The Ghana Union Traders Association (GUTA) has stressed on their calls for the government to discontinue the tax exemptions given to expatriate businesses and entities in Ghana. Spokesperson for GUTA, Joseph Paddy alleged that aside from being detrimental to indigenous businesses, the privilege of tax exemption for expatriates is seriously abused at the expense of the state’s revenue. “For example ...

Ghanaian music act Lasmid has invited his fans to join him shoot the music video for his breakthrough song ‘Friday Night’. The Highly Spiritual signee shared the invitation via a tweet that bore the message: “Hello family, I’m so delighted to invite my amazing fans to join us this Wednesday to shoot the #fridaynight video. As part of the support ...

Krymi showed solidarity with his label mate, Mr Drew. He confirmed his staunch loyalty as he asserted during his interview on NewDay that he is happy that his team stays winning. This was in response to people who say that Mr Drew is faring much better in the music industry. “I’m happy the record label is still shining. It doesn’t ...

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says a process to match biometric details of workers in the national identity system at the National Identification Authority (NIA) and same details at the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) has detected over 148,000 workers with multiple identities. “It may just mean that, maybe, they have not just registered for the Ghana Card. That ...

Black Stars midfielder Tariqe Fosu has joined Stoke City on loan from Brentford for the season. The 26-year-old Ghana international, who can play in midfield or as a wing-back, becomes Stoke’s eighth summer signing. He joined Brentford from Oxford United in January 2020 and has been plagued by injuries since his arrival in west London. Fosu has made 21 league ...

There is a heavy Police presence at the University of Ghana after irate students of Commonwealth Hall protested the suspension of the Hall Master and a Senior Tutor. Management of the University suspended the two following clashes between the Vandals and the Vikings of Mensah Sarbah Hall, which occurred on August 5. The Management of the University stated that the ...

The Ahanta Traditional Council says it is dismayed at the continuous attempts to denigrate the hard-earned reputation of the Chief Executive Officer of the Labianca Company, Eunice Jacqueline Buah Asomah-Hinneh, despite palpable and incontrovertible evidence that she did not in any way influence the granting of import duty concessions to her company. The Council is bemused that despite the open ...

The Northern Region branch of the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) has threatened to close down Senior High Schools (SHSs) for non-payment of monies for perishables. In a statement after an emergency meeting in the Northern region on August 15 2022, the Council catalogued a number of reasons that will trigger their action. “Apart from arrears owed ...

Ghana’s highlife and afrobeats legend, Kwabena Kwabena is scheduled to headline the grand opening of ‘Blackberry Lounge’ on September 3. The ‘Fakye’ hitmaker has been billed to bring hours of non-stop live band music to music lovers at the grand opening. There will also be performances from other A-List Afrobeats artists from Ghana and Nigeria. The grand opening, which will ...

Detty Rave’s promotional university tour tagged “Road to Detty Rave” will kick off this August starting in Cape Coast. This comes weeks after Mr Eazi outlined the four university campuses that will host back-to-back shows; the dates for each campus have finally been announced. Students of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) can prepare for a night of thrilling music ...