Goddy Ikeh
The Cyber Security Authority (CSA) has announced that a significant surge in online investment scams across Ghana with losses exceeding GH¢1.9 million in 2024.
The price of OPEC basket of 12 crudes stood at $72.77 a barrel on Monday, September 16, 2024, compared with $73.05 the previous Friday, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations.
The UN Economic Commission for Africa’s Sub-regional Office for North Africa launched today, in partnership with the Mauritanian Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development, a capacity-building workshop for women leaders of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said that the Nigerian Authorities should discontinue criminal proceedings against journalists Haruna Mohammed Salisu and Yawale Adamu, of the privately owned WikkiTimes news site and reform laws that criminalize the press.
The United Nation’s Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mohammed Fall, on Tuesday, announced the sum of 6 million dollars from the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund to support flood victims in Borno State in northern Nigeria.
The Presidency in Nigeria has announced the take-off of the $550m upstream gas project between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) and TotalEnergies on the development of the Ubeta field.
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said that Nigeria’s headline inflation rate eased to 32.15% in August from 33.40% in July, 2024.
As the countdown to the 2024 Africa International Investment Summit and Trade Exhibition (AITE), holding in September in New York and Atlanta, Georgia, begins, the confirmation that First Bank, Nigeria’s oldest bank, and the Bank of Industry (BOI) are participating strongly in the event as lead sponsors from Nigeria has been made by Mr. Tunde MacAlabi, the AITE chairman.
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has ranked Ghana as a Tier One entity on the 2024 Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) which was released last Friday.
The Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Tong Defa, has asked Chinese residents in Ghana to stay away from illegal mining activities in the country popularly called (galamsey)’