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Vice President Dr Mahamud Bawumia and former President John Dramani Mahama say they are happy for the peace and unity in the Gonja Traditional Kingdom. The duo made these comments at the outdooring of the new King of Gonja in Damongo in the Savannah Region. The new monarch, Bikunuto Jewu Soale becomes the 34th Yagbonwura at Nyanget, the ancient capital ...

A newly inducted member of the Electoral Commission (EC) says that one of the humbling experiences of her life was when she went through a divorce which made her focus more on her walk with God. Rev. Akua Ofori Boateng is also the first Female Programme Director of the Anglican Diocese. Speaking on Joy Prime’s Prime Morning, she indicated that even ...

The Managing Director of the Electricity Company Ghana (ECG) has revealed that he has received calls to stop the disconnection exercise they are embarking on to retrieve unpaid debts. According to Samuel Dubik Mahama, the calls he received are from friends, power brokers, and politicians. He said the request made is “can you hold off?” The ECG boss made this ...

The Executive Director of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) Isaac Bampoe Addo has described the move by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) to do payroll monitoring as a ‘job for the boys’. He said Ghanaians do not need such an exercise to be done by the FWSC after describing the move as payroll ...

The Fomena and Assin Bereku health centers in the Ashanti Region and Central Region of Ghana respectively have received assorted medical supplies worth GH¢60,000 in a donation made by the First Baptist Congregation Church, Chicago USA in collaboration with Christians Helping Children International (CHCI) NGO, Ghana. The Senior Pastor of the First Baptist Congregation Church, Rev. Dr. George W. Daniels, ...

Media personality and journalist, Bridget Otoo, has shared the harrowing experience of how she escaped a car-snatching syndicate on the Accra-Tema motorway. According to her, the syndicate was made up of three suspects in a black Hyundai Elantra car, with one of them dressed like a mechanic. The broadcaster told her Twitter followers that she would have lost her car ...

Mining giant Newmont made a total payment of GHS2.76 billion to the government of Ghana for the full-year 2022. The amount includes corporate tax (GHS1.530.9 million), mineral royalty (GHS548.3 million), and carried interest (GHS222.1 million). The rest include PAYE (GHS261.3 million), withholding tax (GHS164.5 million) and forestry levy (GHS35.5 million). Newmont, in an advertorial, said: “During the fourth quarter of ...

Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta has left Accra for China to have negotiations on debt restructuring with officials of that country. Sources say the Minister left over the weekend via Addis Ababa where he is attending the UNECA High-Level Ministers meeting on Global Financial Architecture. After that meeting, Mr Ofori-Atta is expected to head to China, possibly on March 22, ...

The Pensioners Bondholders Forum has confirmed that members have been receiving payments on matured coupons and principals since Tuesday, March 14 as promised by the Ministry of Finance. “We, however, wish to state that as much as we recognize the efforts of the Government to pay all outstanding coupons and principals of the old bonds, we reiterate that pensioners were ...

The Energy Ministry has disputed reports that it suffered a disconnection exercise from its agency, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) over unpaid electricity bills last Tuesday. The Ministry describes the report as wrong as the facility runs on prepaid meters. The Communications Specialist at the Ministry, Kofi Abrefa Afena, disputed that they have been disconnected from the grid. LEARN ...