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An old woman believed to be in her late 90s has been lynched to death at Kafaba in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region on suspicion that she is a witch. A woman believed to be a soothsayer invited to Kafaba to exorcise witches from the community allegedly mentioned the deceased as spiritually holding at ransom the progress of the community. The deceased denied the claim and pleaded with the people to spare her life. But the soothsayer and the mob ignored her pleas and lynched her. The Savannah Regional Police Command has since been to the community…

The Communications Service Tax (CST) will be reduced from 9 per cent to 5 per cent, the Finance Minister has announced. Ken Ofori-Atta said the decision to reduce the cost for most Ghanaians is as a result of the huge numbers in the population working remotely and utilising online services. Mr Ofori-Atta announced this in the 2020 mid-year budget review presented to Parliament on Thursday, July 23. CST, popularly known as Talk Tax, was introduced in 2008. But Act 754 was amended in 2013 as Act 864. The CST was increased last year from 6 per cent to 9 per…

The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has announced an extension of the free water and electricity provided by the government in the peak of the fight against coronavirus. He said the extension is by another three months. Mr Ofori-Atta made this known in his mid-year budget review presentation in Parliament on Thursday, July 23. In an effort to ease the Covid-19 burden on Ghanaians and local businesses, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Sunday, April 5 announced the absorption of water bills for all Ghanaians for April, May and June. He followed up three days later with the absorption of…

American social media giant Facebook says its investments in internet connectivity in Africa will see the continent’s economy grow by nearly $60bn (£47bn) by 2024. A report released by the company shows that an increase in access would significantly lower the cost of internet on the continent. Facebook says it is investing in data centres, submarine cables and wi-fi infrastructure to enable more people in sub-Saharan Africa to access the internet, and spur uptake of e-commerce and online job applications. So far, the social media company has launched wi-fi services in seven countries, and extended 3G coverage to four million…

The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has revealed that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will soon roll out a programme aimed at offering support to businesses hit by the effect of the coronavirus pandemic. The programme, Ghana Coronavirus Alleviation Revitalisation of Enterprises Support (CARES) Programme, will see an investment of GH¢100 billion to boost firms and industries in the country. Mr Ofori-Atta made this known in Parliament on Thursday, July 23 while presenting the government’s mid-year budget review of the 2020 fiscal policy. He said the programme is restore the economy back to the pre-pandemic growth path. The CARES programme…

Final-year trainees at the Asankrangwa Nursing and Midwifery Training College in the Western Region are accusing the Principal, Jessie Asiedua Aduako, of extorting monies from them in the name of fighting the spread of Covid-19. According to the trainee nurses, the Principal is charging students between GH¢1,000 and GH¢2,000 for the few months they have left to complete their training. The trainee nurses allege that not much has been seen on campus despite assurances by authorities that the monies are being used to procure personal protective equipment (PPEs) in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. A few Veronica buckets are…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed the Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, to suspend her directives to the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) as regards its occupation on the national digital terrestrial television (DTT) network. The president’s directive, on Thursday, July 23, is to allow for further consultation with stakeholders. Mrs Owusu-Ekuful had directed the national broadcaster as well as Crystal TV to reduce their channels on the DTT network. According to her, the move was to create redundancy on the network. In the case of Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), channels were to be reduced from six to three while…

The East Gonja Municipal Assembly has handed over a completed boys dormitory and a three-unit classroom block to authorities of Salaga Senior High School. The project was under the government’s Senior High School Intervention Projects (SHSIP) that is intended to bridge infrastructural gap in senior high schools across the country. Government through the Ministry of Education, since the introduction of the double-track system, announced that it was going to put up more dormitories and classroom blocks. This, according to the Ministry, is aimed at reverting to a single-track system. Salaga SHS is one of such schools to benefit from that…

Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta will appear before Parliament today, Thursday, July 23, to present the mid-year review of the 2020 financial policy of government. Obviously, the policy presented on Wednesday, November 13, 2019 by Mr Ofori-Atta in the House has been thrown off-track as a result of the global coronavirus pandemic. He is expected to seek a supplementary budget geared towards a quick economic recovery. Experts have advocated the need to stay within expenditure as losses have already been incurred due to the pandemic. Speaking on News 360 on Wednesday, the Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and…

Ghana Premier League club Accra Hearts of Oak have announced the signing of Isaac Mensah from Nkoranza Warriors. The Phobians made this deal known on Twitter. https://twitter.com/HeartsOfOakGH/status/1285900443898589192?s=20 He netted 8 goals for Nkoranza Warriors in the Division One. By Sakyibea Ofori|Contributor|Ghana