Fake UN Ambassador Busted
A United States of America citizen, who is falsely parading himself as United Nations (UN) Ambassador in Ghana, is in court to defend the sources of over GH¢1.5 million he received in various...
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I Was ‘assaulted’ At Flagstaff House – Rachel Appoh
Former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Gomoa Central, Rachel Appoh, has accused some National Security operatives and three women at the Flagstaff House of assaulting her....
I Was ‘assaulted’ At Flagstaff House
Former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Gomoa Central, Rachel Appoh, has accused some National Security operatives and three women at the Flagstaff House of assaulting her....
I Was ‘assaulted’ At Flagstaff House – Rachel Appoh
Former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Gomoa Central, Rachel Appoh, has accused some National Security operatives and three women at the Flagstaff House of assaulting her....
I Was ‘assaulted’ By National Security Operatives
Former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Gomoa Central, Rachel Appoh, has accused some National Security operatives and three women at the Flagstaff House of assaulting her....
Value Added Tax Amendment Bill Passed
Parliament has passed the Value Added Tax (VAT) Amendment Bill, 2017, which would require all taxable retailers and wholesalers to account for VAT at a flat rate of three per cent. The rate would be...
Public Debt Could Be More Than GHC7 Billion – Kwaku Kwarteng
Mr Kwaku Kwarteng, Deputy Minister-Designate for Finance has maintained that the outstanding arears the New Patriotic Party(NPP) administration inherited from the NDC government could be more than...
Gov’t Commends Dr. Nasir Issahaku
The Ministry of Finance (MoFEP) has commended Dr. Abdul-Nashiru Issahaku for his stewardship of the Central Bank from April 2016 when he assumed office. A statement issued yesterday and signed by Ken...
Fiscal Stability Council In the Offing
Government is planning to establish what it terms Fiscal Stability and Financial Stability Council to enhance macro stability to strengthen the recently passed Public Financial Management Act. Vice...
Custom Duties Hinder Renewables Penetration
Although the Renewable Energy Act says importing renewable energy systems should attract zero duties, investors in the sector say that is not the case at the ports, as custom officials feign...
CSPOG Bemoans Governance Gaps In Ghana’s Oil Sector
The Chairperson of the Civil Society Platform on Oil and Gas (CSPOG), Dr Steve Manteaw says the platform is unhappy with the findings of a governance analysis it conducted on Ghana’s oil and gas...
Gold Fields Pays $5.8m Dividend To Gov’t
Gold Fields Ghana Limited has paid a dividend of $5.8 million to the Ministry of Finance for the 2016 financial year in respect of government’s 10 percent carried interest in the company. Ken...
Let Go Your Push For 10m Pension Benefits – Lawyer To Former MPs
A private legal practitioner has implored the 40 former Members of Parliament seeking some 10million cedis pension benefits from government, to let go their demands. The 40 former MPs, who served in...
Let Go Your Push For 10million Pension Benefits – Lawyer To Former MPs
A private legal practitioner has implored the 40 former Members of Parliament seeking some 10million cedis pension benefits from government, to let go their demands. The 40 former MPs, who served in...
ABA Fuseini Makes Case For GNA, ISD and GBC
Alhaji A B A Fuseini, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sagnarigu, has made a strong case for the Government to make adequate resource and logistic allocation to the Ghana News Agency (GNA), and two...
Parliament Approves GHc4bn For Health Ministry
The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang Manu has assured aggrieved nurses that they would be posted once the budget estimate of the ministry has received Parliamentary approval. Young nurses, both...
Parliament Approves GHc4bn For Health Ministry; Minister Assures Nurses of Posting
The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang Manu has assured aggrieved nurses that they would be posted once the budget estimate of the ministry has received Parliamentary approval. Young nurses, both...
Finance Minister Indirectly Shoots Down One-District, One-Factory Policy?
Minister for finance, Ken Ofori Atta is believed to have breached article 174(2) of the 1992 constitution, GIPC Act 2013 (865) as well as inter-country protocols on trade and investments through the...
Kwaku Kwarteng Backs Bawumia On GHC7 Billion Unaccounted Expenditure
A Deputy Finance Minister nominee, Kwaku Kwarteng, has explained that Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia never suggested that a GHc7 billion expenditure by the former NDC administration was missing....
Kwaku Kwarteng Backs Bawumia On GHc7bn Unaccounted Expenditure
A Deputy Finance Minister nominee, Kwaku Kwarteng, has explained that Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia never suggested that a GHc7 billion expenditure by the former NDC administration was missing,....