be blamed for increasing food prices on the African continent, the Russian Embassy in Accra has said. According to the Embassy,...

NSA boss sues 2 staff members for defamation, demands ¢4m in damages

Director-General of the National Sports Authority (NSA), Prof Peter Twumasi, is demanding ¢4,000,000 in damages in a defamation suit filed against two staff of...

Ken Ofori-Atta has lost credibility, replace him – Mahama charges Akufo-Addo

Former President John Dramani Mahama has charged President Nana Akufo-Addo to urgently replace his Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, with a more assured and competent...

Missing Cryptoqueen: FBI adds Ruja Ignatova to top 10 most wanted

Ruja Ignatova, also known as the “missing Cryptoqueen”, has been placed on the FBI’s top 10 most wanted list. The Bulgarian woman, believed to be...

Mo Salah signs new long term Liverpool contract

Mohamed Salah has signed a new long-term contract extension at Liverpool. The Egyptian forward's existing deal was due to expire in 2023 with discussions over...

Report of IGP paying medical bill for injured protester malicious – Arise Ghana

The organisers of the Kuromu Aye She demonstration, Arise Ghana, has clarified reports the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr Akuffo Dampare footed the medical...

What a shame – Sammy Gyamfi on govt now engaging IMF

Sammy Gyamfi was among the NDC bigwigs to quickly react to government's recent decision to begin formal engagements with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). A...