HFC Bank Ghana, a subsidiary of Republic Financial Holdings Limited has been awarded for Exceptional Diaspora Investment in Ghana. The award is in recognition of the Republic Financial Holdings Limited of Trinidad and Tobago’s investment in HFC Bank Ghana. HFC Bank was awarded at the prestigious Diaspora African Forum Excellence Awards Dinner. Receiving the Award which was ...

SRI EMAS Limited (SEL), the company responsible for the complete subsea architecture installation including Structures, Flowlines, Umbilical and Risers for the FPSO Kufuor has expressed its joy at the commencement of production of oil at Cape Three Points. The installed hardware are the conduits through which the oil extracted from below the seabed is moved to the floating production, storage and offloading unit (FPSO) – John ...

The establishment of a diplomatic mission in Kuwait as a measure of checking the maltreatment of Ghanaians in the Gulf region is in advanced stages. This is according to Foreign Affairs Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botwe. She contends that the physical presence of the Ghanaian state in Kuwait would help government deal better with the numerous ...

One of the two police officers who were shot at Lapaz in Accra by armed robbers has passed away. “…One of the police personnel passed on while receiving treatment at the Police Hospital but the second is in a stable condition,” a statement signed by the Greater Accra Police Public Relations Officer, Effia Tenge stated. ...

The sale of illegal fuel on table tops in Ashaiman has resulted in the burning of four family members at Ashaiman Taifa. The four persons who belong to one family and live in a wooden structure sustained serious burns when fire gutted the wooden structure. 22-year-old Fati Iddrissu, Abass Iddrissu 23, Adiza Iddrissu, 67 and ...

National Security has been tasked to probe allegations of maltreatment meted out to some 63 Ghanaians who were recently deported. There have been reports that the deportees were handcuffed and forced on board the plane to Ghana. Though the US Embassy has dismissed the allegation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is insisting investigations should be ...

National Security has been tasked to probe allegations of maltreatment meted out to some 63 Ghanaians who were recently deported. There have been reports that the deportees were handcuffed and forced on board the plane to Ghana. Though the US Embassy has dismissed the allegation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is insisting investigations should be ...

An animated television special featuring Michael Jackson will premiere this year for Halloween in the latest posthumous project by the estate of the late King of Pop. The estate said “Michael Jackson’s Halloween” will air on CBS in the United States around the October 31 holiday dedicated to the ghoulish and supernatural. The estate said ...

A Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Robert Ahomka-Lindsay, has insisted that recent comments attributed to him about diasporans were not meant to offend anyone. Mr. Ahomka-Lindsay’s speech at the Ghana Diaspora meeting in Accra, garnered lots of attention after he appeared to show displeasure at diasporans who ‘whined’ about everything they felt was not going well ...

The Premier League Board (PLB) has postponed the match day 23 Premier League fixture between Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Accra Hearts of Oak which was scheduled for Sunday July 16 at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi. The decision to postpone the match indefinitely follows the tragic accident involving Asante Kotoko on their way ...

Outspoken anti-corruption campaigner and leading member of pressure group, Occupy Ghana, Sydney Casely-Hayford is likely to be in hot waters as he has been cited for a possible contempt of Parliament. Casely-Hayford who is noted for his frankness on topical issues, is reported to have said Members of Ghana’s Parliament make “stupid decisions.” Mr. Casely-Hayford ...

The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) has commenced processes to review its laws to guide existing and new investments into the country. The GIPC contends that there is the need to adjust the country’s laws to meet the modern investment trends. According to the CEO of the GIPC, Mr. Yofi Grant, the government’s efforts to ...

When I arrived at Harvard in 2013 for my Master of Laws Degree (LL.M.), I took the further step of applying for the Corporate Law, Finance & Governance Concentration. Together with ten others, I got in. I was bent on making the best of my time at this hallowed institution. I cross-registered at the Harvard ...

Venus Williams defied time, the odds and Johanna Konta over two ragged sets here on Thursday to reach her ninth Wimbledon final at 37, the oldest contender since Martina Navratilova in 1994. The American made her Wimbledon debut just three years after that and has been an adornment ever since – and a five-time champion at her favourite ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced that government has setup a 100 million dollar package to fund the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan (NEIP). The initiative is aimed at supporting young entrepreneurs to grow their businesses. Speaking at the launch of the plan, President Akufo-Akufo said his major priority is to address the issue of unemployment ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has set up a 100 million dollar package to fund the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan (NEIP). The plan is an initiative of the Akufo-Addo government which is aimed at supporting young entrepreneurs grow their businesses. Speaking at the launch of the plan in Accra on Thursday, the President announced ...

Spain’s Garbine Muguruza thrashed unseeded Slovakian Magdalena Rybarikova to set up a Wimbledon final against either Britain’s Johanna Konta or five-time champion Venus Williams of the US. Muguruza, 23, won 6-1 6-1 in just 64 minutes on Centre Court to advance to her second Wimbledon final. The 2016 French Open champion will try to win ...

A Trader, Cecelia Nyame was on Wednesday put before an Accra Circuit Court for defrauding by false pretense. Cecelia was said to have defrauded one Francis Sarpong Dakudze of an amount of GH¢30,000.00. She pleaded not guilty to the charge and was granted bail in the sum of GH¢50,000.00 with one surety to reappear on ...

The management of the University of Ghana is under pressure from lecturers and other workers at the school over the absence of a governing council. Almost 40 professorial appointments at the University of Ghana are on hold due to the failure of government to constitute a governing council for the University. According to the Registrar ...

The Police Service is on a manhunt for two armed men who shot two officers in broad daylight at Lapaz in Accra. The criminals were said to be on a robbery mission in the area but aimed and shot at the police officers to prevent them thwarting their operation. Citi News gathered that the incident ...