The West African Gas pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo) has assured that the temporary shutdown of FPSO Kwame Nkrumah by Tullow will not put pressure on gas that will be required to be transported to the Volta River Authority (VRA). According to WAPCO, various measures have been put in place to avert possible debts when Tullow […]

Wholesalers and retailers of petroleum products have reached a consensus with the government for the latter to ensure that the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) operates only as a depot of strategic stock for national security purposes and for rainy days. This means that BOST will no longer wholesale subsidised products to […]

GROSS sales volumes of crude oil in the first quarter of 2017 averaged approximately 132,500 barrels of oil per day (bopd). This comprises 82,500 bopd from the Jubilee fields and 50,000 bopd from Tweneboa-Ntomme-Enyenra (TEN) offshore oil fields.This is contained in the financial and operating results of Kosmos Energy for the first quarter of 2017.The […]

The 31-year old Chinese woman Aisha Huang alleged to have engaged in galamsey activities has been remanded in Nsawam prison custody. Aisha was remanded with four other Chinese nationals. They include: Gao Jin Cheng 45, Lu Qi Jun 39, Haibin Gao 26 and Zhang Zhi Peng 23. The Criminal High Court presided over by Justice […]

A former Minister of Trade Dr. Ekow Spio-Garbrah has subtly declared his intention to run for the flagbearer race of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) come election 2020. However, he said he will do so on condition that former president John Mahama refuses to contest the next general election. Mahama is coy over his […]

Ghana’s deputy foreign minister Samuel Owiredu on Tuesday said that the government would pursue a clearly defined holistic policy direction on migration to enable it derive optimum benefits from migration’s positive effects and minimize the negative consequences. Launching the national platform on Migration in Accra, Owiredu said there is a growing significance of migrant remittances […]

The challenge of Africa’s energy needs to be addressed most urgently with due consideration to sustainability, affordability, and accessibility in the energy development efforts, has noted Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn. The Premier made the remarks on Tuesday at the opening of the 6th edition of World Hydropower Congress (WHC) taking place on May 9-11 […]

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Tuesday that Nairobi plans to expand export to Benin as part of efforts to increase bilateral trade between the two countries. Kenyatta, who held talks in Nairobi with visiting President Patrice Talon of Benin focusing on deepening economic ties between Kenya and the West African nation, said the East […]

A new entity aimed at creating a sustainable rural livelihood through private sector led initiative was launched in Nairobi on Tuesday. The Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) launched by Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), an agricultural development organization, is expected to unlock the potential of rural Africa by increasing its productivity and […]

Construction of a peat power plant was Tuesday launched in Gisagara district, southern Rwanda, expected to produce 80MW. The project worth 350 million U.S. dollars is implemented by a Turkish coal company and investor, Hakan AS, together with an international power company, Quantum Power, with participation of a project development company, Themis. The company is […]

The Chief Executive of the Ghana Export Promotion Authority, Ms Gifty Kekeli Klenam has called for adequate financial and logistical support from all stakeholders for the Authority to deliver on its export promotion mandate. Speaking in her first interview since taken over the mantle on her plans for the Authority, Ms Klenam said it was […]

The General Manager of the Amansie West Rural Bank, Mr. Mills Opoku-Boateng, has underlined the bank’s unswerving devotion to providing good customer service. He said they would continue to put the customer at the heart of their thinking and activities. He was speaking at a forum held by the bank for its customers in Kumasi […]

The 2017 Promote Maternal and Infant Survival Excellence (PROMISE) Conference has opened in Accra with a call on health workers to address the challenges of their referral systems. Dr Emmanuel Srofenyo, a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at the Ridge Hospital, who made the call on Wednesday, said 70 per cent of key avoidable factors to […]

A purported statement from the palace of Oba of Lagos stated that Eko (Lagos Island) is not part of Yoruba land. Part of that statement read: “Oba Ado fell in-love with a beautiful woman whose father was Awori and mother a daughter to one of the chief, they had two sons and also a daughter […]

The Technical Working Committee, comprising some Divisional Directors of GES, senior officers of WAEC, past coordinators of CSSPS, representatives of Religious Education Units, including COMEU, and representatives of CHASS, met on Friday, May 5, 2017 in Accra. The meeting, which was attended by some 30 personalities and which was chaired by the Director of Basic […]

PwC’s Africa Business Agenda report shows that 85% of African CEOs (Global: 85%) are confident in their own company’s prospects for revenue growth over the next 12 months Africa’s CEOs are confident that the outlook for business on the continent remains positive notwithstanding the unpredictable economic and socio-political climate. PwC’s (www.PwC.com) Africa Business Agenda report […]

As a direct consequence of this partnership, the Parisian audience will have an opportunity to get familiar with REDTV’s productions during a special session on web-series scheduled for Saturday, 13th May at 11:00am The NollywoodWeek Film Festival has today announced a strategic partnership with UBA’s REDTV ahead of the 5th edition of the festival which […]

A SPECIAL NOTE: In New York, this author sat in a class with a Guinean/Senegalese/Sierra Leonean young lady who vigorously and unabashedly defended female genital mutilation. She later confided in this author that she had one herself and will defend it until her last breath. She even said she will approve it for her daughters […]

It takes morbid callousness or an unrivalled level of ignorance or a combination of both to attempt the stunt by a faction of the troubled People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in its reaction to the release of 82 of the abducted Chibok girls. A statement credited to the spokesperson for the Ahmed Makarfi PDP faction, Dayo […]

BA Regional Minister Hon. Asomah-Cheremeh (middle) speaking at the occasion Dr. Cyril T. Quist (left) Reg. MOFA Director and Mr. I.K Acheampong (right) MCD, Techiman The Brong Ahafo Regional Minister Hon. Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh has inaugurated the District Technical Committee for 13 Districts for the “Planting for Food and Jobs” in Techiman in the Brong Ahafo […]