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Commodity prices broadly stable – Survey

The weekly Esoko-GNA market survey conducted in major regional centres in the country on Friday showed that prices of most commodities were broadly stable at markets as compared to prices of the previous week. While some commodity prices…

Robbers raid gold shop in Obuasi

Three suspected armed robbers on Thursday raided a gold dealer’s shop at Obuasi – Sampsonkrom in the Ashanti Region, and looted GH¢100,000 and pure gold. The suspected robbers, who wielded guns, shot Abubakar Fuseini, 43, the gold dealer,…

IEA wants independent check of election spending

The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), an independent  policy think tank, has called for the establishment of an independent, multi-partisan Parliamentary Budget Office to check what it calls “cyclical politically-driven” expenditure…

Court adjourns Woyome case to October 30

The Commercial Division of the High Court in Accra yesterday adjourned to October 30, 2013 the civil suit filed by the state to retrieve the GH¢51 million it says it paid mistakenly to businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome. Yesterday’s…

Nursing mother arrested for possessing cannabis

A 29 years old nursing mother was on Wednesday arrested at the Cocoa Affairs court in Accra, for possessing five wraps of dry leaves suspected to be cannabis. Esther Amorkor was arrested following her visit to a prison inmate at the court…