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Ex-convict and actress Rosemond Brown is begging the President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to offer a presidential pardon to some female prisoners in the country’s prisons, especially the aged. The controversial actress who was fond of twerking on social media a few years ago was …

Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) has announced that Tullow Ghana Limited (TGL) has filed requests for arbitration with the International Chamber of Commerce in London in respect of two disputed tax assessments received from the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). The assessments relate to the disallowance of loan interest deductions for the …

The immediate-past Chief Justice (CJ) of Ghana, Sophia Akuffo, has been making headlines after she joined retirees picketing at the Ministry of Finance in Accra over the government’s plan to involve their bonds in its Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP). Not only was her presence resounding, but the comments she made …

A political science lecturer at Cape Coast University (UCC), Mr Jonathan Asante Okyere, says some flag bearer aspirants of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) are pushing for an early conference so as to distance themselves from the failing Akufo-Addo government. He was of the view the aspirants are not …

Many residents of Sunyani and its environs have pleaded with the government to introduce controlled pricing of goods and services to regulate commodities’ prices as a measure of relief for consumers in the country. According to them, that would prevent traders and other services providers from hiding under any least …

The government has announced suspension of all debt service payments under certain categories of the country’s external debt, pending an orderly restructuring of the affected obligations. This suspension will include the payments on the country’s Eurobonds; commercial term loans; and on most of the country’s bilateral debt. This suspension, according …

The president of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has stated that the appreciation of the cedi against all major trading currencies is as a result of deliberate policy interventions introduced by the government over the last few months. According to President Akufo-Addo, “the strengthening of the cedi has not happened …

Minister for Transport Kwaku Ofori Asiamah has assured Parliament government will soon compel transport operators in the country to reduce fares. This follows concerns raised by Majority Chief Whip Frank Annoh-Dompreh regarding transport unions’ refusal to reduce fares in spite of the continuous drop in prices of fuel. Speaking during …

A journalist with Kumasi based first private radio station Otec, Nana Akwasi Acheampong well known in the media as Kanewu has called on Government and the education Ministry to support schools in the country especially private ones to get road worthy and durable school buses to ensure safety of children …

Former President John Dramani Mahama says he was the only President in the fourth republic who was heavily harassed and frustrated by Organised Labour with industrial actions. He recounted that the severity of the labour agitations led to a shut down of the country and plunged him in a state …