Goaso Traditional Council officially bans public Valentine’s Day celebration in Goaso.
The Goaso Traditional Council has officially banned public Valentine’s Day celebrations within the Goaso traditional area.
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Government reduces 2025 Hajj fare from GH₵75,000 to GH₵62,000.
The government has reduced the fare for the annual Hajj pilgrimage from GH₵75,000 to GH₵62,000 for Ghanaian Muslims seeking to embark on the trip.
NIA Broadcasts Charges for Ghana Card Services at Premium Centers
According to the announcement made on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, first-time registration and record updates will each incur a charge of GHC 310.00. Card replacement will cost GHC 420.00, while individuals updating their records and replacing their cards simultaneously will pay GHC 355.00. Nationality updates is pegged at GHC 365.00.
Cedi Appreciates Marginally, Forex Bureaus Selling at GH¢15.90 per Dollar
Checks by GhanaWeb Business on February 4, 2025, at 8:00 AM indicate that the cedi is trading at GH¢15.90 to the dollar, while the pound is trading at GH¢19.70 at some major forex bureaus across the country.Additionally, the euro is trading at GH¢16.50 on the retail market.
Bagbin Lifts Four MPs’ Suspension
The altercation occurred between Minority and Majority MPs, escalating tensions in Parliament. The disagreement reached a peak after the suspension of the four MPs, triggering a debate over whether the vetting should proceed on January 31, 2025.
Fuel prices rises for the third time in 2025 despite NPA assurances.
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) had earlier predicted a slight price hike, citing rising global crude oil prices and the continued depreciation of the cedi as key contributing factors.
Agavedzi, Salakope suffers another tidal waves attack over the weekend
“We need urgent relocation of the homeless. Ghana Gas promised to construct a hundred two-bedroom apartments for the victims by December 2024. Out of that, the company started work on only 10 and even that remain uncompleted. We need these apartments completed.”
Eight-member Committee appointed by President Mahama to organize the National Education Forum.
The committee, chaired by Professor George K. T. Oduro, a former Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, has been given two weeks to submit a comprehensive plan for the forum.
Speaker Suspends 4 MPs Over Appointments Committee Pandemonium
The suspended MPs include the two chief Whips for both the Minority and Majority caucuses, Rockson Nelson Dafeamekpor and Frank Annoh-Dompreh, as well as Alhassan Sulemana Tampuli and Jerry Ahmed Shaib.
Prof. Samuel Akoriyea promises to reset service in the health sector.
Prof. Akoriyea said the GHS in this current dispensation of improved information, communication and technology (ICT) had no reason to fail Ghanaians when it came to quality health care and that was what he was about.