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Oil matters becoming like football commentary; BOST jabs

Managers of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation company (BOST) say they are appalled by the persistent spreading of misinformation by a consumer-based group, Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC). BOST which has been accused of causing financial loss to the state in the sale of $1.8m worth of crude called for informed contributions on the subject, pointing out that matters ...

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Mobile Money vendor robbed of over GHC4000 at gunpoint

Armed robbers have made away with over GH¢4000 after attacking a Mobile Money shop at Taifa, in Accra, Tuesday morning. The terrified victim, Angela Adubea, told Joy News the robbers pulled out a gun and threatened to shoot her if she failed to give them all money. According to Adubea, she was getting ready to start work Tuesday when she ...

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BOST MD slams Duncan Amoah over ‘baseless’ allegations

The Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST), Alfred Obeng Boateng, has said allegations of financial malfeasance against the company by the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) boss, Duncan Amoah, are false and baseless. In a strongly-worded statement, Mr. Obeng Boateng said Duncan Amoah was simply an “enemy to the progress” and should “be ignored at ...

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Hajj Crisis: IC Quaye Snubs Akufo-Addo’s Appointee

Trouble is brewing within the Hajj Board again as the national chairman Sheikh IC Quaye is accused of unilaterally making changes within its communication directorate without recourse to the Presidency. The 11-member Hajj Board and other officials heading the various units of the board were appointed by President Akufo-Addo in February 2017 with a four-year mandate. However, Sheikh Quaye without ...

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2,000 looming layoffs will leave Tarkwa in tatters – Researcher

The local economy in Tarkwa in the Western region risks collapse following the expected laying off of more than 2,000 workers of the Goldfields company, researchers have predicted. Richard Kojo Elimah of the Social Impact Studies said the standard of living in these mining communities could witness a sharp decline because the affected workers are largely the main breadwinners. He ...

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Police invites BOST MD over $5.3m ‘shady deal’

TV3 can confirm that the Tema Regional Police Commander has invited the Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST), Alfred Obeng Boateng over alleged death threats on the life of Executive Secretary of Chamber of Petroleum Consumers, Duncan Amoah. Alfred Obeng is expected to report on Tuesday March 13. The threats of death were after investigations by ...

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UCC: We Spend GHC300 On Atta Mills Library Daily

Authorities at the University of Cape Coast have revealed that the erstwhile NDC administration failed to honor its pledge of providing funds for the running of the Atta Mills Library in Cape Coast. The previous Government, according to authorities at the University, refused to provide the needed funds to ensure the smooth running of the facility especially, the research Center. ...

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Top NDC man to be prosecuted for accepting $6m ‘bribe’

Information reaching DAILY GUIDE indicates that a chieftain of deposed National Democratic Congress (NDC) will soon be put before court over $6 million ‘bribe’ he allegedly received while serving in government. The top NDC figure, who was a chief executive of a cash-soaked state agency, is said to have received the $6 million for award of contract to supply some ...

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I have no contract with Goldfields – Tarkwa MP

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tarkwa-Nsuaem, Mireku Duker has disputed claims by some workers of mining firm, Goldfields Ghana Limited that he has an interest in the company. A protest by the workers of Goldfields Tarkwa mines in the Western Region turned bloody after they clashed with a team of military personnel there. At least seven workers are in ...

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Kennedy Agyapong mad over NACOB sniffer dogs

Firebrand Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central in the Central Region, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, wants officials of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) to be sacked by the government. He alleged that NACOB officials at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) are being ‘controlled’ by elements that have sinister motives against the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government and as a result, ...

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