January 2013

The Court of Appeal (CA) on Wednesday ordered Dr Akoto-Osei, former Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance to file his written submissions within 21 days in respect of an appeal before it. The CA noted that Dr Richard Anane, former…

Two farm labourers, who attempted to sell a 19-year old boy, Nyantor Kwabena for a sum of GH¢80,000.00 have been sentenced to five years imprisonment each by the Tarkwa circuit court. The criminals Henry Aggor, 24, and Benjamin Aggor, 20,…

Nii Yartey Annan, an Operations Processor of Barclays Bank Ghana Limited and two others have been put before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly siphoning monies from some customers’ accounts at the High Street branch of the bank. Nii…

The Ghana Ministry of Trade and Industry (MOTI) has reminded Ghanaians that there exist an administrative ban on the export of ferrous scrap metals since the 1980s. Soon, a Legislative Instrument (LI) to ban the export of ferrous scrap…

The remains of a Ghanaian national, who worked on a Kilkeel trawler, are still in a mortuary in Belfast, 18 months after he died. Efforts to have his body returned to his native country for burial have so far been unsuccessful. Fortune…

Foreign direct investments into Ghana in the year 2012 is estimated to be over $5.7 billion, a source at the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) has told ghanabusinessnews.com. The Centre registered over 400 projects in the year. The…

US-based Kosmos Energy on January 28, 2013 announced it plans to spend an amount of $525 million on its 2013 operations globally and over-half of the investment has been allocated for Ghana. The 55% Ghana allocation, according to Kosmos,…

President John Dramani Mahama says Ghana is offering 120 soldiers to join troops from France and other African countries intervening in the Malian crisis. According to the President, the Ghanaian soldiers are mainly from the engineering…

Ghana’s President, John Dramani Mahama, today January 30, 2013 swore-in his first batch of Ministers at the Osu Castle, the seat of government. Parliament on Tuesday January 29, 2013 approved the nominations of the seven Ministers who…