April 2018

The nation’s foremost indigenous Oil Marketing Company (OMC), Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL) had paid a total sum of GHC 1.128 billion, which comprises taxes and levies to the government during the year 2017. In spite of making lower…
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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged the National Peace Council to be fair to all sides of the Political divide and treat everyone equitably. Addressing the 13 member National Peace Council at the Jubilee House during a…
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A concerned parent is heading to court to demand exclusion of boarding fees from the free Senior High School Program being implemented by the Akufo-Addo administration. Kofi Anokye said government is violating Article 25 of the…
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Four mass graves have been unearthed in Rwanda, which are believed to date from the 1994 genocide. The sites were found in the Gasabo district, outside the capital Kigali, and about 200 bodies have been exhumed. Around 3,000 people from…
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French President Emmanuel Macron has used his speech to the joint houses of the US Congress to denounce nationalism and isolationism. Mr Macron said such policies were a threat to global prosperity. The speech was seen as rebuking…
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Ghana has maintained its status as a high-risk, debt-distress country after first making it onto the infamous list of countries whose debt burdens had reached alarming levels in 2015. In separate reports released in March and April, the…
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Professor Jophus Anamoah-Mensah, a former Vice-Chancellor, University of Education, Winneba (UEW), has lauded the Government’s decision to ensure that all technical universities have departments of education. He said the decision, which…
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The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has called for major reforms in pensions administration in Ghana. Dr Bawumia is particularly worried about the growing pensions bill for non-contributors, who continue to draw larger amounts from…
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The Computerised Schools Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) has introduced new policy guidelines for the placement of candidates of this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) into senior high schools (SHSs) and technical…
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The Accra High Court has empaneled a seven-member jury to determine the case involving some 14 persons standing trial for the murder of Major Maxwell Mahama. The jury, comprising six males and one female, was empaneled on Wednesday, 25…
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