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The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has officially declared his intention to contest the chairmanship position of the NDC. Mr Nketia made the declaration in a joint interview on Accra100.5FM and CTV morning shows, today, Thursday, 13 October 2022. Lands For Sale “Yes I have the intention of picking up a form to ...

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) is the best university in Ghana and first in West Africa. This is according to the 2023 Times Higher Education Rankings. UCC is also ranked Ghana’s best university for research influence. The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023 include 1,799 universities across 104 countries and regions. Lands For Sale This makes it the ...

The next two years will be a difficult period for Ghanaians if the programme that Ghana is seeking under the International Monetary Fund(IMF) is finally approved due to the measures that are going to be announced, a Professor at the University of Ghana Business School, Godfred Bokpin, has said. Lands For Sale He stated categorically that the austerity that is ...

The Minister of Energy, Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh has underscored the commitment of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to increase investment in renewable energy and reduce the carbon footprint of Ghana. The Minister made the statement as the Special Guest when he addressed the Opening Ceremony of the COP 27-Global Student Pre-Summit which was held under the auspices of the ...

The government is benefiting from the fall of the Cedi against the Dollar, Director of Research at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) Dr John Kwakye has said. Lands For Sale The benefits, he explained, come in the form of  increased cedi-valued import taxes and oil proceeds. In series of tweets, Dr Kwakye said “Government is a major beneficiary of ...

The President of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), Dr Frank Serebour, says steps should be taken immediately by all who matter to curb the devastating effects of illegal mining in Ghana. For him, the menace should be feared more than the threats of nuclear weapons. “The health implications as a result of the use of chemicals such as mercury and ...

Former national chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Freddie Blay, has said he is not representing illegal miners (galamseyers) in the Aisha Huang case, as has been portrayed by the media. Mr Blay said in a statement issued by Blay & Associates that he is representing four clients: Shi Yang, Shi Meizhi, Le Wei Zuon and one ...

Dean of the Business School at the University of Cape Coast, Professor John Gatsi has called for the establishment of a long term national development plan for the country. In his view, the country lacks such a plan hence the development challenges. Speaking on the New Day show on TV3, Prof Gatsi indicated that the current challenges facing the country ...

Ghana’s Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta is in Washington, DC, to attend the 2022 IMF and World Bank Annual meetings and advance negotiations with the IMF on a Programme that addresses Ghana’s macroeconomic and structural challenges. As part of the Annual Meetings Programme, the Finance Minister, on October 11th, 2022, attended the 108th Meeting of Ministers and Governors of the Group ...

The Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, responsible for Lands and Forestry, Benito Owusu-Bio, has sounded a clear warning to illegal miners to stay off forest reserves as he stressed that regardless of positions, they will be driven out and sanctioned. “No matter who you are, we don’t care, if you enter the forest reserves we will drive you ...