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• COCOBOD embarks on massive cocoa rehabilitation (2020-02-27)
• CHED embarks on massive cocoa rehabilitation (2020-02-26)
• Customs intercepts smuggled cocoa beans (2020-02-22)
• Chocolate danger: Ghana's cocoa output hit hard by dry, hot winds (2020-02-20)
• COCOBOD bought untested omnifert fertilizer in 2018 - Report (2020-02-18)
• Hospitality partners urged to include cocoa on their menus (2020-02-15)
• Omnifert fertilizer bought by COCOBOD in 2018 had no trial on cocoa farms – Court told (2020-02-14)
• Cocoa is a super food, let's promote its consumption – COCOBOD CEO (2020-02-14)
• EOCO sent fertilizer sample for testing directly (2020-02-12)
• Arid conditions in Ivory Coast endanger cocoa mid-crop (2020-02-10)
• COCOBOD to introduce digitized weighing scale by October (2020-02-07)
• Opuni Trial: Judge’s dramatic decision heading for Court of Appeal (2020-02-04)
• Perjury case against AG’s witness adjourned indefinitely in COCOBOD trial (2020-01-29)
• Perjury motion against Dr Adu-Ampomah adjourned sine die (2020-01-29)
• COCOBOD introduces slashers to improve cocoa quality (2020-01-26)
• All purchases cleared by procurement unit valid – AG’s witness (2020-01-22)
• Opuni trial: Not a single farmer ever complained about Lithovit – Prosecution witness (2020-01-22)
• New cocoa-buyer scale for Nkonya Tayi commissioned (2020-01-21)
• COCOBOD already selling cocoa at new increased prices for 2020/21 crop season (2020-01-17)
• Ghana-Ivory Coast cocoa cartel is already yielding dividends – Akufo-Addo (2020-01-14)
• We’ll stay focused despite cartel label – COCOBOD boss (2020-01-13)
• Double standard? AG’s witness Adu-Ampomah says CRIG test results are credible (2020-01-13)
• Cocobod trial: Opuni floors AG as court rejects state’s opposing affidavit to Adu-Ampomah perjury motion (2020-01-10)
• Opuni Trial: Court strikes out A-G’s affidavit on perjury motion (2020-01-10)
• Adu Ampomah hot as AG's attempt to defend him in perjury case fails (2020-01-09)
• Chocolate makers hobble Ivory Coast, Ghana cocoa premium with discounts (2019-12-18)
• COCOBOD trial: AG’s witness, Dr. Adu-Ampomah cited for perjury (2019-12-12)
• COCOBOD trial: SC dismisses Opuni’s application for Special leave (2019-12-11)
• COCOBOD failed us – 70% of cocoa farmers (2019-12-10)
• IMANI report on cocoa sector ‘bogus’ – COCOSHE (2019-12-10)
• COCOBOD not serving our interest – Cocoa farmers lament (2019-12-09)
• Train cocoa farmers to compliment your efforts – DCE tells COCOBOD (2019-12-05)
• Leave LBCs alone – farmers fume at COCOBOD (2019-12-05)
• Over 40 multinational companies bid to mine alumina in Ghana (2019-12-05)
• COCOBOD boss warns farmers giving out lands for galamsey (2019-12-04)
• Challenges within Ghana cocoa sector go beyond pricing mechanism – IMF (2019-12-03)
• COCOBOD boss tours Western South Region (2019-12-03)
• COCOBOD CEO shares top award with Ivorian counterpart (2019-11-30)
• Opuni’s directive resulted in shortcuts and improper testing of agrochemicals – Witness (2019-11-28)
• Opuni trial: Witness disowns prosecution’s powdered lithovit sample entered into evidence (2019-11-28)
• Cocoa buying companies sue GRA and COCOBOD over VAT (2019-11-26)
• GRA sued over decision to charge cocoa LBCs VAT (2019-11-25)
• 13 cocoa buying firms sue COCOBOD, GRA over VAT imposition (2019-11-25)
• Elubo Cocoa District Cooperative inaugurated (2019-11-23)
• German investor to build cocoa processing plant in Suhum Ghana (2019-11-22)
• German investor to build cocoa processing plant in Suhum Ghana (2019-11-22)
• Cocoa farmers adopt technological strategies to fight crime (2019-11-17)
• COCOBOD, Agri Plus partner to train cocoa farmers in Western region (2019-11-15)
• COCOBOD approves software (2019-11-15)
• COCOBOD approves software (2019-11-14)
• COCOBOD gets $600m for production, warehousing and processing interventions (2019-11-13)
• Ghana gets $600m to boost cocoa production (2019-11-12)
• Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire cocoa partnership yielding dividends – Akufo-Addo (2019-11-12)
• COCOBOD CEO justifies $5m allocated for cocoa consumption (2019-11-09)
• AG’s witness exposes himself: Admits COCOBOD has never bought fertilizers through advertisement (2019-11-08)
• Cocoa farmers in Ghana, Ivory Coast to get $400 more on every tonne cocoa produced (2019-11-08)
• COCOBOD loan: School kids to enjoy cocoa drink everyday – Fiifi Boafo (2019-11-07)
• $600m COCOBOD loan for 2020 campaign – Minority alleges (2019-11-06)
• Ghana participates in 2019 Salon Du Chocolat (2019-11-05)
• Gov’t provides US$600 million stimulus package to COCOBOD (2019-11-05)
• $600m stimulus package for cocoa sector (2019-11-04)
• Ghana’s Samuel Tetteh-Korboe wins 2019 International Cocoa Awards (2019-10-31)
• Big Chocolate maker backs new cocoa pricing mechanism (2019-10-25)
• The resurrection of the cocoa industry in Ghana, COCOBOD fo) ayekoo! (2019-10-24)
• The poor produce the golden bean, the irony of Ghana’s cocoa sector (2019-10-17)
• Appeals court considers letter that ‘shatters case’ against Opuni (2019-10-08)
• Hard drives containing Opuni trial, others stolen from Court (2019-10-07)
• Make cocoa sector climate-resilient – Akufo-Addo to COCOBOD (2019-10-05)
• US$600 million cocoa syndicated loan hits BoG’s accounts (2019-10-03)
• COCOBOD moves to stop soil acidity in Western Region (2019-10-03)
• Government increases cocoa price by 8.42 per cent (2019-10-02)
• Producer price of cocoa up (2019-10-02)
• 11,000 youth trained in cocoa farming (2019-09-27)
• Bawumia charges COCOBOD to stop fertilizer import for cocoa farmers next year (2019-09-26)
• COCOBOD outdoors accredited laboratory (2019-09-26)
• COCOBOD scraps scholarship scheme, targets SHS infrastructure (2019-09-25)
• Ghana, Ivory Coast to set Cocoa production ceiling (2019-09-22)
• Cocoa farmers urged to concentrate on farming activities (2019-09-18)
• Cocoa farmers applaud COCOBOD for ‘revised’ inputs supply scheme (2019-09-17)
• COCOBOD signs US$1.3bn loan syndication deal (2019-09-17)
• Gov’t reduces Cocobod crop target by 16% (2019-09-16)
• COCOBOD signs $1.3bn syndicated loan (2019-09-14)
• Ghana, Ivory Coast strike first cocoa deals with living income premium (2019-09-14)
• Cocoa juice factory under '1D1F' inaugurated at Assin Akrofuom (2019-09-08)
• President Akufo-Addo to announce new cocoa price on October 1, 2019 (2019-09-06)
• COCOBOD urges farmers to end child labour, fertilizer smuggling (2019-09-03)
• Olam Cocoa brings stakeholders together to tackle key issues (2019-09-02)
• COCOBOD maps out strategy to prevent fertiliser smuggling (2019-08-30)
• Don’t trade cocoa lands for ‘galamsey’ — COCOBOD CEO (2019-08-30)
• 750 pollinators recruited to boost cocoa yields in Dormaa Municipality (2019-08-26)
• Stop child labour – COCOBOD CEO warns farmers (2019-08-23)
• COCOBOD urges ‘factual discussions on cocoa farmgate price’ (2019-08-23)
• COCOBOD boss upbeat of good price next season (2019-08-22)
• Pupils to enjoy free cocoa drink as breakfast from September 2019 (2019-08-21)
• Three Ghanaian farmers shortlisted for 2019 international cocoa awards finals (2019-08-20)
• Stop importation of fertilizers – Bawumia tells Cocobod, Agric Ministry (2019-08-16)
• No decision taken on cocoa producer price — COCOBOD (2019-08-15)
• Cocoa farmers reject proposed price of GHC8,000 per tonne (2019-08-14)
• UMaT to collaborate with COCOBOD to combat cocoa diseases and pests (2019-08-13)
• COCOBOD to sign $1.5b loan syndication agreement next month (2019-08-09)
• Cocoa farmers’ price to be increased to GHC8,000 per tonne (2019-08-09)
• Judge tells Opuni: I won’t stay proceedings! (2019-08-02)
• Opuni Trial: Dr Opuni’s stay of proceedings dismissed (2019-08-01)
• Apology and retraction: $10m cocoa roads audit expenditure was necessary – COCOBOD (2019-07-31)
• COCOBOD signs MOU in Israel (2019-07-30)
• Cocobod, farmers in dispute over insecticides availability (2019-07-27)
• $10m cocoa roads audit expenditure was necessary – COCOBOD (2019-07-26)
• NDC awarded cocoa road contracts to their regional executives – COCOBOD (2019-07-26)
• Name one policy that boosted cocoa production under NDC – Akufo- Addo to Mahama (2019-07-25)
• Admit your failures and focus on cleaning up cocoa sector – Minority to Akufo-Addo (2019-07-25)
• Who misled Akufo-Addo again? - Minority responds to cocoa claims (2019-07-25)
• We have not failed in getting buyers - COCOBOD (2019-07-24)
• Dissolve COCOBOD - Concerned Farmers Association tells government (2019-07-23)
• Ghana has not failed to secure buyer for 2020/21 cocoa beans – COCOBOD replies Bloomberg (2019-07-22)
• GHC 3bn Cocoa roads project set to begin - Information Minister (2019-07-22)
• COCOBOD dismisses ‘Bloomberg’s inaccurate report’ (2019-07-22)
• Ghana-Ivory Coast $400 living income differential in cocoa price not a surcharge - Cocobod clarifies (2019-07-22)
• Ignore claims of no buyer for Ghana cocoa – COCOBOD (2019-07-22)
• COCOBOD dismisses Bloomberg’s no buyer report as ‘prepared script’ (2019-07-22)
• Cocobod plans distribution of 60 million hybrid seedlings to farmers (2019-07-21)
• COCOBOD to distribute 60 million hybrid seedlings to farmers (2019-07-20)
• Mahama spent $24m on COCOBOD Excellent Staff Housing Quarters demolition at Tema - Abronye DC (2019-07-20)
• New cocoa minimum price could jeopardise market share – Haruna Iddrisu (2019-07-19)
• Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire resume sale of cocoa beans (2019-07-19)
• Your Government nearly crippled COCOBOD after blowing Budget – Fiifi Boafo tells Mahama (2019-07-18)
• Court to hear stay of proceedings motion filed by Dr Opuni (2019-07-18)
• Opuni challenges ruling on CRIG document tendering (2019-07-18)
• Peace FM retracts story and apologises to Dr. Opuni for defaming him (2019-07-17)
• COCOBOD rolls out service provisions for farmers (2019-07-17)
• COCOBOD bans use of weedicides, introduces motorised slashers (2019-07-16)
• ‘Opuni didn’t follow due process in awarding contract to Agricult’ - Witness (2019-07-11)
• Cocoa stabilization fund to take effect from US$ 2,200 per tonne (2019-07-11)
• Ghana, Ivory Coast add 'living income' cocoa premium to fight poverty (2019-07-11)
• Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire historic Cocoa floor price to begin in 2020/2021 (2019-07-08)
• Stay away from child labour – Cocoa farmers warned (2019-07-08)
• Cocoa Nti fertiliser certificate fast-tracked because of 'heavy investment' – AG’s witness (2019-07-04)
• Mars backs Ivory Coast, Ghana cocoa floor price (2019-07-04)
• Ghana, Cote D’Ivoire announce more cash for cocoa farmers (2019-07-04)
• Opuni trial: PPA was usurping its powers - Witness (2019-07-03)
• COCOBOD partners Procurement Authority on all agrochemical procurement (2019-07-03)
• 'The more Cocoa you take the younger you look’ – COCOBOD CEO advises (2019-07-01)
• Opuni trial: PPA CEO, AG's 3rd witness fail to produce crucial documents (2019-06-27)
• Opuni Trial: Prosecution submits proof of competitive bidding to court (2019-06-21)
• Scientists recommended companies for the restrictive bidding - Witness (2019-06-21)
• Opuni trial: CRIG refused Lithovit renewal though Agricult followed due process – AG’s witness (2019-06-21)
• A-G’s witness in Opuni trial cornered again (2019-06-16)
• COCOBOD trial: Farmers prefer sole sourcing – A-G’s witness implodes (2019-06-13)
• Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire propose US$2,600 minimum price for cocoa (2019-06-12)
• Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire committed to getting higher prices for Cocoa farmers – Bawumia (2019-06-12)
• A-G’s witness confesses to his US$268 million fertilizer deal in 2011 (2019-06-09)
• Ghana, La Cote d’Ivoire’s combined US$6bn yearly cocoa revenue meagre – COCOBOD CEO (2019-06-07)
• COCOBOD begs farmers to oblige (2019-06-07)
• A-G’s witness caught in $268m single-source fertilizer deals in 2011 (2019-06-06)
• Cooperate with COCOBOD in our quest to curtail CSSVD - Dr. Dwomoh appeals to cocoa farmers (2019-06-05)
• A-G’s team begs Opuni’s lawyers for ‘legal apor’ (2019-06-02)
• Farmers hail COCOBOD boss (2019-06-01)
• Farmers ditching cocoa for rubber, cashew – COCOBOD CEO (2019-05-30)
• Ghana gets only $2bn from $100bn cocoa industry - COCOBOD CEO (2019-05-30)
• COCOBOD trial: Fertiliser sole-sourcing documents expose AG's witness (2019-05-29)
• COCOBOD never purchased agro-chemicals only through sole sourcing - Witness (2019-05-29)
• COCOBOD trial: Sole sourcing of fertilizers exposes Attorney-General’s witness (2019-05-28)
• COCOBOD closes purchases for 2018/19 main crop season (2019-05-28)
• AG’s witness ‘hot’ as Opuni's lawyer pummels him into confusion (2019-05-23)
• Committee recommended withdrawal of Agricult’s certificate - Witness (2019-05-23)
• Opuni and Agongo lawyers itching to grill A-G’s third witness (2019-05-23)
• Adopt climate-smart measures to improve coffee production – Deputy COCOBOD CEO (2019-05-22)
• Agricult was contracted to supply one million litres of Fertilizer - Witness (2019-05-21)
• GCCP takes on COCOBOD CEO over his comments on deforestation in Switzerland (2019-05-16)
• Dr Stephen Opuni requested 700, 000 litres of fertilizer from Agricult - Witness (2019-05-15)
• Invest your profits back into farming - COCOBOD boss to Cocoa Farmers (2019-05-14)
• COCOBOD programme improves cocoa yield (2019-05-09)
• Reducing cocoa prices will force farmers to sell lands to illegal miners – COCOBOD (2019-05-01)
• Cocoa not driver of deforestation – Europeans told (2019-05-01)
• Ghana will never reduce cocoa prices – COCOBOD replies IMF (2019-04-29)
• Reducing cocoa price will collapse industry - COCOBOD replies IMF (2019-04-29)
• Attorney-General’s witness crash-lands in Opuni case (2019-04-28)
• COCOBOD maintains producer price of cocoa despite suggestions by IMF to reduce it (2019-04-27)
• Adjust cocoa price downwards - IMF advises government (2019-04-26)
• Opuni fertilizer had no expiry date (2019-04-18)
• Opuni Trial: Not a single farmer ever complained about Lithovit fertiliser – AG’s witness (2019-04-17)
• COCOBOD increases incentive package for cocoa rehabilitation (2019-04-13)
• COCOBOD chief worried about low per capita cocoa consumption (2019-04-13)
• Ghana risks losing top cocoa producer spot - Lecturer warns (2019-04-08)
• Cocobod denies using vegetable oil for insecticides (2019-04-04)
• Let's make cocoa farming attractive – COCOBOD CEO (2019-03-27)
• Let’s modernise cocoa farming and make it an attractive business venture – COCOBOD Boss (2019-03-22)
• COCOBOD signs new $300m facility to boost cocoa production (2019-03-21)
• Cocobod signs $300m Trade Facility (2019-03-20)
• Court refuses to halt trial of Opuni, Agongo (2019-03-19)
• Opuni Trial: Court dismisses Agongo's stay of proceedings application (2019-03-18)
• Ghana, Cote D’Ivoire reject cocoa ISO certification (2019-03-14)
• Agongo heads to Appeals Court as High Court ‘rejects’ COCOBOD report (2019-03-14)
• Ghana joins forces with Ivory Coast to kick against inimical ISO standard to cocoa farmers (2019-03-14)
• Cocobod Trial: State challenges Agongo's stay of proceedings motion (2019-03-13)
• Opuni, Agongo trial: Defence files for stay of proceedings (2019-03-05)
• Agongo's lawyer halts Opuni trial over CRIG report (2019-03-04)
• Opuni, Agongo trial: Court rejects tendering of document by defence (2019-02-26)
• COCOBOD inaugurates Seed Production Division, CHED (2019-02-21)
• Agongo-Opuni trial: Witness ‘hot’ as Cocoa Nti scandal resurfaces in court (2019-02-19)
• COCOBOD Boss floors NDC Organizer in defamation case (2019-02-19)
• No witness for Agongo in $46m fertilizer deal (2019-02-14)
• No witness for Agongo in $46m fertilizer deal (2019-02-14)
• NDC signed $46m fertilizer deal after defeat (2019-02-13)
• Agongo COCOBOD case: Prosecution witness denies knowledge of missing letters (2019-02-13)
• Prosecution witness denies knowledge of missing letters (2019-02-13)
• Opuni Case: All missing CRIG documents bear out Lithovit as liquid fertiliser – Agongo lawyer tells court (2019-02-12)
• COCOBOD 'destroys' Opuni trial (2019-02-09)
• COCOBOD floors Agongo in $46.4m fertilizer deal (2019-02-08)
• Opuni trial: Cocobod submits report to court without ‘critical’ missing document (2019-02-07)
• Opuni's trial adjourned (2019-02-07)
• COCOBOD trains drivers to enhance professionalism (2019-02-05)
• COCOBOD optimistic of 900,000mt crop target; seeks to increase yield from 3 to 20 bags per acre (2019-02-01)
• COCOBOD warns job seekers (2019-02-01)
• MoFA to distribute 300,000 tonnes of fertilisers to farmers (2019-01-28)
• Work to increase cocoa production - Extension staff urged (2019-01-22)
• Work to increase cocoa production, extension staff urged (2019-01-22)
• Court awaits Opuni’s missing documents (2019-01-22)
• Government ‘revives’ ‘dead’ cocoa road projects (2019-01-22)
• CRIG documents still missing in COCOBOD case over which Heritage Bank lost licence (2019-01-21)
• CRIG documents still missing in COCOBOD case over which Heritage Bank lost licence (2019-01-21)
• We can’t find missing documents in Opuni’s trial – COCOBOD tells court (2019-01-21)
• BoG's ‘arrogant, malicious’ 'not fit and proper tag' calculated to influence COCOBOD trial – Agongo (2019-01-21)
• COCOBOD's statement has vindicated me - Ex-President Mahama (2019-01-17)
• Decent prices for cocoa farmers is my priority- ICCO boss (2019-01-16)
• Unemployed convicted for stealing cocoa beans (2019-01-16)
• COCOBOD denies $10k per diem report (2019-01-16)
• COCOBOD denies $10k per diem report (2019-01-16)
• Hackman Owusu-Agyemang hasn’t pocketed any per diem - COCOBOD (2019-01-14)
• Stop ‘running down’ cocoa sector – COCOBOD tells Mahama (2019-01-14)
• Mahama didn’t leave behind free fertilizers for farmers – COCOBOD insists (2019-01-12)
• Agric Ministry clears air on missing fertilizer saga (2018-12-30)
• Ivorian cocoa farmers hope for more rain as dry winds advance (2018-12-25)
• State rejects Opuni’s document (2018-12-24)
• COCOBOD CEO warns of troubling times for cocoa sector (2018-12-24)
• Nyonkopa Cocoa to fight poverty through “Forever Chocolate Programme" (2018-12-23)
• Ghana to maintain cocoa production target despite oversupply on world market (2018-12-22)
• Influx of unapproved chemicals threatens cocoa production (2018-12-22)
• COCOBOD CEO warns of troubling times for cocoa sector (2018-12-22)
• COCOBOD moves to reverse threat to Ghana’s cocoa sustainability (2018-12-22)
• Cocoa Processing Company introduces new chocolate varieties (2018-12-21)
• Opuni, Agongo trial lands in troubled waters (2018-12-21)
• Stop the use of weedicides - COCOBOD to farmers (2018-12-20)
• State runs away from own documents in Dr. Opuni’s trial? (2018-12-20)
• Company to introduce private mass cocoa spraying 2019 (2018-12-20)
• Opuni Trial: CRIG documents tampered with – Cocobod’s Deputy Legal Director (2018-12-20)
• Opuni Trial: CRIG documents ‘wrongly filed or tampered with’ – Dep. COCOBOD Legal Director (2018-12-18)
• Court directs COCOBOD to provide more documents (2018-12-18)
• Opuni Trial: Key CRIG documents missing; COCOBOD fails to produce them as ordered by court (2018-12-17)
• Two CRIG scientists contradict A-G in Opuni trial (2018-12-15)
• COCOBOD CEO’s salary slashed by 30% - Board Chairman reveals (2018-12-13)
• No bonuses for COCOBOD staff – Board Chairman declares (2018-12-13)
• CRIG renewed Liquid Lithovit fertiliser certificate – AG's witness tells court (2018-12-10)
• Defence not obliged to show document to witness - Court (2018-12-10)
• World cocoa supply surplus to grow in 2019 (2018-12-10)
• COCOBOD rewards 2018 National Best Cocoa Farmer, others (2018-12-08)
• Court demands vital documents from COCOBOD in Opuni trial (2018-12-05)
• Court demands documents from CRIG for Opuni trial (2018-12-04)
• Opuni Trial: Lithovit fertiliser good for cocoa, veggies – Agongo’s lawyer (2018-12-04)
• Fairtrade to raise floor price for cocoa farmers (2018-12-04)
• Opuni Trial: Give Agongo 4 documents by December 11 – Court orders CRIG, CHED (2018-12-03)
• Opuni Trial: Agongo’s lawyer tells court Lithovit fertilizer is good for cocoa, vegetables (2018-12-03)
• More revelations in COCOBOD's $3.15m untested fertiliser deal (2018-11-29)
• We don't sell untested fertilizer - Enepa Ventures Limited (2018-11-28)
• $650m syndicated loan not invested at the bank – COCOBOD (2018-11-28)
• COCOBOD denies $650m Cocoa cash diversion (2018-11-28)
• Domestic cocoa processing hits 300,000 tonnes (2018-11-28)
• COCOBOD denies ‘misuse’ of $650m cocoa loan (2018-11-28)
• $650m cocoa loan not misapplied – COCOBOD (2018-11-28)
• All cocoa farmers will be paid their money - PBC (2018-11-27)
• Mahama cocoa fertilizers left to rot – Eric Opoku (2018-11-27)
• Akufo-Addo’s government insensitive to cocoa farmers’ plights – Minority (2018-11-27)
• Retirees took over key positions in COCOBOD - Agongo’s lawyer (2018-11-27)
• PBC ‘fights’ COCOBOD over outstanding payment for purchased cocoa beans (2018-11-27)
• Lithovit fertilizer was tested on seedlings – Witness tells court (2018-11-26)
• Minority wants COCOBOD CEO quizzed over ‘misuse’ of syndicated loan (2018-11-26)
• One million tons cocoa target threatened by a cash-trapped PBC (2018-11-26)
• GHC271m Trial: Give Opuni, Agongo 6 ‘crucial’ documents – Court orders CRIG boss (2018-11-23)
• Opuni's lawyer accuses 2nd prosecution witness of forging scientific report (2018-11-15)
• COCOBOD Saga: 2nd prosecution witness admits forging scientific report (2018-11-14)
• Second Prosecution witness in Opuni’s case admits falsifying scientific report on fertilizer (2018-11-14)
• COCOBOD envisages increasing production levels to 1.5 million tons - Joseph Aidoo (2018-11-13)
• COCOBOD saga: Opuni's lawyer bites hard, accuses prosecution witness of lying under oath (2018-11-12)
• AfDB set to approve $600m loan for COCOBOD (2018-11-09)
• COCOBOD signs pact with chinese firm (2018-11-08)
• Second tranche of $1.3bn cocoa loan ready (2018-11-07)
• Stephen Opuni exposed (2018-10-30)
• Court admits controversial Opuni fertilizer as evidence despite objections (2018-10-29)
• Ghana, Ivory Coast close to adopting single cocoa trading system (2018-10-25)
• Opuni trial witness in marathon grilling (2018-10-24)
• Attorney-General’s witness runs from his claim against Opuni (2018-10-24)
• Opuni’s trial: Lawyer questions integrity of witness (2018-10-23)
• Mahama questions gov’t for selling ‘free fertilizer’ to cocoa farmers (2018-10-22)
• Opuni Case: Farmers prefer Lithovit fertiliser – Agongo’s lawyer (2018-10-22)
• HBD eyes Ghana as ready chocolate market (2018-10-21)
• Government lauded for maintaining Cocoa producer price (2018-10-16)
• I am unaware of green light for ‘Opuni’s fertiliser’ - Witness (2018-10-16)
• Opuni Trial: CRIG duly tested Agongo fertiliser - AG's witness (2018-10-15)
• CRIG did multiple tests for Agongo fertiliser – Witness tells court (2018-10-13)
• Cocoa farmers asked to pay attention to on-farm health and safety (2018-10-13)
• GIFNeT takes steps to attract youth into cocoa production (2018-10-13)
• Opuni’s lawyer, witness ‘clash’ over form of fertilizer (2018-10-11)
• Liberalize Ghana's cocoa sector (2018-10-10)
• Opuni trial resumes (2018-10-09)
• Opuni's lawyer grills witness over salary (2018-10-09)
• Fertilizer purchased is liquid not powder -Witness (2018-10-09)
• Government commits GH¢50 million to coffee production (2018-10-08)
• Chinese investors eye cocoa processing factory in Western Region (2018-10-08)
• COCOBOD CEO salary slashed by 30% - Government rejects Minority overspending claim (2018-10-05)
• 'Don’t use cocoa support funds for personal use’ - Samuel Adimado (2018-10-05)
• 'Agric minister will never ask for COCOBOD bungalow' - Deputy dismisses (2018-10-04)
• Government is robbing cocoa farmers – Ato Forson (2018-10-04)
• Cocoa Marketing MD accuses Ato Forson of ‘conjuring’ figures on cocoa prices (2018-10-04)
• Cocoa farmers threaten to halt production (2018-10-04)
• Maintaining cocoa price will prevent cocoa smuggling - Deputy Minister (2018-10-03)
• Cocoa prices remain at GHC7,600 per tonne (2018-10-02)
• I'll pay cocoa farmers world's best price – Alabi (2018-10-02)
• COCOBOD to announce new cocoa prices today (2018-10-01)
• COCOBOD maintains Producer Price of cocoa at GHC 475 per bag (2018-10-01)
• COCOBOD confident of 1 million metric tonnes (2018-09-28)
• Cocoa Marketing Company engages partners to fix freight charges (2018-09-27)
• COCOBOD seals $1.3bn cocoa syndicated loan agreement (2018-09-21)
• Government to compensate cocoa farmers (2018-09-20)
• COCOBOD finalizes $1.3 billion loan for next cocoa season (2018-09-20)
• Cocoa farmers to receive financial support (2018-09-18)
• Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire agree on actions for production, sale of cocoa (2018-09-14)
• Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire pursue joint cocoa sector reforms (2018-09-12)
• COCOBOD to start commercial shea farming in 2019 (2018-09-10)
• Cargill pays GHC4m to cocoa farmers (2018-09-08)
• Ghana and Cote D’Ivoire launch CSSVD control programme (2018-08-28)
• 40% of Ghana’s unproductive cocoa trees to be cut down (2018-08-28)
• COCOBOD to rehabilitate 780, 000 hectares of diseased cocoa farms (2018-08-25)
• COCOBOD boss cautions purchasing clerks against cheating poor farmers (2018-08-20)
• Cocoa workers urged to be ambassadors of cocoa consumption (2018-08-20)
• COCOBOD to undertake massive irrigation projects in cocoa growing areas (2018-08-09)
• COCOBOD Chief Executive tours Ashanti, Brong Ahafo, Northern Regions (2018-08-07)
• COCOBOD approved what CRIG recommended - Witness (2018-07-25)
• Opuni’s lawyers accuse Cocoa Research Institute boss of deceit (2018-07-24)
• Opuni instructed fertilizer testing period cut down – Witness (2018-07-24)
• Opuni’s lawyers accuse Cocoa Research Institute boss of deceit (2018-07-23)
• Cocobod Scandal: Opuni trial begins (2018-07-17)
• Opuni regains frozen assets (2018-07-17)
• Supreme Court orders release of Opuni’s accounts (2018-07-17)
• Supreme Court orders banks to unfreeze Opuni’s accounts (2018-07-17)
• Opuni bought untested fertilisers - Witness (2018-07-17)
• Opuni bought untested fertilisers - Witness (2018-07-17)
• Opuni trial begins (2018-07-16)
• COCOBOD to cut down diseased, moribund trees (2018-07-12)
• Court orders investigators look for documents for Opuni (2018-07-10)
• Look for documents for Opuni — High Court orders (2018-07-10)
• COCOBOD to boost cocoa production to one million tonnes (2018-07-10)
• Give Opuni documents by 13 July - Court to AG (2018-07-09)
• Court orders investigators to release all documents to Opuni’s lawyers (2018-07-09)
• Give Opuni missing documents – Court orders investigator (2018-07-09)
• Ghana Cocoa Platform to boost cocoa production (2018-07-08)
• Give Opuni all documents – Court orders AG (2018-07-04)
• Release all prosecution documents to Opuni – Court orders AG (2018-07-04)
• COCOBOD to meet its 850,000 target despite concerns (2018-07-04)
• Furnish Opuni with documents from EOCO – Court orders AG (2018-07-04)
• Court orders Attorney General to assist Dr Opuni with more documents (2018-07-04)
• COCOBOD keeps cocoa price unchanged in light crop season (2018-07-02)
• Cocoa light crop season opened, price unchanged (2018-06-30)
• State ordered to furnish Opuni, Agongo with documents (2018-06-15)
• Opuni floors Attorney General in court over pretrial disclosure demands (2018-06-13)
• Give Opuni documents in 7 days - Court orders AG (2018-06-13)
• Opuni trial adjourned to July 4; AG ordered to furnish lawyers with documents (2018-06-13)
• Court orders Attorney General to furnish Dr. Opuni with documents (2018-06-13)
• Cocoa prices tumble (2018-06-12)
• Opuni’s case adjourned to June 13 (2018-06-12)
• COCOBOD reviews forward market pricing (2018-06-06)
• My Cocoa industry paradigm shift vision puts the farmer first - COCOBOD CEO (2018-06-06)
• Court dismisses application to unfreeze Opuni’s accounts (2018-05-21)
• Parliament gives MoFA a month to present report on fake cocoa pesticide (2018-05-21)
• Court dismisses application to unfreeze Opuni’s accounts (2018-05-21)
• COCOBOD gets $1.3bn for 2018/2019 crop season (2018-05-21)
• Court to rule on EOCO, Opuni bank account tussle (2018-05-21)
• MoFA: Rockstar cocoa insecticide not approved (2018-05-18)
• Deal with specific tainted bank accounts of Opuni – Afenyo Markin to EOCO (2018-05-18)
• Speaker summons Agric Minister over fake cocoa insecticide (2018-05-18)
• Open letter to Mr. president – Hackman and the spoilt children at COCOBOD (1) (2018-05-17)
• ‘We froze Opuni’s accounts to safeguard its content’- EOCO (2018-05-17)
• EOCO justifies freezing Opuni’s accounts (2018-05-17)
• Ghana’s forest cover ‘almost gone’ - Proforest Africa Director (2018-05-17)
• Cocoa export to boost trade balance (2018-05-17)
• EOCO wants Opuni’s lawyer punished over ‘monster’ comment (2018-05-16)
• Lawyers cry foul as EOCO freezes Opuni’s accounts again (2018-05-16)
• EOCO has become a Frankenstein to my client! - Opuni wants access to frozen bank accounts (2018-05-15)
• Ghana and China partner for a $60 million Cocoa Processing Factory (2018-05-10)
• Suit against Multimedia: Court issues 3-day ultimatum to cocoa buyers (2018-05-04)
• 'Spoilt' COCOBOD staff want me out – Hackman (2018-05-03)
• Calls for my removal unfounded – Hackman Owusu-Agyeman (2018-05-03)
• My transformational agenda got me enemies at COCOBOD – Hackman (2018-05-03)
• Sack Hackman! - COCOBOD staff to Akufo-Addo (2018-05-02)
• World Bank Report on cocoa sector contradicts real situation – COCOBOD (2018-05-01)
• Opuni sues EOCO again for freezing his account (2018-05-01)
• Opuni case adjourned to June 11 (2018-04-30)
• Cargill sees balanced cocoa market, growth in local processing (2018-04-26)
• EOCO freezes Opuni’s accounts again (2018-04-25)
• Refreezing Opuni’s assets 'affront to the court' – Lawyer (2018-04-25)
• Opuni's assets frozen again (2018-04-25)
• Stephen Opuni’s account not frozen - Lawyer (2018-04-25)
• We’re unaware of EOCO freezing Opuni’s accounts again – Lawyers (2018-04-25)
• Opuni regains frozen assets (2018-04-24)
• COCOBOD to employ 20,000 people for pollination project (2018-04-24)
• Release Opuni’s frozen account – Court orders EOCO (2018-04-24)
• Stephen Opuni sues Multimedia and Lilwin (2018-04-24)
• COCOBOD to cut down cocoa trees to address viral disease (2018-04-23)
• COCOBOD to destroy diseased cocoa trees (2018-04-23)
• The cry of suffering cocoa farmers: Pay us higher prices or we will die (2018-04-20)
• Government orders destruction of disease infested cocoa trees (2018-04-20)
• Ghana’s $600m cocoa plan prioritizes processing, trees (2018-04-13)
• Attorney General rubbishes Stephen Opuni’s request (2018-04-12)
• Calls for ‘prosecuting documents’ legitimate – Counsel for Opuni (2018-04-12)
• You can’t blindfold us – Opuni’s lawyers to Attorney General (2018-04-12)
• Opuni's trial on hold as more rot uncovered at Cocoa Marketing Company (2018-04-12)
• Attorney General blocks Opuni’s motion to access prosecution documents (2018-04-11)
• Opuni's case put on hold (2018-04-11)
• Defamation: You can’t gag us – Daily Guide to Opuni (2018-04-11)
• Opuni’s request for prosecution documents referred to Supreme Court (2018-04-11)
• Opuni sues Daily Guide; seeks damages of GHC 2,000,000 (2018-04-10)
• We have nothing to hide; Opuni will get prosecution documents – Attorney-General (2018-04-10)
• Opuni will be furnished with prosecution documents – Attorney General (2018-04-10)
• Opuni Trial: We’ll provide copies of prosecution documents – Gloria Akuffo (2018-04-10)
• Opuni fights back (2018-04-10)
• $217m Opuni Saga: AgriCult's fertiliser 'very effective' – Cocoa farmers, agro-chemical sellers (2018-04-09)
• Opuni files motion to access prosecution documents (2018-04-09)
• Opuni trial: Lawyers file motion for release of prosecution documents (2018-04-09)
• Opuni sues state; demands documents, list of witnesses, testimonies (2018-04-09)
• COCOBOD takes huge step to enhance port operations (2018-04-09)
• Opuni files motion to access prosecution documents (2018-04-09)
• Opuni demands copies of prosecution documents (2018-04-09)
• Cocoa farmers want Hackman, others sacked (2018-04-05)
• Stephen Opuni’s trial and matters arising (2018-04-05)
• COCOBOD inaugurates five-member audit committee (2018-04-03)
• COCOBOD scholarship scheme not scrapped – Fiifi Boafo (2018-04-03)
• Grant Opuni amnesty, make him refund money – Agyapong (2018-03-27)
• Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire sign strategic pact to ‘control’ cocoa sector (2018-03-27)
• Opuni, Agongo trial: NDC accused of trying to influence outcome by busing supporters (2018-03-27)
• Opuni Case: State fishing for crime – Lawyers (2018-03-27)
• NDC gurus take over Opuni trial (2018-03-27)
• Opuni trial: Security tightened at court premises (2018-03-26)
• Julius Debrah, Marietta, others storm court for Opuni (2018-03-26)
• NDC bigwigs throng court ahead of Opuni’s trial (2018-03-26)
• Opuni, Agongo plead not guilty (2018-03-26)
• Opuni, Agongo granted GH¢600,000 bail (2018-03-26)
• NDC buses supporters to court over Opuni trial (2018-03-26)
• Genesis of Opuni’s woes: The ‘facts’ of the case (2018-03-26)
• How can a GHC75,000 salary earner take GHC25,000 bribe? - Opuni's lawyer asks (2018-03-26)
• Opuni, Agongo prosecution 'malicious witch-hunt' – NDC (2018-03-23)
• Opuni goes to court today (2018-03-23)
• Opuni’s family jumps to his defense; says he did no wrong (2018-03-22)
• Ghana, Cote d’ Ivoire must influence cocoa prices - Osafo-Maafo (2018-03-22)
• Holding government appointees accountable is not witch-hunting – Apostle Agalenyoh (2018-03-21)
• Add value to our cocoa beans – Yofi Grant advises local producers (2018-03-21)
• COCOBOD nails Opuni over fake fertilizer (2018-03-20)
• Opuni, Agongo 'trial naked persecution' of NDC - Adongo (2018-03-20)
• Opuni, Agongo being witch-hunted – Isaac Adongo (2018-03-19)
• Witches and wizards must be hunted (2018-03-19)
• Opuni, directors of 2 companies in ‘trouble’ over diluted fertilisers (2018-03-19)
• Opuni’s suit - NDC Action Movement slams party leadership’s bias support (2018-03-19)
• Murtala Mohammed slams NDC members for 'selling out' Opuni (2018-03-19)
• Abronye 'trades blows' with Kwaku Boahen over Opuni (2018-03-19)
• Stop defending Opuni – NDC Group (2018-03-19)
• Hand over Opuni, Agongo to Amidu – Adongo to AG (2018-03-18)
• Opuni's saga: Special Prosecutor should take over the case from AG - Adongo (2018-03-18)
• Witch-hunt claims must stop, it undermines judiciary – Casely-Hayford (2018-03-18)
• Kwabena Donkor lied over COCOBOD audited account claims - Fiifi Boafo (2018-03-17)
• Dr. Opuni should be happy he's in court now - Afenyo Markin (2018-03-17)
• Opuni took GHC25,000 to award contract (2018-03-16)
• Suit against Opuni sign of desperation – Minority (2018-03-16)
• Opuni has not hired me to defend him – Dr. Ayine (2018-03-16)
• The Opuni story: How it started and where we are so far (2018-03-16)
• CRIG 'certified, recommended' Lithovit Foliar to COCOBOD – Sammy Gyamfi (2018-03-16)
• Opuni’s trial ‘calculated political persecution' – Kofi Adams (2018-03-15)
• Opuni will be exonerated – Ashanti NDC accuses government of witch-hunting (2018-03-15)
• Agongo’s GHC43.1m contract, other shady deals terminated – COCOBOD (2018-03-15)
• COCOBOD on track to repay syndicated loan (2018-03-15)
• Opuni, Agongo trial purely political persecution - NDC Communicator (2018-03-15)
• Zeera boss’ fertilizer deal already terminated – COCOBOD (2018-03-15)
• 27 charges against Opuni sign of desperation – Minority (2018-03-15)
• Opuni deserves praise, not witch-hunt - Sam George (2018-03-15)
• Charging AgriCult shocking – MP (2018-03-15)
• $1.3 billion loan crisis hits COCOBOD (2018-03-15)
• NDC solidly behind Opuni - Kofi Adams (2018-03-15)
• Former COCOBOD boss, Stephen Opuni sued for causing financial loss to the state (2018-03-14)
• Opuni caused ¢2.1bn loss in 3 years through 3 fertilizer contracts - State (2018-03-14)
• Prosecute your own and stop hounding political opponents – NDC Regional Chapter (2018-03-14)
• Cocoa farmers weep over deplorable roads (2018-03-11)
• Gov’t considering strategy to process bulk cocoa, gold in 5 years – Bawumia (2018-02-28)
• Attempts to drag name of COCOBOD CEO into the mud wicked and barbaric - Youth (2018-02-05)
• Contractors to drag COCOBOD to court over ‘cocoa roads’ arrears (2018-01-31)
• COCOBOD not considering reduction in cocoa prices (2018-01-27)
• Branded Chocolates insult to cocoa farmers – NDC MP (2018-01-09)
• Branded Chocolates: COCOBOD CEO deserves praise – NPP MP (2018-01-09)
• COCOBOD CEO’s branded birthday chocolates spark controversy (2018-01-08)
• COCOBOD: 'CEO-branded chocolates not from taxpayers' money' (2018-01-08)
• COCOBOD CEO now NPP propagandist - NDC MP (2017-11-28)
• We took no monies from COCOBOD account - Seth Tekper (2017-11-17)
• Ghanaians are happy with us – Freddie Blay (2017-11-15)
• Let’s go and face Antoa - Former COCOBOD Chairman dares government (2017-11-09)
• Prosecute me and stop harassing me with EOCO – Ohene Agyekum (2017-11-08)
• COCOBOD saves $80m (2017-11-06)
• I regret serving as COCOBOD Chair – Ohene Agyekum (2017-11-06)
• Nothing makes sense in Ghana any more - Kwesi Pratt (2017-11-05)
• Mahama hot over 'Bole COCOBOD mansion' (2017-11-05)
• Dr. Opuni emptied COCOBOD coffers before exiting - Boahen Aidoo alleges (2017-11-04)
• COCOBOD guest house saga: John Mahama lying - Boahen Aidoo (2017-11-04)
• COCOBOD begins probe into utilisation of $1.8bn loan (2017-11-04)
• Mahama influenced COCOBOD to construct guest house for him - COCOBOD CEO (2017-11-03)
• Mahama’s COCOBOD guest house’ not a new building (2017-11-03)
• COCOBOD builds Guest House for Mahama; $400m vanishes (2017-11-03)
• COCOBOD Guest House: Findings that expose Mahama’s Bawa Mogtari (2017-11-03)
• Cocoa drivers threaten demo (2017-11-03)
• No wrong done in renovating guest house – Former COCOBOD Chair (2017-11-03)
• Mahama’s guest house costs GHC8m (2017-11-03)
• COCOBOD now propaganda outfit – Agyenim-Boateng (2017-11-03)
• COCOBOD saga: NPP diverting attention from Ayisi-Boateng’s guff – Amaliba (2017-11-03)
• Prosecute COCOBOD CEO for causing financial loss – Minority (2017-11-03)
• COCOBOD now propaganda outfit – Agyenim-Boateng (2017-11-03)
• Mahama government blew US$400m of $1.8bn cocoa loan after defeat - Cocobod (2017-11-02)
• NDC cashed $400m cocoa loan after losing 2016 polls – COCOBOD (2017-11-02)
• Ghc80m saved from NDC’s Ghc500m fertilizer contract – COCOBOD (2017-11-02)
• Bole COCOBOD Guest House existed since 1970s – Mahama (2017-11-02)
• Mahama did not build CRIG Guest House - Bawah Mogtari hits back at COCOBOD boss (2017-11-02)
• I did not build CRIG Guest House in my village – Mahama (2017-11-02)
• Mahama had no hand in COCOBOD guest house – Mogtari (2017-11-02)
• Mahama rubbishes COCOBOD Chief’s claims (2017-11-02)
• COCOBOD CEO lying to cover his incompetence - Mahama (2017-11-02)
• COCOBOD interdicts 13 staff over embezzlement (2017-11-02)
• NDC used GHC5m to ‘renovate’ Bole guest house – Fiifi Boafo (2017-11-02)
• COCOBOD hiding information to paint NDC black – Sampson Ahi (2017-11-02)
• New guest house built in 2016; not 1975 - COCOBOD replies Mahama (2017-11-02)
• Maintaining cocoa price to avert production drop – COCOBOD (2017-11-02)
• NDC awarded Ghc500m fertilizer deal after 2016 polls – COCOBOD (2017-11-02)
• COCOBOD CEO 'pure' serial caller - Ato Forson jabs (2017-11-02)