As the world marks International Day of Peace on Friday, September, 21, Ghana has moved up six points to rank 41st on this year’s Global Peace Index (GPI), while it occupies the fifth position in sub-Saharan Africa. Mauritius, Botswana, Sierra Leone and Madagascar are the front runners of Ghana on …

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) failed to meet its target of raising GH¢24.5 billion at the end of August 2018. Instead, it managed to mobilise a total of GH¢22.7 billion representing a revenue shortfall of about GH¢1.8 billion. Mr Eugene Asante Ofosuhene, the Controller and Accountant General, said this at …

The Public Financial Management (PFM) Network Ghana has called on President Akufo-Addo to intervene in the impasse between Mr Daniel Domelevo, the Auditor-General and the Board Chairman of the Ghana Audit Service Dr Yaw Agyeman Duah. “The PFM is deeply concerned about recent developments at the Audit Service and its …

The Government has ordered forensic audit into the operations of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transport Company (BOST) from the year 2013 to 2018. Mr John-Peter Amewu, Minister of Energy, said this had been necessitated by the financial recklessness uncovered by a Presidential Committee tasked to look at the financial …

The CDH Balanced Fund Limited has recorded 100 per cent return on its investments in less than three years, Mr Emmanuel Adu- Sakordee, Chairman CDH Balanced Fund Limited has said. Speaking at the CDH Balanced Fund Limited’s Annual General Meeting in Accra, the Chairman explained that the returned 33.69 per …

Mr Frank Lawson, an Officer of Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), has warned importers to stop importing rice from neighbouring countries through inland borders, particularly in the northern parts of the country. He said the GRA would move to enforce a directive banning rice importation through inland …

Government, on Thursday, received $13 million (GH¢61.9 million) in dividends, as its 10 per cent carried interest in the Chirano Gold Mines Limited (CGML), a subsidiary of Kinkross Chirano, for the 2017 fiscal year. Mr Adriano Sobreira, the Vice President of the CGML, who doubles as the General Manager of …

Gameli Agbavor, a farmer, 50, has been jailed five years in prison by an Aflao Circuit Court for smuggling 25 bags of fertilizer to the Republic of Togo. The court, presided over by Mr Ali Baba Abature, also ordered him to pay a GH¢1,200.00 fine, or serve additional 18 months …

An unemployed, who failed to control his anger and assaulted his neighbour, has ended up going to jail for 10 year after police found parcels of substances suspected to be Indian Hemp in his room. Adzida Alornyo Bekpo, 30, pleaded not guilty before the Aflao Circuit Court, where he was …

A five-member committee has been constituted by the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Tarkwa Nsueam, Mr Glibert Kennedy Asmah to investigate the accident that resulted in the death of seven pupils of Learners Bridge Academy. The committee, chaired by Mr Alex Kwaku Duah, Municipal Education Director is supposed to establish …