The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) has threatened legal action against the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) over the introduction of a new levy on Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG). The NPA in a circular to industry players directed them to start charging 13.5 pesewas on each kilogram of LPG from April 1. The NPA is also asking Oil marketing companies to ...

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has revealed that government intends to lower the cap on the Ghana Stabilization Fund (GSF) from the current US$300 million to US$100 million in accordance with Section 23(3) of the Petroleum Revenue Management Act (PRMA). According to him, the measure would enable the excess amount in the GSF account over the US$100 million cap to be ...

A Real estate developer has pledged one of his premier properties on Oxford Street to be used as a quarantine location, isolation centre or a temporary hospital. Nana Kwame Bediako also known as ‘Freedom Jacob Caesar’ said his 5-star luxury serviced apartment hotel is up on offer as a safe place for nurses, doctors and other medical personnel should the ...

The Chief Executive Officer of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan has donated some Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to the Ejisu Health Directorate in the Ashanti Region. Some of the PPEs were also given to security officers of the COVID-19 safety operation in the constituency enforcing Government’s ban on movement. The NEIP CEO donated GHC10,000, 2000 hand Sanitizers, 10 boxes ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has instructed the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Transport to work together and find a solution to the “bottlenecks” at the Greater Accra Passenger Transport Executive (GAPTE), the Minister of Information has disclosed. GAPTE, operators of bus rapid transit system Aayalolo, halted operations with the pretext that patronage has reduced due to the lockdown in ...

The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr John Boadu, has urged security personnel deployed to enforce the partial lockdown directive to arrest and prosecute persons found to be flouting the law. He said doing so would serve as a deterrent to others who have taken the directive for granted. Speaking on an Accra-based radio station, Asempa FM, ...

The Eastern Regional Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Jeff Konadu Addo has descended heavily on the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah saying he tells a lot of lies. He has therefore advised Ghanaians not to give him a listening ear whenever he speaks. Mr. Asiedu Nketia without any evidence said on live ...

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) in the Ashanti Region has debunked assertions by the Deputy Minister for Information Minister Mr. Pius Enam Hadzide that government has made available logistics for them to embark on a campaign against the novel coronavirus. “We have not received any logistics from the government”. I am making it clear today that, there is ...

Over 6,000 samples have been taken for testing for COVID-19 through the enhanced testing and tracing commenced by the government on Monday. Addressing a Press Conference Friday, 03 April 2020, Dr Patrick Aboagye, the Director-General for the Ghana Health Service revealed that many more samples will be taken today for testing for COVID-19. The samples were taken from areas in ...

Founder and Leader of Action Chapel International, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, has revealed that he has rejected Rolls-Royce car gifts on two occasions. Archbishop Duncan-Williams said different people offered to bring him Rolls-Royce cars as gifts and that the first offer came two years ago and the second came in last year, but he rejected them. He said he had to ...