The Commercial Division of the Accra High Court has ordered the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the OPEC Fund to open their defence within nine days in the suit brought against them by Quantum Oil Terminals. The court last Friday ruled that IFC and OPEC Fund could no longer commence...
The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Friday, left Ghana for a 10-day visit to Togo, the United States of America, and Germany. This is according to statement from the Communication Directorate at the Presidency. In Togo, the President will resume the mediation efforts which begun on 19th February, 2018, with...
Park Agrotech Ghana Limited has launched a high-potency poultry feed range, ‘Lay More’, onto the market to help farmers increase poultry yield. “Today we have launched the ‘Lay More’ range of poultry feed for layer birds. There are five different grades of feed which have been launched, each for a...
The tourism sector within the Northern Region generated about GH¢647,147 in revenue from tourist visits as at the end of the third quarter of 2017, statistics from the Northern Regional office of the Ghana Tourism Authority show. Out of the amount, the Mole National park generated the highest - GH¢619,731.55...
International donors have raised half a billion dollars for a multi-national military operation in West Africa’s Sahel region, the EU’s top diplomat said on Friday, as Europe seeks to stop migrants and militants reaching its shores. At a conference of about 50 countries including the United States, Japan and Norway,...
Majority leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has criticized some Members of Parliament(MPs); Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka and others for gathering signatures in order to mobilise support to throw out a proposal before Parliament. The legislature has been petitioned by law students association calling for the withdrawal of the controversial Legal Profession Regulations 2017. The...
An Accra High Court, Financial and Economic Division has convicted a former National Coordinator of the defunct Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Development Agency (GYEEDA) Mr. Abuga Pele and Mr. Philip Akpeena Assibit, a representative of the Goodwill International Group (GIG) to 6 and 12 years imprisonment respectively, after...
Parliament has approved a tax exemption amounting to US$48m for the procurement of equipment and materials for the design and construction of an 84.8km multi-modal railway line including railway stations between Tema and Akosombo and the design and construction of railway heads at Tema and Akosombo. According to the report...
The current funding regime of government's flagship program, the free Senior High School (SHS) programme from the consolidated fund must shift to taxation as a special purpose vehicle for the long-term sustenance of the policy, Member of Parliament for Effutu, Alex Afenyo-Markin has suggested. According to the legislator, a great...
The BBC has begun the search for Africa's next journalism star - launching the 2018 BBC World News Komla Dumor Award from his homeland in Accra, Ghana. Journalists from across the continent are invited to apply for the prestigious prize - which aims to promote fresh journalism talent from Africa. The award...