Initial FDI Transfers Soar
The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) has recorded a total of 51 projects valued at US$1.45 billion in the second quarter of the year, with a foreign direct investment (FDI) component valued...
Tag: International relations
Nearly 385 Million Children Live In Extreme Poverty – UNICEF
Children are more than twice as likely as adults to live in extreme poverty, according to a new analysis from the World Bank Group and the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF). The...
Business Leaders Plead Against ‘hard’ Brexit
A group of major business lobby groups have written an open letter urging the government to preserve barrier free trade with Europe. The letter is signed by leaders of the CBI and manufacturers' body...
Arthur Simpson-Kent Jailed
Arthur Simpson-Kent, the who confessed to killing his East Enders actress girlfriend and their two children before fleeing to Ghana, was yesterday jailed for life by the Old Bailey Court in England....
WAPCo To Resume Gas Supply But US$162 VRA Debt Lingers
The West Africa Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo) has said it is ready to resume transportation of some 30 million standard cubic feet per day of gas to the Volta River Authority, although it expects the...
WAPCo To Resume Gas Supply; US$162 VRA Debt Lingers
The West Africa Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo) has said it is ready to resume transportation of some 30million standard cubic feet per day of gas to the Volta River Authority, although it expects the...
800 Victims of Paebo Dynamite Explosion Cry For Help
Over 800 residents of Paebo, a suburb of Adoagyiri in the Eastern Region, whose houses and properties were destroyed by a dynamite explosion in December last year, say they have still not received...
The Debtor Must Live To Pay His Debt
The Minister of Petroleum, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah has lashed out at the West African Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo) for disconnecting gas supply to Ghana over the country’s debt to the company....
Dozens of Afghan Troops Missing From Military Training In U.S.
Forty-four Afghan troops visiting the United States for military training have gone missing in less than two years, presumably in an effort to live and work illegally in America, Pentagon officials...
Al-Shabab ‘kills Christians’ In Kenya’s Mandera Town
Militant Islamist group al-Shabab says it has killed six Christians in north-eastern Kenya in an attack aimed at forcing them out of the region. The grenade and gun attack was launched on a...
Lawyer Urges Legal Action Against THC Defaulters
Maritime Lawyer, Stanley Ahorlu has urged Business Associations who are being levied Terminal Handling Charges (THC) at the ports, to hit the courts to settle the matter. The move he says must be...
Ghana Is Not Yet Attractive Investment Destination – Ahomka-Lindsay
A former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre, Robert Ahomka-Lindsay says Ghana is not yet an attractive investment destination. He was commenting on the recent World Bank...
Ghana Wants UN To Prohibit Use of Nuclear Weapons
Ghana today (October 4, 2016) expressed support for a United Nations General Assembly conference to discuss a universal and legally binding instrument that will prohibit the use of nuclear weapons...
Nigerian Actress Sorry For ‘offensive Hug’
A leading Nigerian actress, who was banned from the Hausa-language film industry because of her “immoral” behaviour, has apologised. Rahama Sadau’s appearance in a music video “hugging and...
Cost of Trading Along Tema-Ouagadougou Corridor Reduced
Results from a performance analysis study revealed that the average cost of trading along the Tema-Ouagadougou corridor and other West African countries have reduced. Conducted by the Economic...
Mahama Misses The Point
Dr Edward Nasigre Mahama, Presidential Candidate of the Peoples National Convention (PNC) does not appear to get it. He believes that there is no link between Ghana’s current state of dependence...
Minister Picks UNDP Research Above A Mo-Ibrahim Survey
Communications Minister, Dr. Omane Boamah, says more credible research exists which endorses government's view that Ghana is making significant progress. He has rated a United Nations Development...
Nigerian Actress Rahama Sadau Sorry For ‘offensive Hug’
A leading Nigerian actress, who was banned from the Hausa-language film industry because of her "immoral" behaviour, has apologised. Rahama Sadau's appearance in a music video "hugging and cuddling"...
Enough Of CIAs Enough Project In Africa
Enough of the CIA’s “Enough Project” in Africa. With Hollywood superstar George Clooney as it’s talking head, EP, as it is known, was founded by senior US Intel “spook” Gayle Smith,...
Nigerian Actress Banned Over Hug
A leading Nigerian actress has been banned from the Hausa-language film industry because of her “immoral” behaviour, the main industry body says. Rahma Sadau caused offence by “hugging and...