Former UN Boss Kofi Annan Is dead

A Former United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Kofi Annan is dead. He died at a hospital in Switzerland, Saturday morning at age 80. A close source in Switzerland who confirmed his death to gbcghanaonline’s Ruth Abla Adjorlolo said Kofi Annan died Saturday morning August 18, 2018,  at a hospital in Switzerland,  after short illness. The Ghanaian […]

PAC directs Energy Ministry to retrieve GH¢53, 045.07 paid to former staff

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament on Friday, directed the Ministry of Energy to take immediate steps to retrieve GH¢53, 045.07 unearned salaries it paid to nine former staff members of the ministry in 2014 and 2015. The former employees of the then Ministry of Power are said to have received the said amount […]

Thousands Stranded In South India flood

India’s army is stepping up efforts to rescue thousands of people stranded by flooding across India’s southern Kerala state that has killed 324 people. Hundreds of troops, and dozens of boats and helicopters are helping to evacuate people from what officials say is the worst flooding there in a century. Many people are still believed […]

Vice President Dr. Bawumia Leaves For Hajj

Ghana’s Vice President, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, departed Accra for Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Friday, August 17, 2018 to perform the Islamic pilgrimage of Hajj. Vice President Bawumia, accompanied by his wife, Hajia Samira Bawumia, will join thousands of Ghanaians and millions of Muslims around the world in performing this year’s Hajj. This was in […]

Ministry of Finance Holds Pre-Budget Stakeholders Forum

The Tax Policy Unit of the Ministry of Finance has held a pre-budget forum to collect input from various stakeholders on the implementation of tax measures and other issues about the economy to inform decision-making. Organized with the support of the German Development Cooperation (GIZ), the forum brought together representatives from tax firms, industry associations, […]

President Akufo-Addo Bids J.H. Adieu

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Friday joined scores of Ghanaians to bid farewell to Ghana’s iconic illustrious elder Statesman, Joseph Henry Mensah, who died on July 12, 2018. In a glowing tribute at a solemn burial service at the Accra International Conference Centre in Accra, the President described the late economist and astute politician, […]

Free Education; A Constitutional Requirement- USD Pro Vice Chancellor

The PRO Vice Chancellor of the University for Development Studies, Professor Seidu Al-Hassan, has indicated that since free education is a constitutional requirement, the process for attaining free quality pre-tertiary education should be initiated, accomplished and owned by Ghanaians themselves. He said it is only Ghanaians who can shape, and implement the policy for the […]