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The US Government has told Citi Business News everything is on track for the private sector participation in the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) under the Power Compact II agreement. Currently, the six shortlisted companies are evaluating the assets of the ECG to guide further decision making on the move. Ghana is in an agreement with the Millennium Challenge Corporation ...

A detailed audit of a CCTV footage to unmask the person behind the disappearance of a handbag belonging to the Quiz Mistress of the just ended National Maths and Science Quiz, Dr Elsie Effah Kaufmann, has finally revealed his identity. The suspected thief spotted in white stripes shirt after taking the bag from the quiz mistress desk, is seen holding ...

Chief Directors who are supposed to be civil servants at the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) Company, aided Kwame Awuah Darko a former Managing Director of the company to allegedly steal Hundred Million Dollars ($100 Million dollars) from the state institution, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) lawmaker, Kennedy Agyapong has alleged. “Where did Kwame Awuah Darko get the money ...

Controversial New Patriotic Party (NPP) lawmaker for Assin Central Constituency, Kennedy Agyepong has revealed that the party is opposition bound in 2020 if the current scheming and undermining of persons who contributed to its success persists. “You are here endorsing nonsense just because of your selfish interest. Some of them want Alfred Obeng Boateng fired from BOST so that they ...

The Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) Alfred Obeng Boateng has dismissed reports that he has resigned. Mr. Obeng has come under intense pressure to resign following the exposé that BOST had sold 5 million liters of contaminated fuel to two unlicensed companies, Zup Oil and Movenpiina Oil. Members of the minority in Parliament had called ...

The Headmaster of Adisadel College in Cape Coast says he is not bothered about the trolling on social for wearing a “zebra coat” during the grand finale of the National Science and Maths Quiz. He indicates that he wore the customized coat to the event ground at the National Theatre as a headmaster and former student because he was hopeful ...

The Ghana Education Service (GES) is considering options of adding other subjects to the national quiz competition. The move is to ensure that other students do not feel neglected in their subject of study. Speaking to Francis Abban on the Morning Starr, the spokesperson for the Ghana Education Service, Rev. Jonathan Betteh said, “We thinking seriously about it, to make ...

The immediate past Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transport (BOST), Kwame Awuah Darko is ready for any probe into his work. According to his personnel assistant, Edward Combat, his boss has nothing to hide thus will avail himself for any probe. His comment is in reaction to the Majority’s claim that Mr Awuah Darko also sold contaminated ...

The father of the late Major Maxwell Adam Mahama, Captain Dennis Mahama (Rtd) has denied taking part in the military firing squad of 1979 that executed some army officers, including a former Head of State, General Ignatius Kutu Acheampong during the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) regime under the leadership of Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings. An audio recording now ...

Minister of state in charge of Tertiary Education Prof. Kwesi Yankah says the government is working towards scrapping the 25 percent tax imposed on private universities in 2013. He said the tax has been squeezing the little surpluses that the private universities incur on students which give the impression that such universities are expensive. Speaking with Raymond Acquah on Upfront ...