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Ghana’s annual petroleum revenue dropped in 2019, though production of crude oil in the country’s three major fields witnessed sharp increment. The 386,460,893 barrels of crude oil produced from the three oil fields – Jubilee, TEN and SGN in 2019 fetched the nation $925 million as against $977 million of …

The Electoral Commission has registered 4.4 million applicants at the close of the second phase of the on-going registration exercise. The Commission said the total applicants registered constituted almost 30 per cent of the projected figure of 15 million and that the EC, in the next few weeks, was anticipating …

A United States based Ghanaian lawyer has dragged the Attorney-General to the Supreme Court following the President’s directive to the Auditor-General to proceed on his accumulated leave. Mr Daniel Domelovo, the Auditor General has about 130 days of accumulated leave hence on July 4, this year, the President directed him …

Ghana’s COVID-19 cases have risen to 24,248 after 414 new cases of infections were confirmed across the country, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has said. The new infections are from tests conducted on July 8. Additionally, the country’s health management body via  its designated website  said 619 patients had recovered or …

The Ghana Health Service has confirmed that six more patients have succumbed to the COVID-19 disease, increasing the country’s death toll to 135. The six deaths, recorded in four regions: Central- 2, Northern- 2, Western-1 and Oti- 1, all but one had underlying health conditions, including; hypertension, chronic kidney disease …

Over three million eligible voters have registered as at day nine of the nationwide voters’ registration, Mr Samuel Tettey, Deputy Chairman in charge of Operations has said. Of the figure, more than two million of the eligible applicants presented Ghana Card as their form of identification representing about 66 per …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Thursday urged increased and knowledgeable exchange between Africa’s community of development experts to enable solutions to bridge the continents infrastructure deficit. According the President, Africa was replete with world-class experts, whose capabilities have not been well utilised to the benefit of the continent, thus, it …

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has stated its resolve to arrest and prosecute scrap dealers and others who engage in open burning of electronic and other waste products. The Agency said any person involved in all acts of open burning including the burning of saw dusts, burning of coconut husks, …

The Ghana Stock Exchange has recorded a total of more than 262.2 million traded shares valued at GH¢194 million in the first six months of 2020 amid the uncertainty of the coronavirus crisis. The performance, from January to June 2020, represents 107.9 percent growth in volumes and 87.7 percent in …

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is hammering countries around the world as infection rates are rising, effectively putting pressure on health facilities and managers. Ghana is also having its fair share of rising cases of infections as the country recorded nearly 1000 confirmed cases over a period of 24 hours. Males …