There has been a major increase in imports in Ghana three months after the government reduced import duties, Ghana Union of Traders’ Association (GUTA) has said. The government in April slashed the benchmark value for imports by 50 per cent, while the benchmark value for vehicles was also reduced by 30 per cent. Some importers including spare parts dealers hailed ...

Security sources in Tema have concluded that the occupants of a Toyota Corolla, who shot the dispatch rider of former president Flt-Lt Jerry John Rawlings, were the same people who robbed the Tema Motorway Roundabout Shell Station. The outrider, Sgt Atsu Sekeh of the Central Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) in Accra, who is assigned to the former president, ...

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has granted letters of commencement to the three development authorities to commence the full implementation of the $1-million per Constituency pledge under the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP) for the 2020 fiscal year. The commencement certificate makes available GH¢1.66 billion (equivalent of $320 million) for the 275 constituencies across the country. This covers $275 ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo’s avowed fight against corruption has been dented by his appointment of a man previously accused of corruption as a board chair “It is disappointing”, an anti-corruption campaigner, Vitus Azeem, weighed in on the appointment of Kwame Owusu as Board chair of the Ghana Revenue Authority. Kwame Owusu, who was Director-General of the Ghana Maritime Authority in 2017 ...

The families of the three girls kidnapped in Takoradi in 2018 have accused the Ghana Police Service and other security agencies of neglecting the victims almost a year after the incident. The aggrieved families have wondered what is causing the delay in reuniting the Ghanaian girls with their families. At a press conference on Monday, 15 July 2018, the families ...

Ex-President John Dramani Mahama has made a U-turn and gone to register for the Ghana Card. His wife, Lordina, has also been issued with the card. The Mahamas were enrolled on the National Identity Register last Tuesday as other members of the ex-president’s household and office staff members also registered and were issued with the Ghana Card at his East ...

Guinness Ghana Breweries PLC has today renewed its commitment to boost customers’ profitability with the launch of a loyalty program targeting its key wholesalers, retailers and distributors across the country. Dubbed “Yɛn Nyin Mbom”, which means ‘let’s grow together’, the loyalty program will reward customers with outstanding sales performance and innovative ways that ensure products reach consumers. Speaking during the ...

A video of how a young boy was gruesomely murdered on the orders of the Chief of Mamponteng-Hemang in the Ashanti Region has gone viral. Kasapafmonline.com has gathered that the sacrifice of the boy was to appease the gods of the town, for which reason is yet to be established. In the video, the horrified inhabitants are heard pleading “the ...

The Chief Executive Officer of the Youth Employment Authority (YEA) has stated that contrary to reports on Social Media, musician Wendy Shay, is still their Ambassador. The VGMA new Artiste of the Year on July 5 apologised to former President Kufuor and Ghanaians over a controversial picture with the former President shared on her social media handles. The picture shows ...

A young man, 25, has confessed to having sex with his brother’s daughter, age 16. The man (name withheld), told Kwabena Agyapong on Frontline on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm that he was forced to have sex with the niece because the girl forced him to it. He indicated that the minor was showing sexual gestures anytime she comes into his room. ...