Archive for July, 2011

Nduom calls for Discipline, Involvement and Unity in CPP

Posted by on July 26, 2011 at 4:13 pm in Other Top Stories

The office of Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom has noticed with much unhappiness, the media display of hard words that ensued between the Chairman of the CPP Mr. Nylander on one side and some members of the party in the persons of James Kwabena Bomfeh, Hajia Hamdatu and Prof. Agyeman Badu Akosa on the other side [...]

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Mo Ibrahim Foundation to host flagship events in Tunisia

Posted by on July 22, 2011 at 11:20 am in Other Top Stories

Following an audience with Prime Minister Beji Caid el Sebsi, Dr Mo Ibrahim announced that the Mo Ibrahim Foundation will hold its next annual gathering in Tunis on 11-13 November. Gathering leading global figures this will highlight the vital role that citizens can play in improving governance. The concert will be open to the public [...]

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Man, 60, steals plantain

Posted by on at 11:18 am in Local News, Other News

Kwesi Ateyfa, 60, on Wednesday, appeared before the Kade District Magistrate’s Court, charged with stealing a bunch of plantain at the cost of GH¢20. Ateyfa, who claimed to be an employee of Zoomlion, pleaded guilty and told the court that he consumed half of the plantain and sold the other half for GH¢4. The magistrate, [...]

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Nduom Weeps Over economy

Posted by on at 11:17 am in Top Story

Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, the presidential candidate of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) for the 2008 elections, has lamented the current poor state of the Ghanaian economy.

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Tullow allots 3,531,546 ordinary shares of 10p on GSE

Posted by on at 8:34 am in Top Story

….Trading begins 27 July 2011

Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) is pleased to announce that it has allotted 3,531,546 ordinary shares of 10p each in the capital of Tullow (Shares), which rank pari passu with the existing Shares in issue, pursuant to the offer for subscription of up to 4,000,000 Shares (the Offer) in connection with Tullow’s secondary listing on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE).

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Lotto receivers extend strike

Posted by on July 21, 2011 at 5:00 pm in Other Top Stories

Members of the Ashanti regional branch of the National Lotto Receivers Union (NLRU) have, at a meeting in Kumasi, resolved to continue with a sit-down strike in protest at the decision by the National Lotteries Authority (NLA) to pay commission at 20%, a reduction of 5%. The NLRU has since the start of the year [...]

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Baby thief jailedSTORY

Posted by on at 4:59 pm in Other Top Stories

A 28-year-old woman, Aba Kuukua, who tried to take advantage of the naivety of a young mother, Amina Abiba, to steal her four-month-old baby girl, has been jailed eight (8) months with hard labour.The Elmina Magistrate court presided over by Justice Stephen Tabri refused to take her plea of not guilty describing the offence as [...]

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OTUMFUO’S SUNCITY IN DANGER

Posted by on at 4:57 pm in Top Story

The on-going Suncity project at Race Course in Kumasi, an initiative of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has come to a standstill, Today has learnt.

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