Indexing government scandals one at a time
Ghana’s attempt to transition from analogue to digital is set to meet another major snag. This is because the Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA) has rolled up its sleeves to resis...
Sept. 18, 2018
The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) is in the news again, this time over the disappearance of about 600,000 litres of its contaminated fuel. A five-member committee set up by the current...
Sept. 14, 2018
Auditor-General, Daniel Domelevo, has petitioned President Nana Akufo-Addo to stop the “manipulation” of procurement processes in his office. Mr Domelevo is accusing his Board Chairman, Prof. Edwar...
Sept. 12, 2018
Ghana’s tax agency has hired McKinsey & Co. to help boost collections after missing the revenue target for the year trough August by 1.8 billion cedis ($367 million). The move to increase income...
Sept. 12, 2018
Government’s flagship agriculture programme, Planting for Food and Jobs has suffered a major setback following the destruction of over 10,000 hectares of farmland in the Upper East Region. The s...
Sept. 11, 2018
Executives of the New Patriotic Party in Sawla in the Northern Region are demanding the removal of their District Chief Executive, Lawal Tamimu. At a press briefing in Sawla, the party executive...
Sept. 5, 2018
The Centre for Socioeconomic Studies (CSS) has said over one million Ghanaians have lost their jobs since 2017. “The CSS, from its study of the situation, found that over a million individuals w...
Aug. 31, 2018
Documents available to Joy FM indicate the Chief Executive of Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) last year ordered an urgent transfer of $7.5 million to a company he once worked for. The ...
Aug. 28, 2018
Plans are underway to clear Judges from their Ridge Roundabout residence to make way for the construction of the 5000-seater National Cathedral. About ten six-bedroom bungalows that would be demoli...
Aug. 24, 2018
The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, Mr James Avedzi has accused the Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta of deceiving Parliament on the country’s debt as at December 2016. The 2017 ...
Aug. 21, 2018
The government via the Ministry of Health has introduced the quota admission system for nursing trainee schools. This new directive means public and private institutions accredited to train nurses ...
Aug. 3, 2018
Senior Minister Yaw Osafo-Maafo has disclosed that the NPP government won't be able to fulfil their much-touted campaign promise one district one factory, 1D1F in its first term. According to th...
July 31, 2018
The Executive Secretary of the Africa Center for Energy Policy has given a damning verdict of government review agreement of the controversial AMERI deal. Ben Boakye, whose think tank was veheme...
July 26, 2018
The government has adopted the double-track (semester/sandwich) system to increase enrollment under its flagship programme, the Free Senior High School. This was revealed by Dr Mathew Opoku Prem...
July 22, 2018
Traditional leaders in the Amansie Central district of the Ashanti region have urged President Akufo-Addo to deal with his own people if he is really determined to stop illegal mining activities in...
July 21, 2018