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Republic Bank honours Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
The Republic Bank Ghana has held a dinner in honour of Dr Keith Christopher Rowley, Prime Minister for Trinidad and Tobago.
The dinner, according...
Ghana commits $100m to fight coronavirus
Government has allocated one hundred million dollars as emergency funds for campaign and sensitisation programme against the deadly COVID-19, popularly known as coronavirus.
President Nana...
FULL TEXT: Akufo-Addo’s speech at 63rd Independence celebration
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo addressed citizens, Friday, at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium as the country celebrated a historic event, marking...
NPP names 2020 manifesto team
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has named a 10-member team to draft its manifesto ahead of the December general election.
A statement signed by General...
NPP unveils manifesto committee ahead of 2020 election
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has set up a ten-member
Manifesto Committee for the 2020 general elections.
The Committee is to be chaired by the...
Bawumia’s Town Hall meeting ‘statistical galamsey’ – Kwakye Ofosu
A former Deputy Communications Minister under the erstwhile John Mahama administration has described Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s Kumasi Town Hall meeting as a statistical galamsey.
According...
Finance Minister defends borrowing habit despite concerns raised by IMF and World Bank [Video]
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has mounted a defense for government’s incessant borrowing despite cautions from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank to...
Missing excavators: Minister lodges money laundering charge against journalist, security chief and ex-NPP chair
Minister for Environment, Science and Technology Innovations (MESTI), Prof. Kwabena Frimpong Boateng, has requested the Police Service to probe three men allegedly engaged in...
Akufo-Addo must be told ‘unplanned budget deficits have bearing on cedi depreciation’ – Mahama
Akufo-Addo must be told "unplanned budget deficits’ve bearing cedi depreciation" – Mahama January 30, 2020 2 Shares
Business John Mahama Former President John Mahama has...
Kwesi Pratt mocks Bawumia over cedi depreciation [Audio]
Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has mocked Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia over the constant Ghana cedi depreciation.
Mr Pratt has used...
Local Govt Service reacts to withdrawal of Otumfuo’s reps from KMA
The Head of the Local Government Service, speaking on Otumfuo’s withdrawal of representatives from the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) and other assemblies in the...
Take part in voters registration exercise – Namoale urges NDC
A leading member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Nii Amasah Namoale, has urged party members to take part in the voters registration exercise...
ACP Agordzo speaks after being ‘freed’ by court
Embattled former Director of Transformation of the Ghana Police Service, ACP Dr Benjamin Agordzo, has finally spoken after being granted bail on Tuesday.
The Police...
Eku Juice reaches UK [Photos]
Eku Juice from the Ekumfi Juice factory, which falls under the One-District-One-Factory (1D1F) policy of the Akufo-Addo-led government, has found its way to...
Former MP describes FX Development Committee as “needless”
Former legislator for La-Dade Kotopon Constituency, Nii Amasah Namoale, has described as ”useless and needless”, an FX Development Committee set up by the government...
Akufo-Addo leaves for UK-Africa summit in London
President Akufo-Addo has left Accra on Friday to attend the UK-Africa Investment Summit being held in London, in the United Kingdom.
The UK-Africa Investment Summit,...
Ghana at 100 document developed
The Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Professor Stephen Adei, has hinted that a document projecting Ghana's agenda for...
Govt grants Takoradi Gold Ghana Limited 15-year mining lease
Just a little over two years of
winning a major court case against the Minerals Commission for non-renewal of
its gold prospecting license, Takoradi Gold Ghana...
Constitution Day celebration – Peeping through memory lane
On Tuesday, January 7, Ghanaians would observe the Constitution Day as a public holiday to recognise the Fourth Republican Constitution, which came into effect...
Parliament approves over GH2.2bn for 2020 roads, bridges construction
To be able to execute the declaration of 2020 as the ‘Year of Roads’ by the Finance Minister, the Ministry of Roads and Highways...
Akufo-Addo reacts to ‘Family and Friends’ tag on him
President Akufo-Addo has said, his decision to appoint his cousin, Ken Ofori-Atta, as the Finance Minister wasn't influenced by his relation to him.
The...
Completion date for National Cathedral announced
Construction of interdenominational National Cathedral will take five years to complete, Secretary of the Board of Trustees, Rev. Victor Kusi Boateng has said.
He noted...
NDC breaks silence on latest Afrobarometer survey
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has given 12 reasons why the latest Afrobarometer survey released by the Center for Democratic Development Ghana (CDD-GH), strongly...
Sam Pyne touts NPP’s fulfilled promises
Ashanti Regional Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is confident the Akufo-Addo-led government has fulfilled most of its manifesto promises and is on...
NPP is the most credible party in Ghana – Deputy Chief of Staff
A Deputy Chief of Staff, Mr Francis Asenso-Boakye has described the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as a credible party which fulfils its promises to...
Manhean residents vow to boycott 2020 elections over bad roads
Residents of Manhean in the Ga West Municipality of the
Greater Accra Region have vowed to boycott the 2020 general elections over the
bad roads in...
MPs embark on 2-day post budget workshop
Members of Parliament (MPs) on Saturday morning began a
post-budget workshop to deliberate on the 2020 budget the Minister of Finance,
Ken Ofori-Atta presented on Wednesday.
The...
You can come for tutorials on loan usage – Finance Minister tells NDC
Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, the Finance Minister says the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) can come for tutorials on what the incumbent government is using...
Audio: Finance Minister justifies incessant borrowing
"We won’t borrow if we don’t need it." This was a response by Finance Minister to the Minority on incessant borrowing.
READ: Listen: Govt’s seed...
Listen: Govt’s seed money for National Cathedral revealed
Government’s commitment towards the building of a National Cathedral will be between 20 to 30 million dollars, Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has revealed.
He said...
Enough of the agric modules, consolidate existing ones – Researcher advises Minister
A senior lecturer and Research Fellow of the Kumasi Technical University’s (KTU) Institute of Research, Innovation and Development (IRID), Dr Smart Sarpong, has...
Absence of Volta Region roads from 2020 budget a mistake – Senior Minister
Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Maafo has described the absence of Volta Regional roads in the 2020 budget as an obvious mistake following major concerns raised.
To...
‘Kayayei’ react to govt’s plans to build 600-bed hostel for them
Kayayei, also known in English as Head Potters, have lauded the government's plan to build a 600-bed hostel facility for them.
A woman who described...
MP chases Finance Minister for ‘National Cake’ [Audio]
National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has questioned the reasoning behind government’s decision to boycott road...
2020 as ‘year of roads’ not for election – Ursula Owusu
Declaring 2020 as a year to embark on a massive road construction project is not for election, says Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful.
According to the...
Full document: 2020 Budget and Economic Policy of gov’t
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, presented the Akufo-Addo-led government’s budget statement and economic policy for 2020.
The Finance Minister increased 2020 revenue target to GHS67.1 billion,...
Ato Forson laughs off govt’s claim of putting GHC12.2bn in Ghanaians’ pockets
Minority spokesperson on Finance, Cassiel Ato Forson has ridiculed the government's claim that it has put GH¢12.2 billion in the pockets of Ghanaians.
Speaking to...
Tax expert urges govt to implement new tax regimes
Tax expert and Senior Associate at Ali-Nakyea and Associates, William Kofi Owusu Demitia, has urged the government to come up with new compliance rules...
‘Collapsed banks’ bailout cash bigger than $2 billion Sinohydro deal’
The Chief Operating Officer of Dalex Finance, Joe Jackson, has questioned government’s inability to retrieve monies from persons responsible for the collapse of local...
‘No additional tax in 2020 Budget’
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has said there will be no additional tax in the 2020 budget.
According to him, the 2020 budget is designed to address...