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2023 Budget: VAT rate up by 2.5%

Government has reviewed upwards the Value Added Tax (VAT) by 2.5 percent. This means Ghanaians will from 2023 pay more for goods and services. This was...

2023 Budget: Govt announces reduction in e-levy rate

The government has announced plans to reduce the rate of the controversial electronic transfer levy (E-Levy) from 1.5% to 1%. Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, announced...

2022 World Cup: Ghana, Cameroon in action today, check out full fixtures

The Matchday 5 fixtures of the 2022 World Cup get underway this morning at the various stadia. Switzerland at the Al Janoub Stadium will take...

Nsoromma Plus: 10 selected contestants from the past 4 seasons battle it out

The new season for Adom TV's flagship music reality show, Nsoromma, is set to kick off this Sunday, December 4, 2022 at the Fantasy...

Interest rate hike is a response to dealing with inflation – NPP MP

The MP for Kwadaso, Dr Kingsley Nyarko, has explained that the increment in interest rate is part of government’s efforts to curb the persistent...

2022 World Cup: Check out today’s fixtures

The matchday four games of the 2022 Fifa World Cup get underway this morning with four games expected to be played today at the...

Minority initiates Vote of Censure against Health Minister

The Minority in Parliament has initiated another Vote of Censure against Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang Manu. The motion, filed by Ketu North Member of Parliament...

CCTV footage of Bogoso timber truck accident [Watch]

A CCTV footage has been shared showing the immediate events leading to the ghastly accident recorded recently at Bogoso in the Western Region. The accident,...

NPP’s Council of Elders, national executives, Majority MPs hold crunch meeting over demands to sack Finance Minister

The New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s Council of Elders and the national leadership are set to meet members of the Majority caucus today, Tuesday, November...

STC bus crashes with pick-up truck on Accra-Tema motorway [Video+Photos]

An accident involving an STC bus and a pick-up truck loaded with wood has occurred on the Accra-Tema Motorway. The crash happened around 7 am...

Ofori-Atta likely to face empty House if he insists on reading 2023 Budget

JoyNews has reported that Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, will face an unprecedented situation if he attempts to present the budget on Thursday. Both Majority and...

Anas petitions CHRAJ to investigate Ofori-Atta

Investigative Journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas has petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta. CHRAJ Commissioner, Joseph...

Terrorists may take advantage of ‘galamsey’ for funding – Minister

Minister of National Security, Albert Kan Dapaah, has warned that terrorists may take advantage of galamsey activities. The Minister has stated the revenue generated from...

Court finally delivers judgement on Jomoro MP’s case

A Sekondi High Court has dismissed the election petition brought before it against Dorcas Affo-Toffey, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP)...

Qatar 2022: Black Stars players flee from hotel after fire scare

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has issued a statement following a minor incident that occurred in the Black Stars hotel on Sunday. It is said...

Economic hardship: I am truly sorry – Ken Ofori-Atta says as he appears before ad-hoc committee

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has apologised to Ghanaians for the hardship being suffered in recent times. According to him, the brunt borne by the populace...

Livestream: Ken Ofori-Atta takes the ‘witness box’ at censure motion hearing

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has appeared before Parliament’s ad-hoc committee probing the Minority’s censure motion against him. The Minister will have to prove to the...

Impressive Black Stars beat Switzerland to wrap up preparations for 2022 World Cup

The Black Stars of Ghana recorded a hard-fought 2-0 win over Switzerland in a friendly game on Thursday morning at the Zayed Sports City...

Ad hoc committee hearing: Gabby Otchere-Darko is lawyer for Ken Ofori-Atta

A lawyer and prominent member of the New Patriotic Party, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has appeared before parliament as lawyer for Ken Ofori-Atta at the...

NDC elections: Aspirant collapses after losing in Oti Region

One of the aspirants seeking for Oti Regional Secretary position, Gado Yakubu Ninsaw, collapsed on Sunday after losing the election. Dressed in all white in...

Galamsey exposé: Adu Boahen reacts after his dismissal

Sacked Minister of State at the Finance Ministry, Charles Adu Boahen, has denied allegations of influence peddling and using Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia's...

Just In: Otto Addo announces Ghana’s final 26-man squad for 2022 World Cup [CHECK OUT LIST]

Black Stars head coach, Otto Addo, has officially named his 26-man squad for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Joseph Wollacott and Richard Ofori have all...

Anas Aremeyaw Anas: Our minister and the cash

He is a Harvard trained don, deified and deemed devout, dependable, dynamic, down-to-earth, decisive, and the very definition of dexterity in economics and development. Indeed,...

Bawumia reacts to alleged $200K appearance fee in Anas’ latest exposé

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says his attention has been drawn to a video in which Minister of State for Finance, Charles Adu Boahen,...

The Multimedia Group grabs 7 awards at 2021 GJA Awards

The Multimedia Group Limited (MGL) has bagged numerous awards at the just ended 26th Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Awards. Out of a total of eight nominations...

Heavy downpour kills toddler in Ga South after he slipped from father’s hand

A one-year-old has died as a result of flooding that occurred at Broadcasting in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra region. The...

Chinese galamseyers allegedly gun down man in a forest at Dompim

Some Chinese miners mining illegally in a forest at Dompim close to the Bonsa River have allegedly gunned down a Ghanaian. An eye witness at...

Adwoa Safo finally appears in Parliament [Video+Photos]

https://youtu.be/52mR-BF6Wp4 The Embattled Dome-Kwabenya Member of Parliament (MP), Adwoa Safo, has finally appeared in Parliament. Wearing a beautiful red dress, the MP was seen seated right...

People’s Forum: Sefwi Debiso cocoa farmers to smuggle product to Cote D’Ivoire

Cocoa farmers at Sefwi Debiso in the Bia West District of the Western North Region have decided to ‘smuggle’ their cocoa products to Cote...

Ghanaian YouTuber’s call to the Bar on hold for ‘lack of good character’

Ghanaian YouTuber, Elorm Ababio, popularly known as Ama Governor, will not be called to the Ghana Bar on Friday when her colleagues formally join...

Angry Minister blasts man for drying cocoa beans on highway [Video]

A yet-to-be-identified cocoa farmer has incurred the wrath of the Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, for drying cocoa beans on a newly-constructed road...

Law School directs students to submit social media handles for monitoring

The Ghana School of Law has asked students to submit their social media handles for monitoring to ensure that they maintain a character befitting...

Hardship in Ghana: Prices of Bible to go up

The Bible Society of Ghana has announced an increase in the price of Bibles effective November 10, 2022. The increase, according to the Society,...

Police Inspector arrested for reckless driving

An Inspector with the Ghana Police Service, Entwie Bio, has been arrested for reckless driving.  The officer was reportedly arrested on Monday after he...

Lawyers for Anas react to testifying without mask ‘ruling’

Cromwell Gray LLP, lawyers for the celebrated investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, has urged the public to disregard false reportage within a section of...

Transport hikes: Ayaloo cheaper than ‘trotro’

Management of Rapid Bus Transit Services, popularly known as Ayalolo, is rallying the public to choose their service. According to them, the state initiated public...

Constituency offices for MPs not necessary now – Mahama tells govt

Former President John Dramani Mahama is urging government to halt the building of constituency offices for Members of Parliament (MPs) as a result of...

Blogger in court over publication that caused panic withdrawals

The Accra Circuit Court has granted GH¢20,000 bail with two sureties each to a blogger and an Information Technology (IT) professional for an alleged...

Distortions marring Asante-Anlo unity – Asantehene

The Asantehene has bemoaned distortions to the history of the Asantes and the Anlos, saying they have “adversely affected our relationship.”  Otumfuo Osei-Tutu II said...

Interesting twist to case of farmer who petitioned Supreme Court to allow him marry more wives

A farmer, Samuel Ampomah, who filed a suit seeking the Supreme Court to allow men to marry more than one wife under the marriage...