Tag: Businessman

A 51-year-old businessman who pleaded guilty to causing an obstruction by climbing on top of an oil tanker at Whitegate Refinery in Co Cork during the fuel protests has received a two-month suspended prison sentence and a €1,500 fine. Midleton District Court heard that Ivor Sweeney spent one hour and 15 minutes on top of

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a 36-year-old Chinese businessman, Evan Yung, into police custody after he was accused of stealing 440 bundles of T-shirts valued at GH¢3 million from a warehouse in Fadama, Accra. Yung pleaded not guilty to a charge of stealing when he appeared before the court. Despite his plea, the court

John Drake once spent his days managing corporate operations and flying across countries as an American executive whose life revolved around business. Today, at 78, he has spent two decades raising abandoned and neglected children in Toledo City — children who now call him “Tito John.” What was meant to be one final trip to

A DEBE dentist has been ordered to repay $125,000 after a High Court judge rejected her claim that she was pressured into guaranteeing a loan for her former partner, who later went to prison and defaulted on the debt. In a ruling delivered yesterday, Justice Frank Seepersad found that dentist Sharmila Ramroop fully understood the

UK-Based Businessman Apologises To Wicknell Chivayo, Says His Allegations Of Gold Smuggling Were Speculative A UK-based businessman has apologised to Wicknell Chivayo after admitting that his allegations of gold smuggling and suspicious aircraft movements were speculative and not backed by evidence. Adam Rhys Lurie, also known as Prophet DrCde Prof Madzibaba Adamski Jahman, issued a

A businessman was shot dead yesterday morning at his home in Vistabella, San Fernando, in what police say was a fatal confrontation involving a woman. Steve Ghany was involved in his family’s business in multiple construction projects. Ghany, 37, who was married for 11 years and a father of two, was also well-known in the

A Nigerian businessman and energy sector executive, Matthew Tonlagha, has entered into a $720,000 contract with a United States–based lobbying firm to provide strategic communications and government affairs services aimed at strengthening bilateral relations between Nigeria and the US. Tonlagha, who is the vice-chairman of Tantita Security Services, engaged Valcour Global Public Strategy through his

Updated: Jan 12th, 2026 An Indian national living in Canada has reported a disturbing extortion attempt after his home was targeted in a shooting while he and his family were inside, according to local media reports. Local media reported that the man, who moved to Canada three years ago and runs an immigration and education