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Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta has waded into Attorney General’s fight with Senior Minister, Osafo-Maafo over the Kroll contract. Senior Minister Yaw Osafo-Maafo is in a court battle with the office of the Attorney General over a $1million Kroll contract. Mr Yaw Osafo-Marfo and four other officials from the Ministry of Finance …

On March 2, 2017, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta presented the Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the government to Parliament and secured approval. Page 102, paragraph 468 of the document highlighted the need to shift Ghana’s energy sources to renewables. Captured in the document, Mr Ofori-Atta stated: “In 2017, the Ministry will assist Bui …

AY Poyoo has donated his first revenue to an orphanage to celebrate 1 million views on his ‘GOAT’ song. The ‘rap-god’ said the move is in appreciation to all for supporting his career since he began. He explained that it is a way of showing his little kindness to the …

Ghanaian writer and entertainment critic, Arnold Asamoah-Baidoo has reacted to Wiyaala’s warning to him and others not discuss her. The Ghanaian singer became furious after Arnold said in a discussion on GhanaWeb TV’s ‘Bloggers Forum’ that she [Wiyaala] and her handler’s attention has been on the international market and not …

Ghanaian leader, president Akufo-Addo has said he has missed the normal worship at church after placing a ban on places of worship due to the coronavirus pandemic. In his 14th address to the nation on Sunday, July 26, 2020, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said the restrictions on places of worship have been …

Andre Dede Ayew has gotten how club Swansea City a step closer to the EPL. Swansea took on Brentford today in the 1st leg of the Championship Playoff Semifinal. The Jack Army won 1-0 courtesy a marvellous goal by Andre Dede Ayew in the 82nd minute.   Earlier in the …

Fellow Ghanaians, good evening. I am happy that I have the opportunity this evening to engage with you, again, in your homes. I want, at the outset, to thank all of you for your prayers and expressions of good wishes when doctors advised me to go into quarantine for two …

Who said Ghanaian male celebrities are not romantic? Our women should better erase that perception after reading this story which seems to have been taken straight from those fable books of our own Funny Face. Ghanaian comedian and actor, Funny Face, has displayed his new found love on live television. …

Government has announced the extension of free electricity supply to lifeline tariff customers until the end of the year. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo made this known during his 14th live televised address to the nation on Sunday, July 26, 2020. He stated that government will review the early announcement …

All 68 inmates who escaped from a jail in South Africa’s Western Cape on Friday have been rearrested, the government says. Prison officials were praised for “restoring stability” following a two-day manhunt. The break-out happened after inmates at Malmesbury Prison “overpowered” staff during an exercise session. They then locked three …

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has revealed that the government has “formally granted the Kantanka Group a licence to continue its auto assembly operations in Ghana.” The Kantanka Group, an indigenous automobile assembling company in Ghana, Mr Ofori-Atta intimated, will also be a beneficiary of the Ghana Automotive Manufacturing Development Policy, which, …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has disclosed that from 1 August 2020 the restrictions on the number of congregants worshipping at a time in Church, Mosques will be lifted, with the length of worship extended. Speaking in his 14th address to the nation on Sunday, President Akufo-Addo noted that he was pleased …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will for the first time since his return from self-isolation be addressing the nation on the measures his government is taking to fight the spread of the novel Coronavirus in Ghana. Today’s address which marks the President’s 14th address to Ghanaians comes a day after the country’s case count …

Former Hearts of Oak striker Prince Tagoe has advised the club to prioritize signing players who have the club at heart. Tagoe played for Hearts of Oak at a time when there were on the ascendancy. He had been loaned from his club, Midtjylland-Maamobi from 2004-2006. In his short spell …

The Bolgatanga Technical University in the Upper East Region has appealed to the government to address the infrastructure deficit of the institution to enable it to admit more students and improve upon the quality of academic work. Professor Francis Abantanga, the Chairman of the Governing Council of the University said …

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has called for a serious investigation and arrest of all who were involved in the “cruel and barbaric lynching of a 90-year-old woman accused of being a witch, in Kafaba, near Salaga”. The former President said he was appalled by the violence meted out to …

Veteran actor and media personality, Mikki Osei Berko and actress Gloria Sarfo have brewed speculations that they are having a love affair and will soon tie the knot. The two recently shared pictures which look like their pre-wedding photos on Instagram expressing love for each other and considering the fact …

Bishop Charles Agyinasare has said that he has been receiving threats and insults over the past few weeks that he has been calling out societal evils but says those things will not stop him from speaking his mind. In his virtual sermon on Sunday, 26 July 2020 titled: ‘There is …

Acting General Secretary of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), James Kwabena Bomfeh Jnr, popularly known as Kabila, has submitted the party’s audited accounts for the year ending December 31, 2019. He wrote a letter to the Chairman of the Electoral Commission, announcing the submission of the audited accounts. According to the …

The Government of Ghana is expected to undertake the second evacuation of stranded Ghanaians from the United States. This was made known in a statement by the Ghana Permanent Mission to the United Nations and Consulate General to New York. According to the statement which contained instructions to potential evacuees, …

FIFA has slapped Guinea-Bissau Football Association President Manuel Nascimento with a 10-year ban from all football-related activities for “his involvement and participation in an incident of mob justice.” A fiery critic of CAF President Ahmad Ahmad and FIFA Secretary-General Fatma Samoura, Nascimento was also ordered to pay 100,000 Swiss francs …

About 10 unidentified armed men at about 0745 hours on Friday attacked a gold dealer at James Town, located at the outskirt of Dompim in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Munincipality and in the process shot and killed a rubber tapper. The deceased whose name was only given as Antobam is about 40 …

Former President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama says he’s saddened by the cry of Ghanaians for equality in 21st Century. According to him, currently, the Ghanaian is not safe because justice is for only people with political affiliation. He noted that sadly, at a time when every Ghanaian should be …

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) says the implementation of the second phase of government’s free water supply, stipulated in the mid-year budget, will begin this July and end in September. “Management wishes to inform the general public that the implementation of the President’s directive is in progress,” a press statement released …

The Swedru District Police Command has mounted a search for the arrest of a personnel of a Security Company at Agona Swedru for the alleged gruesome murder of a 69-year old man. Superintendent Seth P. Yirenkyi, the Swedru District Police Commander, who disclosed this to the GNA, named Abraham Adakyi, …