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Concerns by the minority in Parliament regarding the AGM Petroleum Limited contract, which it said was “sell off” were ignored as the house approved the reviewed contract. The critical decision to accept the recommendations of Parliament’s Mines and Energy Committee was done through voice vote supervised by the Speaker Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye on Friday evening. However, Parliament ordered that government amends portions of the agreement to, for instance, increase GNPC’s additional interest in the block from 3% to 10%. A few hours to the approval, the minority had told journalists at a press briefing that the new agreement will…

Concerns by the minority in Parliament regarding the AGM Petroleum Limited contract, which it said was “sell off” were ignored as the house approved the reviewed contract. The critical decision to accept the recommendations of Parliament’s Mines and Energy Committee was done through voice vote supervised by the Speaker Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye on Friday evening. However, Parliament ordered that government amends portions of the agreement to, for instance, increase GNPC’s additional interest in the block from 3% to 10%. A few hours to the approval, the minority had told journalists at a press briefing that the new agreement will…

An Accra High Court has granted an application by lawyers for De Eye Group, the company at the centre of a recent documentary by Multimedia Group journalist Manasseh Awuni Azure to serve him by substitution. This was after bailiffs failed to serve him with the writ of summons insisting, he has evaded service on more than 4 occasions. The court also granted another application to set aside an appearance by lawyer Samson Lardy Anyenini. Counsel for De Eye group, Gary Nimako argued that until a writ of summons has been duly served on someone the jurisdiction of the court…

At least 20 passengers were taken to hospital photo: GETTYIMAGES[/caption] A passenger plane has slid off a runway in the US state of Florida, ending up in a river after landing during a thunderstorm. None of the 143 people on board the Boeing 737 were seriously hurt. The chartered aircraft, operated by Miami Air International, had flown from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to a military base in city of Jacksonville . Passengers say it landed heavily during the storm, skidding into the nearby St John’s River. At least 20 people were treated with minor injuries. Passenger Cheryl Bormann told the…

The four persons who died in a premix fuel explosion Friday morning at Kormantse have been buried. Their bodies were burnt beyond recognition, which compelled the families to hold a joint funeral service for them within a few hours after the incident. The solemn service held around 2:00pm was attended by the Central Regional Minister Kwamena Duncan, Mfantseman Municipal Chief Executive Kennedy Kelly Essuman, and Regent of Kormantse Nana Kwabena Adukua. There were some Assembly Members there including Emmanuel Bugie, and B. Moses among hundreds of mourners. The premix fuel used by fishermen was stored in a house close to a…

It’s Saturday night. You’re going out. You’ve been looking forward to this all week. You’ve got your glad-rags on. Your hair’s gone right. You blow a kiss to your reflection in the bathroom mirror and your reflection blows a kiss right back at you. You’re ready to go. “Taxi will be here in 10 minutes,” you tell your loved one / flatmate / party partner for the evening. “Nearly ready,” they assure you. You sit at the bottom of the stairs for the next five minutes, watching the little car icon on the cab app draw closer. “Cab’s by the roundabout…

A Ghanaian woman has been arrested in Manchester for inserting ginger in her son’s anus as a form of corporal punishment which is very common in Ghana. According to a report by Courant.com, the police say the child’s mother subjected him to a particularly painful and embarrassing method of corporal punishment. Aba Hagan, 40, was arrested Thursday and charged with cruelty to persons, third-degree assault, impairing the morals of/or endangering a child and disorderly conduct. Officers were sent to a Rachel Road apartment at about 8 p.m. on a reported domestic dispute. There, they found a naked boy, whose age…

A Ghanaian woman has been arrested in Manchester for inserting ginger in her son’s anus as a form of corporal punishment which is very common in Ghana. According to a report by Courant.com, the police say the child’s mother subjected him to a particularly painful and embarrassing method of corporal punishment. Aba Hagan, 40, was arrested Thursday and charged with cruelty to persons, third-degree assault, impairing the morals of/or endangering a child and disorderly conduct. Officers were sent to a Rachel Road apartment at about 8 p.m. on a reported domestic dispute. There, they found a naked boy, whose age…

The Minority in Parliament is demanding the immediate withdrawal of the controversial AGM Petroleum Ghana Limited agreement which has seen the country’s stake in the oil contract reduced from 43% to a paltry 18%. The agreement was signed in 2013 but in 2018 attempt to review the contract was rejected by then Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko, who then said it was not in the interest of government. But curiously, his successor, John Peter Amewu has okayed the renegotiation of that agreement which the Minority claims will lead to a potential loss of about $10 billion to Aker Energy. AGM Petroleum is…

The Minority in Parliament is demanding the immediate withdrawal of the controversial AGM Petroleum Ghana Limited agreement which has seen the country’s stake in the oil contract reduced from 43% to a paltry 18%. The agreement was signed in 2013 but in 2018 attempt to review the contract was rejected by then Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko, who then said it was not in the interest of government. But curiously, his successor, John Peter Amewu has okayed the renegotiation of that agreement which the Minority claims will lead to a potential loss of about $10 billion to Aker Energy. AGM Petroleum is…