Midday News

Ghana's switch to right-hand driving.

We are now losing more experienced specialist - GMA President.

Number of Ghanaian seeking to travel to the United States of America increases by over 300%. The American embassy in Accra says the numbers outstrips the resources available to process visa applications speedily.

President Akufo Addo takes on his political opponents for masterminding what he describes as a false narrative that he murdered his late wife amongst many other smear campaigns

Economics professor Godfred Bokpin is warning that the new measures by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to clamp down on black market operators in the forex trade may not succeed in stopping the depreciation of the Ghana cedi to stabilise the economy. In its latest directives, all persons wishing to transact forex business must do so with a Ghana Card, and unlicensed operators will be arrested and prosecuted.

The Court of Appeal has acquitted and discharged the Minority Leader, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, and Richard Jakpa, the 3rd accused in the ongoing ambulance case. This 2:1 decision overturned the previous order from the trial court, which required Dr. Ato Forson and Jakpa to open their defence. He had been charged with allegedly causing financial loss of €2.37 million to the State in a deal to procure ambulances for the Government of Ghana.

The President of the Ghana Union of Traders' Associations (GUTA), Joseph Obeng, is calling for a downward review of taxes on imported goods as traders are mostly unable to afford them.According to him, the taxes are excessively high compelling traders to evade them by any means possible.

To break-the-eight; we must first break the norm .Beyond the loyalists of the various political parties, voters believe that when one political party governs for some time, they must leave for another political party to come. That voter belief is coming from something we hear all the time: "All politicians are the same, let one go and let another come. -Kwaku Kwarteng

Thousands gather at the Tamale Jubilee Park ahead of the National Democratic Congress's grand campaign launch.