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Black Stars head coach Kwesi Appiah will name his provisional squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt on May 20. The provisional list will head for Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates for the training camp before the final 23-man squad for the tournament. Already there have been calls for inclusion for suspended Sulley Muntari and Kevin-Prince ...

If the government of Ghana, through the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), does not act swiftly, the cocoa sector of the economy will collapse in the near future following the sale of cocoa farms to rubber companies for rubber plantation, William Botei, a cocoa farmer in Asikaso near Asamankese in the Eastern Region of Ghana, has lamented. He told Kwabena Prah ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appealed to farmers to help the government address the incessant smuggling of subsidised fertilisers from the country to neighbouring Burkina Faso and Cote d’Ivoire. In a meeting with the Ghana Coffee Cocoa Sheanut Farmers Association at the Jubilee House, in Accra, last Friday evening, President Akufo-Addo condemned the act and urged farmers to help ...

Here is a list of 26 cases receiving attention at the Office of the Special Prosecutor obtained by JoyNews. It includes opposition figures as high profile as former President John Mahama and government appointees under the Akufo-Addo administration such as Board Chair of the Ghana National Petroleum Company and national chairman of the governing NPP Freddie Blay. The Special Prosecutor, ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has declared a non-cooperation war against the police administration, as former Defence Minister Iddrisu Mahama has announced that their members will no longer honour invitations by the law enforcement agency. He announced the party’s decision during the latest in the series of press conferences held at the headquarters of the party in Accra last Thursday. ...

The government is to release $1 billion to the Ministry of Roads and Highways to settle outstanding debts to road contractors and to complete and maintain road networks in the country. This is expected to settle road contractors who have already invested, and to ensure the completion of roads currently under construction. The sector Minister, Mr Kwasi Amoako-Attah, who announced ...

Officials of Customs at the Tema Port have detained a container suspected to be carrying firearms. They are to undertake a physical re-examination of the said container this morning [Friday]. Officers from Customs, the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) and Port Security provided protection for the container overnight when it was detained Thursday night Graphic Online has gathered. Meanwhile, the officials have ...

The Italian oil giant, Eni, has made a significant gas and condensate discovery in the Cape Three Points Block Four (CTP-Block 4) offshore Ghana in the Western Region. The well, drilled on the Akoma exploration prospect, proved an estimated volume of between 550 and 650 billion cubic feet (bcf) of gas and 18 to 20 million barrels (mmbbl) of condensate. ...

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has interrogated a Presidential Staffer, Mr Charles Cromwell Nanabanyin Onuawonto Bissue, and another for allegedly working against Ghana’s efforts to end illegal mining. They were also afforded the opportunity to view the raw unedited video, which showed them allegedly taking bribe to promote illegal mining activities. Bissue was interrogated on May 8, 2019, ...

Reflective observers have been ruminating endlessly over the rationale behind the NDC faithful’s desperation to return into power so soon after being rejected massively by discerning Ghanaians during the 2016 general elections. “If you would look deeper, history is broad yet deep that binds the core existence of the world. Hence, history keeps the records of events that happened in ...