Member of Parliament for Jaman North and Deputy Bono regional minister, Hon. Siaka Stevens, has incurred the wrath of many in the constituency, particularly widows who have vowed to lead a campaign to unseat him in the upcoming elections. The aggrieved residents, who are eager to vote out Mr Stevens, …
Read More »Parliament approves US$895M Pwalugu multipurpose Dam Project
Parliament has approved the three-in-one contract agreement between Ghana (Ministry of Energy) and Powerchina International Group Limited amounting to over 895 Million Dollars for the multipurpose Dam Project at Pwalugu. The Agreements are as follow: EPC/Tumkey Contract Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Ghana (represented by the Ministry …
Read More »Accept Autistic children – Experts Consult Ltd urge Ghanaians
The Management of Experts Consult Ltd has urge Ghanaian parents to accept autistic children. The call follows concerns of some parents abandoning children with the condition and treating them as cursed Experts Consult Ltd made the appeal after donating items including books, detergents and boxes of bottled water to the …
Read More »Go back to arbitration with unibank shareholders – Court orders BoG
An Accra High court has ordered the Bank of Ghana to go back to arbitration with shareholders of unibank over the revocation of the bank’s license in 2018. The court has also directed the parties involved in the case to choose their own arbitrator in the matter. The court ruling …
Read More »Ghana ranks 117th on financial secrecy index
Ghana is ranked 117th out of 133 countries on the 2020 Financial Secrecy Index (FSI), garnering a score of 52 and accounting for 0.01 percent of global market in offshore financial services. The FSI ranks each country based on the intensity of its legal and financial systems with a secrecy …
Read More »SoNA 2020: Ofosu-Ampofo Instigated Minority’s Walk Out – Majority Leader Claims
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Majority leader, Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu has disclosed they are reliably informed that the walk out of the minority in parliament prior to the President’s SoNA was instigated by the leadership of the NDC led by its Chairman, Mr. Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo. According to him, …
Read More »Video: Zoe Outreach Embassy Pastor accosted by angry customers again
Customers of investment companies owned by the founder of the Zoe Outreach Embassy Church have once again assaulted the pastor as he drove to court at Tarkwa on Thursday. Kelvin Elson Godson Kobiri was to appear before the Tarkwa District court to respond to a suit against him for …
Read More »Chocolate danger: Ghana’s cocoa output hit hard by dry, hot winds
Overly dry and hot winds in West Africa are damaging prospects for cocoa output for the second year in Ghana, the world’s second-largest producer, sources told Reuters News Agency. Cocoa futures on Intercontinental Exchange are near their highest in three years, driven in part by the adverse weather, which has …
Read More »Defunct Ideal Finance boss, Kotei Dzani’s assets frozen
The Economic and Organized Crime Organization (EOCO) has frozen assets of Mr. Nii Kotei Dzanie, a Member of the Council of State and Director of defunct Ideal Finance. Citi News gathers that among the reasons for the freeze of the assets is to find a way of retrieving funds from …
Read More »Hon. Abena Osei-Asare shakes Atiwa East as he files nominations in grand style
The incumbent Member of Parliament for the good people of Atiwa East Constituency and Deputy Minister for Finance Hon Abena Osei-Asare submitted her Nomination forms to the Chairman of the Constituency elections Committee at the party’s Office in Anyinam. According to the humble, accessible and development oriented legislator her tremendous …
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