Ghana To Ban Charcoal Production
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is in talks with government to ban the production and sale of charcoal in Ghana. This according to the EPA will help Ghana reduce the emission of carbon...
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COA Clears Air On AIDS Drugs
The Centre of Awareness Ghana (COA) has cleared the air that its newly developed COA 72 is an unfinished HIV/AIDS medication still being researched into and not a finished product as misreported by a...
Dangote Acquires Gas Processing Company In the Netherlands
In a bid to meet Nigeria’s gas requirements, Dangote industries Limited (DIL) has completed the acquisition of Twister B. V, a company based in the Netherlands. The company delivers reliable,...
Dangote To Revolutionise Agriculture In Africa With Cheap Fertilizer
The Dangote Group of Companies is set to revolutionise agric production in Africa with a two billion-dollar fertilizer plant that will produce for countries within the sub-region at a significantly...
70,000 People Get Free Gas Cylinders From Government
Government says it has distributed about 70,000 Liquefied Petroleum Gas cylinders to people under its rural LPG promotion project, which seeks to provide a cleaner, healthier and safer form of...
Kufuor Gov’t Tried Planting Cocaine On Me
Flag bearer of the All People's Congress (APC), Mr Hassan Ayariga has said the Kufuor administration tried planting cocaine on him, for which reason he had to close done his pizza restaurants. "There...
Fuel Prices Likely To Go Up Again
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers Ghana, has forecast a likely 7-13 percent fuel price adjustment beginning Sunday October 16. According to the Chamber, “the decision for cuts in OPEC production...
Full List of Disqualified presidential Aspirants
The Electoral Commission (EC) today , disqualified thirteen persons who were hoping to contest the country’s presidential elections in December this year. The EC Chairperson, Charlotte Osei, who...
Health Benefits of Palm Oil
Studies have found that unrefined palm oil plays a role in promoting cardiovascular health. Here are some health benefits of consuming palm oil: Prevents cancer Studies suggest that palm oil’s...
TOR Cannot Refine 10ppm Diesel – Senyo Horsi
The Tema Oil Refinery does not have the capacity to refine 10 parts per million (ppm) sulphur content levels for diesel. That’s according to the Bulk Oil Distributors. On Tuesday, CEO of TOR, Awuah...
Tiny Machines Win Chemistry Nobel Prize
The 2016 Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded for the development of the world’s smallest machines. Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir Fraser Stoddart and Bernard Feringa will share the 8m kronor...
Ghana Starts Fuel Exports To West African Countries
Ghana has begun supplying gasoline and gas oil to the landlocked countries of Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali from the Bolgatanga Petroleum Depot. The state-owned Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation...
Asaga Justifies ‘dirty’ Fuel Imports
Ghanaians will continue to use toxic fuel containing high levels of sulphur for a long period of time. This is because the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) does not have the capacity to reduce the sulphur...
Petrosol Launches Fuel Pump Accuracy Campaign
As part of efforts to address the inaccuracies in the quantity of fuel being sold to consumers at filing stations, Petroleum Solutions Limited (Petrosol) has launched a consumer education campaign...
Scientists Have Found A Cure For Garlic Breath
Stuffing that Sunday roast chicken with 40 cloves of garlic seemed like a great idea at the time but not so much come Monday morning, when you’re chain-chewing gum and doing the cupping-your-mouth...
Energy Efficiency Project Saves 400 Gigawatts of Electricity
The saved about 400 gigawatts of electricity power within 3 years of the Refrigerator Energy Efficiency Program. This was announced by the Mr Kofi Agyarko, the Head of Energy Efficiency Promotion and...
Refining 10ppm Diesel To Cost TOR $120m
The Chief Executive Officer of the Tema Oil Refinery, Kwame Awuah Darko has disclosed to Citi Business News it will cost Ghana about 120 million dollars to re-configure the country’s refinery...
Ghana Will Keep Importing ‘dirty Fuel’ For 3-Years – NPA
Ghana will continue to import toxic fuel said to be containing high levels of sulphur for at least three more years. This is because the country’s oil refinery the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR)is yet to...
Petrol To Rise, Diesel Will Be Same
Within the first week of the second pricing-window for September 2016, petrol and diesel prices fell by an average of 0.78% and 0.84%, respectively. Three Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) namely: Puma...
Rebate Scheme Heaps Up 10,000 Used Fridges
Ghanaians have exchanged for new ones a total of 10,000 old, energy sapping refrigerating appliances, as the rebate scheme introduced by the Energy Commission in 2012 draws to a close. Although the...