Blows Over ‘missing’ Choppers
Two former National Democratic Congress (NDC) government appointees have denied vehemently that some helicopters (choppers) belonging to the Ghana Gas Company are missing. Ghana Gas has been in the...
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Zambia Considers Moving Capital To Rural Area
Zambia is considering a proposal to move its capital from fast-developing Lusaka to a nearly uninhabited marshland district in the centre of the country, a minister said Thursday. Lusaka has been the...
NCA Boss Returns $40,000 Cash
Former Board Chairman of the National Communications Authority (NCA), Eugene Baffoe-Bonnie, has reportedly started returning his share of the money he and his colleagues unlawfully pocketed in that...
Speaker Meets With Moroccan Housing and Tourism Ministers In Rabat
Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye has held talks with the Ministers of Housing and Tourism in Morocco as part of his visit to Morocco. According to the Speaker the move is to foster...
NPP Ministers Use Ghana Gas Helicopters Like ‘trotro’ – Kwabena Donkor
A former Minister of Power Dr. Kwabena Donkor has lashed out at Akufo-Addo’s ministers over the use of the Ghana Gas helicopters, which became the subject of controversy this week. Dr. Donkor who...
Ashanti Regional Minister Joins Media In Galamsey Fight
The Ashanti Regional Minister Hon Simon Osei-Mensah will be joining the media under the auspices of The Press Foundation, TPF to wage a relentless war against illegal mining in the country. TPF has...
We Are Not Keeping Diplomatic Passports
A former deputy Trade Minister says all diplomatic passports in possession of former government appointees have been returned. Murtala Mohammed told Dzifa Bampoh on Joy FM’s Top Story Wednesday,...
Omane Boamah Calls For An Assessment of Africa Based On Her ‘true History’
Former Communication Minister under the John Dramani Mahama-led administration; Dr. Omane Boamah has called on Africans to make a self-introspection to ascertain on the journey they have plied over...
Ghana Inches Closer To Building A Nuclear Power Plant
Ghana, Wednesday, made a giant step towards its nuclear agenda when it received the Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review Report (INIR) from a team of experts from the International Atomic Energy...
Government To Slash Corporate Taxes To 20% In 2018 – Alan Kyerematen
Private sector businesses should from next year begin paying less in corporate taxes. It comes on the back of the proposed 5 percent drop in corporate tax from the current 25 percent. The slash in...
Western Region Lacks Political Leadership
Western Regional Minister, Dr. Kweku Owusu Afriyie, has bemoaned the lack of political leadership in the region to champion the cause of the people and development. He says the lack of political...
Soldiers Warn Akufo-Addo’s Government Over Age Extension
The Akufo-Addo administration, appears very far away from the realities of governance, despite having enough time to march utopian campaign promises against national resources and requirements of a...
Only 12 Mining Engineers Available In Ghana; Deputy Minister Needs Over 100
Government is recruiting mining engineers and inspectors as it enters the next stage of the anti-galamsey crusade. For a country, popular for producing gold, diamond and other minerals, only 12...
Corrupt Officials Should Be Killed – Afotey Agbo
Former Greater Accra Minister, Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo is advocating death penalty for corrupt public office holders in the country. In his view, the death penalty option is the only way to put public...
Baba Jamal Dares Ayorkor Botchway
A former deputy Minister for Employment and Labour Relations in the erstwhile Mahama government has dared the Foreign Ministry to release names of former government appointees still keeping their...
Government Increases Chiefs’ Allowances By 100%
The government has increased by 100 per cent monthly allowances paid to paramount chiefs and queenmothers across the country, Mr Kofi Dzamesi, Minister for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, has...
I’m Yet To Return My Diplomatic Passport
A former Interior Minister under the John Mahama’s administration and Member of Parliament (MP) for Navrongo Central Mark Owen Woyongo says he is yet to return his “missing” diplomatic passport...
We Are Not Keeping Any Diplomatic Passport – Former Mahama Minister
A former deputy Employment and Labour Relations Minister says all diplomatic passports in possession of former government appointees have been returned. Murtala Mohammed told Dzifa Bampoh on Joy...
I Have Not Endorsed Mahama For 2020 – Joshua Alabi
Retired Rector of the University of Professional Studies Accra, Professor Joshua Alabi has dismissed media reports suggesting that he has for the second time in a row endorsed the candidature of...
Defence Ministry Releases $50,000 To Army Recruits Training School
The Defence Ministry has ordered the release of $50,000 for the construction of new accommodation facilities for the Army Recruits Training School at Shai Hills in the Greater Accra region. This...