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The Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority has said Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is logically the governing New Patriotic Party’s best option after the  Akufo-Addo  Presidency. Mr Tampuli who was speaking Wednesday on Starr Chat told host Bola

The National Democratic Congress has opened nominations for persons seeking to contest the flagbearship slot of the party ahead of the 2020 elections. The opposition party is, however, cautioning presidential hopefuls against opulence and campaign of insults. General Secretary of the

The Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central Isaac Adongo has said the Bank of Ghana’s merger of five local banks is deliberate to collapse huge local banks. The Central Bank on August 1 merged Unibank, The Royal Bank, Sovereign Bank, The

The law imposing an annual tax on vehicles with high capacity engines starts today, August 1, 2018. This is according to the Ghana Revenue Authority following parliament’s approval of the tax proposed by the Finance Minister when he delivered the mid-year

The Tamale High Court in the Northern region has convicted two students to death for killing a pastor in a robbery attack 10 months ago. The sentence is expected to suffer increased backlash from international human rights group, Amnesty International. The

Militant Islamists have stormed a military base in southern Somalia after detonating a suicide car bomb. Al-Shabab says its fighters killed 27 soldiers in the raid, about 50km (31 miles) from the port city of Kismayo. A government spokesman confirmed to

There was a flight scare at Yanowa near Asamankese in the Eastern region after a helicopter transporting gold from the Bibiani Chirano gold mines to Accra developed a mechanical fault and forced landed at a maize farm at Kumikrom. No member

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) David Asante Apeatu is expected to brief the Defence and Interior Committee of Parliament later Monday July 23, 2018 on the killing of some seven suspected criminals in Kumasi. The Minority ahead of the meeting