The Bank of Ghana has reminded the public that it is illegal for companies, institutions and individuals to engage in foreign-exchange business without a licence issued by the central bank or price, advertise, receive or make payments for goods and services in foreign currency in Ghana, without written authorisation from the regulator. Such violations, according to the BoG, are punishable ...

The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation Dr Kwaku Afriyie has called on Ghanaians to stop purchasing food wrapped in plastic in order to avoid the risk it poses to one’s health. The Minister also wants laws to be put in place banning the use of plastics for selling food across the country. Speaking at the national launch of ...

Deputy Finance Minister Abena Osei-Asare has sued the editor-in-chief of the New Crusading Guide, Kweku Baako Jr, as well as his newspaper and one other journalist for claiming she had something to do with the demolition of a building at Roman Ridge. The story was headlined: ‘Dubai embassy demolishing spree, minister and husband fingered’. The paper first broke the story ...

An Associate Professor at the Economics Department of the University of Ghana, Professor Ebo Turkson, has noted that the government’s Nation Builders Corp (NABCo) programme is a good policy but does not have an exit plan where the beneficiaries will have permanent jobs after years of service to the nation. According to him, the claim by the government of Ghana ...

The Ministry of Energy has refuted claims by former Minister of Power, Dr Kwabena Donkor, that the country will return to the dark days of dumsor if urgent steps are not taken to address insignificant addition to the country’s generation capacity. The Energy Ministry in a statement said the pervasive dumsor which plagued the country in the past was never ...

North Tongu lawmaker Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has said the Minority Caucus is ready to stage a demonstration over President Akufo-Addo’s incessant charter of an ultra-luxury US$18,000-an-hour executive jet for his foreign travels. Despite several calls on the President to resort to the use of Ghana’s presidential jet and save the taxpayer some money on his foreign travels, Nana Akufo-Addo, according ...

Ghana’s Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, is billed to speak on the country’s ailing economy today, Thursday, 7 April 2022. Dr Bawumia will be the main speaker at a National Tertiary Students Confederacy (TESCON) Training and Orientation Conference at Kasoa in the Central Region. The youth wing of the governing New Patriotic Party is collaborating with pro-NPP think tank Danquah Institute ...

Lands For Sale In Acres at Aburi Amanfrom, Watch the video Below; The only female in the finals of the 2021 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ), Ms Francisca Lamini, has gained admission to Harvard University in the United States. The NSMQ announced this in a tweet while congratulating her on her admission. Her exceptional performance during the quiz received ...

Central Regional Minister, Justina Marigold Asaan, has lauded the energy transition agenda by the Ministry of Energy and has pledged the support of regional stakeholders as the transition team engages the country. She made these remarks at a conference held at the Ridge Royal Hotel in Cape Coast when the transition team called on the regional stakeholders. Lands For Sale ...

A former Member of Parliament for Tamale Central Constituency has raised concerns over the levels of absenteeism in Parliament. According to him, the high levels of absenteeism is worrying and have become a setback to the work of Parliament. He said absenteeism has contributed to the routine lack of quorum on the floor of the house. In his view, MPs ...