The Minister for Works and Housing, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has outdoored a new District Housing Programme for public sector workers as a bold innovative approach to addressing Ghana’s Rural Housing Development deficit. The District Housing Programme will provide housing for public sector workers such as nurses, teachers, police officers, doctors and district Assembly workers. Kojo […]

The Deputy Ambassador for Denmark to Ghana, Vibeke Sandholm Pedersen has disclosed that the Danish government has invested about 600,000 Euros into the provision of equipment, tools and software for the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), in implementing the “Strengthening Borders and Migration Management in Ghana Project” (SMMIG). SMMIG, proposed by the International Center for Migration […]

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the climate change space have called on the Executive and Parliament to reverse legislation permitting forest reserve developments. The groups are demanding that Executive Instrument 144 and Legislative Instrument 246 (2) that declassified the Achimota Forest and other reserves across the country, be immediately halted to save the few and […]

Residents living around Anyaa School Junction in the Ga South municipality have issued a one-week ultimatum to authorities for streetlights and non-functioning traffic lights in the area to be fixed This follows a protest by the residents on Thursday morning triggered by numerous deaths on the Awoshie-Ablekuma-Pokuase Highway over non-functioning traffic lights. The protestors highlighted […]

The hour is late, the clock of destiny is ticking out, we must act now before it is too late. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in 2016, then in opposition promised in their 2016 Manifesto “to protect Ghanaians from inferior quality goods, products, and services, we will facilitate the passage […]

A Statistics Professor at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Professor Atinuke Olusola Adebanji, has expressed concerns about the increasing number of National Service Scheme (NSS) personnel travelling abroad in search of better opportunities after completing their one-year mandatory service. Prof. Adebanji attributes this trend to the challenging business environment in Ghana, […]

The High Court presided over by Justice Nana Brew on July 10, 2024 dismissed an application for judicial review filed by George Smith-Graham, a former director of UMB Bank, against the Bank of Ghana (BoG). On July 22 2022, the BoG, pursuant to its powers, under the Banks and Specialised Deposit-Taking Institutions Act, Act 930 […]

Absa Bank Ghana LTD continues to make significant strides in enhancing financial literacy among the youth through its ‘Money Matters’ initiative. Launched earlier this year, the programme has already impacted over 50,000 pupils across 78 basic and senior high schools nationwide, surpassing initial milestones and laying a strong foundation for sustainable financial literacy education. The […]

The stage is set for an unforgettable musical revival as Ghanaian gospel legend Esther Smith makes her highly anticipated return with a series of live concerts in Kumasi and Accra. Scheduled for August 25th in Kumasi at the Bantama Pentecost and August 30th at the Perez Dome, Accra, these concerts are a personal comeback for […]

Dancehall superstar Vybz Kartel is now a free man after 13 years in prison. The entertainer walked free from the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre in downtown Kingston on Wednesday evening after the Court of Appeal ruled against retrying him and his co-accused for the murder of Clive “Lizard” Williams. In 2014, Kartel, real name […]

The United States Embassy in Accra has announced a change in its visa services operations. Effective August 26, 2024, the Embassy will transition to a new visa services provider which will be made known on the US Embassy website. Consequently, access to the current visa service provider’s website and services will cease on August 16, […]

The Government Assurances Committee of Parliament has strongly criticised the Lands Commission for failing to provide data on public lands and their corresponding utilisation over the years. The Committee argues that the data is required to tackle fraudulent activities, which it says include the registration of government lands as private lands. At its sitting on […]

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has vowed to end mining in forest reserves if he is elected president in the upcoming December 7 polls.  According to the former President, the destruction of the forest reserve for gold must not be encouraged. Speaking to chiefs and elders of the Central […]

National Security Minister, Albert Kan Dapaah, is worried over what he calls a lack of trust in the country’s judiciary by politicians.  The National Security Minister says commentary by political actors ahead of the December 7 polls leaves much to be desired.  Speaking at a forum in Accra, Albert Kan Dappah said politicians should not […]