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The Ghanaian government has ordered that all service and diplomatic passports issued by the previous administration be immediately recalled.On Tuesday, January 14, 2025, the directive was sent to the Chief Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and signed by Secretary to the President Callistus Mahama. DETAILS INVOLVED IN THE LETTER The letter states that Read more…

The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) has instructed all current caterers to start serving wholesome meals to students nationwide as basic schools reopen on Wednesday, January 8, 2025.As part of the School Feeding Program, the order seeks to guarantee that students in Ghana’s 16 regions continue to get one hot, wholesome meal every day. Procurement Read more…

Users of social media platforms have been warned of a trend where scammers threaten to publicly share or expose intimate or compromising material such as explicit photos or videos, if victims do not pay a ransom. Although not new, this form of scam is becoming popular as the number of users on social media platforms Read more…

Businesses and individuals want the government to scrap the E-levy and review some tax laws, a survey of business’s expectations in the 2024 budget statement has revealed. The businesses also expect a review of the COVID-19 levy, petroleum levy and the growth and sustainability levy which was recently introduced as part of the government’s conditions Read more…

On 6th October 2023, a delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) held a press conference in Accra after a two-week review of Ghana’s $3 billion IMF program initiated in May with a $600 million down payment from the Fund. Present at the conference was a chastened finance minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, who had had to Read more…

Justice Kwaku Gyan, a former Justice of the Court of Appeal, has slammed the Supreme Court for preventing Election Commission Chairperson Jean Mensa from testifying during the 2020 presidential election petition. 2020 Petition The petitioners’ attempt to have the EC chair subpoenaed into the witness box was foiled when the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Read more…

In an international friendly played at GEODIS Park in Nashville, Tennessee, Ghana was defeated 4-0 by the United States of America. In Nashville, the Black Stars, who were looking to avenge their earlier Saturday loss to Mexico, gave up four goals in the first half. In the tenth minute, Gio Reyna scored the first goal Read more…

Peter Mac Manu, a former national chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), claims that the Party can improve Ghana’s circumstances within a year.  “It will only take the NPP twelve months to turn around the country’s fortunes,” Mr. Mac Manu stated in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Peduase, Eastern Read more…

Some have questioned why other important decision-makers in the bank were not equally prosecuted in the wake of the sentence handed down by an Accra High Court to William Ato Essien, the founder of the now-defunct Capital Bank. The International Central Gospel Church’s leader, Dr. Mensah Otabil, has been mentioned frequently as the board chairman. Read more…

Mahama’s Enstoolment At a vibrant durbar attended by chiefs and people of the area, Mr. Mahama was properly enthroned and outdid with the title Togbi Dunenyo I, Togbi Nugori of the Penyi Traditional Area.  Mr. Mahama, who was the special guest of honour at the just-ended Penyi Nugoriiza, was welcomed into the community by a Read more…