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TAMA Foundation Universal, a Policy Think Tank based in Tamale, in the Northern Region of Ghana has trained over 300 Community members and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in natural resources governance across the five regions of the north. The move was to equip them with the requisite knowledge to effectively engage with mining companies, regulatory agencies and other key stakeholders ...

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has revoked the licenses of 30 Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) for breaching the regulations of the industry. Some of the OMCs are said to owe the government over ¢400 million cedis in the form of unpaid taxes by the end 0f 2022. A list of the companies published by the NPA said the licenses of ...

President Akufo-Addo has said that the country is hopeful to get an International Monetary Fund (IMF) deal latest in February. According to him, the deal will enable the economy to bounce back. He added that the deal will also help us repair the country’s public finances as well as “rebuild the confidence of outsiders in our economy and our own ...

An appeal has been made to the government of Ghana, particularly the Ministry of Finance to consider exempting pensioner Bondholders from the ongoing Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP). The proponents, Pensioner Bondholder’s Forum argue that pensioners have no source of income to support them in terms of feeding, buying regular medication, paying medical bills and meeting other critical needs, thus, ...

Football talents abound in Ghana and the African continent in general, however; it takes scouts, mini-tournaments, and in some areas, community-organized football competitions to uncover these endowments. Such competitions, particularly in areas outside the big towns offer enormous opportunities for emerging football geniuses. One of these convergences was recently organized by no other person but the venerable Frank Annoh- Dompreh ...

The activist daughter of former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been sentenced to five years in prison, her lawyer said on Tuesday. The lawyer did not give detail of the charges against Faezeh Hashemi. But Tehran’s public prosecutor indicted Hashemi last year on charges of “propaganda against the system”, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency. State media in ...

Former Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament, Professor Mike Aaron Oquaye wants the appointment process for the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) reviewed. He wants a fixed term of 6 years for the Chairperson of the elections management body. Speaking in an interview with TV3’s Alfred Ocansey on Monday, January 9, the former lawmaker for Dome-Kwabenya indicated that the appointments of ...

The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications says it will commence the implementation of the revised Electronic Transfer levy (E-Levy) rate of 1% from Wednesday, January 11, 2023. The government presenting the 2023 Budget and Economic Policy Statement, reviewed the 1.5 percent electronic transaction levy downwards to 1 percent effective January 2023. The reduction has also been approved by Parliament. The chamber ...

Many second-cycle schools have expressed their readiness to reopen for the commencement of the 2023 academic year. In separate interviews with the Daily Graphic, the management of some second-cycle schools expressed their readiness to reopen for the commencement of the 2023 academic year. According to the management of some of the schools, they had put in place the necessary arrangements ...

Nigeria has officially restricted massive cash withdrawals from the bank beginning Monday the 9th January in an effort to cool off inflation. Nigerians will only be allowed to withdraw 44 dollars per week per individual and $11,000 for businesses. This policy is most likely to affect millions of Nigerians especially businessmen and high cash-intensive activities. The stated goal of the ...