The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi has accused the former boss of Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST), Mr Awuah Darko of “stealing” state money to acquire properties in South Africa. He alleged that, Mr Awuah’s “crook” operations while in office have led to the Bulk Oil ...
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A/R: 1 feared dead; 40 injured in school bus accident
At least one person is feared dead as 40 others are injured after a school bus tumbled into a valley near Lake Bosomtwe between Abono and Kuntanase in the Ashanti region Monday evening. Reports say one person is also missing as rescue operation kicks off. The injured are being treated at different hospitals. Nineteen of them are at the Kuntanase ...
Read More »IMF deal: Ghana to receive $116m July
Ghana is set to receive some $116 million under its three-year programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) this month. This will be after the IMF Board gives its approval when it meets this month to review the country’s performance under the programme. The Board is also expected to officially confirm Ghana’s request for the extension of the programme from ...
Read More »BNI clears BOST MD; Energy Ministry to dissolve Committee
The Bueau of National Investigations (BNI) and the National Security have cleared the Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) Company Limited, Alfred Obeng Boateng, of any wrongdoing in the sale of 5 million litres of contaminated fuel, a document sighted by Kasapafmonline.com has revealed. This follows investigations conducted by the two state security agencies into the ...
Read More »Akufo-Addo’s government needs more time to implement policies – Professor Adei
An academician and former rector of the Ghana Institute of Public Administration (GIMPA), Prof. Stephen Adei, has asked Ghanaians to give the current government more time and space, so that they can implement the planned programmes and policies. He is of the view that the present administration is just six months old, and as such it is too early to ...
Read More »Gov’t sets up C’ttee to review IGFs
Government is in the process of reviewing all Internally Generated Funds in the country. As a result, the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta has put together a committee to look into the existing policy which allows Ministries, Departments and Agencies to charge fees for certain services. These fees go into funding the operations of these MDAs. The review forms part ...
Read More »NDC siphons GH¢40 million from BOST
Details are emerging about how Kingsley Awuah-Darko, former Managing Director (MD) of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) Company Limited and his management team transferred over GH¢40 million to the presidency under the previous Mahama administration in a very bizarre manner. It is unclear into which accounts the huge payments were made, but DAILY GUIDE understands that about GH¢40,500,000 ...
Read More »1 dead in Republic Day accident
One person has died in an accident involving students of the Afia Serwaa Ampem Nurses’ Training School, Tafo Nyhiaeso, when they were returning from an excursion to Lake Bosomtwe at Abono in the Bosomtwe district of the Ashanti Region on Monday July 3. The accident happened at about 4:30pm with 40 students on board the bus. The injured have been ...
Read More »George Weah’s son Timothy signs for PSG
Timothy Weah has followed in the footsteps of his Ballon d’Or-winning father George by signing a professional contract with Paris St-Germain. The 17-year-old forward has signed a three-year deal with PSG, the club George represented from 1992 to 1995. There have already been hints that it is a case of like father, like son. In September 2016, the younger Weah ...
Read More »BOST fuel saga: 2m litres sold to another unlicensed company
Fresh details emerging from the sale of contaminated fuel by the Bulk, Oil, Storage and Transportation (BOST) have revealed that the firm at the center of the saga – Movenpiina oil – sold two million litres of the contaminated oil to another unlicensed firm called Macwest A letter intercepted by Starr News reveals the transaction took place two weeks before ...
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