The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST) has defended its decision to sell off contaminated or off-spec product to oil company, Movenpiina. Documents sighted by Citi Business News indicate that BOST has agreed to sell 5 million litres of the product to the company at a cost of 1 cedi per litre. This is ...

It appears government may allow the continuous stay of the two Guantanamo Bay detainees after noting that they have been well behaved, as it is taking “prompt” steps to deal with the Supreme Court’s orders concerning the continued stay of the two. This follows the declaration as unconstitutional, the agreement which has Ghana hosting two ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings marked his 70th birthday today [Thursday], with members of his family and friends. Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, the Member of Parliament of the Korle Klottey constituency and Jerry Rawlings’ daughter, earlier on Thursday paid glowing tribute to her father on Facebook. “Dad, I know that some day when the roll is being called, ...

The United States government has withdrawn protocol visa allocation to top Ghanaian government officials including Members of Parliament and former Presidents on non-official visits. Per the directive, the officials have the option of booking a private appointment or join the queue of countless Ghanaians who seek US visas on a daily basis. Explaining his outfit’s ...

Businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, has finally been served with the Supreme Court order for his impending oral examination on June 29, 2017. The Court granted an application for the Attorney General’s Department to orally examine Mr. Woyome on his means and capacity to repay the over fifty-one million Ghana cedi judgment debt to the State. ...

Adisadel College’s National Science & Maths Quiz title defence continued after progress to the semifinals. The defending champions recorded 50 points en route to dispatching New Juaben SHS, which scored 40 points and Takoradi SHS, with 38 points. The tie was extremely close going into the fourth round with all the teams separated by a single ...

A Ghanaian citizen, Emmanuel Korsi Senyo, has gone to the Supreme Court seeking to discredit the work of the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council (GLC). This comes on the back of a three-year ban the council handed human rights lawyer, Francis Xavier-Sosu, for overcharging a client and also advertising his services on social ...

Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West, has called on party sympathizers to ensure that there is peace in all electoral activities to promote tranquility in the NPP. Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful, who is also the Minister of Communications, said the NPP continues to record petty avoidable conflicts during elections particularly at the ...

The Minister of Education, Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has disclosed why the ministry chose young Ghanaian actor Abraham Attah as an ambassador for government’s flagship programme, Free Senior High School. Dr. Opoku Prempeh, spoke to the media after a short ceremony to unveil Abraham Attah for the role on Thursday, June 22, 2017, at the Ministry of ...

The Inspector General of Police, David Asante Appeatu has sent a stern warning to political vigilante groups and other lawbreakers saying their actions will no longer be tolerated. He has therefore charged his officers to deal decisively with such elements in society according to law. Despite expressing similar sentiments on previous platforms, some Civil society ...

Another sudden death contest in the 2017 National Science & Maths Quiz saw University Practice SHS escape with victory over Tamale SHS in their quarterfinal tie. University Practice SHS broke the tie to win the contest with 51 points after being deadlocked with Tamale SHS on 48 points. KNUST SHS, the other school in this contest, finished ...

Ghana’s Health Ministry has issued a health alert following a “strange disease” that has claimed eleven lives in West African country, Liberia. According to the Ministry, it had received information that at least nine others have been infected by the disease, adding that all the victims reported similar symptoms. “The symptoms reported by the victims ...

The Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional the requirement by the General Legal Council asking applicants to the Ghana Law school to undertake an examination and subsequent interview before admission. According to the court, the requirements are in violation of the legislative instrument 1296 which gives direction for the mode of admission. The Justices in delivering ...

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing funding of 9.3 Million US Dollars for the implementation of the Ghana’s Strengthening Accountability Mechanisms (GSAMs) project in 100 Metropolitan, Municipal and Districts Assemblies (MMDAs) in all the ten regions. This comes in two components: 50 Districts for Social Accountability (SA) and 50 Districts for ...

Parliament is expected to drag the Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu before it in the coming days, for failing to make any significant progress in its investigations into the Central Medical Stores fire. Under the erstwhile Mahama government, an investigative report concluded that, the incident was an act of arson, but no one has been ...

A total of 40 young Ghanaians have left the country to attend the 2017 Mandela Washington Fellowship of the Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI) in the United States. The 40 include the Head of Public Relations for the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), in the Western Region, Philip Osei Bonsu. A statement from the US ...

Workers of the China Harbour Engineering Company Limited on Thursday morning clashed with the police in Tema as they were protesting against the management of the company over poor conditions of service. The workers, numbering about 500, had to run into the community three flats as they were fired with tear gas and rubber bullets ...

Zoomlion Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, on Tuesday presented a cheque for GHc50,000 to the First Lady, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo, in support of her ‘Save a Child, Save a Mother’ project. The amount is the company’s contribution towards the completion of a maternity block for the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital ...

The United States Ambassador to Ghana, Robert P. Jackson, has rejected suggestions that the 63 Ghanaians who were recently deported from the United States were brought back home under inhumane conditions. There are reports that the deportees were handcuffed and forced on board the plane to Ghana. But explaining the incident to the Foreign Affairs Committee ...