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Ken Ofori-Atta’s US immigration case adjourned to April 27
Posted on with No CommentThe hearing of the case involving former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has been adjourned to April 27, 2026. Mr Ofori-Atta appeared before a United States immigration court in Virginia on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, as proceedings continue over his immigration … Read more →
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I was only giving the families hope by the announcement – CID Boss on kidnapped Taadi Girls saga
Posted on | CommentUnder-pressure CID boss Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah has said she was misunderstood when she announced three kidnapped girls have been located. The CID Director-General told Accra-based Atinka TV, she ‘wanted to give the families hope’ by that announcement, conceding, the … Read more →
Aisha ‘Sister’s’ surety granted Gh¢3,000 bail
Posted on | CommentMohammed Bondirigbum, a freelance journalist who stood surety for Chinese woman, Helen Huang, has been granted Gh¢ 3,000 bail. The Tamale Circuit court judge, Justice Twumasi, granted the surety bail with two sureties who are government workers earning Gh¢ 3,000 … Read more →
Court throws out injunction against CTN implementation
Posted on | CommentThe Tema High Court has given clearance for the implementation of the Cargo Tracking Note (CTN) system after an injunction application filed by a freight forwarder, John Kwame Adu Jack was thrown out. Mr. Adu Jack filed the application pending … Read more →
2018: Interest on loans cost GH?21.1bn
Posted on | Comment-It represents 55% of tax revenues – Finance Minister Ghana is spending close to 55 per cent of tax revenue to service interests on loans alone. Last year, of the GH?37.8 billion raised in tax revenues, GH?21.1 billion was used … Read more →
Radio Gold reacts to NCA’s closure of the station
Posted on | CommentNetwork Broadcasting Company Limited, the operators of Accra-based Radio Gold, has responded to the shut down of the station by the National Communications Authority (NCA). The NCA on Thursday, May 9, 2019 stormed the premises of the station in the … Read more →
NCA shuts down Radio Silver in Sekondi
Posted on | CommentThe National Communications Authority (NCA) has shut down Radio Silver in Sekondi on Friday 10th May, 2019 afternoon, a source close to the station has revealed to www.233times.net Officials of the NCA stormed the premises of the stations with … Read more →
Volta secessionists charged with treason
Posted on | CommentEight persons believed to be members of Homeland Study Group, which is calling for the secession of the Volta Region from Ghana, have been charged with treason. The accused persons, including the group’s chairman, Charles Kormi Kudjordji, 85-year-old retired educationist, … Read more →
Fake Chinese Doctors grabbed
Posted on | CommentPersonnel of the Medical and Dental Council, in collaboration with the Ghana Police Service, have apprehended two Chinese men for illegally running health facilities at Dzorwulu and Tema Community 11 in the Greater Accra Region without licence. The Chinese ‘doctors’ … Read more →
Oguaa launches 2019 Fetu Afahye
Posted on | CommentThis year’s Fetu Afahye has been launched in Cape Coast with a call on the people to advance the development of the Oguaa Traditional Area. A Deputy Minister of Works and Housing, Mrs Barbara Asher Ayisi, who made the call … Read more →
Ghanaian charged for lying to obtain US citizenship, illegally voting in 10 elections
Posted on | CommentA federal grand jury last week indicted a Fulton man on charges of passport fraud, falsely claiming U.S. citizenship and illegally voting. Michael Nana Baako, a 50-year-old Ghanaian native, was a physician who practiced in Maryland hospitals and had his … Read more →
Gov’t reduces fare for railway service
Posted on | Comment• from GH? 5 to GH?3 THE Ghana Rails Authority has reviewed downward the flat fare for its Accra-Tema Railway service following complaints by passengers. Passengers since the re-launch of the Accra-Tema Railway line, in January this year, have had … Read more →
Banks’ profit soar by 31.5% in only 2 months
Posted on | CommentTHE 23 banks currently operating in Ghana registered an after-tax profit of GH¢549.70 million, a 31.5 percent year-on year growth for the first two months of the year, the Bank of Ghana’s March 2019 Banking Sector Report has revealed. … Read more →
New utility tariffs to be announced in June – PURC
Posted on | CommentThe Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has said it will announce the next utility tariff adjustment in June to be implemented in July. The PURC after taking tariff proposals from power companies such as the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo), … Read more →
Legon Students begin campaign for better security on campus
Posted on | CommentSome students of the University of Ghana have launched a social media campaign to call for better security on campus. The campaign, #MakeUGaSafePlaceAgain, follows the robbery attack on one of their colleagues along the Pentagon-James Topp Nelson Yankah Hall road. … Read more →
Ghana gets over 55% fiscal take in AGM/Aker deal
Posted on | CommentThe Petroleum Agreement ratified by Parliament for the South Deepwater Tano (SDWT) block gives a fiscal take to Ghana, which is substantially above the international deepwater average of approximately 55%. A statement issued by AGM Petroleum Ghana Limited (AGM) said … Read more →
Media practitioners should uphold country’s freedom – US Ambassador
Posted on | CommentMedia practitioners in Ghana have been advised not to be complacent and take the freedom being enjoyed now for granted. The US Ambassador to Ghana, Ms Stephanie S. Sullivan, who gave the advice during an interaction with the media in … Read more →
Ghana gets $19.3m support to address impact of artisanal mining and logging
Posted on | CommentRural communities in four regions of Ghana currently affected by the environmental damage and pollution associated with destructive artisanal mining and logging practices are to benefit from a scale up of the Ghana Forest Investment Programme. An additional financing of … Read more →
Leadership of group championing ‘Volta Region’ independence arrested
Posted on | CommentThe police administration has explained that it arrested the eight leaders of the group agitating for the restoration of the Western Togoland as an independent state from Ghana because they were planning to declare independence tomorrow. The eight, led by … Read more →
DISTURBING PHOTOS: Armed robbers attack University of Ghana student on campus
Posted on | CommentSuspected armed robbers on Sunday dawn attacked and injured a final year Psychology student of the University of Ghana on campus. Daniel Osei, who was butchered on his arms and head sustained several cutlass wounds and currently receiving treatment at the 37 Military … Read more →
41 killed on Russian jet
Posted on | CommentForty-one people died after a Russian plane made an emergency landing and burst into flames just after takeoff from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport. Dramatic video shows passengers using emergency exit slides to escape the burning Aeroflot aircraft. Survivors suggest the plane … Read more →
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