GENERAL NEWS

Akufo-Addo set to announce ministerial reshuffle

  Joy News is learning of an imminent ministerial reshuffle set to be announced by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. A meeting held on Friday, February 9, at the Jubilee House concluded on the names. The president is poised to make significant changes to his ministerial appointments after months of …

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“I Saw The Atwima Nwabiagya North NPP Aspirant Involved In A Fatal Accident…He Might Not Survive”- Apostle Amoako Atta

Apostle Francis Amoako Atta has dropped a wild revelation concerning the life of Lawyer Dickson Osei-Assibey, NPP aspirant who contested for the parliamentary seat of Atwima Nwabiagya North constituency in this year’s primaries. Ministering live on Friday 9th February, 2024 at Onua FM’s “Maseda Nie Thanksgiving Breakfast”, held at El …

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Govt’s Cocoa Rehabilitation Programme must be probed – Eric Opoku

The Ranking Member of the Food, Agriculture, and Cocoa Affairs Committee, Eric Opoku, is calling for a probe into the Cocoa Rehabilitation Programme launched in 2018. The legislator argues that the programme, which identifies diseased farms, cuts down affected trees, and replants them with disease-resistant cocoa varieties, among other measures, …

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Granting amnesty won’t improve challenges in tax collection – Economist

John Gatsi, a Professor of Economics at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), is sceptical about the proposed tax amnesty by Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. He believes that this measure will neither enhance tax payments nor address the challenges associated with tax payment. Dr. Bawumia, the flagbearer of the …

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Calm restored in Kwahu Bepong – Eastern Regional Minister

The Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Seth Kwame Acheampong, has assured residents of Kwahu Bepong and its environs as well as the general public that calm has been restored after the clash between the youth and the police. According to Mr. Acheampong, residents of the town have started going about their …

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Blue cards for sin-binned players to be trialled

IFAB is set to introduce blue cards for football sin bins. Photo: SkySports Football’s lawmakers Ifab are to trial sin-binning players and issuing blue cards, it will be announced on Friday. Sin-bins have been used at grassroots level for dissent but their use could be extended to cynical fouls as …

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Accra-Guangzhou direct flight imminent – Ofori-Atta

Government is exploring the possibility of collaborating with a key player in the Chinese aviation sector to establish a direct flight from Accra to Guangzhou, China. The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, made the revelation in an interview with B&FT following his recent visit to the Asian country. It is anticipated …

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How much did NDC pay Bawumia to think of scrapping e-levy – Kofi Asare mocks NPP footsoldiers

Kofi Asare is Executive Director of Eduwatch Executive Director of the Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch), Mr Kofi Asare has said that when civil society and independent-minded citizens called for the withdrawal of e-levy, footsoldiers of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) were deployed to insult them. However, their flagbearer, Vice President …

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Bawumia from day one was against e-levy – Awal Mohammed

A Government Communicator, Awal Mohammed has said that Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, from day one, was against the introduction of the E-levy. Awal Mohammed was replying to the Executive Director of the Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch), Mr Kofi Asare who had said that when civil society and independent-minded citizens …

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Pressure mounts on GES to speak on death of Aburi Girls student

GES Boss Dr. Eric Nkansah Pressure is being mounted on the Ghana Education Service (GES) to speak on the death of the student of Aburi Girls Senior High School. Executive Secretary of the Africa Education Watch (Eduwacth), Mr Kofi Asare said that GES must make a pronouncement on this matter. “Has …

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