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The government of Ghana is seeking approval for extra expenditure of some GHS 6.4billion in its Mid-Year Review and Supplementary Estimates. This was contained in the Order of Business of Parliament on Monday, 29 July 2019 ahead of the Mid-Year Review Budget presentation to parliament by Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta. …

The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MOGCSP), Mrs Cynthia Morrison has revealed that about 895 victims of human trafficking have been rescued since 2017 by the ministry in collaboration with the Ghana Police Service, Ghana Immigration Service and the Economic and Organised Crime Organization (EOCO) Addressing a programme …

The International Monetary Fund has said that Ghana had the equivalent of $400m in it reserves at the time it requested for the Fund’s support back in 2014. That meant the country had around seven days’ worth of imports in net foreign exchange reserves, according to Resident Representative to Ghana, …

Former Minister of Power, Dr Kwabena Donkor, has said Ghana is sick in so many ways. Preaching at the Pentecost International Worship Centre, Kokomlemle in Accra on Saturday, 20 April 2019, the opposition lawmaker relied on 2 Chronicles 7:14 to ask for healing for the nation. That bible verse says: …

It’s said; there is no free lunch anywhere. Henceforth, you may have a good phone with good front camera but you may have to pay between GH¢2.00 and GH¢4.00 to pose for a picture on Kwame Nkrumah’s Adomi Bridge. One of the longest bridge on the Volta Lake in Ghana …

FIFA General Secretary Fatma Samoura has heaped praise on Ghana legend Anthony Baffoe for his excellent role during the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations draw in Egypt. Baffoe was the lead conductor of the draw for Africa’s flagship football competition which was held in the Egyptian capital five days ago. …

Cases of rabies had increased to 78 in 2017 from 44 recorded the previous year, making it the second highest number since 2014 which had 82 cases. Similarly, 63,283 dogs were vaccinated against rabies out of an estimated 1,302,834 dogs recorded in the country at the end of 2017. Speaking …

Referee Theresa Bremansu was beaten up by a Prisons Officer after their Ladies team lost 1-0 to Ampem Darkoa in the first leg semi-final of Women’s Special Competition. Mavis Owusu scored the only goal of the match in the 48th minute at the Army Park in Sunyani to give the …

The founder of the Danquah Institute, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has urged the Akufo-Addo administration to solve the current menace of dumsor to avoid any occurrence of losing power. According to him, Ghanaians will not forgive the government if the current ‘dumsor’ is not fixed properly and permanently. In a facebook …

  A Bayern Munich starlet, who was born in a refugee camp in Ghana after his parents fled the Liberian civil war, wrote his name into the German giants’ history book on Sunday. Alphonso Davies was born in Buduburam, a refugee camp in Ghana. His parents, who are both Liberian, …