The Electricity Company of Ghana, ECG, has closed down its Krobo District office in Somanya following a protest by some residents within the Yilo Krobo and Lower Manya Krobo Municipalities. The closure took effect from December 1, according to a statement from the ECG in response to the protest. The …
Read More »GOIL reduces fuel prices further by 15 pesewas
Ghana’s leading indigenous oil marketing company, GOIL Company Ltd, has announced a further 15 pesewas reduction in fuel prices at all its retail outlets across the country effective December 7, 2021. This means that a litre of Super XP (Petrol) and Diesel XP will both sell at GHC6.70 from the …
Read More »Kumasi Bremang: Landlord shoots tenant’s children over vacation notice
A Seventy-Two (72) year-old landlord has been arrested by Bremang Police Command after shooting his tenant’s children over rent allowance at Bremang UGC in the Suame Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The victims who are 4 and 7 years old respectively are currently receiving treatment at the Komfo Anokye Teaching …
Read More »Shatta Wale, Medikal to reappear in court today
Dancehall artiste, Charles Nii Armah Mensah, popularly known as Shatta Wale, and his three accomplices, are expected to reappear in court today, Tuesday, December 7, 2021. Shatta Wale was arrested on Tuesday, October 19, 2021, for faking a gun attack on himself. He was charged with publication of false …
Read More »Drivers’ Strike: How Police forestalled chaos at Kasoa
Police took the swift intervention of the Central East Regional Police Command to restore order at Kasoa after chaos ensued over the strike action by private commercial transport unions across the country. The Kasoa Central Business District was plunged into disarray when some drivers attempted to compel their colleagues operating …
Read More »NIA takes delivery of first batch of Kantanka cars
The National Identification Authority on Monday, December 2021 took delivery of 18 Oman Ma pickup vehicles from the Kantanka Automobile Company. The presentation of the 18 vehicles the first batch 85 cars being manufactured by the Ghanaian automobile firm for the NIA. At a brief handing over ceremony, the Corporate …
Read More »How dare you, ‘bigot’ Napo? – Dzifa Gomashie descends on Minister over sea defence
Napo has incurred the wrath of Dzifa Gomashie He had threatened to demonstrate if govt allocates funds for Keta sea defence Dzifa Gomashie described his comment as bigotry Abla Dzifa Gomashie, MP, Ketu South, has responded to Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, Energy Minister over comments he [the minister] made on the tidal …
Read More »Trotro Drivers Suspend Strike Action
Commercial transport bus drivers have been asked to suspend their ongoing strike action. Commercial vehicle drivers today, December 6, refused to convey passengers to protest the recent fuel price increments. Their action caused many commuters great difficulties to reach their workplaces and various destinations. A current message from the Ghana Private …
Read More »Asafo Coffin Makers fight KMA over ‘forceful eviction’
Coffin Makers at Asafo Labour in the Kumasi Metropolis have threatened to fight officials of KMA with coffin over what they described as “forcibly ejection” by the authority. The Coffin Makers who marched in their numbers to the premises of OTEC FM on Monday December 6, 2021 to protest …
Read More »A/R: Metro Mass Bus conveying worshippers to a prayer camp catches fire
More than 70 passengers escaped unhurt after a Metro Mass Transit Bus conveying worshippers to a prayer camp caught fire in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. The bus which picked up the worshippers from Suame was headed to a prayer camp at Adadietem in the Ejisu Municipality, where congregants of …
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