Former President, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings, has urged the new leadership in Mali to use the transition period to exhibit exceptional leadership for the country and usher her into a prosperous era. The former President made the call when a four-man delegation of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP) led […]
The President, Nana Akufo-Addo has said government through the administrator of the District Assembly Common Fund is constructing 98 courts and bungalows for judges in all 16 Regions of the country. He said government has also taken note of the inadequate numbers of courts in various parts of the country, resulting in citizens traversing long […]
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has advised the military in Mali to return to civilian rule in the coming days. The chairman, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, stated that the meeting with Mali’s new military junta headed by Col. Assimi Goita was progressive. Col. Assimi Goita was reported to have left the shores […]
A drone pilot working under the Sustainable Land and Water Management Program with the Ministry of Environment, Science Technology and Innovation in the Ashanti region has drowned in the Offin River. Isaac Ofosu died while the anti-illegal small scale mining taskforce was chasing after illegal miners on the Offin River at Dunkwa in the […]
The reduction of the Communications Services Tax (CST) to four percent takes effect today Tuesday, September 15, 2020. The government in 2018 increased the CST charge from 6% to 9% after the finance minister announced it in the Supplementary Budget. However, almost a year after taking the decision, the government under Akufo-Addo has backtracked on […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Chair of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will on Tuesday, September 15, hold a crunch meeting involving key stakeholders in the Malian political crisis at the Peduase Lodge, Aburi of the Eastern Region. The extraordinary meeting is expected to dialogue on ways of returning Mali to constitutional rule. […]
President Nana Akufo-Addo of the Republic of Ghana has been elected by the 57th Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as the new Chairman of the Authority. President Akufo-Addo takes over from President Mahamadou Issoufou of the Republic of Niger, […]
Government has started engagement with relevant stakeholders on the Agyapa Royalties arrangement. The Deputy Minister for Information, Pius Enam Hadzide disclosed this in a press conference in Accra today. According to the Deputy Minister, the reason government has started engagement with relevant stakeholders, including Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), traditional rulers and Faith-Based organizations was […]
This year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) will commence on September 14, with a total number of 531,705 candidates in 2,007 examination centres across the country. A West African Examination Council (WAEC) data made available to the Ghana News Agency indicated that 269,419 of the candidates are males and 262,286, females.The Ashanti Region presented […]