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The government has been urged to call off its boycott of Joy FM and JoyNews TV, following disagreements between it and the media outlets. Speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosi Sen, Wednesday, a Former Communications Minister under the John Mahama-Administration, Dr Omane Boamah, who made the call, believes such a decision although not formally communicated, is unproductive, thus, a useless venture. ...

Consumers should expect a likely increase in the price of fuel at the various pumps for the first pricing window in June as the price of fuel per gallon slowly reaches GH¢24. This is according to the Institute of Energy Security (IES). The IES in a press release has indicated that the increment in the price of fuel is occasioned ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings is calling for an urgent review of the constitution which ushered in the Fourth Republic. Mr. Rawlings who supervised the promulgation of the document in 1992, to herald Ghana’s return to multiparty democracy, says “there is an unqualified need to reform or rewrite our current constitution,” after 25 years of its endorsement. Addressing cadres and ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has emphasized his urge to demolish a 5million dollar hotel which belonged to Alhaji Yusif Ibrahim again if he could reverse the hand of time. He said, “If time were reversible, I will do it again and again and I will take along their new gargantuan structures in the waterways…The structures were reported by his ...

The official launch and first national conference of the Communication Educators Association of Ghana (CEAG) comes off June 27-28, 2019 at the University of Education, Winneba. The conference themed ‘Communication education in a disruptive era: curriculum development and pedagogical issues’, brings together academics, researchers and policy makers to discuss and share best practices in teaching, learning, curriculum and assessment issues ...

The British High Commissioner to Ghana, Iain Walker, has said it is the United Kingdom’s (UK) national interest for Ghana’s economy to grow and for the people in the country to thrive. Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show on Monday, Iain Walker said the UK wants to help Ghana on its path to development by investing in the Ghanaian market. ...

Five members of the Zion Church in the Eastern region have been confirmed dead in a fatal accident with 19 others injured. The accident occurred on Monday around 10:00am at the Akyem Engresi stretch of the Accra to Kumasi Highway in the Eastern region. Information gathered indicates that the Church members numbering 25 onboard a Mercedes Benz Sprinter Bus with ...

The shareholders of uniBank have filed for an injunction against the auctioning of some assets of the bank by the Receiver, Nii Amanor Dodoo. This is after the Accra High Court judge presiding over the case in which the Directors of uniBank are contesting the revocation of the bank’s license appointed an arbiter, ex-Supreme Court Judge, Justice Dateh Baah, to ...

The Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Mike Ocquaye, has suspended parliamentary sitting for 30 minutes for broader consultation on the prosecution of the Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga by the Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu. Justice Afia Serwaa Asare Botwe has ordered lawyers for the Bawku Central to ensure the lawmaker appear in court today, June 4, 2019, ...

President Akufo-Addo says his administration intends to create one million additional jobs in Ghana’s agriculture sector to boost food production. Addressing the Ghanaian community in Toronto, Canada, at a Town hall meeting held at the Ghanaian Presbyterian Church, near Brampton in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) on Sunday, the President outlined measures that he had put in place to ensure ...