Ivory Coast and Ghana have agreed initial deals to sell cocoa with a living income premium of $400 a tonne added to the price, in a bid to reform the way global cocoa is priced, industry sources and a government source told Reuters. In a move aimed at easing pervasive …
Read More »COCOBOD secures $1.3 billion for 2019-2020 season
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has secured US$1.3 billion from a consortium of 24 banks to finance cocoa purchases in the 2019/20 cocoa season. The syndication, led by Natixis Bank, MUFG Bank Limited, Rabobank Group, Nedbank, Societe Generale and the Ghana International Bank, will attract an interest rate of .055 …
Read More »Cops’ political colours ‘not my concern’ – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that he is not in any way interested in knowing the political affiliation of serving officers of the police or any of the security agencies. Addressing graduates and attendees of the 49th cadet officers graduation parade at the Police Academy, Police Depot, Tesano, …
Read More »Solomon Asante is USL Best Player for August
Phoenix Rising captain, Solomon Asante, was the toast of the USL for the month of August. The award was handed to him on Thursday and it was his second personal accolade of the season after he picked it up in June this year. Asante scored for six times for Rising …
Read More »We are ready for Etoile so come support us – Kjetil Zacheriassen
Kumasi Asante Kotoko have a match with destiny on Sunday as Etoile Sportive Du Sahel is the only stumbling block to group stage appearance in the CAF Champions League for the first time in thirteen years. The porcupine warriors dispatched off Nigerian side Kano Pillars in their preliminary round fixture …
Read More »Confirmed: GFA Elections scheduled for October 25
The Normalisation Committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has confirmed the date for the long-awaited election of new leadership to manage the affairs of the Association. Per a statement on the GFA’s website, the Congress to elect the President as well as the swearing in ceremony will be held …
Read More »NPP executives suspended over Obuor’s parliamentary bid
About 39 polling station executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Asante Akyem South constituency of the Ashanti region have been suspended indefinitely, for supporting former President of the Musician Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), Bice Osei Kuffour, popularly known as Obour. Their crime, according to reports, was honouring …
Read More »8 die in accident
A fatal accident that occurred at the outskirts of Tuobodom on the Techiman-Kintampo Highway yesterday afternoon, resulted in the death of eight people. Police say at about 2:30p.m., a driver, Yaw Offin, together with some people was driving a Mercedes Benz cargo truck, with registration number AS9554-G, loaded with foldable …
Read More »Contracts for sale exposé: You’ll suffer – Kennedy Agyapong ‘curses’ Manasseh
Maverick New Patriotic Party (NPP) lawmaker for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has invoked curses on Investigative journalist over the infamous exposé dubbed ‘contracts for sale’. Mr. Agyapong, who since the documentary was aired has been mounting a spirited defense for his friend Adjenim Boateng Adjei, suspended Chief Executive Officer (CEO) …
Read More »354 Arrested in operations in Buduburam, Sekondi/Takoradi
Two separate operations by the security agencies have led to the arrest of 354 suspected criminals in Buduburam in the Central Region and Sekondi/Takoradi in the Western Region. Some 141 suspects, including 15 women, were rounded up following the special exercise carried out by a joint police and military squad …
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