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In its quest to strengthen its foothold in the country’s oil and gas industry, the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has acquired commercial interests in the Jubilee and the TEN fields. The national oil company now has seven per cent commercial interest in both the Jubilee and the TEN fields, having taken over part of the interest of one of ...

Provisional results from Cape Verde indicate that the main opposition candidate, José Maria Neves, has won the first round of the presidential election. Seven candidates are bidding to replace President Jorge Carlo Fonseca, who is not allowed to serve more than two consecutive terms. With the results from most polling stations declared, Mr Neves has about 51% compared with about ...

Chinese tech company Xiaomi, has opened its first retail shop in Accra, on the Spintex Road to avail Ghanaians of their products in the country. The Xiaomi shop and its myriad products was launched to the public on Saturday, October 16. The Chinese tech giant was established in the year 2010 and has fast become one of the trusted brands ...

The 26 members of the Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly (CCMA) who allegedly returned the ‘gift’ of GH¢500 each to the retained mayor have accused the Electoral Commission (EC) of “manufacturing” their own results in Saturday’s confirmation elections. They claim they, together with some Members of Parliament (MPs) and the Paramount Chief of Cape Coast, were prevented from observing the sorting ...

The Bishop Herman Old Boys Union (BHOBU) is setting in motion an ambitious plan to raise some five hundred thousand cedis to kickstart a drive to rehabilitate structures in the school. The drive according to executives of the union, would among others help rebuild dilapidated structures and raise the standard of those in deplorable condition on the school’s campus in ...

A 42-year-old man, identified as Maxwell Yeboah, has allegedly stabbed his pregnant wife to death at Nyankyerenease, a suburb of Kumasi. Eyewitnesses say the incident occurred Saturday dawn when the deceased was heard shouting for help only for them to discover the woman in a pool of her own blood with several machete wounds. The suspect took to his heels ...

Former President John Dramanihas re-stated his opposition to the Agyapa deal. The deal, he says, will be bad for the youth because it will invariably mean “mortgaging the future of the youth”. According to the former president, the Agyapa deal is inconsiderate because it is a plan to mortgage the future of the country and Ghana’s youth to fund Akufo-Addo’s ...

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) says it would soon consider increments in transport fares should the current trend of fuel price increments continue. The union said, at the last increments of transport fares, they projected to last until December 2021 but the rate at which fuel products are being increased arbitrarily, they may be compelled to increase it ...

The governing board of the National Communications Authority (NCA), the spectrum regulatory agency under the chairmanship of Mr Isaac Emmil Osei-Bonsu, has approved new radio licence applications for Radio Gold, Radio XYZ and over 131 others. A statement released by the NCA said a decision has been taken by the Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation to have the licences for ...

Ningo Prampram Lawmaker, Samuel Nartey George who is also a Ranking Member on the parliamentary select committee on communications, has thanked the former Chairman of the Committee Mr Kennedy Agyapong, the Minister of Communications, Madam Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu, Ranking Member on the committee ABA Fuseini for the role they played in getting the closed radio stations ...