The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has confiscated illicit tobacco products worth GH¢7.95m. These products were smuggled into the country through unapproved border routes, prompting the GRA to address the issue and maintain the nation’s regulatory standards. In a statement released on November 21, 2023, the GRA revealed that the street value of the confiscated products amounted to GHS 7,951,238.39. The ...

A “tragic…entirely avoidable surge” in child deaths is expected in Gaza where some 160 youngsters are already being killed every day, UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday, after six weeks of aerial bombardment by Israeli forces in response to the 7 October Hamas terror attacks on southern Israel that claimed 1,200 lives and some 240 hostages. “About 160 children are killed ...

A professor of economics at New York University, Professor Yaw Nyarko, says Ghana must rethink and invest in its agricultural sector to enhance its growth prospects. He stressed that this was critical because of the great potential of the agricultural sector. Speaking at the Achimota Speaks Forum on Thursday, November 16, 2023, Professor Nyarko noted that “Agriculture, I think, is ...

Lack of fuel is jeopardizing “the entire architecture of the humanitarian response” in Gaza, where raw sewage is now flowing in the streets, the head of the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said on Thursday.  In a wide-ranging briefing to journalists in Geneva, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini reiterated calls for a ceasefire and addressed misinformation targeting the agency, including claims that aid is being diverted. He said ...

Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, one of Africa’s finest diplomats has underscored the need for governments in Africa and Ghana in particular to empower its people to engage in active citizenship to engender sustainable development. Empowering citizenship, According to Dr Chambas could assist in finding solutions to some of the development challenges specifically in Ghana and the African continent in general. ...

STAR-Ghana Foundation, a national centre for active citizenship and philanthropy,  is scheduled to hold its  3rd annual Active Citizenship Dialogue in Accra on Friday, November 10, 2023. To be held on the theme, Empowering Citizens, Enriching Nation Building: Fostering Active Citizenship for Sustainable Development in Ghana,’ the dialogue is intended to stimulate conversations among Ghanaians on the state of active ...

 The Media Platform on Environment and Climate Change (MPEC) in collaboration with the Minority Rights Group Africa (MRGA) has rewarded Eight Ghanaian Journalists for their outstanding reportage on Conflicts, Minority rights, climate change, migration, and development issues in the country. The Eight journalists were selected from various media outfits, including newspapers, online/wire services, radio, and television. Mohammed Fugu, the Northern ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has stated that the next National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration will review the Free Senior High School policy within its 100 days in office to deal with the barrage of challenges affecting it. Speaking at a meeting with the leadership of Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Accra on Tuesday [Nov 7, 2023], former President Mahama ...

Businesses and individuals want the government to scrap the E-levy and review some tax laws, a survey of businesses’ expectations in the 2024 budget statement has revealed. The businesses also expect a review of the COVID-19 levy, petroleum levy, and the growth and sustainability levy which was recently introduced as part of the government’s conditions to access the IMF bailout. The ...

Trust is a delicate commodity in politics, often difficult to earn but easy to squander. In the realm of Ghanaian politics, this question takes centre stage as Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the Vice President and now flagbearer of the ruling New Patriotic Party, sets out to rebuild the trust and confidence of the Ghanaian electorate in him. Before the 2016 election, ...