Energy experts are asking the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) to factor the cost of excess capacity accrued to the energy sector into the computation of power tariffs. This, according to them, would help ease the burden of government in off-setting the about US$7.5 billion energy sector debt. Based on …

The Police in Accra at dawn today Sunday, December 5, 2021, have arrested two men, Samuel Agyei and Sumaila Mahama, on suspicion of involvement in a robbery. The two suspects were arrested following a distress call received by the Police patrol team that some unknown men had invaded a neighbourhood …

President Nana Akufo-Addo has directed all Ministers and Deputy Ministers who are Members of Parliament (MPs) not to travel outside the country for the next one month. It is unclear the reason for this directive, but sources at the Jubilee House say the President wants all NPP MPs present when …

As flight KL592 was in the air between Johannesburg and Amsterdam on November 26, the rules of the Covid-19 pandemic changed. The spread of an alarming new variant named Omicron, first reported by South Africa, had prompted an abrupt reappraisal of the risks of international travel. The Netherlands banned entry …

Annually, Apple Music keeps track of the most streamed songs, albums, and artists Read more: Tutulapato of TV3’s Talented Kidz gains admission to St. John’s Grammar SHS Also, Apple Music specially awards Top Artists on their platform and for the first time this year 2021, a new category “Artiste Of …

Statistics South Africa has published its latest data on government spending, and the key sectors where taxpayer money is used. The data shows that government spending flirted with the R2 trillion mark in the 2019/20 financial year, representing a 10% rise from the R1.79 trillion recorded in 2018/19. ‘General government’ …

President Cyril Ramaphosa wants to meet with the National Coronavirus Command Council as soon as he lands back in South Africa from a tour of Africa in the coming week, to discuss the rising number of Covid cases in the country. According to the City Press, the president will return …

A female passenger died in an accident which occured on the outskirts of Akumadan on the Kumasi-Techiman road Saturday afternoon. At least 11 others said to have sustained various degrees of injury are receiving treatment at the A.M.E. Zion Hospital at Afrancho, near Offinso North District of the Ashanti Region. …

It was a sight to behold at the Bosomtwi-Sam Fishing Harbor in Sekondi when personnel from the National Security and the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority clashed over a confiscated fuel. The Bosomtwi-Sam Fishing harbour in Sekondi on any ordinary day experiences a number of busy activities. Fishermen …

At least 23 people have drowned after a bus travelling to a wedding plunged into a flooded river in Kenya. Video footage shows the bus was swept away after the driver tried to cross fast-flowing water over a bridge in the Enziu River, about 200km (125 miles) east of the …