President John Dramani Mahama has hit back at Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s criticism of the government’s excessive borrowing saying, he would keep borrowing. According to Mr. Mahama, the country was not borrowing to fund recurrent expenditure. Rather, it was borrowing to fund social infrastructure such as water and electricity. “We did not borrow to drink or to […]

Mohammed Nasir A Tamale District Court 2 presided over by Augustine Essah, yesterday remanded 32-year-old painter, Salifu Abdulraman, into police custody to reappear on April 28, 2014. The suspect, arrested in connection with the murder of Mustapha Abdul Rashid a couple of weeks ago at the Aboabo Timber Market, is facing provisional charges of conspiracy to […]

An Accra Circuit Court presided over by M.E. Essandoh, has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of two Accra-based lawyers over an alleged $2 million estate fraud. The order was given after the lawyers – Charles Opoku Yeboah and Larry Apaloo – had failed to appear before the trial judge to answer to charges […]

The suspects leaving the court room Drama unfolded at a Koforidua Circuit Court over a knapsack which was an exhibit in the ongoing trial of seven persons for the various roles they played in several robbery and rape cases in the New Juaben Municipality. The knapsack which belonged to Godbless Mensah, a teacher and a […]

Ayittey Powers (right) and Bukom Banku It appears the much-anticipated ‘Judgment Night’ bout between professional boxers Bukom Banku (Braimah Kamoko) and Ayitey Powers might be called off for spiritual reasons. Reports suggest that the famous Prophet T.B. Joshua of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) in Nigeria, who had one of his wise men […]

The cold which infected Mr. Fiifi Kwetey as it did his other colleagues in the NDC after listening to Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s treatise was expected. The effect of the infection on him was amply displayed when he laid out his impish and warped analysis of the discourse which we have learnt caused the party worrying […]

Kofi Okyere Darko (KOD) with wife Ophelia Crossland Enigmatic fashion icon and television personality, Kofi Okyere Darko (KOD), will tonight Friday, March 28 host an exciting event dubbed: ‘Made In Ghana Party’ at one of Accra’s most burgeoning and plush night club, Club45. The event, produced by KOD’s Nineteen 57 with support from Club 45 […]

Cwesi Oteng 2013 VGMA Gospel Album of the Year winner and 2013 Africa Gospel Music Award Artiste of the Year (West Africa), Cwesi Oteng, has dropped a brand new single, ‘Yesu’ which is already receiving massive air play. One of the fascinating things about his new single is the switch to a mellow tempo composition […]

Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur says Government’s consideration for the vulnerable in the country under the current tax reforms has not been able to yield the desired results. Speaking on Wednesday in Accra when a delegation from the Steering Committee of the Ghana-US Partnership for Growth called on him at the Flagstaff, he […]

Kwaku Sakyi-Addo, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications, has called on Government to consider removing the 20 percent import duty on mobile handsets and other related equipment. “If devices are affordable, then more people will purchase them and use them. This will boost Communications Service Tax (CST) which cannot be evaded, […]

Sam Botchway, Head of Investment Banking, Stanbic Ghana Standard Bank, which trades as Stanbic Bank Zambia, recently advised Copperbelt Energy Corporation Plc (CEC) on the structuring of a 387.5 million kwacha (US$70 million) capital raised through a rights offer process. The success of the transaction will enable the company to expand its power and energy […]

Aidan Heavey, CEO Tullow Oil The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has acknowledged efforts made by Tullow Oil to change the design of payment disclosure in the oil industry. According to ACEP, Tullow Oil, in its 2013 Annual report, disclosed very important data covering its operations in 22 countries including Ghana. It said the […]

Dr. Eric Ananga, lead researcher. There are no national data on the number of graduates who are employed, a research being conducted by the British Council and the University of Education, Winneba has revealed. Interim findings from the research titled: “Higher Education in Ghana for Inclusive Development,” revealed that there is no analysis of employability […]

Eugene Hoggar African Finance Business (AFB) Ghana, a leading consumer finance company in Ghana, has introduced a credit life product for its over 50,000 customers. The new product has been introduced in partnership with Enterprise Life Assurance Company (ELAC). The new AFB Bancassurance product covers all loans AFB grants to its customers. In an interview […]

 Haruna Iddrisu,Trade & Industry Minister The Ministry of Trade & Industry (MoTI) has announced the dissolution of the Board of Directors of the Ayensu Starch Company with immediate effect. In a letter issued and signed by Dawarnoba Baeka, Acting Chief Director of MoTI, it said the dissolution has been necessitated by the need to give […]

Issa Ouedraogo explaining a point to the media B-BOVID, an agribusiness based on social entrepreneurship, has introduced a unique profit-sharing concept which will greatly benefit local farmers and their communities. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of B-BOVID, Issa Ouedraogo disclosed this in an interview with BUSINESS GUIDE at Pretea in the Ahanta West District. He […]

A section of the audiences, inset Nana Effrim IV addressing the press conference Fishermen at Shama in the Western Region yesterday stunned journalists when they revealed that personnel of the Ghana Navy sometimes subject them to severe beatings when they accidentally move close to the oil rig. Though some fishermen deliberately fish around the rig, […]

Mr. Anaba addressing the media THE NATIONAL Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has served an April 30 ultimatum to the government to fulfill its promises to Ghanaian teachers or face their wrath, apparently in the form of a strike action. According to NAGRAT, if by the set date nothing positive had been heard from the […]

John Ninson THE 42-YEAR-OLD man who allegedly strangled his wife to death at Promised Land near Adjei-Kojo, Tema, over sex, has been charged with murder and remanded into prison custody to allow time for the Attorney-General’s advice. John Ninson’s plea was not taken when he appeared before the Ashaiman District Magistrate Court presided over by […]