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NPP will take Ghana back to Dumsor days – JJ predicts

Former Deputy Energy Minister, John Jinapor has predicted the country will soon be taken back to dark days of energy crisis, popularly known as...

'We didn't cook 2018 budget figures'

Deputy Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has refuted claims that the Ministry cooked up figures in the 2018 budget estimates. Speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosii...

Sam George, Afia Akoto in nasty facebook fight

NDC Ningo Prampram MP Sam Dzata George and deputy MASLOC CEO Afia Akoto have locked horns on social media in a nasty fight. What appeared...

NPP inherited better financed economy – John Jinapor

Former Deputy Power Minister and Member of Parliament (MP) for or Yapei Kusawgu, John Jinapor has claimed that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government...

Zimbabwe's Mugabe 'under house arrest' after army takeover

Zimbabwe's military has placed President Robert Mugabe under house arrest in the capital Harare, South African President Jacob Zuma says. Mr Mugabe told Mr Zuma...

Stop eating egg, meat, sugar to prevent fibroid – nutritionist tells women

Clinical Nutritionist Dr. Benjamin Nuako is strongly kicking against women consuming high-fat dairy and saturated products such as milk, meat and egg to avoiding...

Minority calls 2018 Budget 'Wahala Budget'

Amid hoots and various chants of disapproval, the Minority in Parliament has named the 2018 budget the ‘Wahala Budget’. Members of the Minority who have...

FULL TEXT: 2018 budget statement

“Rt. Hon. Speaker, Honourable Members of Parliament, on the authority of the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, I beg to move...

100,000 graduates to be employed in 2018 – Finance Minister

The government has announced the creation of a Nation Builders' Corps (NBC), which is set to address graduate unemployment in the country. The corps, according...

Special Prosecutor office ready to crack the whip – Finance Minister  

The Special Prosecutor's office will be catered for following the passage of the bill” Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has said. He said the Attorney General...

Budget Highlights for 2018 financial year

Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta is currently before Parliament presenting the budget  for the 2018 financial year. The theme for the budget is “Putting Ghana...

Electricity tariffs to be reduced by 13%

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has proposed an average reduction of 13 percent in electricity tariffs for residential consumers of electricity. Consumers in the non-residential...

Full document: 2018 budget presented by Finance Minister

Finance Minister, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta has presented to Parliament the budget for 2018. This is the second budget statement and economic policy since the...

Akufo-Addo has inspired us to achieve the impossible – Ken Ofori-Atta

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta is thankful of a visionary leader like President Akufo-Addo. According to him, the President has inspired them especially at the Finance...

 Gov’t will continue to invest in projects – Finance Minister

The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori Atta, says government will continue to invest heavily in its flagship policies such as Planting for Food and...

Zimbabwe army has Mugabe, wife in custody, controls capital

Zimbabwe's army said Wednesday it has President Robert Mugabe and his wife in custody and is securing government offices and patrolling the capital's streets...

Govt to use $1.3bn to purchase cocoa

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has disclosed some $1.3bn has been raised to purchase 850,000 tonnes of cocoa beans. He said while other cocoa-producing countries...

Highlights of 2018 budget in pictures

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has presented government's second budget to the House of Parliament Wednesday. The budget among other things focuses on growing key sectors...

Govt targets 8.0% inflation in 2018

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has said government is targeting an end-of-year inflation rate of 8.0 percent, lower than the 11.2 percent targeted for...

Free SHS policy is ‘destiny changing’ – Ofori-Atta

The flagship free Senior High School (SHS) policy by the Akufo-Addo led government has been described as “destiny changing”. According to Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta,...

We have rescued our public purse from naked abuse – Ofori-Atta

The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta has hit hard at the erstwhile Mahama administration for subjecting the public purse to what he described as...

Over 2000 graduate recruited under Planting for Food and Jobs

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has revealed the flagship Planting for Food and Jobs programme has reduced graduate unemployment in the country. According to him, 2,...

We have achieved what seemed impossible in 8 years – Ofori Atta

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta has said government has been able to accelerate Ghana’s economic growth just 10 months in power. According to him, through...

Asamoah Gyan unveils energy drink

Asamoah Gyan has launched his own energy drink known as RUN as the Black Stars skipper continues to expand his business empire in the country. The announcement comes...

'Akufo-Addo turning our wives to lotto stakers'

President Akufo-Addo is being blamed for the increase women staking lotto in the country. The reason for this phenomenon, according to a communications team member...

Write books that will shape thinking – Former President Kufuor urges writers

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has encouraged young Ghanaian and African writers to write books that would help shape the thinking and perceptions of...

Document: 2017 budget highlights

Finance Minister in March this year presented to Parliament the 2017 budget, his first budget statement and economic policy. The budget gave details of government’s...

Hot Video: 'NDC awarded school building contracts to vigilante groups'

Education Minister, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh has blamed the erstwhile Mahama government for the congestion in Senior High School (SHS). According to him, his predecessor...

Video: NDC is a danger to free SHS – Napo

Education Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has called on Ghanaians to vote massively against the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2020 polls. According...

I declined an appointment in Akufo-Addo’s government – Maurice Ampaw

Controversial lawyer, Maurice Ampaw has said he would have been appointed into the current government long ago if he desired. He said his refusal to...

Ofori-Atta presents 2018 budget today

Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta is expected to present the 2018 Budget and Economic Policy Statement to Parliament today, Wednesday, 15 November. Ahead of the...

NPP, NDC should work together – Freddie Blay

Ghanaians, no matter their party affiliation, must come together to build the country to promote peace and harmony, acting Chairman of the ruling New...

Prophet Opambour ‘stole’ my beautiful girlfriend – Maurice Ampaw

Private legal practitioner, Dr Maurice Ampaw has revealed a shocking secret about how Kumasi-based 'Prophet of God', Ebenezer Adakwa Yiadom aka ‘Opambour’ snatched his...

Office of the Special Prosecutor Bill finally passed

Parliament has passed the Office of the Special Prosecutor Bill after its third reading. The Bill was passed amid debate over whether the Special Prosecutor...

Akufo-Addo on a 3-day visit to Qatar

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is on a three-day official visit to Qatar, a statement from the presidency announced. He left the shores of Ghana...

Hot VIDEO: Only ‘stupid pastors’ condemn my G-string direction – Obinim

The founder and leader of the International Godsway Church, Bishop Daniel Obinim has described men of God condemning his ‘G-String direction’ as ‘foolish, stupid...

Gov’t to meet Private SHS over free SHS

Government will soon meet the Conference of Heads of Private Second Cycle Schools in Ghana (CHOPSS) to discuss the Free Senior High School (SHS)...

Weaker monitoring of School Feeding Programme affecting policy

A research and policy think tank has observed that the policy objective number three of the Ghana School Feeding Policy drafted in November 2015...

Major Mahama Trust Bill Discriminatory – Freeman Tettey

The former Deputy Director of the Public Affairs Department of the Ghana Police Service DSP Freeman Tettey, has slammed the Major Mahama Trust Bill...