1,195A total of 71.4 million (71,439,585) barrels of oil were obtained from the three producing fields – Jubilee, Sankofa Gye Nyame (SGN) and Tweneboa Enyera Ntomme (TEN) in 2019. The total oil production in 2019 exceeded that of 2018 by 15 per cent. A statement issued in Accra by the Public Interest and Accountability Committee […]
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NLA and GRA Set to Launch VAT Raffle
1,367 National Lottery Authority(NLA) and Ghana Revenue Authority(GRA), the two strategic Revenue Mobilization Institutions for Ghana’s Government would officially launch VAT Raffle very soon. GRA and NLA have been closely working together on the VAT Raffle since last year April 2019. Immediately after the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding in pursuant to Section 5 […]
NLA Licenses Five Private Sector Lotto Operators under Act 844
1,953 The National Lottery Authority (NLA) signed a historic partnership agreement with the Veterans Administration, Ghana (VAG). The agreement gave NLA the sole power to regulate, manage and supervise the operations of VAG lottery to contribute to the overall well-being of Veterans in the Country. Based on the collaborative agreement between the National Lottery Authority […]
Transportation On Oti River Now Safe—Maritime Boss
1,286 LISTEN 3 HOURS AGO Transportation on inland waters especially in Krachi East Municipality has been made safer due to a project embarked upon to get all tree stumps in the Oti River removed. Thomas Alonzi, director for Ghana Maritime Authority who was on a working visit to the Dambai with some other Naval staff […]
Coronavirus exposes local firms’ Business Continuity Plans
1,437 Mark Badu Aboagye, Chief Executive Officer, GNCCI Companies in the country that have Business Continuity Plans in place have those plans to satisfy regulatory directives, not to actually save themselves in times of crisis such as COVID-19, a survey conducted by the Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCCI) has revealed. With two […]
Ghana’s total gold output declines by 4 percent in 2019
1,193 Ghana’s total gold production plunged four percent in 2019, but registered its third-best performance in nearly 40 years, data from the Ghana Chamber of Mines showed on Friday. Total gold output dropped to 4.577 million ounces in 2019, down from the 4.792 million ounces recorded the previous year. The drop in overall production […]
Double Salary Saga: Prosecute Ex Government Officials Now ……ATJ Tells Government.
1,583 The advocates for Truth and Justice (ATJ), has called on government to prosecute the nine Ex- officials in the Mahama Administration for allegedly taking double salaries. According to the group, the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, concluded it’s investigations in 2018 and forwarded the docket to the Attorney General for […]
959# Digital Lottery addresses concerns of Lottery Stigmatization
1,172 The robustness, effectiveness and efficiency of the *959# lottery Short Code has been appreciated by the staking public. The *959# is the official short code of the National Lottery Authority (NLA) running the Original 5/90 Lotto Game from Monday to Saturday. The *959# short code and 590mobile.com.gh platforms formed part of the Government’s digitization […]
MTN announces positive service revenue trajectory in first quarter financial results
1,723MTN Group today announced a positive service revenue trajectory in the first quarter of financial results for the year ended 31 March 2020. Speaking on the results MTN Group president and CEO, Rob Shuter said: “The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy have brought about unprecedented uncertainty, volatility, and challenges that are […]
Ghana Diaspora Women Donates PPEs To Abuakwa Polyclinic
1,437Abuakwa Polyclinic in the Atwima Nwiabigya South Municipality of the Ashanti region has received Personal Protective equipment worth thousands of Ghana cedis from the Ghana Diaspora Women. The donation was in support of the fight against the covid-19 pandemic. The group has over five hundred membership in both Ghana and diaspora and have been assisting […]