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‘Dumsor’: ECG doesn’t determine load shedding – PUWU

The Public Utility Workers’ Union (PUWU) has stated that, the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) determines load shedding in the country. In this regard,...

MASLOC CEO: Use intelligent agencies to seize her properties – Lawyer tells state prosecution [Listen]

A private legal practitioner, Nana Agyei Baffour Barfour Awuah, has urged the state prosecution to make use of intelligence agencies to seize the properties...

Ofori-Tenkorang bids farewell to SSNIT

The outgoing Director General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Dr John Ofori-Tenkorang, has outlined numerous accomplishments he achieved since taking...

Former MASLOC CEO will be brought back to face her sentence – Deputy AG [Audio]

Deputy Attorney General Alfred Tuah-Yeboah has said the state has initiated steps to bring back former Chief Executive Officer of Microfinance and Small Loans...

It’s good justice has finally been served – Martin Kpebu on sentencing of ex-MASLOC CEO

Private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu has applauded the conviction and sentencing of persons accused of crimes at the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC)...

AG ‘chases’ Alex Mould, actor for ex-MASLOC CEO [Audio]

The Attorney General’s office is pursuing Alex Kofi Mensah Mould, former GNPC CEO, and popular actor, Gavivina Tamakloe, formerly with the National Theatre following...

NDC Takes on President Akuffo Addo over Renaming and Relocation of Ameri Power Plant

The National Democratic Congress, NDC, has been criticizing President Akufo-Addo for his decision to rename the AMERI Power plant to the Kumasi 1 Thermal...

See inside Asanteman’s plush, magnificent ‘Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Jubilee Hall’ [Photos]

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, on April 15, 2024, inaugurated a grand hall in honor of his reign, christened the Otumfuo Osei Tutu...

AAG begins skills development series for marketing practitioners

The Advertising Association of Ghana has started a skills development series for all professionals within the marketing communications industry. The program, called "Essential Skills for...

Former MASLOC boss jailed 10 years

Former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC, Sedina Tamakloe, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison with hard...

50 Years after establishment: NSS gets first policy

A ten-year national policy that sets out a broad framework for transforming the National Service Scheme (NSS) has been launched. The policy framework shifts the...

2024 edition of Green Ghana slated for June 7; Yaa Naa calls for active participation

With a resounding call to action from all stakeholders, especially Ghanaians, Yaa Naa Abubakari Mahama II, the revered Overlord of the Dagbon Kingdom, has...

Dumsor: PURC ‘exposes’ ECG over transformers

A Commissioner of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), Ishmael Edjekumhene, has refuted claims made by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) following the...

Peter Toobu proposes independent probe into Tema Kplejoo shooting incident

A member of Parliament's Defence and Interior Committee, Peter Lanchene Toobu, has emphasised the need for an independent body to investigate the shooting incident...

LPG consumption declines by 4.47%

There is an overall decline of approximately 4.47% in Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) consumption from January 2020 to December 2023, compared to a growth...

COPEC crticises Transport Ministry over new fares directive

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) has criticised the Transport Ministry for its recent directive to the Ghana Police Service regarding the enforcement of...

Kejetia traders allegedly assault 2 ECG staff

Some traders at the Kejetia market in Kumasi on Monday allegedly assaulted two workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). The victims...

KNUST launches GRASAG Research Fund to support problem-solving initiatives 

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), through the Graduate Students Association of Ghana (GRASAG), has launched the Research Support for Postgraduate...

Ghanaian student sets World Record for ‘Most Trees Hugged’

A Ghanaian student, Abubakar Tahiru has inked his name in the Guinness World Records. Abubakar who is a forestry student at the Auburn University,...

Encourage decentralisation to accelerate development – Okyenhene

Okyenhene Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin II has encouraged governments and business leaders to decentralise their operations to accelerate development. He said this when the senior...

Passengers stranded as commercial drivers embark on strike [Video]

Scores of passengers in the Asante Akyem Central district have been left stranded after commercial drivers withdrawn their services on Tuesday morning. The action of...

Akufo-Addo urged to sign National Service Bill into Law

The National Service Scheme (NSS) has urged President Akufo-Addo to swiftly approve the Ghana National Service Authority Bill 2024. This move is intended to give...

Asutifi North Assembly mounts search for family of accident victim

The Asutifi North District Assembly in Ahafo Region is appealing to the general public to help locate the family of Lucy Tawuley, who was...

Man arrested for inflicting cutlass wounds on teenage boy

A man believed to be in his 20s has been apprehended for inflicting cutlass wounds on a 14-year-old boy at Fetentaa in the Berekum...

Three communities in Krachi West get mechanized water facilities

The residents of Kuakua, Matamallam, Bommoden, all farming communities in the Krachi West municipality of the Oti Region are facing a dire situation as...

Court orders prosecution to prove assault case against driver

An Accra Circuit Court has ordered prosecution to prove an assault case levelled against a dog breeder. They are to provide copies of the necessary...

Ghanaian banks’ profitability to weaken due to new Cash Reserve Ratio regime – Fitch

Ratings agency, Fitch is warning that the profitability of Ghanaian banks will weaken due to the Bank of Ghana’s (BoG) recent decision to link...

Ex-MASLOC CEO, another’s fate hangs as court makes decision on them today

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Financial and Economic Division of the High Court in Accra will today, April 16 deliver judgment in the case...

Cedi depreciates 9.65% to dollar

The Ghana cedi returned to its loss trajectory last week as it has depreciated by 9.65% to the dollar on the retail market since...

Govt releases GH¢26m to pay arrears owed Institutional Suppliers

The Ministry of Education has release GH¢26 million to pay arrears owed to Institutional Suppliers as part of the Free Senior High School programme....

Bond market: Turnover tumbles by 52.9% to GH¢336.90m

Total turnover on the bond market retreated by 52.94% week-on-week to GH¢336.90 million last week. The decrease in activity partly came on the back of...

Missing penis: Another man jailed eight months over false claims

The Awutu Breku District Court has sentenced Emmanuel Agbeshie to eight months imprisonment for hitting the upper face and lips of a teacher whom...

Offinso Kayera leaders plead with Bryan Acheampong to assume chieftaincy role

The community leaders and youth groups of Offinso Kayera in the Ashanti Region have issued a call to the Member of Parliament for...

Opare Addo unveils plan for Street Lights Authority to tackle maintenance issues

National Youth Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), George Opare Addo has revealed the party's plan to establish a Street Lights Authority aimed...

PURC slaps ECG with GHS36K fine, board members to pay over GHS5.8million

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has imposed fines on the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) totaling GHS36,000 for its failure to provide complete...

Family grieves as CCTV footage of Maadwoa’s murder played in court

It’s almost a year since Victoria Dapaah, also known as Maadwoa, was allegedly killed by a police inspector in Kumasi. Inspector Ahmed Twumasi, also known...

Otumfuo Jubilee Hall: Multipurpose “Asante-like” building commissioned to boost economic gains

Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has commissioned a 7,000 capacity multipurpose hall to host traditional and other functions in the Ashanti region. Known as the...

Young electric welder electrocuted to death at Akwadum

A 20-year-old welder apprentice, Felix Ayertey has tragically been electrocuted at an electric welding shop at Akwadum along the Koforidua-Suhum road. The incident occurred while...

Principal of Yeji nursing college appeals for infrastructure development

The principal of Yeji Nursing and Midwifery Training College in the Pru East District of the Bono East Region has appealed for more infrastructure...