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Mahama is guest of honour at Wa conference – GBA debunks snub claims
22/08/2025

Mahama is guest of honour at Wa conference – GBA debunks snub claims

The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has dismissed reports suggesting that it failed to invite President John Dramani Mahama to its 2025 Annual Conference or accorded him less prominence than his predecessor, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. In a statement issued on Thursday, August 21, the Association descr...

Women in Taxation call for human-centered approach to informal sector compliance
22/08/2025

Women in Taxation call for human-centered approach to informal sector compliance

The Society of Women in Taxation (SWIT) has called for a more human-centred approach to tax administration in Ghana, stressing that education, empathy, and empowerment are as vital as technology in boosting compliance within the informal sector. Speaking at the 3rd SWIT Conference in Accra on August...

GRA unveils digital blueprint to unlock informal sector’s tax potential
22/08/2025

GRA unveils digital blueprint to unlock informal sector’s tax potential

The Ghana Revenue Authority has outlined a determined digital roadmap to expand tax compliance within the country’s vast informal sector, pledging to simplify processes, reduce costs, and build trust between taxpayers and the state. Speaking at the third edition of the Society of Women in Taxation...

EOCO interrogates Shatta Wale in $4m fraud car probe, grants him bail
21/08/2025

EOCO interrogates Shatta Wale in $4m fraud car probe, grants him bail

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has interrogated Ghanaian dancehall artiste Charles Nii Armah Mensah, popularly known as Shatta Wale, in connection with a Lamborghini Urus identified by US authorities as proceeds of a $4 million fraud case. In a statement issued on Thursday, August 21...

BoG bars cash dollar payments to big firms without prior deposits
21/08/2025

BoG bars cash dollar payments to big firms without prior deposits

The Bank of Ghana has directed banks to immediately stop the practice of paying foreign currency (FCY) cash to large corporates such as bulk oil distribution companies and mining firms unless such withdrawals are backed by equivalent FCY cash deposits. The directive marks the latest in a series of m...

COCOBOD: Ghana pays highest cocoa price in West Africa
20/08/2025

COCOBOD: Ghana pays highest cocoa price in West Africa

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has rejected reports suggesting that cocoa farmers in Ghana are worse off than their counterparts in Côte d’Ivoire, insisting that official data shows Ghana currently offers the highest farmgate price in the sub-region. In a statement issued on Wednesday, August 20...

Ablakwa defends presidential jet oversight, says legacy was ‘for God and country’
20/08/2025

Ablakwa defends presidential jet oversight, says legacy was ‘for God and country’

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has mounted a firm defence of his campaign against the use of luxury chartered flights by former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, describing it as a proud legacy of parliamentary oversight carried out “for God and Country.” In ...

DVLA to roll out regional number plates from 2026
20/08/2025

DVLA to roll out regional number plates from 2026

Chief Executive of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), Julius Neequaye Kotey, has announced sweeping reforms in Ghana’s vehicle registration system, including the rollout of new number plates and enhanced tracking technology. Speaking in an interview on Face to Face on Channel One T...

EC sets September 30 for Tamale Central by-election
20/08/2025

EC sets September 30 for Tamale Central by-election

The Electoral Commission has announced that a parliamentary by-election will be held in the Tamale Central Constituency on Tuesday, 30 September 2025, following the death of the sitting Member of Parliament, Hon. Murtala Muhammed Ibrahim. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the EC said the vacancy had...

Ridge Hospital: Arrest attackers now or we act – GRNMA issues 48-hour ultimatum
19/08/2025

Ridge Hospital: Arrest attackers now or we act – GRNMA issues 48-hour ultimatum

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has strongly condemned what it described as a “loathsome act of violence” against nurses and other health workers at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital (Ridge Hospital). In a statement issued on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, the associati...

Gov’t disburses GH¢9.7bn in latest DDEP coupon payment
19/08/2025

Gov’t disburses GH¢9.7bn in latest DDEP coupon payment

The government has announced the payment of GH¢9.7 billion as part of its coupon obligations under the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP). In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Ministry of Finance said the payment, made on August 19, 2025, brings the total disbursements under the program this ...

FBI clears Cecilia Dapaah of direct corruption, refers money laundering concerns to EOCO
19/08/2025

FBI clears Cecilia Dapaah of direct corruption, refers money laundering concerns to EOCO

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has disclosed that after nearly seven months of joint investigations with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) into the financial dealings of former Sanitation Minister Cecilia Abena Dapaah, no direct evidence of corruption was established against her....

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