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NIB arrest ECG IT staff over prepaid vending challenges

The National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) has arrested some personnel of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG)’s IT department.  Their arrest is reportedly in connection with...

I have received calls to stop disconnection exercise – ECG boss

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) Managing Director has revealed that he has received calls to stop the disconnection exercise they are embarking on...

Lotto agent in court over GH¢253k theft

A 32-year-old agent of Alpha Lotto Company, who allegedly stole GH¢253,680 from the firm, has been put before an Accra Circuit Court. Ernest Larbi is...

Oforikrom Assembly signs MOU with Crops Research Institute to improve vegetable farming

Vegetable producers in the Oforikrom Municipal Assembly of the Ashanti Region are receiving support to access high quality seedlings for production. The local assembly has...

Some people are preventing me from filing online for the past 3 days – Fred Nuamah on NDC Primaries

Parliamentary aspirant hopeful for Ayawaso West Wuogon on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Frederick Nuamah, says he is unable to...

GNFS expresses reservation over reopening of Kejetia Market

A spokesperson of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has expressed reservation about the reopening of the Kumasi Kejetia Market complex after the fire...

Friendly customer service cause of huge debt – ECG

JoyNews/AdomNews · ECG ON DISCONNECTION External Communications Manager for Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Laila Abubakar, has disclosed that friendly customer relation is the cause...

Major Mahama had no gun on him – Suspect tells court

Michael Anim, one of the 14 persons standing trial for the gruesome lynching of Major Maxwell Mahama at Denkiyra Obuasi in the Central Region,...

Ministry of Health takes delivery of 500K measles vaccines

The Ministry for Health has taken delivery of 500,000 measles rubella immunisation vaccines. The sector Minister, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, led a delegation to receive the consignment at...

Joe Danquah hands over middle belt to Joseph Kumah Mackay as new CEO

The former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Middle Belt Development Authority has handed over the Authority to a new CEO. The appointment of Joe...

Debt recovery: Energy expert lauds ECG MD; sends important message

JoyNews/AdomNews · Debt recovery: Energy expert lauds ECG MD Renowned energy expert Kwadwo Nsafoah Poku has applauded the Managing Director of the Electricity Company of...

Sibi residents appeal to govt for potable water

World Water Day is held on March 22 to raise awareness on two billion people living without access to safe water. Residents of Sibi, a...

Dr Akoto Osei requested to see me but…. – Kyei Mensah

Suame Member of Parliament (MP), Kyei Mensah Bonsu, has revealed late former Tafo MP, Dr Anthony Akoto Osei, requested to see him prior to...

Kyei Mensah reacts to claims he paid GHS30K each to MPs who joined Bawumia for Akwasidae [Audio]

Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu, has disputed claims he paid GHS30K each to parliamentarians who joined Vice President Dr Bawumia for the Akwasidae...

Your electricity bill does not have a party colour – Samuel Mahama

Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Dubik Mahama, says the ongoing revenue mobilisation exercise being carried out by the ECG...

Illegal structures around Kawukudi Central Mosque demolished

Scores of buildings located around the Central Mosque at Kawukudi in the Ayawaso East Municipality of Accra were pulled down Tuesday (March 21), rendering...

Return Pokuase land to Nii Dodoo Clottey Family – Court orders ACP Estate 

An Accra High Court has ordered ACP Estate Limited (ACPEL) to return undeveloped portions of a 200-acre land that contains the ACP Estates at...

Why second-hand appliances should not be banned – GUTA

President of Ghana Union Traders Association (GUTA), Dr Joseph Oteng, says the Energy Commission has gone contrary to the initial understanding with his group. According...

Ghana Card: NIA sends important message as it starts printing over 500,000 backlog

The National Identification Authority (NIA) says it has commenced the printing of some 541,529 cards being the backlog of applications since July 2022. The backlog...

Govt to get tough on illegal timber trade

The Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources in charge of Forestry, Benito Owusu Bio, has announced that government is getting tough on the...

Basic schools now run on credit, borrowing over capitation grant delays – CHOBS

https://youtu.be/HUeee2_7eqg The National President of the Conference of Heads of Basic Schools (CHOBS) has revealed that heads of basic schools now depend on loans and...

Prof Adei reveals Akufo-Addo’s biggest mistake

Economist Stephen Adei says incessant borrowing without the capacity to repay is one of the most significant contributors to the country’s economic turmoil. The former...

Police dispatch rider crushed to death at Pokuase

A police officer on Monday night met his untimely death at Pokuase in the Ga North Municipality of Accra. The Dispatch Rider, identified as L/Cpl....

NETCOWAS lauds Community-Managed Piped Water Services in Ghana

The National President of the Network of Community Water Services (NETCOWAS), has lauded the hundreds of rural communities and small towns in Ghana who...

Drivers in Kumasi speed on weekends – Research reveals

A research by the John Hopkins International Injury Research Unit has found drivers in Ghana are three times more likely to speed on weekends...

Education Minister sends important message to SHS freshers

The Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has encouraged parents of students who just gained admission to senior high schools to take their wards...

Profile of late Dr Anthony Akoto Osei

Dr Anthony Akoto Osei was born in Sunyani to one Mr Osei, a distinguished statesman on April 18, 1953. He was a Member of Parliament...

Construction of $20m Ministry of Foreign Affairs annex begins

The construction work on a $20 million annex building for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration (MFARI), in Accra, has started and...

2022 BECE: Tears, miscarriage as WAEC cancels English paper

https://youtu.be/Ih8Q01aTEas A pregnant woman has reportedly suffered a miscarriage with some 2022 Basic Education Certificate Examination graduates contemplating suicide in the Twifo Atti-Morkwa District of...

Court revokes bail for estate developer, two others

An Accra Circuit Court, presided over by His Honour Samuel Bright Acquah, has revoked the bail condition of estate developer, James Okine and two...

5 Western Togoland secessionists jailed

The Criminal Division of the High Court in Accra presided over by Justice Mary Maame Ekue Yanzuh, has sentenced five Western Togoland secessionists to...

Ghana Meteo warns farmers

As Northern part of the country starts witnessing some rainfall, the Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) has warned farmers in the area not to start...

Justice D. F. Annan: Man who shaped Ghana’s 4th Repulic as its 1st Speaker of Parliament

Justice Daniel Francis Annan is the subject of celebration for the Adom brands of the Multimedia Group Limited today for his outstanding services to...

Man found hanging dead in uncompleted building

A middle-aged man has been found hanging in an uncompleted building at Tanokrom, a community in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis of the Western Region. The lifeless...

ECG disconnects power to Ho Airport, GRA and KFC over debt

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has disconnected the Ho Airport in the Volta Region for owing the power distribution company GH¢63,000. The regional office...

Court sets date to rule on Ato Forson’s ‘no case’

The Accra High Court will on March 30, 2023, decide whether or not the Attorney-General (A-G) has adduced sufficient evidence to warrant a former...

19 injured in accident on Kasoa-Cape Coast Highway

About 19 persons have sustained various degrees of injuries in an accident at Gomoa Onyaadze on the Kasoa-Cape Coast Highway. Three persons out of...

There is nothing wrong with exploiting natural resources, depletion is the problem – Dr Krugu

The National Coordinator of Landscape Restoration and Small Scale Mining Project has said that there is nothing wrong with exploiting natural resources in the...

New Gonja overlord enskinned

A 69-year-old farmer, Yagbonwura Be-Kunuto Jewu Soale, has been enskinned as the new overlord of the Gonja kingdom. The Yagbonwura will serve under the chieftaincy...

Bawumia, MPs mourn former Minister

Tributes have begun pouring in for former Old Tafo Member of Parliament (MP), Dr Anthony Akoto Osei. Dr Osei, who was also a former Deputy...