The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation has described some civil society organisations who have raised concerns about the state oil company’s decision to acquire stakes in Aker Energy and AGM Petroleum Ghana oil blocs, as rabble-rousers who are setting their own questions and answering them regarding the deal. According to the CEO of GNPC, Dr Kofi Koduah Sarpong, some of these ...

A survey conducted by the Centre for Democratic Governance (CDD-Ghana) has revealed that nonperformance of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) lawmakers in the 7th parliament led to a drastic reduction in their number after the December 7 elections. The survey revealed that the NPP MPs engaged in a bad campaign leading to the reduction in their number. “Our respondents attribute the loss of seats ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused President Akufo-Addo and Vice President Dr. Bawumia of seeking another term in government for the NPP beyond their current 8-year tenure to cover up their misdeeds. According to the NDC, the NPP intends to establish what would be a record consecutive 3 terms in office in order to have a free hand ...

The Greater Accra Regional Health Directorate will from today, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 administer the second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine across all the 29 districts in the Greater Accra Region. The exercise is expected to end on 4th September, 2021. The regional health directorate in a statement said eligible persons are people above 18 years who received their first ...

Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Ernest Addison has said that one major initiative introduced by the central bank is the Online Regulatory Analytics Surveillance Systems (ORASS). He said this was introduced to help streamline data collection, maintain dynamic corporate profiles on regulated financial institutions, and move licensing and related authorisation onto an electronic platform without the need ...

Ghana will today, August 31, 2021, resume the vaccination of its population with AstraZeneca vaccines, which were first shipped to the country under the COVAX facility in February. After a mass vaccination in March, most people due for their second doses were disappointed as shortage in India, and, indeed, across the world, meant that the timelines would not be followed. Desperation ...

VICE PRESIDENT Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says the Ministry of Finance and the Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), in collaboration with the Economic Management Team, have initiated work on a mobile application for the filing of taxes. According to him, this is aimed at making tax compliance and enforcement easier, and increasing the contribution of domestic revenue to Ghana’s ...

Ethiopia head coach Wubetu Abate has named his final squad for their 2022 World Cup qualifications doubleheader against Ghana and Zimbabwe. The Walia Ibex will take on the Black Stars on Friday 3 September 2021 at the Cape Coast stadium before hosting Zimbabwe later on Monday 6 September 2021. Abate pruned his squad from 28 to 23 for the trip ...

The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto has said the soya cultivating is gaining grounds in Ghana especially in the northern part of the country. He said soya production has increase by 10 in the last couple of years. Addressing a press conference in Accra on Sunday August 29, he said “We are expecting 345000 metric tons ...

Award-winning Ghanaian artistes, KiDi and Wendy Shay, have been invited to perform at this year’s ‘Ghana to the World: New Era Concert’ slated for October 2021 in New York City in the United States of America (USA). The event will also feature music icons such as O’Kenneth, Kawa Banga, City Boy, Ova Wise, Yaw Tog, Kweku Smoke, and a host ...