President John Dramani Mahama says everything is set for Ghana to become the hub of petroleum in the West Africa sub-region. According to him, considering the current operation and storage capacity of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) as well as the revamped Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), nothing can stop the country […]
The Disciplinary Committee of the FA has fined Ghana’s premier club, Accra Hearts of Oak a total of GH¢12,000 and also asked the team to play their next three (3) home matches behind closed doors. Hearts of Oak fans threw objects on the pitch This follows the action of the club’s supporters during their 6th
The Ashanti regional branch of the opposition New Patriotic Party(NPP) has raised fresh objection to the presence of some ‘strange’ observers at some registration centres in the Kumasi metropolis. According to the NPP, it is suspicious about the activities of these so-called observers and is warning the Electoral Commission, the Ghana Police Service and other
The Forestry Commission of Ghana has assured the public of its determination to protect and preserve the ecology of the country’s forest reserves. The Chief Executive Officer of the Commission, Samuel Afari, revealed that the area of concentration of the commission in the Ashanti Region will be a total collaboration with inhabitants of mining settlements
The Member of Parliament for Okere in the Eastern region Dan Botwe was on Friday dawn robbed at gunpoint in his Tema residence. The former general secretary of the NPP was reportedly held hostage for about 45minutes by the bandits. The security man at his house is currently being held by the Police as investigations
The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi Boasiako has been granted bail after he was detained overnight by the Police. The Asokwa District Magistrate court granted him bail in the sum of 20,000cedis with two sureties. One of the sureties should have a landed property or deposit an amount of 10,000cedis.
Barclays has had several approaches for its African business after saying that it would sell the division to boost returns. Jes Staley, the bank’s chief executive, said there had been “interest expressed by a number of parties” in the business, which consists of a 62.5 per cent stake in a business listed in Johannesburg. Bob
Food Sovereignty Ghana calls on Parliament to completely withdraw the UPOV-compliant Plant Breeders’ Bill and replace it with a “sui generis” plant variety protection (PVP) system suitable to our conditions. This call has become necessary in the light of the announcement by Parliament to provide “organisations and the general public the unique opportunity to have
The National Farmers and Fishers Award Winners Association of Ghana (NFFAWA) has encouraged Nucleus farmers in the savannah ecological zones to adapt modern farming technology to improve their agribusiness. This, they said, will help produce quality high yields of farm products to enhance food security and meet demands of the populace, which will curb the
The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, aka Chairman Wontumi, says he has been marked for extinction by the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) before the November 7 elections. The Ashanti Regional NPP boss alleges that he was the subject of a secret meeting held last week in
