The Ranking Member on Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has met Ghanaian students who have been caught up in the Russian invasion of Ukraine in Bucharest, Romania. According to the MP, his visit was to afford him the opportunity on how the government can be more helpful …
Read More »Russian invasion: First batch of Ghanaian students arrive from Ukraine [PHOTOS]
The first batch of Ghanaian students who were caught in the crossfire as Russia invades Ukraine has arrived at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) in Accra on Tuesday March 1, 2022. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration on Sunday indicated that over 220 Ghanaians living in Ukraine are …
Read More »Oil rises as Russia invasion nears Ukraine capital
Oil prices rose on Friday amid investor concerns over tightening supplies as Russian’s invasion of Ukraine entered its second day. The price of Brent crude oil rose by more than 2% to $101 (£75) a barrel as fighting appeared to intensify near the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. But stock markets in …
Read More »Biden sanctions Russia over ‘beginning of invasion’
The US has hit Russia with wide-ranging sanctions over what President Joe Biden called “the beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine”. “We’ve cut off Russia’s government from Western financing,” Mr Biden said. It came after Russian politicians authorised President Vladimir Putin to send troops into two rebel-held parts of …
Read More »Four in court over GH¢1.6 billion tax evasion
Four persons accused of evading tax to the tune of GH¢1.6 billion cedis, have appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. Frank Kwadwo Ofori, Chief Executive Officer of K. Ofori Enterprise and three other officials of United Steel Company, namely Hani Mikati, Marwam Hamwi and Sallam Mohammed Gharib are said to …
Read More »Investigate military invasion of Parliament – Mahama to MPs
Former President John Dramani Mahama has called on Parliament to investigate the military invasion of the House and exact appropriate sanctions. In a congratulatory message to Alban Bagbin on his election as the Speaker of the 8th Parliament of the 4th Republic, the flagbearer of the NDC in the 2020 …
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