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An industrialist and economist, Mr Tony Oteng-Gyasi, has called for urgent investigations into how China earned a better price for its first consignment of cocoa export than what Ghana received for its premium cocoa beans. He told the Graphic Business on April 23 that the investigations must be immediate and help to establish why 500 kilogrammes (kg) of the bean ...

A 27-year-old woman Mary Quaye, is in the custody of the Agona Duakwa police in the Central Region for inflicting multiple machete wounds on her husband’s neck. Information gathered by EIB News’ Yaw Boagyan indicates that a misunderstanding over house-keeping money ensued between the couple on Monday, 26th April, around 4:30 pm during which the husband, Abraham Acquah hit her ...

The Institute for Energy Policies and Research (INSTEPR) has called for the immediate decommissioning of the oil rig, Mr Louie, sited at Saltpond in the Central Region. It has warned of an environmental catastrophe if action is not taken on the 65-year-oil rig, whose production platform was in a very bad and threatening condition, stressing that imminent oil spillage would ...

Outspoken University of Ghana lecturer Professor Ransford Gyampo says teachers in the country are scared to publicly speak about challenges confronting the Free SHS program out of fear of victimization. According to him, concerned teachers will rather speak to parents privately about the challenges of the program. The comments come in the wake of the national conversation over the perceived ...

Feasibility studies are underway on the possibility of relocating the Kasoa toll booth as part of measures to help eliminate the vehicular traffic bottleneck on that section of the Accra-Winneba highway, the Minister of Roads, Mr Kwasi Amoako Atta has disclosed. He said the ministry has realised that it is impossible to expand the gates at the booth because of a ...

Bookmaking giants, Betway has donated sports equipment to local football and basketball teams in the Ashanti Region through its Betway Up programme The donation was done after a Betway Up training program, where teams were taken through sessions on sports science, coaching and practical training. The equipments donated included soccer balls, basketballs, training bibs, shin guards and training cones. Representatives ...

The Ghana Integrity Initiative has lauded the Attorney-General’s department over its decision to sack Senior State Attorney captured in Starr FM’s ‘Cash For Justice’ expose. The Justice Ministry fired Lawrence Otoo-Boison who was implicated in the investigative piece . He was captured in the documentary by Edward Adeti advising a suspect who was on an INTERPOL’s wanted list to go ...

Three persons have been injured in explosive waste disposal incident at Asaman in the Okere District of the Eastern Region. The victims were blasters who were disposing of the explosive items. The incident which occurred on Sunday April 25, 2021 at about 11:55 am also affected dozens of buildings in Asaman and another community, Okwenya, which falls under the Yilo ...

The Western Regional Branch of the Electricity Company of Ghana has joined their colleagues nationwide in protest against the Managing Director of the company Kwame Agyeman Budu. At the Regional Office in Takoradi where the protest took place, a significant number of the workers were clad in red armbands amidst hoisting of red flags and drumming and dancing. Some of ...

Communications Minister Ursula Owusu-Ekuful and Ningo Prampram lawmaker are trading words on social media over the acquisition of AirtelTigo by the government of Ghana. The Ningo lawmaker has raised issues with the Communications minister’s claim that government purchased the telecommunication company for $1. He is demanding details on the sale price. “I side with most Ghanaians who are requesting assurances ...