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President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced that all National ID Card numbers will this year be used as Tax Identification Numbers (TIN) and SSNIT numbers. The President made this known when he delivered his first State of the Nation address of his second term on Tuesday, March 9. According to him, there has been more progress in formalizing the Ghanaian economy ...

•The annual Vlisco Women’s Month campaign pays tribute and honours Ghana’s most inspirational and successful women •Unveiling of Yawa Hansen-Quao as the Vlisco Ghana Ambassador for 2021 •Launch of the third Vlisco Women’s Mentoring Program to empower Ghana’s future female leaders Ghana, 9th March 2021: African wax print specialist Vlisco, has announced Yawa Hansen-Quao, a social entrepreneur and female leadership ...

The Dean of the School of Allied Health Sciences at the Tamale Campus of the University for Development Studies (UDS) has entreated women who occupy leadership positions to use their influence to better the lives of the underprivileged. Dr. Vida Yakong made this call in a statement she delivered to journalists to mark the International Women’s Day. She celebrated the ...

The Executive Director of the National Commission on Culture (NCC) Janet Edna Nyame has called on the legislature to pass a law to ensure Ghanaian fabrics are worn at all state and international functions. This according to her will help promote national identity and encourage patronage of local fabrics. Speaking at the launch of the 2021 Wear Ghana Festival, Madam ...

A research analyst at the Institute for Energy Security (IES) Fritz Moses has called on managers of the power sector in the country to be transparent about the recent power outages. Ghana experienced a nationwide power cut on Sunday, March 7 topping weeks of infrequent power supply in parts of the country. The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCO) however says the ...

Former Upper East regional Minister Prof. Avea Nsoh is calling for the resignation of the Minority Chief Whip Mohammed Muntaka. According to him, his failure to whip Members of Parliament for the NDC in line with the position of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). “Hon Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak, MP for Asawase must resign immediately. He has failed Ghana and the ...

A recent rainstorm recorded in parts of the Eastern Region has ripped off over a hundred houses, schools, and markets. Dozens of residents have been also displaced. The violent rainstorms were recorded on March 4th, 5th, and 6th. In Fanteakwa South District for instance Some teachers at Nsutem Senior High School have been displaced after the teacher’s bungalow was ripped. ...

The death toll from a series of explosions in Equatorial Guinea on Sunday has risen to 98, officials say. Another 615 people were injured, with 299 still in the hospital. The blasts hit a military base in the country’s main city, Bata. Officials blame badly stored dynamite along with stubble burning by nearby farmers. The death toll, updated after volunteers ...

“I never saw the Vice President of His Excellency President John Evans Atta-Mills pay the kinds of compliments Vice President Bawumia pays to President Akufo-Addo,” NDC’s Koku Anyidoho wrote on Twitter recently, adding a photograph of Vice President Bawumia bowing to President Akufo-Addo when the Supreme Court dismissed Mahama’s election petition. Samuel Koku Anyidoho has been incessantly taunting former President John Dramani Mahama especially, and the ...

A little over two hundred thousand Ghanaians have received their first dozes in the ongoing Covid-19 vaccination exercise, government has announced. The exercise began exactly a week ago with the AstraZeneca vaccine. The Greater Accra region has recorded the highest number of persons vaccinated. Director-General of the Ghana Health Service Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye speaking at a press conference at Peduase ...