Tag Archives: GOVERNMENT

For most governments under the Fourth Republic in Ghana, corruption-related scandals have always dominated their tenure and marred some of the successes chalked. While the sentiment of the average Ghanaian is that the two major political parties; National Democratic Congress and New Patriotic are both corrupt, there is the recurring …

The United Kingdom government has announced an increment in immigration and nationality fees which will be paid for vital services with effect from October 4, 2023. According to the UK government, the new charges will see the cost for visit visa for less than six months increase from £15 to …

Whereas President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s announcement of a new producer price for a bag of cocoa was met with wild jubilations at an event in Tepa on Saturday, some group of farmers have expressed worry over the government’s decision to peg the new price at GH¢1,308. Secretary of the National …

President Akufo-Addo has officially announced a significant increase in the farm gate price of cocoa beans, raising it from GH¢800 to GH¢1308 per bag for the upcoming cocoa season. During the opening of the 2023/2024 cocoa season in Tepa, located in the Ashanti region, President Akufo-Addo revealed that this adjustment …

A businessman, Novihoho Afaglo, has labeled Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s regime as one that will go down in history as the most corrupt regime in Ghana. Afaglo, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Marrer Ghana Limited, Susatgad Boat Building and Fishing Industries, said that right from Anas Aremeyaw Anas’s video …

Ghanaians should brace themselves to pay for the electricity and water they access while they are seeking health care at the various teaching hospitals in the country. This is because the government has directed all the teaching hospitals in the country to start paying their own electricity and water bills. …

President Vladimir Putin of Russia will not attend the funeral for Yevgeny Prigozhin, the mercenary chief who launched a failed mutiny against Russia’s military leadership and and died in a plane crash last week, the Kremlin spokesman said on Tuesday, according to Russian state media. The spokesman, Dmitri S. Peskov, …

The Coalition of Transport Unions and Associations has called on the government to scrap what they consider to be nuisance taxes else they will increase fares by 20%. The Association gave the government a 13-day ultimatum to meet their demand, failure of which they will increase fares. The National Public …

Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, Minister of Education, has hinted at plans to begin the Ghana virtual high school for the youth to enroll and complete high school online. He said high schools would also use instructions and resources from the virtual high school to improve teaching and learning in their schools. …

The official website of the Ga North Municipal Assembly in the Greater Accra Region has been compromised as it appears some hackers have had access to alter some portions of the website. The alteration has allowed for the hackers to advertise escort services (prostitution). The Planning Unit section of the …