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The government has raised more than GH¢4.5 billion from the sale of short-dated securities at the lowest rate since June 2022. It resold the 91-, 182- and 354-day bills on Tuesday at a benchmark rate of 24.16 per cent, significantly lower than the earlier offer rate of 35 per cent that was rejected last Friday. The Ministry of Finance had earlier declined offers from dealers at 35 per cent, insisting that the market was ripe for lower rates after the successful conclusion of the domestic debt exchange programme (DDEP). The low rates during Tuesday’s re-auction motivated the government to accept…

The Office of Registrar of Companies has reiterated its position to strike off businesses from the register that have not renewed their certificates or filed their annual returns since incorporation. More than 500,000 companies are expected to be affected by this directive. Speaking at a programme organised by the UK Ghana Chamber of Commerce, the Registrar of Companies, Jemima Oware, urged the recalcitrant firms to renew their certificates to avoid the removal of their names from the companies’ registrar. “You need to file all your annual returns and financial position is mandatory 18 months after incorporation and then yearly thereafter.…

In the blockchain industry, gender disparity continues to be apparent, where women’s involvement and representation are noticeably lower compared to men. Although the exact numbers vary depending on the source and the specific industry area being analysed, studies consistently show that women are underrepresented in blockchain and cryptocurrency in general. The Global Crypto User Index reports that of the 378 venture-backed crypto and blockchain companies founded globally between 2012 and 2018, only one had an all-female founding team, and only 31 (8.2percent) had a combination of male and female founders. Outside of leadership, women are also grossly under-represented in the workforce, with…

A dying passenger was reportedly thrown out of a commercial vehicle at the Akyem Apedwa junction stretch of the Accra-Kumasi Highway in the Eastern region. The passenger identified as Henry Owusu Agyemang Ankobea in his 40s believed to be travelling from Asante Bekwai to Accra was allegedly removed from the vehicle he was aboard after his health condition worsened and was gasping for breath. The visibly dying gentleman was aided by an eyewitness to cross the road in desperate search of a good Samaritan to help him get emergency medical intervention but suddenly fainted. Unfortunately, the passersby and hawkers along…

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says Ghana Card numbers will be issued to newborn babies at birth from March 31, 2023. The number will be a special identity for every child throughout his/her education journey and not wait till 15 years before registration. Vice President Bawumia announced this at a breast cancer awareness programme at Accra Newtown, to mark International Women’s Day, on Wednesday. The event was jointly organised by the Breast Care International and the Office of the Vice President to sensitise women on the need to regularly check and screen their breasts for early detection of cervical cancer…

The Member of Parliament for Ashaiman, Ernest Nogbey has said about 150 out of the 184 individuals arrested by the military in a swoop at Ashaiman on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, have been released. The MP who confirmed seeing the released persons added that the remaining 30 are still being held in military custody. Military personnel besieged Ashaiman on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, with helicopters and armoured vehicles, to brutalise civilians following the murder of a military officer, Trooper Sherriff Imoro, who was allegedly stabbed in the town on Saturday, March 4, 2023. Ernest Nogbey in an interview with Citi News…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has suspended campaign activities in constituencies where it has sitting Members of Parliament. The party has also barred its MPs from travelling in a bid to get the numbers required to fight against the Electoral Commission’s proposed Constitutional Instrument (CI) for election 2024. NDC Members of Parliament are against the decision by the EC to make the Ghana card the source document to register to vote in the next general elections. In a statement signed by General Secretary of the NDC, Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, the party said the decision was adopted by its Functional Executive…

Vice President Dr. Bawumia has encouraged Ghanaian women to make it a duty to examine their breasts often to enable early treatment of cancer. This was when he joined Breast Care International in organising a screening and sensitisation forum for women in Accra Newtown and surrounding areas as part of events to mark International Women’s Day of celebration (IWD). He said breast and cervical cancers still remain the most commonly diagnosed cancer and are also the principal causes of cancer deaths among women globally. According to the “Ghana breast Health Study”, breast cancer is considered the leading cause of death…

A Private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu is insisting that former President John Dramani Mahama return all ex-gratia paid to him if indeed he wants to scrap the retirement benefits as promised.Speaking on NEAT FM’s morning show, ‘Ghana Montie’, lawyer Martin Kpebu said Mr Mahama’s believability will be in doubt if he refuses to return what he has benefited from and now proposing to scrap it if he becomes President again.“Until he returns all his ex-gratia, he is not credible to be President again,” he told host Kwesi Aboagye.Lawyer Kpebu’s comment comes after the former President said he is not in…

An Associate Professor at the School of Law at the University of Ghana, Prof. Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua, has taken a swipe at the deputy defence minister over his comments on the actions of the military over the alleged killing of one of their officers in Ashaiman.The Deputy Minister for Defence, Kofi Amankwa Manu had said that the government will not offer any apology for the operation of armed military men in Ashaiman on Tuesday, March 7, 2023.According to the deputy minister, while the government feels sorry for the alleged incidents of violence meted out to civilians during the operation, it is…