The government has hinted at plans to review the electronic transfer levy (E-levy) to ensure tax compliance. The e-levy imposes a 1.5 percent charge on all electronic transfers, including mobile money and bank transfers. The government says despite an impressive outcome from the levy for the first and second quarters of the year, there is...
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NDC never disrespected Kufuor the way Akufo-Addo gov’t has disrespected Mahama – Valerie Sawyerr
Advisor to former President John Dramani Mahama, Dr. Valerie Esther Sawyerr, says the erstwhile NDC government did not disrespect former President John Agyekum Kufuor the way the current President Akufo-Addo-led government is disrespecting Mr. Mahama. Her comment comes after the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) dispelled reports that Mr. Mahama has been denied his emoluments...
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Court remands Chief who allegedly buried missing nursing student
The Tufohene of Ekumfi Akwakrom, Nana Crack, who was arrested over the death of a nursing trainee, and one other suspect Christopher Ekow Quansah, have been remanded by a Cape Coast District court, on Thursdays September 22. They are to reappear on the 4th of October. They have been charged with conspiracy to commit crime, with...
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Munira Moro murder case: Accused persons granted bail
The four accused persons earlier remanded in police custody in the Muniratu Moro murder case have been granted bail by a Kaneshie District Court. The accused were granted ¢300,000 bail each with 3 sureties. The accused persons were also ordered to stay off the crime scene. The prosecuting officer argued that the accused when given...
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Driver’s mate jailed 18 months for stealing ¢500 mobile phone at Teshie
A 27-year-old driver’s mate has been jailed for 18 months by an Accra Circuit Court for stealing an Uber driver’s phone valued at ¢500 at Teshie, Accra. Clement Adjei Adjetey charged with stealing, pleaded guilty. The court presided over by Afia Owusua Appiah convicted Adjetey on his own plea and sentenced him accordingly. The facts...
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GDP growth rate exceeds target; increases by 4.8% in 2022 second quarter
Ghana’s economy has expanded by 4.8% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2022. “Provisional real quarterly gross domestic product (QGDP) growth rate, including Oil and Gas, is 4.8 percent (year on year) in the second quarter of 2022. In the same period of 2021, the growth was 4.2 percent.” Data from the Ghana Statistical Services...
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The country you fought for is in a mess – Ex-NDC MP to Kwame Nkrumah
Former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) Ras Mubarak has penned down a letter on the day Ghanaians celebrate first leader Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah. September 21 has been dedicated as a statutory holiday to remember the birthday of the country’s first President. It is Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day. On the occasion, the late President would...
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3 Ford vans and Opel Kadett vehicle burnt in Kumasi
Three Ford vans and an Opel Kadett vehicle have been consumed by fire at a workshop at Asafo Dadiesoaba in Kumasi. The ravaging fire burnt the vehicle seats and other car parts that were under repairs at the shop. About three shops were completely burnt, with three others partially destroyed by the fire which spread...
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One more body discovered in Wa; kidney, heart and private parts missing
One more body has been discovered in the Upper West regional capital, Wa. This brings to two the number of bodies discovered so far in the spate of unexplained murders. The most recent episode ensued last Friday, September 16, when the Police retrieved the body of the 58-year-old security man. Residents there have been living...
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Mother and her three children drown in a dyke at laklevikope.
Residents in Laklevikope in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta region, on Saturday 17th September 2022 were left in a state of shock after a family of five got drown while fishing in the lagoon in the area with the man in the family being the only survivor. The deceased a woman said to...