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The National Identification Authority (NIA) has announced plans to begin the registration of individuals aged 6 to 14 to access the Ghana Card starting this September. This new phase of the registration process comes after the successful enrollment of 18 million Ghanaians aged 15 and above. According to the NIA, the decision to extend the Ghana Card registration to younger ...

For the seventh consecutive week, the government missed its auction target for treasury bills. According to the auction results by the Bank of Ghana, the government missed its target by a marginal 1.66 percent. The government got GH¢5.203 billion from a target of GH¢ 5.319 billion. All the bids tendered for the short-term instruments were accepted. GH¢3.725 billion, representing 71.23% ...

The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has finally published a list of beneficiaries of its scholarship program, following a deferred response to a formal Right to Information (RTI) request by JoyNews. The request, originally made by the Head of the Research Desk at The Multimedia Group, Raymond Acquah, sought comprehensive details on GNPC-funded scholarships granted to both local and foreign ...

Investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has issued a retraction and apology to business mogul Ibrahim Mahama regarding a statement in his latest book, “The President Ghana Never Got”. In the book, Manasseh claimed that Mr. Mahama owed Merchant Bank $28 million. However, Mr. Mahama’s lawyers clarified that their client had never applied for or received any facility from Merchant Bank ...

The President of the Apostolic Church Ghana (ACG), Apostle Dr. Aaron Ami-Narh, has called on the Electoral Commission (EC) to ensure that the will of Ghanaians prevail in the upcoming elections to safeguard the nation’s peace. Speaking at the National Women’s Convention of the Church in Nkawkaw, Eastern Region, he emphasised the importance of fairness on the part of the ...

The Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), a leading conglomerate in Ghana and West Africa, has sought to establish partnerships with Indian businesses at the recently concluded 19th Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) India-Africa Business Conclave 2024, held in New Delhi from August 20 to 22, 2024. The summit, themed “Creating one future,” aimed to strengthen ties between India and Africa ...

As the 2024 elections draw near, Mr. Ebo Buckman, a political and economic analyst and a key figure within the Afrafranto Movement, has made a strong case for Mr. Alan Kyerematen, the Movement’s leader and presidential candidate, describing him as “the wise builder Ghana’s youth can trust.” Mr Ebo Buckman’s remarks draw inspiration from the biblical parable of the wise ...

The running mate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, on Saturday night, left Accra for Harare, Zimbabwe to formally disengage from all her obligations as the Chancellor of the Women’s University in Africa, based in that country. The formal disengagement from the university, after serving for seven years as Chancellor, will allow Prof. Opoku-Agyemang to fully ...

The Electoral Commission (EC) has explained why a stolen Biometric Verification Device (BVD) cannot jeopardise the integrity of the 2024 Elections. The commission says it undertakes a deliberate process of preparing a BVD for any election that ensures that only BVDs that are prepared for a particular election can be used for that election. This process is robust and is ...

The Eastern Regional Minister, Hon. Seth Kwame Achaempong has touted the District Road Improvement Programme  (DRIP) as a significant milestone that will improve the road infrastructure within the region and improve the lives of its people. “Our roads are the lifeblood of communities which the government has given a significant boost today. They connect our towns and villages, facilitate the ...