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Power outage has brought activities in six circuit courts within the former Commercial Court building in Accra to a halt since March 28. The power outage was due to the inability of the Judicial Service to procure power at the cost of GH¢5,000.00 to facilitate the operations of the courts. Judges of the affected circuit courts are therefore unable to ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo remains hopeful his campaign promises will still be fulfilled at the end of his four year-mandate. He reiterated that a number of the promises he made to Ghanaians in the lead up to the 2016 elections have been fulfilled while his administration keeps the momentum to ensure the ones left will be secured shortly. “I told the ...

The Ghana Revenue Authority has said it will enforce the laws regarding the Taxpayer Identification Numbers (TIN) to the letter. A Taxpayer Identification Number is a unique number generated by GRA for persons including corporate entities upon application. The GRA as part of its operational standards pledges to generate the number within 48 hours upon application accompanied with a valid ...

Fifty workers of the Metro Mass Transit Limited headquarters in Accra, were on Tuesday sent home for reporting to work late. This happened when the Board Chairman, Ahmed Arthur, paid an unannounced visit to observe work at the facility. Corporate Communications Manager of Metro Mass Transit, George Krobea Asante, told Citi News that the management of the company will meet ...

PRESS RELEASE COALITION FOR GHANA’S SOVEREIGNTY (CGS) AND TEIN PUBLIC LECTURE As part of our efforts to critically assess the ramifications and implications of the US-Ghana Military Base Agreement deal, the Coalition for Ghana’s Sovereignty (CGS) and GREATER ACCRA REGIONAL TEIN have taken steps to organize a public lecture in response to the various positions taken by Ghanaians on the ...

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has disclosed that the health officer who was involved in administering the contaminated injections that killed three patients of the New Senchi Health Centre in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region was not authorised to carry out the service. James Yeboah, the health professional who gave the injections, has been identified as a retired ...

Close contender of the current Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Asare Bediako has confirmed on Kumasi-based Abusua Fm he indeed had a meeting with the President at Kwahu during the Easter festivities but it was not to persuade him to resign from running. “I went to Kwahu and met with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo but ...

The Minority in Parliament is demanding the withdrawal of the appointment of Databank as advisors to the Finance Ministry and the Bank of Ghana in the issuance of public debt transactions. The opposition MPs argue that the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta is compromising himself by appointing Databank to replace Strategic African Securities in the issuance of government securities. In a ...

Member of Parliament for the Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has hit back at Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Armed Forces, Colonel Aggrey Quashie, describing him as a useless man and a fool who goes about speaking gibberish. “He is a fool, ….if he knew what was going on in the military, he wouldn’t be going round speaking nonsense that ...

Research Officer of the Centre for Democratic Development-Ghana (CDD), Mr Awal Mohammed, has asked the Government to wean off all the Metropolitan Assemblies from the Common Fund subventions. This, he explained would reduce their over-dependence and reliance on the common fund to improve efficiency, productivity and make them more transparent and accountable to the citizenry. “Weaning off such assemblies will ...