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The Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Limited (BOST), Alfred Obeng Boateng, has been cleared of any wrongdoing in the release of off-spec fuel onto the market. According to the Minister of Energy, the contamination of the 5 million litres occurred way before the assumption of office by Mr Obeng Boateng. There have been calls from certain quarters – most notably the Minority in Parliament – for the interdiction of the MD of BOST over the sale of the toxic products. Mr Obeng Boateng had also been accused of selling products to two unlicensed companies he is…

Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Professor George K. T Oduro, has assured that the university would continue to pursue strong academic standards despite the complains of some students. Prof Oduro said it is untrue that the University has harsh academic expectations, which scares prospective students from seeking admission adding that “UCC only believes in quality, and we cannot sacrifice quality for quantity”. The Pro-Vice- Chancellor was speaking with the Ghana News Agency over the weekend, during the maiden national old students reunion programme dubbed: “UCC Alumni ReConnect” in Accra. Held under the theme: “UCC, Let’s Rise to…

An outbreak of African swine fever in three districts of the Ashanti Region has led to the killing of over 400 pigs between May and June this year, the Veterinary Services Department has revealed. The affected communities are Adjaman and Amakom in the Bosomtwe District , Hemang near Santasi in the Atwima Nwabiagya District and Tepa in the Ahafo Ano North District. Movement, slaughtering of pigs and its products to and from the affected communities have consequently has been banned as a measure to control and curtail the spread of the swine fever which is caused by a virus that…

The Member of Parliament for the Efutu Constituency in the Central Region, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, says the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) government was benefiting from the continuous fuel contamination at the Bulk Oil Storage Transport Company Limited (BOST). This he said was why for the past eight years, fuel continuously got contaminated yet nothing was done about it. The New Patriotic Party (NPP) legislator said “if the government [NDC government] had deemed it fit to investigate even one incident, the nation would have been saved”. Mr. Afenyo-Markin made the accusations on TV3’s New Day on Tuesday while contributing to…

Former Black Stars and Bayern Munich defender Samuel Osei Kuffuor says he will not encourage his son to take boxing as a profession because he can’t stand him being beaten up. Sammy Tugah revealed this in an exclusive interview with TV3, stating how he wouldn’t want his son to be a boxer considering the risks involved in the sport. He further went on to describe Daddy Lumba as a music legend but however believes Shatta Wale is a creative musician who is liked by him and his children. Watch the video below Source: 3news.com|Ghana Follow @3Newsgh

Ghana and Ethiopia have pledged to work towards strengthening the ties of co-operation that exist between them, after the Presidents of the two countries expressed satisfaction with the current state of the relations between them. This was the outcome of a courtesy call paid on the President of Ethiopia, His Excellency Mulatu Teshome, by the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, July 4, 2017, on the side-lines of the 29th Africa Union Summit, currently on-going in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Welcoming President Akufo-Addo to the presidential palace, President Mulatu Teshome noted that the history of cordial relations…

CIMG Telecom company of the year Tigo will provide a six-month high speed internet connectivity for Prempeh College, winners of this year’s National Science and Maths quiz. This was announced by Tigo’s Chief Financial Officer, Bright Owusu-Bempeh, who is also an alumnus of Prempeh College. In what proved to be a thrilling climax to the 2017 National Science & Math Quiz, Prempeh College outsmarted rivals St. Thomas Aquinas Senior High School and reigning champions Adisadel College to be crowned 2017 winners of the Quiz Competition. They finished off with 53 points while St. Thomas Aquinas had 51 points and 31…

Coach of Bolga All Stars, Baba Nuhu Mallam, has explained his team’s poor performance in the Ghana Premier League is due to poor preparations and financial difficulties which has lead to three months salary arrears of players. Bolga All stars has not seen a win in their last ten matches; recording four drawn games and five loses. The team, bankrolled by the chairman of Northern Regional Football Association Abdulai Alhassan, registered only 25 players with two goal keepers. Explaining the difficulties faced by the his team on Onua FM, he grieved that his side lacked quality to compete in the…

The Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) is being accused of a cover up in its investigations into the controversial sale of some five million litres of contaminated fuel by the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST). BOST and its MD have been criticised for the sale of the contaminated fuel Movenpiina, a company which was said to be be unlicenced at the time that the deal was brokered. Reports emerged the BOST MD had interest in Movenpiina, raising concerns of possible corruption and calls for investigations into the events surrounding the sale of the fuel. The BNI which conducted…

President Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, July 4, 2017, appended his signature to eight Treaties, Protocols and Charters of the African Union, on the side-lines of the 29th AU Summit currently on-going in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Treaties are: the Constitution for the African Civil Aviation Commission; Protocol on the establishment of the African Monetary Fund; the African Union Convention on Cyber Security and Personal Data Protection; and the Road Safety Charter. The rest are: Protocol to the African Charter on Human Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of older persons; Statute of the African Minerals Development Centre Statute of the Pan African…