The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has announced a decision by the government to reintroduce road tolls. According to the minister, the reintroduced tolls will be collected on specific roads whose financing will come through a strategic Public Private Partnership Agreement under the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund. The minister, delivering the …

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta delivered the 2022 mid-year budget before parliament on Monday July 25, 2022. The minister who announced a number of economic relief measures and updates on key sectors of the economy also reviewed key macroeconomic indicators to reflect the current economic challenges in the country. For the most …

The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has disclosed that one of the government’s youth employment initiatives Nation Builder’s Corps (NABCO) programme will end on September 1, 2022. “Mr Speaker, our iconic National Builder’s Corps (NaBCo) programme, which was initially to run for three years and extended for an additional year, …

A leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has announced that Ghana will soon have a new, vibrant economy. He stated that the economy will bounce back to normal if parliament gives the green light for the legalization of Indian hemp which is in high demand …

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has maintained the policy rate at 19%. Addressing the media on Monday, July 25, 2022, after the Monetary Policy Meeting, the Governor, Ernest Addison disclosed that one of the reasons for maintaining the rate among other things has to do with how inflation has persisted …

A Kia private car with registration number AS 7369-21, has killed a 48-year-old woman at Asante Akyem Juaso in the Ashanti Region The car is reported to have ran into a chop bar after the vehicle’s brakes failed. The woman, according to eyewitnesses, was selling her goods near the chop …

A man in his 40s suspected to be a thief has been allegedly lynched at Krofrom CPC in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti region. The incident occurred on Sunday, July 24, 2022. He was chased and lynched after allegedly stealing from a house in the area. The Assembly Member …

Legendary American boxer, Michael Gerard Tyson, popularly known as Mike Tyson or Iron Mike, has revealed that he is closer to death. In an interaction with Sean McFarland, a trauma and addiction therapist on his podcast ‘Hotboxing with Mike Tyson’, the boxer explained that he has a strong feeling that …

A 33-year-old woman has filed a police report in Queensland, Australia, accusing Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa of raping her when she was 15. Susan Mutami told police that Mnangagwa – then a cabinet minister – pursued her after meeting her during an interschools competition in 2003. She was in Form …

After a stressful workout in Paris and Monaco, Sir Wicknell had this conviction: “No matter how evil you all say money is, don’t ever think being broke is Holy.” There are people among men whose thoughts are that once a person has taken his religious life at heart, he mustn’t …