GENERAL NEWS

Some Ghanaians picketed the premises of Parliament on Thursday, March 30 to support the passage of the three revenue bills that are currently before Parliament. They believe that the bills, when passed, would help in the development of the nation. “We are losing a lot of lives in this country …

Tamale Central Member of Parliament Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed has said that the Minority in Parliament has decided to reject the three revenue bills that are currently before the House. He said the government has no reason to burden Ghanaians with additional taxes hence their decision to vote against the Bills. …

The Pensioner Bondholders Forum has written to the Minister of Finance, again, to address the continuous delays in payment of members’ coupons at maturity. The Forum said most of the members were exempted from the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) and, consequently, assured of the safety of their bonds. But …

Former President John Dramani Mahama has no moral right to be talking about public debt, a Deputy Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Ernest Owusu Bempah has said. Mr Bempah accused Mr Mahama of contributing to the debt situation in the country. Speaking on the Big Issue on …

The three revenue bills that are currently before Parliament awaiting approval or otherwise, do not have anything to do with the deal that Ghana is seeking to close with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Tamale Central Member of Parliament Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed has said. He said a wrong impression has …

The accused persons in this matter have been charged with fraudulent breach of trust, money laundering, dishonest appropriation, wilfully causing financial loss to the Republic and conspiracy to commit crime. The 1st Prosecution witness (Nii Amanor Dodoo), the Receiver of Unibank, has concluded his evidence-in-chief. Counsel for the 1st, 2nd …

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is said to be preparing to release a schedule to guide consumers as gas supply to some power plants is going to be affected for the next 14 days due to a shutdown of the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant in the Western Region. The …

The trial judge in a case of causing financial loss to the state brought against Former Deputy Finance Minister and current Minority Leader in Parliament,Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has asked him to show proof of authorisation from the then Finance Minister to request the Bank of Ghana to set up …

The National Identification Authority (NIA) says all Ghanaians who registered for their Ghana Cards last year but are yet to receive them can visit its district and regional offices from Wednesday, April 5 for them. This follows the completion of printing of over 500,000 backlog of cards. The printing of …

Former Finance Minister Dr Kwabena Duffuor who is seeking to be elected flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) ahead of the 2024 general elections has said that his priority is to strengthen the grassroots of the party. He stated that the grassroots is the party’s backbone and and hence …