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It has emerged that four out of every ten Ghanaians who apply for a United Kingdom Visa from Accra are refused. Ghana’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Papa Owusu Anokmah, who revealed this to JoyNews says it is the case now because a number of Ghanaians who apply to visit the United Kingdom end up staying permanently in that ...

Investigations are underway to unravel how a 34-year-old man was mysteriously killed on Good Friday at Akroso in the Eastern Region. The aeronautic engineer, Prince Kwabena Kumi, was on his way to surprise his mother during the Easter holidays when police in Akroso seized his vehicle for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol. Sister of the deceased, Abena Osei Debrah, told ...

Prophet Nigel Gaisie has revealed that President Akufo-Addo would suffer defeat in the upcoming 2020 elections. The “man of God” who supposedly saw Ebony’s death and prophesied accordingly said the 2020 general election is going to be a tough one that has not been witnessed in the country’s history before. He went on to say that God has revealed to ...

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has declared an indefinite strike, beginning today, Wednesday April 4, 2018. NAGRAT’s action is in protest of government’s continuous refusal to pay six years salaries in arrears owed its members. The declaration comes a day after final year students in Senior High Schools began writing the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations. Speaking ...

An oil and gas policy think tank, Centre for Natural Resources and Environmental Management (CNREM), has alleged that Ghana lost about $902.45 million in the oil sector because some of the oil companies paid less taxes and royalties to the country. According to the centre, although the oil resource is in Ghana, the county makes less than 20% of the ...

Government’s desire and ability to mobilise and maximise domestic revenue is an integral part of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s vision of a Ghana Beyond Aid, the Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has underscored. Thus, government is putting in place the necessary blocks, such as the issuance of a national ID Card, a National Digital Property Addressing ...

Editor-in-chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper has ripped into former Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, Emmanuel Bombande for describing his comments on the US-Ghana military agreement over the weekend as “comparing apples to oranges”. Kweku Baako Jnr said the intervention by Mr Bombande is a “welcome intrusion” to a subject, the discussion of which has been saddled with hypocrisy and ...

Thomas Ango Bediako, a former General Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has passed away. The late Bediako’s family and GNAT announced the demise in a statement signed by Mr David Ofori Acheampong, the General Secretary of GNAT and copied to the Ghana News Agency. The statement said the late Bediako’s death occurred on Saturday, March 24, ...

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), has declared a strike over the non-payment of the over GHc50 million arrears owed its members. Speaking at a press conference today [Wednesday], President of the Association, Angel Carbonu, said the Association would no longer tolerate assurances from government. This strike comes after previous threats in December 2017 and January 2018. “We have ...

Founder and leader of Glorious Word Power International Ministry, Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah has said any future attempt by former President John Mahama to contest election 2020 will not augur well for him. According to him, Mr Mahama has no political future and has urged him to call it quits. Founder and leader of the True Fire Prophetic Ministry (TFPWM),Prophet ...