Black Queens hold first training in Surulere
Ghana’s Black Queens held their first training session at the Legacy Pitch, Surulere on Tuesday to kick off their pre-match preparations for the Aisha Buhari Cup. Mercy Tagoe Quarcoo had a fully fit squad to train with the exception of Gladys Amfobea who did not last the entire session after pulling a muscle. ‘’This Aisha […]
Debate to pay tithes or taxes continues unabated
By Nathaniel Nartey. Executive Director of Revenue Mobilisation Africa, Geoffrey Ocansey, has raised questions about the situation where thousands of professionals are able to avoid the payment of tax despite the implementation of the Tax Identification Number, TIN. He said the Ghana Revenue Authority should answer to Ghanaians how this has come about especially when […]
HO: Applicants asked to pick up NIA cards
The National Identification Authority (NIA) has asked applicants who registered for the Ghana card in the Ho Municipality to visit their offices at the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) premises to pick their cards. According to the Authority, some applicants in the Municipality did not get their cards during the general and the mop-up exercises, and […]
WAEC reschedules Physics and Business Management Papers
By Shirley Barwuah, Josephine Akari, Kofi Sakyiama Pobi & Georgina Ama Ankomah. The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), has stated that the Physics and Business Management Papers of the on-going West African Secondary School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) scheduled for September 15, 2021 have been postponed, citing technical reasons. WAEC stated that a new date would […]
Ousted Guinean President is healthy but still in shock – Ayorkor Botchwey
Leader of ECOWAS Delegation to Guinea and Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Mrs Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, says the ousted Guinean President Alpha Conde is physically healthy, but still in shock following the coup. She said the former President was mentally and psychologically traumatised due to the coup and was of the belief […]
Ghana Association of Writers to hold 2021 Book Fair on September 21–22
The Ghana Association of Writers (GAW) is to hold this year’s GAW Book Festival, dubbed: “GAWBOFEST” on Monday, September 21, 2021, and Tuesday, September 22, 2021. A press release signed and issued by Mr Francis Gbormittah, GAW President, said the opening ceremony for the Festival would be on Monday with a panel discussion on creative […]
Ghana’s GDP growth rate for 2nd quarter of 2021 hits 3.9% (GH¢39M)
By Edzorna Francis Mensah. The provisional real Quarterly Gross Domestic Product (QGDP) growth rate between April to June 2021 including Oil and Gas has reached 3.9% (year on year) in the Second Quarter and in the same period of 2020, the growth was -5.7%. This was estimated at constant 2013 prices for the 2nd quarter […]
GTA Board tasked to create 1 million jobs, make Ghana tourism hub
Dr Mohammed Ibrahim Awal, Minister of Tourism, Arts and Creative has urged the newly-inaugurated Governing Board of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) to create one million jobs in the tourism value chain and make Ghana the tourism hub of Africa. He asked the Board to make tourism the number one contributor to Ghana’s Gross Domestic […]
Temporary road closure in parts of Accra following ECOWAS Summit on Thursday
By Yvonne Atilego. The Ghana Police Service has announced that parts of the Liberation and Independence Roads in Accra would experience a temporary obstruction of traffic flow for Thursday, September 16, 2021’s Extraordinary Summit. The Director of Public Affairs, Superintendent, Alexander Obeng explained that the roadblock is to facilitate the transportation of Heads of State […]
ECOWAS convenes another extraordinary Summit in Accra over situation in Guinea
By Yvonne Atilego. The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS), is convening the 4th Extraordinary Summit in Accra on Thursday, September 16, 2021, over developments in Guinea, following the September 5, 2021 coup which led to the overthrow of Guinea’s President Alpha Condé. The Session would be the 2nd meeting convened by the Chairman […]
