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The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has blamed the Minority in Parliament for partly contributing to the current economic woes. According to him, the minority’s lack of support for the E-levy scared investors and triggered the downgrade of Ghana’s economy by various international rating agencies. Addressing the public on the decisions taken by the government towards reviving the economy, the Minister...
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has disclosed that President Akufo-Addo has no plan of reviewing the free SHS programme. He made this known on March 24, 2022 when addressing Ghanaians on government’s response to the economic hardship in the country including fuel price hikes. In a recent interview, Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said that all the 16 flagship programs of...
Authorities at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital have resolved to conduct a DNA test on six female bodies that were part of the Tuesday, March 22 accident at Asemasa as one body has become a source of contention. A total of nine out of the 14 burnt bodies from the Asemasa accident have so far been identified. They included; four...
$9.5 million defamation suit filed by Assin Ghanaian lawmaker Kennedy Agyapong against US-based Ghanaian social media commentator Kevin Taylor, has been dismissed by a US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Mr Agyapong was seeking redress from the court with regard to what his lawyers said was a series of “false and defamatory statements in a series...
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, will today, Thursday, address Ghanaians on decisions taken by the government to address recent economic challenges facing the country. Ken Ofori-Atta is expected to give details of measures adopted by government to revive the struggling economy, a fallout from the the three-day Cabinet retreat held at the Peduase Presidential Lodge over the weekend. President Akufo-Addo wants Ghanaians...
A prophetess has brought out the beast in actress Xandy Kamel after trying to bring her ex-husband back into her life. Actress Xandy Kamel came fuming on social media over an act she finds disrespectful. The actress disclosed that a prophetess has come to her with a message from God on why she must return to her broken marriage. Xandy and Kaninja’s...
Award-winning Ghanaian gospel singer and songwriter Joyce Blessing reiterates that she does not accept defeat despite all the challenges she has been through for the past years. Speaking in an interview with Cookie Tee on Tv3 New Day, the singer revealed has the strength of her mental fortitude. Despite all the challenges she has experienced, including feuds in her marriage,...
The Minister of Communications and Digitalisation Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has said the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) must be blamed for the long queues at the SIM card registration centres. “I need to make this point, even before the elections were done, this card registration exercise took off I believe in 2018 thereof, the National Democratic Congress told its members...
President Akufo-Addo has hinted that on his instructions, the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, will on Thursday 24 March 2022, announce what he says are “difficult decisions” that his administration has taken to help cushion Ghanaians during these difficult economic times the country and the world finds itself. Akufo-Addo disclosed this in his opening remarks before moving into a close door...
Members of the Council of State have offered for government to reduce their allowances by 20%. This is to help save the country from the after effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and the fuel price increase resulting from the Russia-Ukraine war which is having a telling effect the world over. Chairman of the Council and Paramount Chief of Juaben Traditional Area,...

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