President Akufo-Addo will on Tuesday lead a brand-new effort aimed at easing investor on-boarding in Ghana as well as reinvigorate local investments in critical sectors of the country’s economy. The exercise which is a collaboration between the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) and the Ministries of Information, Finance and Trade aims at accounting for the …

The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC)has donated two motorcycles to the Accra Central Divisional Command of the Ghana Police Service (GPS) to support their operations. The gesture was in response to a request by the Division for WAEC to support them with a motorcycles to enable the Command patrol its jurisdiction especially during the night. …

The Bishop of the Koforidua Diocese of the Catholic Church, Most Reverend Joseph Afrifa Agyapong, has called on Ghanaians to be disciplined in all aspects of their lives. He said a lot of things were happening in the country as a result of indiscipline. “If we were to instill discipline things would work in the …

The Aircraft Accident Investigation and Prevention Bureau (AAIPB) is constituting an investigation team to look into an Amsterdam bound KLM flight incident which resulted in an aborted take-off at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra  Friday.  A statement issued by the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) said the incident involved a bird strike close to …

President Nana AddoDankwaAkufo-Addohas explained that until health experts are certain that reopening the country’s land borders will not pose problems, it is not advisable to do so. According to him, the country had still not out of the woods as regards the COVID-19 pandemic, thus reopening land borders would come with a huge risk and …

First Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, (BoG) Dr Maxwell Opoku-Afari has said that efficiency in expenditure required public financial management reforms that increase the efficiency and transparency of public spending. He said this can be helpful in supporting tax reform efforts. Dr Opoku-Afari explained that conscious efforts were therefore needed to be made …

The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has given the government a three-week ultimatum to refund money collected from Ghanaians, who purchased application forms, to be employed in state-owned agencies. This came as several security agencies, including the Ghana Police Service, which begun mass recruitment exercise across the country and eligible applicants were required to purchase forms …

Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, Volta Regional Minister has cautioned district assemblies in the region against corrupt practices saying those caught would not be shielded. The Regional Minister cautioned while opening a performance contract durbar for the region, over what he said were “criminal gangs and cartels” who were the engaged in local assembly corruption. He …

According to Links(2021), lemon averts kidney stones and kill cancer cells.  The story of lemon is link to scientist James Lind who conducted   experiments on board a naval ship in 1747, showing that lemon nutrition could help ward off scurvy.India, Mexico and China are leaders in lemon production. Scientific benefits 1. support immune health Lemons …

The Institution of chieftaincy in Ghana has been involved in local governance of the country before the arrival of the Europeans on our soil in the 15th Century. This Institution emerged from the peoples’ need to come together for security and protection. Thus, a chief was enjoined to protect and add value to the community …

Ghana extractive sector revenue as a ratio of extractive sector value addition of 19.3 per cent is far lower than African economies average of 50.9 per cent, a research by the Institute of Fiscal Studies has identified. This the economic and policy think tank is calling for a relook at oil and mining agreements with …

The Minister of Public Enterprises, Mr Joseph Cudjoe, has lauded the Ghana Industrial Holding Corporation (GIHOC) for making the company profitable again. The company increased its profit from GH¢80million it recorded in 2017 to a staggering GH¢180 million last year.    Mr Cudjoe indicated that because of the impressive performance of the leading alcoholic beverages distillers, …

The largest vegetable farm in West Africa, Maphlix Trust Ghana Limited at Tadzewu in the Ketu North Municipality of the Volta Region will employ 400 permanent workers early next year to meet growing demands for its produce from the export and local markets. The 1,900-hectare estate produces okra, tomato, pepper, chilli, cucumber, various Asian vegetables, …

Rethinking the country’s development finance and macroeconomic management will require effective domestic revenue mobilisation to fund the budget and infrastructural projects, the First Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Maxwell Opoku-Afari, has said. He said with Ghana’s attainment of a lower middle income status, Official Development Assistance (ODA), aid and grants to …

Black Stars’ head coach Charles Akonnor will miss the services of seven top stars this afternoon as the Black Stars face South Africa’s Bafana Bafana in the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifier in Johannesburg. The seven players played key roles in handing Ghana a 1-0 win over the Walias of Ethiopia at the Cape Coast …

Hearts of Oak will play Togolese champions Asko De Kara in an international friendly this afternoon in the capital Lome. Today’s friendly forms part of Hearts’ preparation ahead of their CAF Champions League tie against Guinean side CI Kamsar in the preliminary round of the 2021/22 CAF Champions League season. Hearts travel to Guinea on …

Ghana’s proud bronze medalist from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Samuel Takyi together with the Black Bombers and the President of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC), Mr Ben Nunoo Mensah on Wednesday paid a courtesy call on Ashfoam Ghana. Ashfoam Ghana was the main sponsor of the apparel of Team Ghana at the Tokyo2020 Olympic …

The maiden edition of the Universal Premier League Awards saw newly-signed Accra Hearts of Oak midfielder Gladson Awako and Northern Ladies Jafar Ramaha adjudged winners of the male and female footballer of the season for the 2020/2021 season. The event, held in Accra on Saturday, also saw Coach Annor Walker of Accra Great Olympics emerge …

The Assin South District Police Command last Wednesday asked Madam Comfort Mensah, a landlady at Assin Koforidua, to accompany a team to Burkina Faso, where her couple tenants hail from, to officially inform the families of the killing of the wife by the husband. The 35-year-old farm labourer, is alleged to have butchered his wife …

A 32-year-old man is on run for his dear life after he was disowned by his family for being gay (Homosexual). The whereabouts of Kamal Anas Bello, who is born into a conservative Muslim family in Ashaiman, a suburb of Accra, is still unknown, a family member, who pleaded anonymity, told the Ghanaian Times, in an …