Parliament has summoned the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Identification Authority (NIA), Professor Ken Attafuah, to appear before it. The NIA boss is scheduled to appear in parliament on Wednesday, 23 February 2022. The NIA boss will be expected to touch on the ongoing Ghana Card registration. The registration exercise for the Ghana card has been characterised by ...

Stonebwoy has suggested to Musicians Union of Ghana, MUSIGA to allow a private entity to run the affairs of the union. According to him, the private entity should be able to carry that mandate with support and collaboration from government. In a tweet on Tuesday he said it was in the union’s best interest to do so. “Musicians Association of ...

Uefa is almost certain to switch this season’s Champions League final away from St Petersburg amid the Ukraine-Russia crisis. Russia has sent troops into two rebel-held regions of eastern Ukraine and there are fears an invasion is planned. Several countries, including the UK, are expected to introduce sanctions against Russia in response to the move. And against that backdrop, Uefa ...

A Former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, has predicted the Cedi will see further depreciation to major international currencies. Speaking to Francis Abban on the Morning Starr Tuesday, Mr. Terkper indicated that the government has abandoned policies that could see the Cedi doing well on the international market. “I don’t see any reliefs because one would have thought the slide of ...

Sergio “Kun” Aguero said he is in talks with Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni to be a part of his backroom staff ahead of the World Cup. Aguero suffered an arrhythmia while playing a league game with Barcelona on October 30 and six weeks later, announced he had to retire from football at the age of 33 due to a heart ...

Ghana’s plans for their decisive 2022 World Cup play-off against rivals Nigeria have been thrown off gear after football’s world governing body, FIFA rescheduled the dates for Ghana’s Qatar 2022 World Cup play-offs. The two matches to decide which of the two countries would seal a ticket for the World Cup in Qatar was originally scheduled for March 24 and ...

MINISTER FOR Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has called on Ghanaians to support government to close the revenue gap in its annual budget through the Electronic Transactions Levy, also known as E-Levy. According to the minister, the time has come for Ghanaians to “burden share” to enable the state have adequate revenue to embark on developmental projects we so much desire. He ...

The Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kenndy Agyapong, has said the Communications Director for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Yaw Buaben Asamoa is the cause of the party’s communication problems. According to him, for the Akufo-Addo administration to win back the heart of Ghanaians Mr. Asamoa must be sacked from his position. “That guy should be fired, he ...

A seven-member panel of the Supreme Court (SC) has granted an application exparte for substituted service in the case involving Assin North Constituency Member of Parliament (MP) James Gyakye Quayson. Mr. Michael Ankomah Nimfah, a member of the New Patriotic Party is seeking for an interlocutory injunction against the MP from performing his Parliamentary duties. However, his effort to have ...

The National Communications Officer of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Sammy Gyamfi has said the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) is insensitive when it comes to petroleum pricing in the country. According to Mr Gyamfi, the NPP has increased the price of petrol by GHS20 in five years while the NDC government in eight years increased the price ...