January 2009

The Goil Filling station at Kade at the weekend got burnt when a petrol tanker discharging fuel caught fire. Also burnt was the tanker with registration number GW 1396 Y. The Kade Office of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) is…

The Kade District Magistrate’s Court on Monday sentenced Kate Agyeiwaa, a trader, on her own plea of guilty, to a fine of GH¢ 500 or nine months’ imprisonment in default. Prosecuting, Police Inspector Eric Tetteh told the court presided…

In between sessions at the THISDAY Festival of Ideas, I got a short and interesting interview with Secretary- General Kofi Atta Annan, in his hotel room. Diplomacy at its best: Kofi Annan, who was for eight years the world’s number one…

Another Nigerian bank is set to enter the Ghanaian banking sector soon. The bank, Access Bank received the license to operate from the Bank of Ghana in the country in November 2008, according to a report in the Business Daily, a Nigerian…

West Africa is an unlikely center for the international cocaine trade. It is not a producer of the drug nor is it a consumer, as the vast majority of its people are very poor. Yet a startling 50 tons of cocaine is transported through West…

The Daily Graphic issue of January 27, 2009 carried a report which says one hundred and thirty nine vehicles imported for the office of the President by five motor firms in the country cannot be located by the Customs, Excise and…

The expansion plans of Nigerian banks and insurance companies operating in Ghana seem not to be affected by the current global credit crunch, as many of them continue to open more branches across the 10 regions in the country.…

A little over a year ago I found myself sitting in the San Francisco offices of an international humanitarian NGO (nongovernmental organization). Their main focus at the time was a major human-rights treaty, and they wanted advice about…

Growth rate for the Ghanaian economy for the 2008 fiscal year has now been pegged at a modest 6.2%, as opposed to the September 2008 projection that pegged it at 6.7%. Available data through April and projections up to September 2008 had…

A woman gave birth Monday to eight babies, only the second time in history octuplets have survived more than a few hours, doctors said. The mother gave birth to six boys and two girls weighing between 1 pound, 8 ounces, and 3 pounds, 4…