The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, will present a review of the 2023 budget to Parliament today, in accordance with the law. The presentation will fulfill Section 28 of the Public Financial Management Act, 2016 (Act 921) and Regulation 24 of the Public Financial Management Regulations (L.I. 2378). The review comes after some postponements, a […] The post Finance Minister reviews

By a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court (SC) last Wednesday ruled that the Economic and Organised Crime Organisation (EOCO) lacked the mandate to investigate a case involving two businessmen, Mr Malik Ibrahim and Alhaji Za­karia Ibrahim. The court, presided over by Justice Gabriel Pwamang, also set aside the decision of the Financial and Economic Division, … The post SC

Justice Mary Maame Ekue Yanzuh presiding over the trial of James Gyakye Quayson, Assin North MP, at the High Court, has warned that she will ask the MP to continue and end the cross-examination of the first prosecution witness, Richard Takyi-Mensah, on Monday, if his lawyers fail to turn up. Last Friday, lawyers of the … The post Assin North MP trial: Case to continue

The government, through the ministry of Education, has released a whopping GHS300 million to the various educational institutions and the Ghana Buffer Stock to ensure smooth running of the schools. It is on record that suppliers of food to the Senior High Schools recently picketed at the National Food Buffer Stock offices in Accra, demanding […] The post Gov’t

A seeming frosty relationship between the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Daniel Kwaku Botwe and the Administrator of Districts Assemblies Common Fund (DACF), Irene Naa Torshie Addo-Lartey has landed on the desk of the President. The move follows recurring disagreements between the two top government appointees over the disbursement of the Common Fund […] The post Minister

Obuasi-based anti-galamsey crusader, Mr. Kwasi Aboagye, has revealed how the Municipal Chief Executive Officer of the Bekwai Municipality in the Ashanti Region, Kwaku Kyei Baffour, flared up over the arrest of three Chinese nationals involved in illegal mining at Achiase, near Bekwai. Mr. Aboagye told listeners of Angel FM in Kumasi that on Friday July 21, 2023 he undertook […] The post Bekwai

My heart was filled with pain, anger and rage as I watched and listened to international news about some cit­izens in, particularly two countries; Sweden and Denmark, desecrating and stepping on the holy book of about two billion Muslims around the world. This is being done in the name of citizens exercising their rights to … The post Peaceful

SHIA Muslims in Ghana on Saturday went on a proces­sion in Accra to mark the “Day of Ashuraa” in honour of Imam Husain, the beloved grand­son of Prophet Muhammad, who was brutally killed with his 72 men at the plains of Karbala in present day Iraq in 61 AH. They commenced the pro­cession at Mamobi, … The post SHIA Muslim community calls for rejection of LGBTQ+ appeared

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Delegates in the Assin Central Constituency, who were ordered not to accept and wear the T-shirts of Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, have resisted the orders,after a marathon meeting to deliberate on the issue. The Delegates reportedly defied the orders given to them by the Constituency Chairman not to wear T-shirts with Dr […] The post Assin Central

The 2022 Auditor General report has revealed that more than GH¢15.1 billion irregularities were found in the operations of public boards and corporations, and other statutory institutions.

 Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, will today, present to Parliament the Mid-Year Review of the Budget State­ment and Economic Policy of the Government and Supplementary Estimates for the 2023 Financial Year. This comes after multiple changes to the date which was initially scheduled for July 25 and later shifted to July 27, 2023. “Mr Speaker, the … The post Finance

The Parliament of Ghana has passed two critical bills to repeal the long-anticipated death penalty and also made witchcraft accusations criminal. The law that abolishes the death penalty for life sentences was passed on Tuesday, July 25, 2023, and the other proscribing the law against witchcraft accusations passed on Thursday, July 27, 2023. Both laws, […] The post Parliament

The Development Office of the Ministry of Education has presented quantities of medical supplies valued at GH¢ 200, 000 to five Senior High Schools in the country. The items, made up of both medical equipment and consum­ables, were procured with the support of STL Amandi Ghana Limited. The medical equipment include electronic sphygmomanometre (blood pressure … The post MoE,

The Bank of Gha­na (BoG) incurred a loss of GH¢55.12 billion in the 2022 financial year as a result of the restructuring of the Central Bank’s holdings of government debt. This was done under terms similar to those of the Domes­tic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP), the Governor of the BoG, Dr Ernest Addison, stated in … The post 2022

Zambia secure first Women's World Cup win by edging out Costa Rica in their final Group C match.

The 39th Annual Conference and Retreat of Spouses of Baptist Ministers has been held at Ejura in the Ashanti region, with a call on them to advise and inspire their husbands to do the needful, in line with serving their ministries and the dying world. The Conference, held under the theme: “Growing to make Jesus known”, afforded […] The post Baptist Ministers’

Dr. Adu Gyamfi, Chief Executive Officer of Medimafo Herbal Center, has donated food items worth thousands of Ghana Cedis to inmates at the Kumasi Central Prisons. The items included toiletries, bags of rice, cartons of mackerel and sardines, gallons of cooking oil and boxes of mosquito spray. The gesture comes under the Herbal Centre’s corporate […] The post CEO

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is seeking to partner with the private sector to invest US$3 billion in an integrated ICT infrastructure, including onshore and offshore fibre super-highway and electronic applications.

Mohamed Bazoum meets Chad's president, who has launched a mediation effort to end the crisis,

The Corpus Christi Catholic Church at New-Tafo, a suburb of Kumasi, has launched a Homecoming programme, which would set up an Educational and Vocational Fund. The proposed Fund is aimed at supporting the youth in the church, especially brilliant but needy students among the youth. The President of Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Mr. Job Senkyere, […] The post Corpus