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Government has announced plans to build a new oil refinery at Takoradi within the next three to four years. The new facility is estimated to cost the Government of Ghana some 4 billion dollars, Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko disclosed this at a forum organized by the National Petroleum Authority. Mr. Agyarko said the new refinery will increase the supply of refined products in the country. “The idea therefore is to create a hub in the Western Region where we have the refining, the storage, the transportation and trading all happening within an enclave. It will be largely export oriented,” he…

The first phase of the Kumasi  Kejetia redevelopment project will soon be completed and handed over to Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly. Currently, it is left with the construction of the road network, in and around the project. The consultant for the project, Mr Emmanuel Danso announced to journalists when the Kumasi Traditional Council led by Bantama hene, Baffour Owusu Amankwaatia VI toured the project site on Tuesday, 30th January 2018. He indicated that, the whole  project will be completed by March this year, if the traditional council could resolve issues and other matters impeding it’s completion. Meanwhile, the Kumasi Traditional Council…

Several properties have been razed down in a fire outbreak at the Dome Market in the Ga East District of the Greater Accra region Wednesday evening. Personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service had a tough time battling to bring the raging fire under control. It is not clear what caused the fire. Properties running into thousands of cedis were lost to the fire which swept through the market around 8pm. The Greater Accra Regional Commander of the Fire Service, DCFO Ebenezer Simpson, told Accra-based Citi FM that had it not been the swiftness of personnel he dispatched to the…

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) is to convert LPG stations considered to be high risk into cylinder distribution centers. The Authority is therefore going to categorize LPG stations into high and low risk when it rolls out the second phase of the LPG refilling plant safety risk assessment in the wake of the incessant gas explosions that claimed many lives. Currently, a total of 657 stations have been inspected using the criteria developed for the first phase of which 59 remain closed down due to non-compliance, CEO of NPA Alhassan Tampuli remarked. He was speaking at the NPA downstream colloquium…

No big crowd, calm atmosphere, nothing like spectacular, but lots of athletes determined to get on that flight to the Commonwealth Games to represent Ghana. With three months to the games in Australia, the Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) is hopes the local athletics competitions will throw up a gem or two and provide them a path to greatness beginning in Australia. And after a day of competition at the Essipong Stadium, vice president of the Associaiton, Sylvanus Lamptey outlined plans for the Commonwealth Games. “As for the athletes they are the same old faces, there is no new athlete that…

Delhi Public School International (DPSI), Tema and its parent company, B5 Plus Company – steel and iron rods manufacturer – have joined hands with the rest of the Indian Community in Ghana to celebrate India’s 69th Republic Day and Freedom 70. Activities commemorating the two events, which are important milestones in the history of India, commenced with a series of classical dance performances on Thursday, January 25, at DPSI campus in Tema. Later on Friday, January 26, a special ceremony was held in Accra at the residence of the Indian High Commissioner to Ghana, for the Indian community, and students…

The five suspects arrested in connection with the alleged gang rape at Bantama in the Ashanti Region last year have been sent back to juvenile cells, pending investigations. On January 17, 2018, the Asokwa Juvenile Court struck out the case involving the five suspects based on information made available by the state attorney. The state attorney in charge of the case had claimed that one of the suspects was not a minor as purported earlier. Presiding judge at the time, His Worship Peter Oppong Boahen, as a result, discharged the suspects, redirecting them to be tried in a Circuit Court since…

Award-winning UK-based Ghanaian artiste Fuse ODG has confirmed that he is in constant communication with music producer Killbeatz. The two were in the news in December last year for having a misunderstanding between them as a result of which Fuse ODG sacked the music producer from his mansion. Speaking on 3FM’s Urban Blend on his recent co-win at the 2018 Grammy Awards, Fuse ODG said the win is for all who contributed towards Ed Sheeran’s Divine album, which won the ‘Best Pop Vocal Album’. Asked if he was in contact with music producer Killbeatz, Fuse responded in the affirmative. “Yes…

Prime suspects in the January 10, 2018 shooting incident at Bimbilla that led to the death of four persons have surrendered themselves to the police. The suspects Issah Mobilla, 36, and Alhassan Hardi, 32, would now be assisting the police in their investigations. The two arrived at the Northern Regional Police Command in the company of their lawyer on January 29, 2018, a statement from the Northern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Yussif Tanko has said. The police declared the duo wanted based on the information received from victims of the deadly attack who were responding to treatment at…

These days it is hard to walk the streets without running into someone who is anxiously looking at their wrist to see if they are on target to reach the magic 10,000 steps. Is it really a goal worth striving for, or might there be something better? And where did that figure come from? You might be surprised to hear it was the result of a 1960s marketing campaign in Japan. In the run-up to the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, a company came up with a device which they started marketing to the health-conscious. It was called a Manpo-Kei. In Japanese,…