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President Akufo-Addo has defended the appointment of his cousin Ken Ofori Atta as Finance Minister asking why his critics were silent when the same was leading fundraising efforts during the 2016 elections. The president was responding to critics, led by the opposition National Democratic Congress who says he has appointed his family and friends into his government after he promised ...

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers has hinted of another upward adjustment in fuel prices at the pumps. According to the chamber, the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has written to Petroleum Service Providers notifying them of an adjustment “some elements on the already high petroleum price build-up and fuel prices”. Fuel prices went up only last week. “Our attention has been ...

The Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on Sunday, 15th December 2019, inspected ongoing works at the site for the third medical drone delivery service at Kukua near Walewale in the North East Region. When completed in January 2020, the facility will host the largest warehouse under the drone programme and immediately serve 60 health facilities, with an ...

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) is set to roll out the much-touted Vehicle Registration System (VRS) on January 2, 2020. The digital registration infrastructure which will fully be deployed by the Authority will enable clients complete their vehicle registration processes in an hour. It is, therefore, envisaged that barren any technical hitches, the mad rush for new year ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has admonished Muslim youth across the country to be wary of irresponsible politicians who may want to use them to perpetrate acts of violence in the run-up to the 2020 elections. Speaking at the inauguration of the Tijanniya Muslim Council of Ghana at Trade Fair Centre, President Akufo-Addo urged Muslim youth to take the guidance ...

IMANI, in a latest assessment of the promises made by President Nana Akufo-Addo in the run-up to the 2016 elections concluded that only 48.78 percent of the promises have been fulfilled. The report further indicated out of the 510 promises made by government, only 27 per cent of them have been fully fulfilled, with 21.75 per cent partially fulfilled. However, ...

When the story of Richard Commey vs Teofimo Lopez is told, it will be said that the American-Honduran beat the Ghanaian to a punch and finished with fury. A punch that took a country’s only world title and had the people wondering how they got here. In boxing, speed is worth its weight in gold and when a boxer has ...

An Energy and Financial expert has downplayed the US$170 million savings as claimed by President Nana Akufo Addo for the change of fuel from HFO to natural gas from Ghana’s Eni operated Sankofa Gye Nyame (SGN) oilfield are fabricated. Mr Alex Mould, who was part of the initial arrangement for the Karpowership Purchase Agreement and the fixing of the pricing ...

Accra Brewery Limited (ABL) donated food, clothes, toys, shoes, personal hygiene items and its non-alcoholic malt beverage, to the Village of Hope Orphanage at Gomoa Fetteh in the Central region. During the presentation of these items, Adwoa Aaba Arthur, ABL’s Legal & Corporate Affairs Director, mentioned that the donation is meant to put smiles on the face of these orphans ...

Legal practitioner Samson Lardi Anyenini  has praised the nomination of Justice Anin Yeboah, as the new Chief Justice. According to him, the CJ nominee is a man who follows trending issues and is open to ideas. ” You would notice that alot of the people who are pushing for reforms in legal education are happy about his nomination. This is ...