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Food and Agriculture minister, Dr. Afriyie Akoto has stated he has no idea when kenkey prices will drop. A ball of kenkey which was sold at GH¢1 last year is currently being sold at GH¢3. Food was among the major factors that caused a 31.7% inflation for the month of …

Minister for Energy and Member of Parliament(MP) for Manhyia South Constituency in the Ashanti Region Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has hinted that very soon, Ghanaian citizens without Ghana Card would not be able to access electricity or get metres in their homes. “Very soon, if you don’t have Ghana Card, you wouldn’t get …

Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, Minister of Food and Agriculture, is blaming the high cost of food items on the market on profiteering. According to him, food products are in abundance but their retail prices remain high over and above the financial capacity of the ordinary consumers. Speaking on the August 3 …

A former deputy leader and spokesperson of Somali militant group al-Shabab has been appointed as a government minister. Mukhtar Robow has been chosen as the religious affairs minister in Somalia’s new cabinet. He had been under house arrest for four years after being detained during the term of the previous …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed a new Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection. Lariba Zuweira Abudu, who was the Deputy Minister for Gender, and the Member of Parliament for Walewale, has been elevated to the substantive ministerial role. This comes on the back of the delayed decision by the …

The Minister of Transport, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, has declared the Sunyani Airport a ‘fit for purpose’ facility after concluding his last inspection tour at the facility on Tuesday, July 19, 2022 with a team of experts from the Ghana Airports Company (GAC), Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and Ghana Air Force. …

The Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper has celebrated a late former comrade, John Ndebugre, describing him as someone whose courage was infectious. In a tribute to the late Member of Parliament for Zebilla on the ticket of the Peoples National Convention (PNC), the veteran journalist also recalled how Nde, as he …

A Paris judge on Monday ordered the dismissal of a five-year rape investigation into French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, his lawyers said. “The justice system has said for the fourth time in five years that Mr Darmanin has not committed any punishable act,” Mathias Chichportich and Pierre-Olivier Sur said. The …

The Eastern Regional Minister, Seth Kwame Acheampong has refuted claims that Ghana’s economy was collapsing hence decision by government to run to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for support. Government of Ghana commenced negotiation with the IMF on Wednesday July 6, 2022 for a Balance of Payment Support. The President …

A purported voice of the Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Akokoto-Afriyie, lashing out at a journalist has been made public. The said journalist, according to the conversation between him and the minister who doubles as the Member of Parliament for Kwadaso, had sought to engage Mr Akoto-Afriyie on …