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COCOBOD is set to sign its annual cocoa loan syndication deal in Paris, France with some 24 French banks on Friday. This was after it secured Parliament’s approval to borrow up to $1.5 billion to aid cocoa purchases for the 2019/2020 crop season. Sources at COCOBOB say the board has already secured the extra $200 million from some of the ...

The Minority in Ghana’s Parliament has begun collecting signatures in a bid to recall the House over the “rotten” and “stinking” ECG/PDS deal. The 106 opposition MPs want Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta to be hauled before the House to explain how come he and Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, unilaterally and arbitrarily, without recourse to Parliament, varied the agreed terms of ...

“No amount of manipulation or rigging can save you the defeat of the 2020 polls’, this is the suggestive quote by Popular Ghanaian Islamic Cleric, Numerologist, Philosopher Mallam Sham-una Uztaz Jibril, warning a particular political party. Mallam Sham-una Uztaz Jibril is credited for accurately predicting in 2015 and 2016 respectively with numbers that Trump, Akufo-Addo and Buhari will win the ...

Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says he looks forward to former President John Dramani Mahama converting to Islam after the latter’s rendition of an Islamic prayer during the Islamic funeral of the National Chief Imam’s sister at New Fadama in Accra. Hajia Aishatu Sharubutu’s funeral at the cleric’s residence attracted important political figures such as the Vice-President and the flag bearer ...

The University of Cape Coast has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Sixteen out of the forty-six colleges of education in the country to mentor and supervise them. The move follows the introduction of the new Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) Programs that are to be run by the colleges in October 2019. The new B. Ed. programme has three key ...

Three Nigerian women have been arrested by the police in the Central Region for allegedly trafficking three girls from Nigeria to Ghana for prostitution. Miracle Ezeh, 40, Juliet Ede also known as Ebony and Aliagbasor were reported to have brought in the girls between the ages of 19 and 27 three months ago under the pretence of offering them jobs. ...

The Ashanti Region chapter of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has charged its members in the region not to return to the classrooms. NAGRAT insists until its tabled demands are duly addressed by authorities, the much condemned strike will continue unabated. A statement signed by its Chairman Francis Yaw Owusu stated in part: “The industrial strike declared by ...

The Herald has intercepted incontrovertible pieces of evidence that indicate that the Bank of Ghana (BoG) received a cash transfer of GHS90 million from the now-collapsed Heritage Bank Ghana Limited (HBL) as minimum capital to help meet the requirements of the licence granted its shareholders. The documents indicate that the money was transferred by Stanbic Bank Ghana Limited on behalf ...

Two people have been confirmed dead at the Tamale Teaching Hospital following strong thunder and lightning during a heavy downpour which caused an electric grinding in a “container” shop on Thursday. A total of five persons were electrocuted at Glass, a popular food joint close to the Tamale main taxi rank as a result of the grinding that occurred in ...

The Ghana Immigration Service has dismissed claims suggesting that some of its officers operating at the Kotoka International Airport engage in corrupt practices, including extortion of monies from travelers who use the airport. In an interview with ABC News, Assistant Superintendent of Immigration (ASI) Barbara Sam, in charge of Public Relations at the KIA said such claims against its officers ...