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Did Kufuor snatch Rawlings’ girl friend?-Agyemang Manu asks
As Ghanaians continue to wonder at the deep seated animosity former President Jerry John Rawlings has towards his successor, John Agyekum Kufuor, a former...
Gov’t moves to ensure Ghana’s Cyber Security
Government has set up an Inter-Ministerial Advisory Committee and a National Cyber Security Secretariat as Ghana begins the implementation of a National Cyber Security...
Ghana lost 1,200 classroom blocks, 3,000 boreholes due to corruption
oy News Corruption Watch has calculated the opportunity cost of corruption after the 2016 Auditor-General report estimated more than GH¢2bn was lost through irregularities...
NDC sabotaging Free SHS using matrons, headteachers – Abronye
The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Brong Ahafo Regional Youth Organizer, Kwame Baffoe aka Abronye has accused the main opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC) of...
Gov’t to transfer GH¢3.1bn into tier two pension funds
Government has agreed to transfer GH¢3.1 billion to the custodian accounts of the pension schemes of the labour unions, called the Forum, by December...
Africa beyond aid possible – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is confident that Africans shall work to take Africa to where it deserves to be, adding “we need to,...
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...
Gov’t urged to be transparent in tracking oil-funded projects
The government has been urged to be open and transparent with its decision to track projects funded with petroleum revenues across the country.
Dr Steve...
Trump rages at Clinton and Russia inquiry
US President Donald Trump has launched a Twitter tirade about the "guilt" of Hillary Clinton and the opposition Democratic Party.
His Sunday morning outburst came...
7 African countries lead battle against malnutrition
A number of African countries are taking bold action to tackle malnutrition as they have successfully implemented a range of actions that have started...
No food for NDC polling agents – Botchwey Report reveals
It has emerged that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) starved its members who served as polling agents on election day – December 7, 2016....
Soldier’s widow: Trump ‘made me cry’
Myeshia Johnson, the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson, confirmed a congresswoman's earlier comments that President Trump had said her husband "knew what he...
It’s absurd to read politics into sanction of 131 radio stations – Minister
Minister of Communications Ursula Owusu-Ekuful today said it is absurd for anyone to suggest that the 131 radio stations sanctioned by the National Communications...
Begoro Science Resource Centre abandoned; students’ performance drops
Students of the Begoro Presbyterian Senior High School and other schools in the catchment area have been without a functional science laboratory since 2011,...
Atuguba pulls stitches out of proposed Special Prosecutor
A legal expert, Dr Raymond Atuguba, has pulled stitches out of the government’s proposed Office of Independent/Special Prosecutor, describing it as an illegality that...
NCA sanctions 131 radio stations
The National Communications Authority (NCA) has sanctioned a total of 131 FM Authorisation Holders found to have committed various infractions pertaining to their authorisations...
Rlg ordered to cough up ¢6 million to gov’t over breach of contract
Rlg Ghana Limited has agreed to refund a total of 6 million cedis to the government after it failed to supply more than 12,000...
Ghanaian striker in Austria banned for reaction to racist insults
Ghanaian player Bernard Tekpetey has been banned after he was sent off for his reaction to alleged racist provocation from rival supporters during an...
We won’t pay consultation fee for AFCON bidding—Asiamah
Minster for Youth and Sports, Mr. Isaac Asiamah, has questioned the rationale to pay a whopping $525,000 as consultancy fee to RICS Consult for...
Minister in trouble over Komenda Sugar Factory
Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry, is in fresh trouble over what an ex-worker of the Komenda Sugar Factory in the Central Region, described...
MPs beg us not to chase corrupt officials – Auditor General’s office
Officials of the Auditor General’s Department have revealed that some members of Parliament have been pleading on behalf of corrupt state officials who are...
Google sued over sex discrimination
Three women who used to work at Google have filed a lawsuit against the technology giant, alleging it pays women less than men for...
Legalise marijuana – Ghana Standards Authority boss
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), Prof. Alex Badioo, has called for the legalization of marijuana.
The CEO made the call when...
Salt industry has lots of potentials for Ghana
Vice Chairman of the Public Interest Accountability Committee (PIAC), Kwame Jantuah has observed that the salt industry in the coastal belt of the country...
Menzgold to shut down its Gold Vault Market
Menzgold Company Limited, an investment company has announced that it shall close its Gold Vault Market from Friday September 15 until further notice but...
Akufo-Addo repeating Mahama’s mistakes – Steve Manteaw fumes
Campaign Coordinator at the Integrated Social Development Center (ISODEC), Dr. Steve Manteaw, says he is not impressed with the way President Nana Akufo-Addo is...
NAB blows GH¢727k on allowances without approval – AG report
The Auditor General has discovered the National Accreditation Board (NAB) for the period of January 1 to December 31, 2014 failed to obtain Ministerial...
EC Boss under pressure over ‘Donkomi’ cars
Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Charlotte Osei, is under intense pressure to explain how her outfit was able to auction about 40 vehicles...
GIS pays ‘ghosts’ over GHS67K
The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) in Wa has dolled out an amount of GHS60, 070.67 to eight undeserving officers.
This is according to the 2015...
PIAC holds forum on oil revenue usage at Denu
The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has held a day’s public forum on the country’s petroleum revenue between 2011 and 2016 at Denu...
EC staff buy auction cars for as low as 1,000 cedis
The Electoral Commission says its officers benefitted from cars auctioned to the public in 2013 at give-away prices as a way of motivating its...
Afari Gyan buys EC car for GHS2,675
Former Chair of the Electoral Commission, Dr Kwadwo Afari Gyan bought a 2008 Nissan minibus belonging to the election management body for GHS2,675 in...
FDA bans bleaching creams
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has since last year stopped registering body creams with bleaching agents.
The acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the...
Report highlighting inadequacy of funding for HIV/AIDS programmes in Ghana to be launched
The People For Health Project will be launching an appraisal report on the 0.5 percent District Assembly Common Fund (DACF) for HIV programming on...
Amidu replies Kofi Adams and Koku Anyidoho
Former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mr Martin Amidu has responded to allegations that he was on the payroll and being ‘remote controlled...
Mahama boys blow 10% pay cut
Unfolding events after the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) lost power in 2016 clearly show that former President John Dramani Mahama was not in...
BoG infringed on rights of Menzgold; risks judgement debt – Lawyer
A private legal practitioner says the central bank may have infringed on the right of Menzgold Investment Company when its Second Deputy Governor went...
Some Mahama appointees ‘secretly’ took back their 10% pay cut
It has emerged that some former government appointees pulled out of the 10 per cent salary cut initiative announced by former President John Mahama...
Hot audio: 'Komenda Sugar Factory never produced sugar'
The revamped Komenda sugar factory in the Central region never produced even a cube of sugar. Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry, Robert Ahomka...
OccupyGhana wants BoG, SEC probe into Menzgold operations
Pressure group, OccupyGhana has called on the central bank, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Minerals Commission to probe deeper into the business...