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Professor John Evans Atta Mills, Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has said there would be no room for vendetta in his administration, when he is declared winner of Sunday’s presidential runoff. “As the…

Illegal immigrants, including some Ghanaians have been picked up by Maltese authorities after they used a satellite phone to call for help when the boat they were travelling in ran into trouble at sea. The 139 illegal immigrants believed…

Prof. John Evans Atta Mills, Presidential Candidate of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has bagged 4,065,883 valid votes representing 52.10 percent of 200 Constituencies officially declared by the Electoral…

There is a common adage in finance that “risk and return are proportionate”. Well-diversified portfolio protects investments from the downside risk and this follows the principle that diversification reduces risk which is true at least for…

John Atta Mills, Ghana’s former vice president, headed for victory in the west African nation’s presidential runoff election that will determine who gets to spend the revenue from recent oil discoveries. Mills, head of the National…

A UK oil and gas exploration company which abandoned a drilling project in Ghana has fallen in trading in London, news reaching ghanabusinews.com says. The company, Afren, fell the most in three weeks in London trading after it abandoned a…

Crude oil rose the most in two weeks after Israeli air strikes in the Gaza strip raised concerns that supply from the Middle East, the world’s largest producing region, may be disrupted. Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Israel is fighting…

The Chiefs and people of Jumbo and New Agou in the Nkwanta-South constituency did not vote in the presidential run-off in Ghana, Sunday December 28, 2008, the Ghana News Agency (GNA) has reported. According to the report, the two…

The United Nations World Food Program is appealing to governments to come up with the $5.2 billion it needs to feed 100 million hungry people next year. The WFP says that amount is only a fraction of what governments are spending on their…

Gold Fields Ghana Limited (GFL) has donated two computers, three printers and accessories worth 5,000 Ghana Cedis to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) to enhance the work of the Agency. Dr. Tony Aubynn, Head of Corporate Affairs and Social…