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Over 70% of power outages due to planned maintenance works – ECG to PURC

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) says it issued over 100 power outage notifications within the first two and a half months of this...

Govt pushes for use of more local materials in housing, other infrastructure projects

Government is pushing for the use of more local materials in the construction of housing and other infrastructure projects in the country. It has already directed...

BoG appoints Dr Joseph France as advisor to UMB

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has appointed Dr. Joseph O. France as an Advisor to Universal Merchant Bank LTD (UMB). The appointment which took...

Public Utility Workers Union appeals to PURC to address power crisis

The Public Utility Workers Union of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) Ghana, has urged the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) to formulate strategies aimed...

Akufo-Addo trends on social media as he turns 80

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has turned 80 today, March 29. To mark the day, several Ghanaians have flooded various social media platforms with...

Driver in critical condition, 6 injured in accident at Alajo [Photos]

About seven persons including a driver have been injured in an accident at Alajo in Accra. It involved a commercial vehicle with registration number...

Methodist Church to lobby Akufo-Addo for expedited assent to Anti-LGBTQI+ bill

The Methodist Church of Ghana has highlighted concerns about the delay by President Akufo-Addo in assenting to the Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values...

Anbariya loses another appeal in case against the Islamic Institute

An Appeal Court in Kumasi has quashed a motion of stay execution filed by lawyers of the Anbariya Islamic Institute that sought to stop...

Exempt health facilities from unplanned ‘dumsor’ – Minority to government

The Minority in Parliament is calling for health facilities to be spared from the ongoing unscheduled electricity load shedding by the Electricity Company of...

Just give us ‘dumsor’ timetable to plan our operations – GMA tells ECG

Pressure continues to mount on the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to release a load-shedding timetable. The latest organisation to add its voice to...

This Easter Goodwill message from Akufo-Addo will melt your heart

President Nana Akufo-Addo has conveyed warm wishes to all Ghanaians, particularly Christians in commemoration of the 2024 Easter celebration. The President has emphasised the...

Dafeamekpor’s lawyer ‘exposes’ bailiff

Nii Kpakpo Samoa Addo, the lawyer for South Dayi Member of Parliament for South Dayi, has accused a bailiff of the Supreme Court of...

Police Commander allegedly found dead in hotel room

The Deputy Volta North Regional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police(ACP), Antiri Nicolas Aletso was reportedly found dead in a hotel at Hohoe on...

High Court orders teacher unions to end strike

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has successfully obtained an interim injunction to end the strike staged by the three teacher unions. Since March 20, 2024,...

Another accident leaves 5 police officers injured in Nsawam

A police patrol team from the Nsawam Police District encountered an accident while en route to Nsawam from Adeiso in the Eastern Region. The incident...

I’m being threatened – Mother whose baby allegedly died as a result of ‘dumsor’

Rashida Abubakar Tetteh, a mother who claims her baby at the Tema General Hospital due to power outage has expressed deep concerns about her safety. The...

I’ve served Effia constituency well – Joseph Cudjoe

The Member of Parliament for Effia, Joseph Cudjoe has touted his achievements since he became a lawmaker for the constituents. Mr Cudjoe who is an...

Fallen ‘Crypto King’ Sam Bankman-Fried gets 25 years for fraud

Sam Bankman-Fried, co-founder of the failed crypto exchange FTX, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for defrauding customers and investors of his...

Architecture used to tackle housing deficit not robust enough – Oppong Nkrumah

The Works and Housing Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has highlighted the urgent need for a more robust approach to address the country's staggering housing...

Gov’t suspends implementation of price Stabilisation and Recovery levy on petroleum products

Government has directed the National Petroleum Authority to suspend the implementation of Price Stabilization and Recovery Levy PSRL on price build up on petroleum...

Floods: We’re exposed but… – Oppong Nkrumah

The Works and Housing Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has acknowledged the delays in implementing the National Flood Control Programme. Speaking on JoyNews' PM Express,...

GNPC leadership inspect progress of new Takoradi office [Photos]

The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC)’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Opoku-Ahweneeh Danquah, alongside a delegation of board members and management, has inspected its state-of-the-art...

Takoradi traders lament low sales ahead of Easter 

Traders in the Takoradi Central Business District (CBD) have lamented over the low patronage of their goods and services ahead of this year’s Easter...

GRIDCo reduces power supply to parts of Central region; check out list

The Electricity Company of Ghana Limited has blamed the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) for the recent power outages in parts of the Central...

Network disruptions: Under sea cables to be restored by this date

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has assured that barring any unforeseen circumstances, internet connectivity will be fully restored by May 9, 2024. In a...

Kasoa shrinking penis: Electrician remanded over false alarm

A District Court at Awutu Breku has remanded into police custody a 22-year-old electrician who allegedly raised false alarm that his penis shrunk at Millenium...

I’m totally against prophecies on presidential elections – Dr Lawrence Tetteh

Founder and President of Worldwide Miracle Outreach, Rev. Dr. Lawrence Tetteh has expressed reservations about prophecies from colleague pastors on presidential elections. The renowned...

Angry Chereponi residents lynch robber after botched operation

Irate residents at Chereponi in the North East Region on Wednesday lynched an armed robber in a failed operation. The suspect and another person are...

Ghanaian-American chemical engineer Dr Thomas Mensah passes on

Dr. Thomas Owusu Mensah, a Ghanaian-American chemical engineer who made significant contributions to the development of fiber optic technology, has died at the age...

IGP offers Easter safety tips on Adom FM’s Ofie Kwanso [Video]

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) George Akuffo Dampare made a special appearance on Adom FM's drive time show, Ofie Kwanso at the Linda Dor...

Akufo-Addo congratulates newly-elected Senegal President

President Nana Akufo-Addo has extended a congratulatory message to the newly-elected President of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye. The 44-year-old who becomes Africa's youngest President was...

Minority calls for exemption of all health facilities from load shedding

The Minority in Parliament has called for the exemption of health facilities from the recent unannounced load shedding by the Electricity Company of Ghana...

NLC secures injunction against teacher unions’ strike

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has secured an interim injunction to halt the strike action by the three teacher unions. This comes after the unions...

Two vessels dispatched for undersea cable repairs

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has provided an update on the repair efforts following the disruption of data services caused by damaged submarine cables...

Tema General Hospital: If a baby died, it wasn’t because of ‘dumsor’ – GHS Accra Director

The Greater Accra Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Akosua Agyeiwa Owusu-Sarpong, has dismissed claims a three-day-old baby died at the...

Zoomlion commiserates with National Chief Imam

Zoomlion Ghana Ltd., has commiserated with the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, as he mourns the passing away of his second wife. Hajia...

Multimedia Group Limited’s Clinton Yeboah shortlisted for 2 International Sports Press Association Awards

Multimedia Group Limited's Clinton Yeboah has been shortlisted for two International Sports Press Association Awards (AIPS). Clinton, presently an undergraduate Media and Communication student at...

Vice-President Bawumia donates 100 laptops to KNUST

The Vice-President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has donated 100 laptops to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi in the Ashanti...

Obomeng chief urges Easter revelers to practice safe sex

The chief of Obomeng has appealed to Easter revelers to use condoms to protect themselves from sexually transmitted diseases. During festive occasions, people often...

‘Dumsor’ to hit parts of Accra and Tema today

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced that the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has reduced power supply at some of its supply...