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Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been told to act against the brutalities meted out to civilians by some military officers. Some Military officers stormed the homes of civilians in Ashaiman on Monday, March 6 and brutalized them after a soldier was killed in the area. The Member of Parliament for Ashaiman, Ernest Norgbey ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said in his State of the Nation Address (SoNA) on Wednesday, March 8 that his government has not been reckless in borrowing. Although he says questions that have been asked regarding the debt situation of the country are legitimate, he said there are projects to show for the borrowings that have been done over ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said that funds for the fight against Covd-19 were not misused. He said the funds were appropriately used for the purpose of tackling the pandemic. Delivering the State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Parliament on Wednesday, March 8, he said “Covid funds were not missed. It is critical that we do not lose ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reiterated that Ghana’s economy was doing well prior to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war. This, he said, is a fact that the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recognised. Mr Akufo-Addo indicated that due to political advantage some people are seeking to take, they are unable ...

Professor at the University of Ghana Ransford Yaw Gyampo has hit hard at persons who have taken on the former President, John Dramani Mahama, for promising to scrap the payment of ex gratia if re-elected President of Ghana. Prof Gyampo stated that Mr Mahama should rather be applauded for expressing intention to scrap this “unwarranted” payment. The former President made ...

The Member of Parliament for Wassa Amenfi East Constituency in the Western region, Hon. Nicholas Amankwah has supported some best performing WASCE and BECE students in his constituency to begin their second cycle and tertiary education. The Amenfi East Legislator, during last year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination, pledged to support Senior High School and Junior High School students who would ...

The Lands Commission says it has interdicted 10 of its 16 employees who have been busted by the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) for stealing more than GHȼ100 million. The employees are alleged to be part of a 21-member gang that conspired to manipulate a software of the Commission enabling it to generate fake duty stamps and steal money the Commission ...

An Accra High Court presided over by Justice Frank Aboagye Rockson has ruled that the purported removal from office of Dr. Wilberforce S. Dzisah, as the Rector of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) was wrong and unlawful and consequently directed that he be paid all his entitlements at the current bank rate of interest for the remainder of his ...

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has said it acknowledges measures being put in place to trace their contacts and contain the outbreak of the Lassa Fever virus from spreading further. The Association said it is facilitating the provision of psychological support to colleagues confirmed with the disease. In a statement on Thursday, March 2, the GMA said the total number ...

A member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Gabby Otchere-Darko has expressed hope that the reduction in fuel prices will last longer. The former Executive Director of the Danquah Institue stated that in December 2022, Diesel sold at GHS23.43 and Petrol for GHS17.42. As at, March 1, 2023, Diesel is selling at GHS13.49 and Petrol GHS13.19. LEARN AND TRADE ...