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ECG Ashanti South hit by surge in power theft in galamsey-prone areas
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the Ashanti South Region has disclosed widespread power theft in galamsey-prone areas, with Obuasi, Manso and Dunkwa...
Rehoboth Properties reacts to allegations of power theft at Kweiman Estate
Rehoboth Properties Limited has refuted recent media reports alleging power theft at its social housing estate in Kweiman, Accra, describing the claims as misleading...
Ashanti ECG tackles power theft and meter shortage under the Loss Reduction Project
The Ashanti South Region of the Electricity Company of Ghana has initiated the installation of smart prepaid meters with sophisticated features to detect illegal...
ECG clamps down on power theft with new loss reduction project
The Ashanti South Region of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has launched a new initiative aimed at curbing power theft and addressing the...
Police refute claims of alleged power theft at Osu barracks, Kumasi Central police station
The Police Administration has refuted claims of alleged illegal connection and power theft at Osu Police Barracks and the Kumasi Central Police Station.
The Police...
Amansie South DCE denies power theft allegations
The District Chief Executive for Amansie South in the Ashanti Region, Clement Opoku Gyamfi has denied engaging in illegal power connection.
On Thursday, April 6,...
Transformers to be metered by year ending to check power theft – ECG MD
Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Dubik Mahama, has disclosed that his outfit plans to have every power distribution transformer...
ECG recovers ¢1.4m from power theft in Ashanti Region
The Ashanti Strategic Business Unit (SBU) of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has raked in over GH¢1.4 million from illegal connection and power...
ECG recovers GH¢1.4m from power theft in Ashanti Region
The Ashanti Strategic Business Unit (SBU) of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has raked in over GH¢1.4 million from illegal connection and power...
NEDCo laments power theft, meter tampering in Tamale area
The Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo), the primary power supplier for the five Northern regions of Ghana, has raised serious concerns about widespread power...
Power restored in Bunsu town after ECG transformer theft
Power has been restored to Bunsu town in the Eastern Region after the transformer belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) was stolen.
The...
Bunso residents suffer after ECG transformer theft cuts power supply
Residents of Bunso in the Abuakwa District of the Eastern Region are grappling with the negative consequences of the theft of an Electricity Company...
ECG cautions public against power theft
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has cautioned the public against all forms of power theft that disrupt electricity supply.
According to the Company, the...
Two Chinese nationals in National Security cells over power theft
The Revenue Protection Taskforce of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) on Thursday, April 27 uncovered an underground illegal connection at Fenice Metal Technology...
Manager remanded over power theft
A 35-year-old manager has been remanded by an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly stealing electricity worth GH¢8,390 at Shiashie in Accra.
Philip Emmanuel Yankey was...
NPP communicator arrested for power theft
The Odumase-Krobo police detained an aspiring assembly member for Mampong Electoral Area in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern region for allegedly...
Managers of Hillburi hotel arrested for alleged power theft
Managers of the popular hotel, Hillburi, located at Aburi in the Eastern Region have been arrested for allegedly stealing electricity.
According to officials of the...
Nine arrested for power theft
A joint police and military operation in collaboration with the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) has resulted in the arrest of nine persons in...
Power theft: ECG to reward whistleblowers
The Electricity of Ghana (ECG) has called on Ghanaians to help the company reduce its losses due to illegal connections or power theft.
According to...
Power theft: ECG disconnects power supply to Obaa hotel
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has disconnected Obaa’s Golden Plaza, a hotel operating at New Abirem in the Birim North District of the...
ECG cautions public against power theft
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has cautioned the public against illegal activities which disrupt electricity supply across the country.
The state power distributor said...
Accra West ECG recovers GH¢3.2m from power theft
The Accra West Region of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) recovered six gigawatt hours (GWh) of stolen power, amounting to GH¢3.2 million last...
D-Black’s night club disconnected by ECG for power theft
Oasis Pool and Shisha Lounge in Accra has been cut off from the national grid for power theft.
The night club, which is said to...
ECG takes on two companies for engaging in power theft
Two companies, Samnort Company Limited and Concrete Jungle Coffee Club and Wellness, have been caught in the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG)’s web for...
ECG disconnects over 50 homes at Kasoa over power theft
More than 50 households at Kasoa in the Central Region have been disconnected from the national grid by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG)...
Eastern Region ECG recoups GH¢949,116 from power theft
The Eastern Regional branch of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) Limited has recovered GH¢949,116 from customers engaged in illegal connection of power.
The
amount...
Pastor arrested for power theft
The Power Distribution Service (PDS), in collaboration with police in Ashanti Region, has arrested a 48-year-old pastor at Donaso in the Ejisu Municipality for...
ECG renews partnership with Police to crack down on electricity installation theft and vandalism...
The Ashanti West unit of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is intensifying efforts to clamp down on the growing cases of electricity installation...
Security Bill flawed; centralises excessive power in Presidency – Minority
The Minority in Parliament has criticised the proposed Security and Intelligence Agencies Bill, 2025, describing it as overly centralising power in the Presidency and...
Two KIA staff granted bail for theft of 160 litres of diesel
The Kotobabi District Court on Tuesday granted bail in the sum of GH¢10,000, with two sureties each, to two workers of the Kotoka International...
Police investigate theft of four dogs from Malawi presidential palace
Police in Malawi are investigating how four police dogs went missing from a presidential palace in the capital, Lilongwe, during the political transition in...
Gas-for-Power Barter with Nigeria: What it could mean for Ghana’s economy
Ghana’s Energy Ministry has recently hinted at an arrangement where Nigeria would supply natural gas to Ghana, which Ghana would then use to generate...
Two policemen remanded over alleged theft of 16 rifles
An Accra Circuit Court has ordered the remand of two police officers, Lance Corporal William Atia Asitanga and Lance Corporal Sulemana Zanya Abdul-Rahman, in...
Employee of Samatex Timber and Plywood Company Limited convicted over cable theft
The Tarkwa Circuit Court has sentenced an employee of Samatex Timber and Plywood Company Limited to five years imprisonment with hard labour.
This is for...
MTN Ghana powers digital inclusion in Volta with 1.3m subscribers and bold investmentsÂ
MTN Ghana has firmly entrenched itself as the leading telecommunications provider in the Volta Region, connecting over 1.3 million people—a staggering majority of the...
ECG restores power to Rehoboth Estate
Electricity supply to the Rehoboth Estate at Danfa in the Greater Accra Region has been restored after it was cut off over an alleged...
Energy Minister denies labelling Tamale residents as power thieves
The Minister for Energy and Green Transition, John Abdulai Jinapor, has firmly denied allegations circulating on social media that he had described 70% of...
GIADEC set to regulate activities in downstream aluminium sector to curb cable theft and...
The Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC), headed by Reindorf Twumasi Ankrah, is actively working on a legislative policy framework, with the support of...
Tamale accounts for bulk of NEDCo’s power losses – Energy Minister
The Minister for Energy and Green Transition, John Jinapor, has revealed that 50% of the total power losses recorded by the Northern Electricity Distribution...