Gov’t Owes Mining Firms GHC280m
Government owes mining companies over 280 million Ghana cedis in Value Added Tax as at the end of last year, a report by the Ghana Chamber of Mines has revealed. Though the Value Added Tax Act of...
Day: November 23, 2016
Alert! Childhood Cancer On the Increase In Ghana
Childhood cancer is on the increase in Ghana with only two out of ten children with cancer surviving in the country. The World Child Cancer describes the situation as disturbing and has called for...
Non-Akan Won’t Lead NPP
Nana Akufo-Addo has vowed that a non-Akan will not lead the New Patriotic Party (NPP) - a party largely dominated by Akan speaking persons, especially in the Ashanti region. According to Ghana’s...
Ghana Were More Difficult To Beat Than Nigeria
Egypt midfield lynchpin Mohammed Elneny says the Black Stars of Ghana were more difficult to defeat in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier, as compared to the Super Eagles of Nigeria in the 2017 Africa...
Gyimah, Morrison Feature In Orlando Pirates Midweek Victory
Black Stars defender Edwin Gymah and Ghanaian midfielder Bernard Morrison both featured in Orlando Pirates’ 1-0 win over Chippa United whilst Black Satellites graduate Joseph Adjei sat on the bench...
NPP Goes Nationwide With ‘Adopt A Polling Station’ Blitz
Senior executives and members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) across the country on Wednesday continued the awareness creation exercise to get Ghanaians “adopt” various polling stations on...
Ghanaian Politicians Are Hypocrites
Public Relations Officer (PRO) for the Ghana Police Service Superintendent Cephas Arthur has slammed politicians in Ghana describing them as hypocrites. His comments follow recent attacks on the...
Ghana Hold Tournament Favourites Nigeria To 1-1 Draw
The Black Queens of Ghana avoided defeat in their second group game of the Africa Women’s Championship against powerhouse Nigeria after a 1-1 draw on Wednesday afternoon. The Super Falcons who got...
Pay Us Our Feeding Grants Or Face Our Wrath
The Teacher Training Association of Ghana (TTAG) has given government a two day ultimatum to with immediate effect pay their feeding grants which has been in arrears or face their wrath. At a press...
I Am Ready To Coach the Black Stars
Former Black Stars striker Augustine Arhinful says he is ready to coach the Black Stars amid calls for current trainer Avram Grant to be sacked. Arhinful insists he has the requisite coaching...
In Ghana Public Infrastructure Investments Dissolve In Open Defecation
“Infrastructure is both the backbone for the economy but also the motherboard for technological innovation. Without adequate infrastructure, Africa’s economies cannot realise their full...
Bawumia’s Facts Are Empty – Ivor Greenstreet
The 2016 flag bearer of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Ivor Kobina Greenstreet, has taken a swipe at the vice-presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia,...
We Will Chant Mahama Out of Gov’t
Spokesperson for the New Patriotic Party flagbearer turned the New Patriotic Party Upper West Regional rally, a major political event into a solemn Islamic chant, praying for the invincible hand of...
‘Panicky’ Yvonne Nelson Proud To Be 31?
Actress Yvonne Nelson, who had a panic attack last year November when she was turning 30, says she is proud to be 31. It is as if the reality has now dawn on her to accept that she cannot get any...
We’ll Probe All Sole-Sourcing Contracts
Former General Secretary of the largest opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Lawyer Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie has revealed that Nana Akufo-Addo’s government, when voted into power in the coming...
International Community Frown On Mahama, NDC’s 3rd Term Bid- Odike
The Leader of the United Progressive Party and one-time confidant of President John Dramani Mahama, Akwasi Addae Odike, has revealed that the President has personally told him the international...
Why Hillary’s Win Mattered To Me, A Young African Woman From Ghana
On Wednesday November 9, 2016, like the rest of the world, I was shocked by the outcome of the US election. Looking back a few weeks later, I guess I cried because Hillary Clinton’s defeat to...
UK Economy ‘resilient’ Despite £122bn Hit To Finances
Philip Hammond opens his first Autumn Statement by looking at the UK economic figures. The UK economy is "resilient" despite forecasts that government finances will be £122bn worse off than...
OccupyGhana Demands Prosecution In Smarttys Bus Deal
Pressure group OccupyGhana is demanding the immediate prosecution of persons involved in the Smarttys bus re-branding scandal. Addressing the press in Accra on Wednesday a leading member of...
IGP May Be Up To Some Mischief
Central Regional Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwamena Duncan has fired at the Inspector General of Police (IGP), John Kudalor over the alleged secret deal between him and the Electoral...