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2025 Budget: Gov’t to reintroduce tech-driven road tolls

The government has announced plans to reintroduce road tolls in 2025 to generate revenue for road construction and maintenance. Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson,...

2025 Budget: Good news for teacher and nursing trainees

Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson has announced the allocation of GH¢203 million for the payment of teacher trainee allowances and GH¢480 million for...

2025 Budget: BoG seeks GH₵53bn bailout

Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson has announced that the Bank of Ghana (BoG) is seeking a GH₵53 billion bailout to address its negative...

2025 Budget: E-Levy, betting tax, and three others to be abolished

Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson has announced the removal of five nuisance taxes as part of the government’s revenue measures. The taxes include the...

$761,000 was stolen from my storage room – Cecilia Dapaah tells court

Former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Dapaah, has alleged that her domestic workers stole substantial amounts of money and valuables from her...

2025 Budget: Good news for unpaid pharmacists

Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson has assured that the government will take immediate action to clear the salary arrears of more than 300...

Accused persons stole my jewellery worth $53,000 – Cecilia Dapaah tells court

Former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Dapaah, has testified in an Accra High Court in the ongoing trial of her domestic workers...

Livestream: Finance Minister presents 2025 budget

The Finance Minister, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, is in Parliament to present the 2025 budget, the first fiscal policy of the new government since...

Ga Mantse resolves disputes to promote peace and unity

The Ga Mantse, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, has met with council members of the Ga State to address ongoing concerns and strengthen unity...

Sammy Gyamfi assures Ghanaians of tax relief in 2025 Budget

The Acting Managing Director of the Precious Minerals Marketing Company (PMMC), Sammy Gyamfi, has reaffirmed President John Dramani Mahama’s commitment to avoiding harsh taxes...

Boy, 10, dies after 340-pound foster mother sits on him

A 10-year-old Indiana boy was crushed to death after his foster mother, who weighed 340 pounds, allegedly sat on him for several minutes because...

Thieves steal 500 meters of ECG cables in Gomoa Dominase

Unknown thieves have stolen cable covers from over ten electricity poles at Gomoa Dominase in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region, plunging...

Ekumfi MP vows to transform education in his constituency

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ekumfi Constituency, Dr. Othniel Ekow Kwainoe, has unveiled plans to transform education and stimulate socioeconomic development in Ekumfi. Speaking...

OSP meets EOCO’s new leadership to strengthen anti-corruption efforts

Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng has met with the newly appointed leadership of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to strengthen inter-agency collaboration in...

Eastern Regional Minister visits family of boy who drowned in galamsey pit

Eastern Regional Minister, Rita Akosua Adjei Awatey, has paid a condolence visit to the family of 14-year-old Sampson Seku, who drowned in a galamsey...

Driver indiscipline major cause of road accidents – NRSA CEO

The Chief Executive of the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), Abraham Amaliba, has expressed deep concern over the increasing rate of road accidents in...

Gov’t commits 80% of common fund to local development

The government has reiterated its commitment to allocating at least 80% of the common fund to every district, aiming to enhance local development nationwide. This...

Fire Officer cautions public against repainting rusty gas cylinders

Assistant Station Officer (ASO) Ofori Collins, Hohoe Municipal Fire Safety Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), has cautioned the public against repainting...

Labour Minister sends SOS message to CLOGSAG amidst strike action

The Minister of Labour, Jobs, and Employment, Dr. Abdul-Rashid Pelpuo, has urged the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) to suspend...

Gov’t announces deadline for submission of diplomatic and service passports

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has set March 17, 2025, as the deadline for individuals still in possession of Diplomatic and...

Mahama must take decisive action against galamsey kingpins – Dr. Kenneth Ashigbey

The Convener of the Media Coalition Against Illegal Mining, Dr. Kenneth Ashigbey, has expressed concern over the government’s handling of illegal mining, commonly known...

Mahama will fulfill promise to repeal L.I. 2462 within 120 days – Murtala Mohammed

The Minister for Environment, Science, and Technology, Dr. Murtala Mohammed, has dismissed claims that the government has failed in its fight against illegal mining...

Finance Minister to present 2025 budget today

The Minister for Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, will present his first budget to Parliament today, March 11, 2025. The budget will outline the state...

MoMo vendor robbed and killed in his room by unknown assailants at Kwadaso

A 24-year-old mobile money vendor, identified only as ‘Junior’, has allegedly been murdered in his one-room apartment at Kwadaso in the Ashanti region. The unknown...

Seidu Agongo launches month-long Ramadan donations for mothers

Businessman and philanthropist Alhaji Seidu Agongo has paid the medical bills of 25 patients at the Out-Patient Department (OPD) of the Child Emergency Unit...

Asantehene destools Mpasaasohene over illegal mining and other offenses

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has destooled Nana Amofa Twumasi II, chief of Mpasaaso No.2 in the Ashanti region, over multiple allegations, including...

Mahama vows to relay Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso’s concerns to ECOWAS amid strained ties

President John Mahama says he has gained new perspectives on the concerns raised by three countries regarding their withdrawal from the Economic Community of...

Removal of taxes should be seen as incentives, not losses – Bokpin

Professor Godfred Bokpin, a finance and economics professor at the University of Ghana, has called on the government to consider the removal of certain...

Salaga SHS: 28 Students, including 3 convicts, recommended for indefinite suspension

A 15-member committee, consisting of major stakeholders from Salaga Senior High School (SHS) in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region, has recommended...

Trade Minister orders shutdown of factories producing substandard cement

The Minister for Trade, Agribusiness, and Industry, Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, has instructed the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) to immediately shut down cement manufacturing companies producing...

Shock as fishermen’s net pulls out dead body from sea

Fishermen caught a decomposed body which had been wrapped and tied with a belt or rope. The wrapped body “in a state of decomposition” was hauled...

Joana Gyan Cudjoe champions women’s role in leadership

Amenfi Central Member of Parliament (MP), Joana Gyan Cudjoe, has called for greater women's participation in leadership roles and governance. The lawmaker made the clarion...

Interior Minister reviews curfew hours for Walewale and surrounding areas

The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mubarak, has announced a revision of the curfew hours for Walewale and surrounding communities in the North East...

Sedem Afenyo supports Amasaman Fire Command [Photos]

Member of Parliament (MP) for Amasaman constituency, Sedem Afenyo, has donated GH₵10,000 to the Amasaman command of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) to...

J.B. Danquah Case: Lawyers for ‘Sexy Don Don’ to apply for bail on March 25

Lawyers for Daniel Asiedu, the prime suspect in the murder of former Abuakwa North MP J.B. Danquah-Adu, have informed an Accra High Court that...

Constitutional Review Committee updates list for zonal engagements, adds Sunyani

The Constitutional Review Committee has revised its schedule for the National Validation Zonal Engagements, adding Sunyani as a venue following public recommendations. The updated schedule...

School Feeding Caterers welcome fee increase but…

The School Feeding Caterers Association has welcomed the government's decision to increase the feeding fee for basic school students from GHC 1.50 to GHC...

NSA scandal: Gifty Oware-Mensah granted bail

A former Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS), Gifty Oware-Mensah, has been granted bail following her detention by the National Intelligence...

2025 budget will be good news for Ghanaians – MP [Audio]

Bia East Member of Parliament (MP) Richard Acheampong has said the Finance Minister’s 2025 budget presentation will be well-received by Ghanaians. Speaking in an interview...

Association of Assembly Members expects payment of allowances to be captured in 2025 Budget

The Ghana Association of Assembly Members (GAAM) is optimistic the payment of their allowances will be captured in the 2025 Budget Statement and Economic...