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The United States Embassy is asking for a thorough enquiry into the death of investigative journalist, Ahmed Suale, seven months after he was shot by unknown gunmen at Madina in Accra. With little in the form of a breakthrough for the investigators, the embassy said Mr Suale’s death was more …

Former Presidential Staffer and a member of the National Democratic Congress NDC Communication Team, Hon. Alhaji Halidu Haruna has submitted his nomination forms to contest for NDC parliamentary primaries at the Ablekuma Central Constituency in the Greater Accra Region slated for August this year. Alhaji Halidu and his supporters stormed …

The Ekumfi Pineapple and Fruit Juices Company which is part of the government’s One District-One Factory programme is near completion, the Secretariat has said in a statement.On Friday, 19 July 2019, the National Coordinator for the One District-One Factory Programme, Gifty Ohene-Konadu, inspected the project, which is located at Ekumfi …

The Minority Leader in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, says the Akufo-Addo Administration is gambling with the country’s share in the global cocoa market following the agreement of a new minimum price with Cote D’Ivoire. Though the Ghana-Cote D’Ivoire relationship in cocoa marketing may be strategic, the Minority Leader argued that the …

Ghana’s total Public debt has hit GhC 200 billion as at May, the Central Bank announced in its latest Summary of Economic Data. This means government borrowed about GhC 2 billion alone last month. The minority in parliament had earlier warned the debt stock has reached 200 billion cedis last …

Ghana and Cote D’Ivoire have lifted the suspension of cocoa sales for the 2020/2021 season, effective July 16. The decision was contained in a joint communiqué issued and signed by Mr. Joseph Boahen Aidoo, the Chief Executive of the Ghana Cocoa Board, and the Chief of Cote d’Ivoire’s Coffee and …

Traders at the Kumasi Central Market want city authorities to reduce the amount to be charged before they are relocated to the newly constructed Kejetia terminal to allow for construction works to begin for the phase two of the Kejetia Central Market redevelopment project. They are also calling for a …

Leadership of the Ghana Union Traders Association (GUTA) is to blame for the influx of foreigners in Ghana’s retail sector, a situation that contravenes the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) Act, Mr Murtala Mohammed, a former Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, has said. Mr Murtala explained that when he …

Nigeria will soon begin the implementation of a guideline to have all states registered for the basic healthcare provision fund, according to the minister of health Isaac Adewole. Adewole told the Nigerian Senate on Tuesday that the implementation would be sooner than expected when he appeared to speak on the …

Some players in the energy sector say the withdrawal of ExxonMobil and British Petroleum from the bidding process for oil blocks is disappointing. The two international oil companies had earlier submitted applications for direct negotiations for block 5 and 6 in the ongoing licensing bid round but pulled out at …