The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), the body mandated with ensuring the efficient management of petroleum revenues, says Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) should be listed on the stock exchange (GSE) to cede control and ownership of the national oil company to Ghanaians. The move, according to PIAC, will …

Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, President Akufo-Addo’s nominee for Minister for Health, has hinted that President Nana Akufo-Addo has instructed that the fee for COVID-19 tests at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) be reduced. The price of the test at KIA is currently at US$150, but per the government’s new directive, the fee …

The World Bank is preparing emergency vaccine financing projects in 21 countries in Africa, including Ghana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Niger, Mozambique, Tunisia, Eswatini and Cabo Verde. This follows authorization of up to $12 billion to support countries in their vaccination efforts, which has paved way for individual vaccination …

The Holy Child Private Basic School at Nzema Aiyinasi in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region was gutted by fire on Friday afternoon. The cause of the fire is yet to be known but some eyewitnesses attribute it to flames from the school’s refuse dump. According to eyewitnesses, some …

The Head of Community Health at University of Ghana Medical School, Prof. Alfred Yawson is urging the government to urgently begin processes to recruit and train unemployed nurses to provide care and treatment for the increasing number of COVID-19 patients. According to him, the few health workers available are getting …

Three men who are said to be in their forties have lost their lives after drinking local gin called akpeteshie which was laced with poison. The mortal remains of the three,  Mr John Andy, 43, Mr Loius Amangua, 41 and Mr Paul Etwe are said to have been deposited at …

Madagascar’s Ahmad Ahmad has been dramatically restored as Confederation of African Football (Caf) president following a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas). Mr Ahmad was banned by Fifa in November for five years after football’s world governing body found him to have breached several of its ethics …

Fuel prices are expected to increase by over 2 percent per litre from next week across various pumps in the country. The increase is based on figures provided by the Bulk Oil Distribution Companies. Already, the price of fuel at some major pumps across the country is currently selling at …

Ghana is running out of fiscal space as its debt-to-GDP ratio reached 74% at the end of 2020. Latest economic and financial data released by the Central Bank put the country’s debt stock at GH¢286.9 billion. This figure is the highest in nearly four years, following early attempts to cushion …

A private health facility, the Advanced Bodysculpt Centre popularly known as the Obengfo Hospital has been closed down again after suffering similar ordeal in the past. This time, the facility was closed down by the Health Facilities Regulatory Authority (HFRA) for allegedly practising without a license. This was after a …

A day after the Ghana Medical Association (GMA)’s Vice President, Dr Frank Serebour, revealed that erectile dysfunction in males forms part of many health complications faced by persons who have fully recovered from COVID-19, The General Secretary of the Association has added that the virus does not just end there, …

The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has announced the launch of commercial flights to Ho during the Easter holidays. Madam, Amma Faake Gadzekpo, Head of Business Development Services of the GACL said the facility had long been ready, and that the Company had been looking for the “right opportunity and …

The Economic Community for West African States has made a resolve to set a US$50 amount to be paid by citizens of member countries in order to gain access to COVID-19 testing. This is according to a communique issued following the 58th Ordinary Session of Authority of Heads of State and Government …

Ghana has been ranked as one of the countries on the African continent that is heavily indebted to Asian superpower, China. China over the past few years has established itself as one of the world’s economic superpowers and as such the Asian country has become one of the biggest lenders …

The Health Ministry has directed public laboratories in the country to drop all charges for Ghanaians who walk in for COVID-19 tests. A circular by the ministry to labs, however, noted charges for foreigners should still be in place. “The Ministry has decided that public COVID-19 testing laboratories providing walk-in …

Minister for Education-designate, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has issued a disclaimer against news making rounds that he said that there will be an increment in salaries of workers including teachers. The Member of Parliament for Bosomtwe, in a Facebook post, stated that he never granted any such interview and has …

The President of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that the University for Development Studies, Tamale will be named after Jerry John Rawlings to honour his memory as Mrs Rawlings clapped. Rawlings while alive rejected an offer for the University which he supported to establish be named after him because he had a …

Market Summary The GSE Composite Index opened the week flat at 2,002.29 with a 3.13% year-to-date return while the market capitalization was unchanged at GH¢55.07 billion. The GSE Financial Index recorded no gains or losses, closing at 1,816.34 with a year-to-date return of 1.88% while the SAS Manufacturing Index stayed …

Some male victims of COVID-19 who have fully recovered from the disease are struggling to have penis erection for sexual pleasure, the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has disclosed. According to the Vice President of the Association, Dr. Frank Serebour, a number of complaints have come to the attention of physicians …

Commuters in Accra have called on the government to direct commercial drivers to reduce passenger intake to enhance the observation of social distancing in vehicles. That, they said, had become necessary to contain the second wave of covid-19, in view of the increasing number of cases being recorded daily. In …

Education is a very important aspect of human life and its advisable we all go to school because that is the only place we can learn new things every day from an expert (teacher) by paying attention and adhering to the instructions given to us. The Educational system in Ghana …

Fire has destroyed a girls’ storey dormitory facility at the Paga Senior High School in the Kassena-Nankana West District, our Upper East Correspondent – Senyalah Castro, reports. The Tuesday morning fire completely destroyed the roof of the structure, electrical components especially at the top floor, books, personal provisions and other …

Amid the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, policy makers currently face uncertainties on how the economy will respond, Director of Research and a member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Ghana, Philip Abradu-Otoo, has said. Although the country’s economic growth has been projected by international ratings agency …

The National Service Scheme (NSS) has announced the release of national service postings for over 10,964 nurses for the 2020/2021 service year. The secretariat has, in a statement, directed all eligible nurses who registered for national service to log onto www.nss.gov.gh to check their placements and then proceed to the various user agencies to …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says it has confirmed three cases of COVID-19 in schools since their resumption a week ago. Dr. Kumah Aboagye, the GHS Director General, revealed this at a Ministry of Information press briefing on Ghana’s COVID-19 case updates on Monday, January 25, 2021. He said two …

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA), an agency of the Ministry of  Education mandated to develop Curriculum and to ensure its effective implementation, has collaborated with the Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS) to train selected Master Trainers to enable them effectively train teachers in all private …

Business owners and corporate managers in Ghana are in a state of palpable unease in reaction to the warning delivered in a nationwide television address by President Akufo-Addo that Ghana may return to partial lockdown if the country’s Coronavirus situation continues to deteriorate. By the end of last week, the …

The Government of Ghana has set a new deadline of May 2022 for the unification of the Sankofa and the Afina oilfields, the former already being operated since 2017 by ENI and the latter discovered in 2019 by Springfield, but still awaiting a Plan of Development. However, government’s insistence on …

Basic schools managed by some universities in have been closed down indefinitely–as their senior staff’s strike begins to bite hard. The Universities of Ghana and Cape Coast, have in a letter informed stakeholders including parents of the development. “It is very unfortunate to inform you of a postponement of in …

The Ghana Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (GIRSAL) has issued guarantee cover for loans of about GH¢66 million given by financial institutions to agribusinesses. This was made known by Ken Ofori -Atta, the President’s nominee for Minister of Finance, in a speech read on his behalf by the former …