Demarai Gray’s superb injury-time strike earned Everton a first win in nine games to end a bruising week with a stunning comeback against Arsenal. After a week in which the hosts were thumped by Liverpool and director of football Marcel Brands left the club, Rafael Benitez’s team responded with a much-improved display that showed the character and resilience fans were ...

North Tongu Member of Parliament Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has commended Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta for the measures that have been introduced in the budget statement to deal with tidal waves in Keta and other coastal areas. Mr Ofori-Atta has made budgetary allocations to complete feasibility studies for the coastal communities that have been affected by the tidal waves. Announcing adjustments to the ...

Universal basic income (UBI) is when an entity, like an NGO, Government or other institution, provides a set amount of money to all of its beneficiaries irrespective of their wealth and taxpayer status. It’s based on the idea that every member of society must have access to basic resources, and further, these resources must be sufficient for the survival of ...

The government, according to the head of communications of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), Mr Abass Imoro, has directed state oil firm Ghana Oil Company (GOIL), to cut the prices of fuel at the pumps effective Tuesday, 7 December 2021. The decision comes after the presidency met union leaders of commercial drivers on Monday, 6 December after they ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has commended its lawmakers for the rejection of the E-levy proposal in the 2022 budget statement. A statement issued by the General Secretary of the party said the people of Ghana are now assured that Parliament has assumed its proper role as an oversight institution that checks the excesses of the government. “We in the ...

Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB Ghana) Limited is set to hold its first-ever outdoor concert in Ghana on Friday December 17,2021. The show is tagged GTCO Music Concert This inaugural event will be held at the the Accra Sports Stadium on Friday, and will feature performances from some of Africa’s brightest breakout stars of both Ghanaian and Nigerian origin. The GTCO ...

The Ashanti Regional branch of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has served notice that billboards and paraphernalia advertising some personalities seeking to lead the party in the 2024 general elections, will not be tolerated at the party’s delegates’ conference slated for 17 to 20 December 2021. The party has warned that the wearing of T-shirts bearing the portraits of ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has described President Akufo-Addo’s style of governance as one dominated by intolerance, violence and machoism. In a message to commemorate the first anniversary of the 2020 election, the NDC said it recalls, with sadness and sorrow that eight Ghanaians were needlessly murdered by agents of the state under the ultimate control of the presidency during ...

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta says government will take measures to block attempts by individuals to evade the E-levy proposed in the 2022 budget. According to him, E-levy is currently the best option to draw in more people into the tax bracket. “On the matter of the E-levy, having regard to its serious fiscal implications, we will continue our consultations with ...

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has shut down its office in Somanya in the Yilo Krobo District of the Eastern Region due to safety concerns. This was announced by the Managing Director of ECG, Mr Kwame Agyemang, on Monday, 6 December 2021, at a press conference in Tema. The office, which was shut down on Wednesday, 1 December 2021, ...