There was drama in Parliament over whether the Finance Minister must present a document before he will be allowed to make a statement on the controversial $2.25bn bond issue. The Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu insisted that the Minister, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta who was on the floor of Parliament, ought to furnish the House with all the necessary documentation before being ...

Managers of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) say they have uncovered massive payroll fraud at the Agency which has caused the country to lose over GH¢50 million. This is contained in an internal audit findings conducted by the Agency. Briefing the media on the findings Wednesday June 7, the acting CEO of the Agency, Justin Frimpong Kodua explained that the ...

A Burmese military aircraft reportedly carrying more than 100 people has gone missing, officials say. The army said the plane was flying between the southern city of Myeik and Yangon (Rangoon). Search and rescue efforts are under way. “Communication was lost suddenly at about 1:35 pm [07:05 GMT] when it reached about 20 miles west of Dawei town,” the army ...

Hey Siri, where can I get my cracked iPhone screen fixed? Apple Inc(AAPL.O) customers will soon have more choices as the company looks to reduce long wait times for iPhone repairs at its retail stores. By the end of 2017, Apple will put its proprietary machines for mending cracked iPhone glass in about 400 authorized third-party repair centers in 25 ...

The lawmaker representing Bongo, Edward Bawa, has expressed grief with the utmost tone of frustration about the condition of over 800 constituents displaced and abandoned to their fate in the aftershock of the storms that dealt ruthlessly with his constituency and other parts of the Upper East region recently. Some 6,285 people in the region, including schoolchildren and old folks, ...

Mantrac Ghana Limited has introduced a special rental service for contractors known as Rent-To-Own. The new service offers customers the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of using brand new equipment without committing to an outright purchase. RENT-TO-OWN offer gives contractors the option to buy the Machine after six months of renting. This applies to Brand New Cat Machines and Certified ...

Former president John Agyekum Kufuor has condemned the high rate of lynching which is commonly known as mob injustice around the country. Kufuor’s assertion follows the lynching of a military officer Major Maxwell Mahama a week ago at Denkyira-Oboase in the Upper West Denkyira District of the Central region and two others in other parts of the country. The army ...

Eccentric Founder of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP) Akua Donkor has lambasted President Akufo Addo for setting up a GHS500,000 Trust Fund for the wife and Children of the murdered Major Mahama. She’s described the amount as paltry which will do very little for the family. The Commander-in-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces and President of the Republic, Nana Akufo ...

Education Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh says the President’s comment about the disconnect between Ghana’s educational curricula and the job requirements was distorted. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in his address at the 50th Anniversary of the Association of African Universities in Accra last week said a university education in the country no longer guarantees a job. He said the situation ...

The Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) is currently investigating supposedly fraudulent payments at the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) to beneficiaries in 216 districts, Chief Executive Officer Justine Frimpong has disclosed. The payments amount to over GH¢20 million, the Acting CEO said on Wednesday while addressing journalists. Mr Frimpong said some 2,716 beneficiaries, who had no official appointment letters, have been ...