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Pensioner unable to shut his eyes for 3 years after ‘botched’ cosmetic surgery

A pensioner claims botched surgery means he hasn't been able to close his eyes - for nearly three years.Pete Broadhurst, 79, splashed out £11,000...

Okudzeto supports construction of North Tongu multipurpose pensioners building

North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP), Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has donated bags of cement towards the construction of a multipurpose district pensioners building.The...

SSNIT to delete 13,000 names from pensioners payroll from this date

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has announced that from Wednesday, September 1, it will embark on an exercise to delete the...

KNUST pensioners fume over alleged unlawful ex gratia deduction

The 2019-2020 pensioners at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have petitioned the university authorities over alleged unlawful ex gratia deductions.The...

Pensioner granted ¢200K bail over fraud

An Accra Circuit Court has granted a ¢200,000 bail with two sureties to a pensioner for allegedly defrauding a retired teacher of ¢85,000 under...

Akufo-Addo makes big promise to pensioners

President Nana Akufo-Addo has assured public sector workers that he will resolve the issue of ‘Past Credit’ for workers who had to retire from...

Give special support to pensioners – Pensions Authority to govt

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA), Hayford Atta Krufi, is urging the government to pay special attention to...
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Fire Service pensioner drowns at Fetteh Kakraba[photos]

A 61-year-old pensioner has died after he drowned in 10 feet abandoned manhole.Patrick Gyamesi’s unfortunate incident occurred Friday at Fetteh Kakabra near Gomoa Buduburam...

Fire Service pensioner drowns in abandoned manhole at Fetteh Kakraba

A 61-year-old Fire Service pensioner, Patrick Gyamesi, has met his untimely death after he drowned in a 10-feet abandoned manhole.The sad incident happened at...

SSNIT to delete names of biometrically unenrolled pensioners

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) says it will from February 1, next year delete the names of all pensioners who have...

Ibrahim Mahama gives visually impaired pensioners GHC 22,000.00

Business magnate Ibrahim Mahama has donated a sum of GHC 22,000.00 to visually impaired workers who have gone on retirement.Immediate past president of the...

SSNIT pays GH¢ 1.7 billion to pensioners as at July 2019

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has paid over GH¢ 1.7 billion to more than 200,000 pensioners on the pension payroll as...

Audio: Auditor-General chases monies paid dead pensioners

The Auditor-General (AG) has recommended that an embargo be placed on the allowances of deceased pensioners.This follows the revelation that more than GH¢236, 000.00...

We’re not cheating pensioners – SSNIT

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), has refuted claims it is perpetuating illegalities in its handling of pensions, as alleged by the...

Tariff increment reflects broader economic issues – Edward Bawa

Member of Parliament's Mines and Energy Committee, Edward Bawa, has stated that the recent increase in utility tariffs is indicative of larger economic challenges...

Trafigura petitions Finance Minister over $134m judgement debt

Oil conglomerate Trafigura has petitioned Ghana's Finance Minister, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, over an unpaid judgment debt owed by the government, threatening to seize...

Ghana places 4th with largest growth in digital bank account in Sub-Saharan Africa

Ghana placed 4th in Sub-Saharan Africa with the largest growth in digital bank account ownership, Fitch Solutions, has revealed.However, it described the increase as...
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Ghana retains 10th position with lowest fuel price in Africa

Ghana retained its 10th position with the lowest fuel price in Africa in September 2024, GlobalPetrolPrices.com has disclosed.This is coming despite the continuous marginal reduction...
Minister for Finance Dr Mohammed Amin Adam

GH¢700m processed to pay locked up funds of customers – Finance Minister

Finance Minister, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam has announced that the government has approved GH¢700 million to be paid to customers of fund management companies...

Social Protection has been politicised by NPP; they must be stopped – Nana Oye...

Former Minister for Gender, Children, and Social Protection, Nana Oye Bampoe Addo, has accused the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) of politicising social protection...

Ghana’s economy has collapsed for the past 7 years – Asiedu Nketia [Video]

National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Johnson Asiedu Nketia has criticised the Akufo-Addo government over what he has described as the devastated...

44 oil marketing companies ‘vanish’ with nearly GH₵60m levies owed to BOST

National security is pursuing directors of 44 oil marketing companies that have disappeared with nearly GH₵60 million in levies owed to the Bulk Oil...

Organised Labour demands overhaul of SSNIT’s Board despite Akufo-Addo’s intervention

Organised Labour has scaled up protest over the management of pension funds with a demand for a full takeover of the Board Chairmanship position...

SSNIT recording significant gains – Akufo-Addo [Listen]

President Akufo Addo says the strong financial performance posted by the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) in its 2023 financial report should...

President Akufo-Addo slams SSNIT hotels sale controversy as ‘needless’

President Akufo-Addo has characterized the controversy surrounding the sale of hotels owned by the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) to the Agriculture...

Kane gets standing ovation on Tottenham return – friendlies round-up

Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane was given a standing ovation at former club Tottenham as the German side beat Spurs 3-2 in a pre-season...
Finance Minister Dr Mohammed Amin Adam

Apology doesn’t heal wounds from your actions – Finance Minister told

Convener of the Pensioners Bondholders Forum, Dr Adu Anane Antwi, says the Minister of Finance, Dr Mohammed Amin Adam's recent apology to Ghanaians for...

‘My cousin’s monthly pension is only GH₵300’

Imagine working for three decades only to retire with peanuts as a pension payment.That is the story of many pensioners who have given their...

Low pensions partly due to low salaries – Benjamin Adjei

The General Secretary of the Public Services Workers Union (TUC), has voiced concerns about the low pensions received by public sector workers while highlighting...

Nigeria lacks people who speak truth to power – Peter Obi

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has regretted the dearth of courageous people who can speak truth to power.Obi who...

We won’t cooperate with govt until we’re convinced that sale of SSNIT hotels has...

The Minority in Parliament has called on President Akufo-Addo to instruct the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) to halt the sale of...

SSNIT terminates sale of 60% stake in hotels

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has halted its intended sale of a 60% stake in four of its hotels to a...

Two persons on GH¢ 100,000.00 bail each over alleged car fraud

The Dansoman Circuit Court has granted GH¢100,000.00 bail with three sureties each to two individuals over alleged abetment of car fraud.The Court ordered those...

Penis cancer cases increasing: Brazil sees 6,500 amputations in a decade

In 2018, Brazilian pensioner João sought medical help after he found a wart on his penis."I started visiting medical clinics to find out what...
Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang addressing attendants at the TEIN App launch on Monday.

NPP’s track record shows they can’t deliver – Prof Opoku-Agyemang

The running mate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has cautioned Ghanaians to be wary of the New Patriotic...

Minority MPs back ‘Hands Off Our Hotels’ demo

The Minority in Parliament has thrown its full support behind the 'Hands Off Our Hotels' demonstration, calling for a strong public turnout to oppose...
Hassan Ayariga

Ban forex trading, halt fast depreciating cedi – Hassan Ayariga charges govt

Founder and Leader of the All People’s Congress (APC), Dr Hassan Ayariga, has asked the government to halt the fast-depreciating Ghana cedi to avert...

SSNIT contributions are secured – NPRA

The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) has assured contributors that despite projections in the recent International Labour Organisation (ILO) report on the Social Security...