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The Minority in Parliament has called for a full scale investigation into issues surrounding the sale of five million substandard petroleum product onto the Ghanaian market. There have since been calls for the head of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited to immediately step aside to allow an independent investigation to take place unimpeded. The product as reported by 3news.com earlier was contaminated when petrol and diesel accidentally mixed when a petrol flow-line was misdirected into a diesel tank during a discharge of petrol cargo into the Accra plains depot. “It must be mentioned that under proper regulatory and…

Rice consumers in the country have been urged to consume made-in-Ghana rice to avert the potential of consuming substandard rice mixed with unwholesome materials which could have been imported into the country. Managing Director of Aduanehene Company in Accra, Dominic Duku who gave the advice said “we should eat what we Ghanaians have produced because if you monitor the news and what is trending, you could hear that there are unhygienic rice on the market for sale so why don’t we eat made in Ghana ones to avert buying and eating unhygienic and what could possibly turn out to rubber…

Black Stars striker Jordan Ayew has named some former national team players including his father Abedi Pele as ones who have served as motivation for his successful football career. Jordan made his first senior appearance for Ghana on 5 September 2010, in a 3–0 2012 AFCON qualification match win against Swaziland. He scored his first and second international goals in a 2014 world cup qualification match win against Lesotho at the Kumasi Sports Stadium. He was named in the Black Stars provisional 25-man squad for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. Speaking exclusively to Onua Sports, the Swansea forward heaped praise on his father Abedi Pele and…

The Queen is to receive an 8% increase in income from public funds, after the Crown Estate’s profits rose by £24m. The Sovereign Grant, which pays for the salaries of her household, official travel and upkeep of palaces, is to increase by more than £6m in 2018/19. It comes as accounts revealed the Queen’s official net expenditure last year increased by £2m, to almost £42m. Sir Alan Reid, Keeper of the Privy Purse, said the Queen represented “excellent value for money”. He said: “When you look at these accounts, the bottom line is the Sovereign Grant last year equated to…

The President of the Republic of Zambia, Edgar Chagwa Lungu, has reiterated his and the commitment of the Zambian people to developing strong bilateral ties and exploring areas of co-operation with Ghana, under the leadership of the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to the mutual benefit of the two countries. According to President Lungu, the margin of victory chalked by President Akufo-Addo in the 2016 election “was a true reflection of the confidence the people of Ghana have in your vision, and for that reason, we look forward to working closely with you during your tenure of office.” The Zambian…

Australia’s deputy prime minister has threatened US actor Johnny Depp with perjury charges in a new installment of the “war on terrier”. The Pirates of the Caribbean star and then-wife Amber Heard failed to declare their dogs to Australian customs after arriving by private jet in 2015. Ms Heard escaped conviction and the pair released an unusual apology video. But legal documents filed in a US court allegedly show Mr Depp was “fully aware” he was breaking Australian laws. His former business managers, The Management Group (TMG), claimed the actor had “pressured one of his long-term employees to ‘take the…

The Attorney General, Gloria Akuffo has called on all Ghanaians to feel free to make contributions to help refine the special prosecutor’s draft bill before it is submitted to cabinet and later laid before parliament for approval. She was speaking at the opening of a two-day workshop on a Stakeholders’ workshop on the office of the special prosecutor draft bill on Tuesday, June 27, 2017 in Accra. “My office therefore welcomes frank, honest views and criticisms on the bill with the view to improve the draft before you”, she said. The Attorney General also assured Ghanaians of their active involvement…

Hundreds of workers at RLG, a Ghanaian-owned technology company, are up in arms against management over a threat to dismiss them if they do not resign. Meanwhile, management has maintained a deafening silence on workers GHC500 monthly salary which has been in arrears for two years. The Agams Holding Limited, owners of RLG has been having some challenges within the past few years following some botched contracts with government. According to the workers, management a fortnight ago told them it cannot run the company again and so wrote termination letters to all workers to sign, indicating they are terminating their…

It has emerged that the lack of confidence exhibited by political parties in Ghana’s security agencies is a major trigger for increasing political party vigilantism in the country which has led in part to loss of life and destruction of properties. This came out as one of the major issues during a workshop organised by the Coalition For Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) when they interacted with some stakeholders on how to curb the menace. Other notable pointers that emerged included the need to adequately resource and empower the security and law enforcement agencies To deal with such criminality in all…

Google has been fined 2.42bn euros ($2.7bn; £2.1bn) by the European Commission after it ruled the company had abused its power by promoting its own shopping comparison service at the top of search results. The amount is the regulator’s largest penalty to date against a company accused of distorting the market. The ruling also orders Google to end its anti-competitive practices within 90 days or face a further penalty. The US firm said it may appeal. However, if it fails to change the way it operates the Shopping service within the three-month deadline, it could be forced to make payments…