2020

Two cases of the COVID-19 have been confirmed in Ghana - for the first time since the disease broke out in China in December and spread across the world, compelling the World Health Organisation (WHO) to declare it a pandemic. Speaking…

Parliament has approved a total of GH¢41.480 million, being a tax waiver on vehicles to be procured by the Intercity STC Company Limited, Ministry of Regional Re-organisation and Development, the Metro Mass Transit Limited. The waiver…

Justice Jacob Boon, the Upper East Regional Supervising High Court Judge, has threatened to recommend to the Chief Justice for the closure of the Bolgatanga District Court for lack of a decent court house. He said the Bolgatanga…

The year-on-year inflation rate was unchanged at 7.8 percent in February, the same rate as in January, 2020, the Ghana Statistical Service said on Wednesday. Mr David Kombat, a Deputy Government Statistician, said at a media briefing…

The Ministry of Finance on Wednesday launched the 2017/2018 Ghana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GHEITI) reports on mining, oil and gas in Accra. The reports were to, among other things, ensure that Ghana’s natural…

Solidaridad West Africa, a Civil Society Organization (CSO) dedicated to the development and promotion of socially responsible and profitable supply chain, has given a total of GH¢6,712,800.00 as loans to smallholder farmers in the Ashanti…

The Accra High Court on Wednesday adjourned to March 23, the trial of Mrs Sedina Christine Tamakloe Attionu, and Mr Daniel Axim, former officials of Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) who have been charged for misappropriating…

Cote d'Ivoire has recorded its first case of the flu-like Coronavirus (COVID-19). The case was reported in the capital Abidjan. The country becomes the eight in the region to record a case after Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Togo, Senegal,…

The coronavirus outbreak has been labelled a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the number of cases outside China had increased 13-fold over the past two weeks. He said he…

The District Chief Executive (DCE) of Ellembelle, Mr. Kwasi Bonzoh has announced that the government would soon make Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET) free. The move, he said, formed part of measures to increase the…