2017

The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has threatened to withdraw licenses of Custom Brokers who engage in illegal activities. Mr John Vianney Kundamnuru, Commissioner of the Customs Division of GRA, gave the warning…

Asante-Apeatu President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed Commissioner of Police David Asante-Appeatu as the Acting Inspector-General of Police. Mr Asante-Appeatu, who until his appointment was the Director-General of Research…

A ranking of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in the Northern Region has placed Tamale, the regional capital, at the bottom in terms of open defaecation (OD). The ranking showed that only two per cent of households…

The Ho Municipal Assembly on Wednesday drove the media away from covering its Emergency General Meeting. Mr Jack Jones Faniyi, the Municipal Coordinating Director prevailed on the Sub-Committee Chairpersons of the Assembly to keep…

Professor Oheneba Boachie-Adjei Professor Oheneba Boachie-Adjei, President of the Foundation of Orthopaedics and Complex Spine (FOCOS), has called on the government to extend the National Health Insurance Scheme to cover the treatment of…

Under an operation called “Planting for Food and Jobs,” the Government of Ghana, would collaborate with the private sector to invigorate agriculture for higher food productivity for the nation to become the food hub of West Africa.…

An Accra High Court (General Jurisdiction), has convicted Nii Osah Mills, former Minister of Lands and Forestry to fine of GH¢5,000.00 for contempt of court. Mr Anim Odame, Executive Secretary of the Lands Commission was also…

A total of 3,208 people in 705 households in the Atwima-Mponua District are benefitting from the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP). They are spread across 54 communities and they have been receiving between GH¢64.00 and…

Ghana has been cited as a bad example in corruption in sub-Saharan Africa, as the country declines in the 2016 Corruption Perception Index (CPI). The anti-corruption campaign group, Transparency International (TI) has ranked Ghana the…

Ghana will be third among the top 10 African countries with projected highest growth rates in 2017. Ghana’s economy is projected to grow at 7.4 per cent, according to the Foresight African report 2017. The report by the Brookings…