The country earned US$1.7billion, roughly 7%, in taxes and royalties out of a total US$23billion, which is the value of gold produced in the country from 2010 to 2013, a study by the Africa Centre for Energy Policy has shown. Using Newmont as a case-study, ACEP said the scant rent the country received from mining […]
The Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Millison Narh, says the West Africa Monetary Agency (WAMA) must double its efforts to achieve a single currency for the sub-region, after a ban on its international conference in the wake of Ebola crippled operations of the monetary agency. Achieving a single currency for the West African
The Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) is holding four operators Microfinance Company in the Brong Ahafo Region where customers’ monies have been locked up for months. The companies which had repordtedly held their customers’ deposits ‘hostage’ for several months due to their closure by the Bank of Ghana, were DKM Diamond Microfinance, God is Love
A Communications Officer of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) Robert Owusu Tilton is expected to be arraigned before court on Thursday January 14, 2016 for his violent related comments on radio. The Criminal Investigative Department (CID) of the Police Service in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region had earlier scheduled to process him for court
A flagbearer hopeful of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Samia Nkrumah, has downplayed the effect of the defection of Dr. Abu Sakara, saying it will not affect their prospects of winning the Ghanaian people over.The 2012 flagbearer of the CPP is no longer a member of the Nkrumahist party and will be contesting the 2016
The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference is the latest to join clamours by religious bodies for the Government of Ghana to send back to Guantanamo Bay, two ex-detainees, who have been relocated to Ghana.In a statement, the Conference said it received the news of the transfer of Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih
Lionel Messi has won the 2015 Fifa Ballon d’Or ahead of Real Madrid rival Cristiano Ronaldoand Barcelona team-mate Neymar, claiming the prestigious award at Monday’s ceremony in Zurich. Messi received 41.33 per cent of the votes, with Ronaldo (27.76%) in second place and Neymar (7.86%) third. It is the Argentina international’s fifth World Player of
Superlock Technologies Limited (STL) – an Israeli company – handling the biometric data of the Electoral Commission of Ghana has sacked eight of its staff.Unconfirmed reports have it that the company which came under severe attack in the last quarter of 2015 laid off the eight over their alleged links with the main opposition New
General Manager, Opoku Nti had two happy moments on Sunday evening in Libya.The first was with the news that, the team they left in the care of Operations Manager, George Kennedy and Assistant Coach Michael Osei have beaten Aduana Stars 1-0 to win the maiden FirsTrust G-6 tournament in Sekondi.The second had to do with
Retired Ghanaian diplomat and statesman Dr. KB Asante says the transfer of 2 Guantanamo Bay detainees to Ghana is not strange. He says it is a normal diplomatic transaction that could take place between any 2 friendly nations. He however criticized the Ministry of Information and Media Relations for not being on top of their game by making
