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Five houses have been demolished at Adentan Frafraha in the Greater Accra Region. The homes, flattened by bulldozers in the company of soldiers early Friday morning, included a four-bedroom facility, an uncompleted storey building and a single room. A church in the community is also said to have been downed. The soldiers said the land on which the buildings were ...

The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has made a recommendation to the government to increase the 17.5% VAT by 1 percent to cater for the free Senior High School (SHS) project. According to the Institute, the move will provide a sustainable source of funding for the project internally. The implementation of free SHS is expected to cost Ghana about 400 ...

The Vice President, Dr Mahamamudu Bawumia has left Accra for a three-day official visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran. Dr. Bawumia is going to that country to attend the inauguration of Dr Hassan Rouhani, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, who has been re-elected for his second term in office. Whilst there, Bawumia will explore areas for further ...

Businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome has said a decision by the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce to decline to proceed with an arbitration he filed in connection with attempts by the government of Ghana to retrieve GHS51.3m from him was apt and unsurprising. A statement issued by Mr Wyome’s aide Reginald Seth Dogbey said it “is ...

Adom News is reporting that the mother of an eighteen-year-old Benedicta Mensah Denkey who has threatened to commit suicide after her nude pictures were leaked on social media has encouraged her to commit suicide because she is fed up with her daughter. The website said the 18-year old indicated that she playfully took the picture with a colleague at school ...

Embattled businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome has said he anticipated the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (“court”) will throw out his petition filed to the court. According to him, the court’s decision is right and he expected it, although it came at a substantial cost ($5,000 ) to him in terms of legal fees. Mr Woyome ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has expressed his condolence to the family of slained Kenya’s electoral commission ICT Manager Chris Msando and called for investigations into the murder. Mr Mahama who is in Kenya as the leader of a 15 member election observer mission composed of eminent persons from Africa, Asia, Europe, the Caribbean and Pacific regions made the call ...

A security alert released by the UK government indicating an imminent terrorist attack has settled on the minds of Ghanaians. On Thursday, August 3, the alert from their website indicated, “terrorists are likely to try to carry out attacks in Ghana. While there have been no recent attacks in Ghana, terrorist groups in West Africa have demonstrated their capability and ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo is seen in this video directing a military band in Nigeria while on a state visit.       Source:Myjoyonline Share on: WhatsApp

The troubles of Ibrahim Mahama, brother of former President John Mahama, have deepened, as he has been dragged to court a day after the Northern Regional Minister abrogated a road contract awarded to him. Firebrand Brong-Ahafo Regional Youth Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe aka Abronye DC, has filed a suit against Mr Ibrahim Mahamar over the ...