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A founding partner of the E. O Group, George Yaw Owusu, credited with the discovery of crude oil in commercial quantities in Ghana, has vehemently denied claim that, former President John Kufuor, used him and his colleague as fronts to chip away substantial part of the natural mineral to himself. Mr. Owusu, who worked in the Petrochemical industry for 27 ...

Former Chairman of Parliament’s Finance Committee, James Klutse Avedzi, has admitted his committee received money from officials of the National Lottery Authority before deliberating on the amendment of the National Lottery Act, 2006 (Act 722). He said the Authority first presented GHC 50,000 to the Committee “but when we looked at the provisions, we realised that the amount was not ...

The grand finale of the 2017 National Science and Math Quiz will be held today [Thursday], at the National Theatre in Accra. The event will see three schools; St. Thomas Aquinas, Adisadel College and Prempeh College, battle for supremacy and bragging rights. The three competitors successfully triumphed over other schools throughout the contest to make it to this stage. The ...

The Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, might soon face Parliament’s Education Committee following the refusal of the West African Examination Council (WAEC), to organize a special exams for some 200 students at Bunkpurugu in the Northern Region who could not write two papers in the just ended exams. The over two hundred students were unable to write this ...

The Northern regional chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Daniel Bugri Naabu has called off indefinitely a process to confirm the District Chief Executive nominees for Gushegu West Mamprusi and Bunkprugu districts in the Northern Region. The President on Friday nominated new District Chief Executives for Gushegu, West Mamprusi and Bunkprugu districts but since the announcement of the ...

The Minority has sternly lambasted the Akufo-Addo led government for expressing its willingness to use the country’s natural resources as collateral in securing a $19 billion loan from the Chinese government. Vice president Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia revealed after a four-day visit to China that the loan will not be based on the traditional model of borrowing and aid, but will ...

Media personality and Forbes Africa correspondent, Peace Hyde, toured Africa’s largest oil refinery with Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote together with some special delegates. The $12 billion Dangote Oil Refinery will be 40% larger than the current largest refinery which only has a capacity of 450, 000 barrels per day. The plant will also house Africa’s largest urea plant with ...

The Interior Ministry will roll out a plan to drastically transform the Ghana Police Service, which is targeting 8000 new recruits this year. According to the Interior Minister, Mr. Ambrose Dery, the move will give the service a holistic facelift which includes the provision of logistics and recruitment of about 8000 new officers. “The Transformation Agenda of the Police is ...

The Energy Ministry has set up an eight-member committee to investigate the circumstances leading to the sale of over 5 million litres of contaminated fuel by the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST). The Committee will be chaired by the sector Minister, Boakye Agyarko. The membership of the committee is made up of officials drawn from the National ...

A three-storey building under construction has collapsed and killed a Security man at Techiman market in the Brong Ahafo region. The building containing about 30 stores under construction at the Techiman market collapsed in the early hours of Wednesday resulting in the death of the security man who was sleeping under the building. Seidu Mumuni, another security man who survived ...