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Details are emerging about how two armed robbers on a motorbike killed a forex bureau operator at Dawhenya in Tema and made away with an amount of GH¢600,000 he borrowed from some friends. DAILY GUIDE gathered that the gunmen shot the forex bureau operator commonly called Alhaji Osman Jadad, aka Alhaji Sita, and his friend in a car. Both were ...

President Akufo-Addo has assured communities agitating about the size of dams being built across the country that his administration will look into the claims and make appropriate changes if need be. The President’s submission was a direct reaction to claims by a section of the citizenry that the size of the dams being constructed can best be described as dugouts ...

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) has revealed plans to raise some $50 million through bond issuance in the coming months. This is contained in a brief signed by its acting Group Chief Financial Officer Ayo Adepoju to the investor community. Starr Business is learning the proceeds from the bond will be used for the bank’s corporate operations. The Bank has appointed ...

Former President John Mahama had plans to strip Asamoah Gyan off captaincy and make Andre Dede Ayew the team’s captain, former GFA spokesperson Randy Abbey has revealed. Speaking on Joy FM’s News File Program, Randy Abbey revealed the former president wanted to vacate Gyan of his captaincy duties, making Gyan suspect his captaincy was under threat. “I will make a ...

Claims by prosecution witness Dr Yaw Adu-Ampomah that the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) does not do sole-sourcing in procuring fertilisers and other agrochemicals have been shot down in court. Dr Adu-Ampomah, a former Deputy Chief Executive Officer at COCOBOD in charge of Agronomy and Quality Control had in his evidence-in-chief, told the court that the procurement practice there had always ...

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has reiterated government’s commitment to partnering with the private sector in its development agenda for the country, describing the sector as a “partner in the development process and not a competitor of government”. Speaking at the 2019 edition of the Ishmael Yamson & Associates Business roundtable at the La Palm Beach Hotel in Accra on ...

Some girls in Kwesitwikrom, a farming community in the Agona East District of the Central region, are being forced to sell oranges and coconuts to raise monies for sanitary pads in order to manage their menstrual flows. Starr News’ Kojo Ansah reported of the disclosure on Tuesday, May 28, 2019, the day Ghana joined the world to observe menstrual hygiene ...

A 37-year-old fisherman John Asabutey has drowned in the Volta Lake at Kudikope, a fishing community in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern region. The incident happened on May 27, 2019, however, the body is yet to be retrieved despite an incessant search by a joint team of National Disaster and Management Organization (NADMO) and local divers in the area. ...

The chief of Mamponteng in the Kwabre East Municipality of the Ashanti Region, Barima Saasi Ayeboafo II has openly expressed outrage towards the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and President Nana Akufo Addo for neglecting his people in the nearly three years that they have been in office. He says he is incensed by the fact that the government has ...

Globally, food security has become a major concern as the world’s population increase and natural resources dwindle. This means there is an increasing need for smart solutions for more efficient farming, safer food packaging and storage. Since the 1950s, the State of Israel has been at the forefront of developing smart agricultural solutions, which has contributed to their economic success. ...