Puma Energy Supports Firmer Controls
As a major fuel supplier in Africa, Puma Energy says it welcomes Public Eye’s call for a tightening of fuel quality specifications in African countries, and will continue to support cooperation...
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Sanction NPA, OMCs Over Importation of Toxic Fuel – Expert
An Oil and Gas expert, Kwame Jantuah, is demanding sanctions the National Petroleum Authority for allowing into the country diesel with high levels of toxic sulphur chemicals. It emerged weeks ago...
Sankofa Gas Project Receives US$700m World Bank Guarantee
Ghana has received a US$700-million guarantee from the World Bank for its Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP)- Sankofa gas project ahead of anticipated oil and gas production in 2017 and 2018,...
Nigeria Forex Crisis and Unfinished Naira-Yuan Swap Deal
Barely five months after a currency swap deal between Nigeria and China was enmeshed in controversy, the country’s import profile from the Far-East Asian nation has remained high and intermediated...
Bald Men Are More Intelligent, Influential and Honest
The Vikings used a lotion of goose poo. The ancient Greek medic Hippocrates believed the best cure for baldness was really pigeon droppings, which he mixed with horseradish, cumin and nettles. One...
Ghana Could Be Africa’s Fourth Biggest Oil Producer By 2020
Ghana could become the fourth biggest oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa by 2020 once two new offshore fields come on stream, to push total output above 240,000 barrels per day (bpd), pan-African...
From Regeni To Libya, The Difficult Path Towards Normalization
The last, recent joint note of Italian and Egyptian attorneys on Giulio Regeni's murder shows that a good degree of cooperation in the investigation has been finally reached. Unfortunately that has...
The Iron-Fisted Ethiopian State
A political crisis of longstanding duration has been brought to the world’s attention by the actions of a competitor at the recently concluded Olympic Games. Marathon runner Feyisa Lilesa’s...
NPP’s Incompetence Was Exposed When Ghana Left HIPC
The governing NDC says there is nothing phenomenal about the New Patriotic Party (NPP) economic record because it was shielded from economic difficulties through its decision to go to the...
We’ve Managed the Economy Better Than NPP – NDC
The National Democratic Congress (NDC), says it is a better manager of Ghana’s economy compared to the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The party at a press conference dubbed, “setting the records...
It’s Not Enough That Mahama Loses, His Ideas Must Lose Too
It’s not enough that Mahama loses, his ideas must lose too Running against John Mahama is now the rage in Ghana, it seems. And why not? President Mahama has been a terrible president. His record...
Uganda To Spend $2 Billion To Connect Citizens To Electricity Grid
Uganda plans to spend at least $2 billion in the next five years to connect more people to its electricity grid and raise connection rates, a senior executive at sole power distributor Umeme Ltd said...
NPP Waiting For NDC’s Response To 170 Facts Presented By Dr. Bawumia
The Office of Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has noted the discussions on his Public Lecture on the theme – “The State of the Ghanaian Economy – a foundation of Concrete or Straw” – and continues to...
Ghana Earned Over $3bn From Petroleum Revenue
Ghana earned $3.208 billion from petroleum revenue for the production of 161.7 million barrels of crude oil between 2011 and 2015. Although the highest number of barrels, 37.4 million, was recorded...
Chiefs Insistent On Getting 10% Oil Revenue
Chiefs in the Western Region say they are disappointed that the various political parties have ignored their call for government to dedicate a certain percentage of oil revenues for the development...
On My Honor
Please do not read the NDC 2016 manifesto. It is a litany of promises never to be delivered. Rather, I urge you to go back and find the 2012 document they issued. Got it? Now read it in detail...
NPP Blew HIPC Funds On ‘tiny Toilets’ – Bawa Mogtari
The Kufuor administration and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) wasted reliefs from the Highly Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) initiative on “tiny toilets,” the governing National Democratic Congress’...
Protestant Churches In Ghana Need Urgent Reformation
INTRODUCTION Reformation literally means improving on someone or something by removing or correcting faults and problems with the intention of making it better than before. In Church history,...
UN Court Has No Jurisdiction In Somalia Border Dispute
Kenya maintains that the International Court of Justice has no jurisdiction to hear the case on the maritime border dispute with its neighbour Somalia. Presenting the country’s position on Monday...
Sudan Threatens South Sudan For Backing Militants
Sudan said on Sunday says it would close its border with South Sudan within days if its neighbour did not expel militant groups, the government told state media. Sudan regularly accuses its neighbour...