Archive for October, 2010

Ghana’s dockyard tech attracts Nigerians

Posted by on October 29, 2010 at 6:32 pm in Business, Other Top Stories

source: Godwin Oritse NIGERIAN shipowners have abandoned ship repair facilities and other dockyards in Nigeria for Ghanaian dockyard, a development that has further worsened the issue of capital flight from Nigeria. Disclosing this to Vanguard recently, Managing Director of Luxem Energy Limited Mr . Jonathan Irafor said that Nigerian shipowners have preference for Ghanaian dockyard [...]

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African leaders paying lip service to trade integration – Kufuor

Posted by on at 6:30 pm in Top Story

Former President of Ghana John Agyekum Kufuor has said that African leaders have been paying lip service to trade integration.

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US investigating possible mail bomb terror plot

Posted by on at 6:11 pm in Other Top Stories

By EILEEN SULLIVAN and MATT APUZZO, Associated Press Eileen Sullivan And Matt Apuzzo, Associated Press Authorities on three continents were investigating on Friday whether suspicious packages shipped from Yemen to the United States aboard cargo planes could be part of a terrorist plot. Yemen is home to the al-Qaida branch that tried to bomb a [...]

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Ghana’s gold mines rife with abuse

Posted by on at 6:09 pm in Mining, Other Top Stories

Human rights legal group says gold mining in Ghana rife with abuse, land grabs, pollution Artis Henderson, Associated Press, Foreign mining companies in gold-rich Ghana regularly seize people’s land, pollute the environment and violently suppress those who oppose them, according to a new report Thursday by a human rights team at the University of Texas [...]

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Margarito vows: I will be no Joshua Clottey

Posted by on at 10:23 am in Boxing, Sports

source: malaya.com.ph Mexican Antonio Margarito has vowed to do better than Joshua Clottey when he takes on Manny Pacquiao on Nov. 13 (Nov. 14 in Manila) for the World Boxing Council super-welterweight crown at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Clottey, of Ghana, covered up like a shell when he fought Pacquiao last March and [...]

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MTN Ghana going down

Posted by on at 10:19 am in Top Story

A publication by cellular-news, says that South Africa based MTN ended September with 134.47 million subscribers across its international markets, however, as rising subscriber numbers increase in all countries Ghana recorded a significant drop.

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adidas Exchange Programme launches in West Africa

Posted by on at 10:05 am in Football, Sports

(FIFA.com) Between 27-29 October a three day workshop took place in Ghana to herald the start of the adidas Exchange Programme – West Africa. The programme is part of the FIFA Partners’ Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Programme, a collaboration between adidas and FIFA on CSR and implemented through Football for Hope, a movement led by [...]

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How Gcnet Stole State Money

Posted by on at 10:02 am in Business, Other Business Stories

…leader of stealing syndicate was trained by company to do so …Deputy Managing Director & co part of stealing syndicate …Management assists syndicate leader to escape to London The least Ghana’s security services, especially the BNI and the police, can do for the ordinary Ghanaian the next forty-eight hours is arrest all the senior management [...]

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