4,419 Effective Monday, December 12, 2022, the Bank of Ghana will issue into circulation an upgraded GH¢1 coin with enhanced security features. The Central Bank announced this in a statement on Tuesday, December 6. According to the Bank of Ghana, the new GH¢1 coin will be similar to the existing one in shape, form and […]
Author: Foster Ayisah
Buy Fuel in Litres To Avoid Cheating– CPA Tells Ghanaians
2,215 The Consumer Protection Agency of Ghana is urging Ghanaians to insist on buying fuel in litres anytime they visit fuel stations to avoid cheating at the pumps. According to the Agency, it is the best remedy in the present moment after revelations by the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) that 57 OMC’S in Accra have […]
Why insult ex-President Kufuor for speaking on hardships in Ghana? – Obiri Boahene
1,705 Speaking in a Neat FM interview Obiri Boahen said that no member of the NPP can say that the things Kufuor talked about are false. . He added that the hardships in the country are real and the former president should be allowed to express his views. I said that ‘akpeteshie’ (local alcohol) is […]
Tanzania To Spend Cash On Schools Instead Of Independence Day
1,715 Hundreds of children with special needs in Tanzania are set to enrol in boarding schools after the government reallocated money meant for independence day celebrations to build dormitories. Some $445,000 (£364,000) had been set aside for Friday’s 61st independence day festivities, but that will now be spent on improving schools. President Samia Suluhu said […]
External forces to blame for Ghana’s economic woes – John Kumah insists
1,696 The Member of Parliament for Ejisu and Deputy Minister of Finance, John Kumah has reiterated claims by government that external factors disrupted Ghana’s buoyant economy created by the governing New Patriotic Party. Mr. Kumah said the external disruptive factors worsened the debt crisis of the country, which compelled the Minister of Finance to announce […]
NPA to seek Cabinet support to remove taxes on LPG
1,715 The Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority, Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, has said the Authority’s goal in the energy sector is to help eradicate energy poverty. In that regard, he said, the NPA would engage Cabinet to remove some taxes on LPG to make it more accessible and affordable to Ghanaians, especially the poor. […]
AngloGold Ashanti Hosts Environment Minister
1,540 AngloGold Ashanti, Obuasi Mine on the 5th of December 2022, had the honour of hosting the Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI), Honorable. Dr. Kwaku Afriyie, the Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency, Honorable. Dr. Henry K. Kokofu and other senior officers of the Agency during their three-day working visit […]
18,127 People In Central Region Living With HIV
1,720The Central Region had 18,127 persons living with HIV in the region as of December 2021. Out of the number, 12,119, representing 66 per cent, were women, with 4,365 being men. Children aged from zero to 14 with HIV were 1,443. The region also had 863 new infections in the same year, representing 5.1 per […]
Parliament Approves 2023 Budget
2,727Parliament has approved the 2023 budget which was presented by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta. After some days of debates, the Minority and majority leader gave their concluding remarks today. The Speaker of Parliament later put a question to the Members of Parliament present about the motion to adopt the 2023 budgets. And there […]
Suspected ‘Wee’ Induced Sobolo Drink Causes 22-Year-Old To Butcher Stepfather, Grandmother
1,527 A 22-year-old carpentry apprentice who claims he drank ‘sobolo’ laced with suspected ‘wee’ [indian hemp], offered to him by his friends which induced him to subsequently murder his stepfather and grandmother has been picked up by the police at Nsawam in the Eastern Region. The suspect, Alex Tenge, according to his Uncle, Mr. Kumadoe, […]






