The Africa Center for Energy Policy (ACEP) has urged government to, as a matter of urgency, review all existing Petroleum Contracts and their deliverables to ensure that companies who are not complying with their contracts are sanctioned appropriately. According to ACEP, out of the 15 active Petroleum Agreements, beyond the …
Read More »Video: Kwesi Arthur reveals why he used to run away from church
Tema-based rapper Kwesi Arthur passed by Daybreak Hitz on Hitz FM, Monday and disclosed he used to avoid church to play TV games with his friends at game centres. According to him, he always felt like an outsider in the church and since he didn’t have enough friends, he would skip …
Read More »Kidnapped girls: I was misunderstood – CID boss
Under-pressure CID boss Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah has said she was misunderstood when she announced three kidnapped girls have been located. The CID Director-General told Accra-based Atinka TV, she ‘wanted to give the families hope’ by that announcement, conceding, the location of the girls remains unknown. That ‘we know where …
Read More »Full list: All 26 cases at Office of Special Prosecutor
Here is a list of 26 cases receiving attention at the Office of the Special Prosecutor obtained by JoyNews. It includes opposition figures as high profile as former President John Mahama and government appointees under the Akufo-Addo administration such as Board Chair of the Ghana National Petroleum Company and national …
Read More »Selling $60m Komenda Sugar Factory for $12m is fraud – Haruna Iddrisu
The Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu has described the Trade and Industry Ministry’s planned sale of the Komenda Sugar Factory as a rip-off. The Tamale South legislator said the decision to sell the Indian government-financed entity defies logic and has the potential to damage the existing relationship between the two governments. …
Read More »Bonzali Rural bank strives in its operations
Despite the daunting challenges in the financial sector in 2018, Bonzali Rural Bank Limited (BRB) managed to carry out its strategies extremely well to uphold its financial performance and stay afloat. As at 31st December 2018, the bank recorded a total deposit of GH26,138,762.00 as against a figure of GH26,001,724.00 …
Read More »Burkina Faso church attack: Priest among six killed
Gunmen have killed six people including a priest as Mass was being celebrated in a church in Dablo in northern Burkina Faso, officials say. The attackers, said to number between 20 and 30, then burned down the church. The town’s mayor, Ousmane Zongo, said that there was panic as other …
Read More »‘No illegal importation of sophisticated weapons into country’ – Customs
An examination carried out by various security operatives at the Tema Port yesterday, following social media circulation about sophisticated weapons imported into the country, turned out to be a wild goose chase. The examination, which started at about 9:50am and ended at about 1:20pm, indicated that the importer had all …
Read More »2 killed by rainstorm at Sherigu-Basungo
Two persons have been reported dead at Sherigu-Basungo in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region, following the recent rainstorm that hit the area last Tuesday. Mr Azabire Aloo, 50, and Mamunatu Fuseini, a five-year-old primary school girl, died when a house in which they were, collapsed. The …
Read More »Woman arrested for allegedly killing husband
A 45-year-old trader has been arrested by the Eastern Regional Police Command for allegedly killing her husband at Aboabo, a suburb of Koforidua, in the Eastern region. Rebecca Lamptey, suspect, who is believed to be mentally deranged, was said to have severally hit the head of her husband, Michael Opey …
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