The Headmistress for MalamKrom L/A Primary School in the Wenchi Municipality of the Bono Region, Madam Gifty Pomaa has allegedly suspended teaching and learning activities over her missing GHC 2,000 at her bungalow, reports reaching MyNewGH.com suggests. The Headmistress according to a report by Kumasi-based Angel FM, closed the school …
Read More »American citizen held hostage for 6 years in Niger has been freed
An American aid worker who was kidnapped in Niger more than six years ago and held hostage by terrorists has been released, President Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan tweeted on Monday. “I’m gratified & relieved to see the release of U.S. hostage Jeff Woodke after over 6 years …
Read More »Parliament pays GH¢8m of GH¢13m power debt to escape ECG disconnection
But for a partial payment of GH¢8 million of some GH¢13 million it owes power distributor Electricity Company of Ghana, the parliament of Ghana would have been taken off the national grid by the state utility company on Monday, March 20, 2023. The revenue mobilisation task force of ECG was …
Read More »Ghana Airport Company pays GH¢10m of GH¢28m debt owed ECG to avoid being disconnected
The Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL) has reportedly paid GH¢10 million out of the GH¢28 million debts it owes the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to avoid be disconnected from the national power supply. According to a report by JoyNews, the GH¢10 million was paid on Monday, March 20, 2023, …
Read More »Watch how a driver narrowly escaped death due to wrongful overtaking on the Winneba-Cape Coast road
A man identified as Nana Swanzy K has shared a video of how he narrowly escaped death after a driver with registration number GE 5198-15 overtook his vehicle on the Winneba-Cape Coast Road. In a 15-second video he shared on Facebook, the said man swerved into the bush in an …
Read More »Flames from trader cooking caused fire at Kejetia market – Bawumia`
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, says the briefing he received from the Ghana National Fire Service indicates that a fire from a trader cooking at the new Kejetia market caused the inferno at the facility last week. According to Dr. Bawumia, the shop owner was cooking inside her shop …
Read More »Trouble looms over burial of leader of African Faith Terbenacle Church
There is a looming disturbance at the headquarters of the African Faith Tabernacle Church in Anyinam in Atiwa East District of Eastern Region over the planned burial of the late leader of the Church, Superior Prophet David Nkansah. The leadership of the Church and Children of the late leader has …
Read More »LIVESTREAMING: Asiedu Nketiah delivers ‘The True State of the Nation’ address
Two weeks after president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo delivered the State of the Nationa Address (SoNA) to the nation through Parliament, the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is set to present the ‘true’ SoNA today. The widely advertised event is slated for the University of Professional Studies Accra (UPSA). …
Read More »Parliament, ECG hold crunch talks to avert ‘dumsor’ in the House
Ghana’s parliament is holding talks with officials from the Electricity Company of Ghana over a GH¢13 million debt owed to the power distribution company. The development comes after ECG on Monday, March 20, 2023, embarked on a nationwide revenue mobilisation exercise with a focus on all categories of customers including …
Read More »Ghana’s cocoa pricing system has encouraged smuggling – COCOBOD
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has acknowledged that Ghana’s relatively low cocoa pricing is one of the contributing factors to the increase in cocoa smuggling into neighbouring countries. This situation has led to significant financial losses to the country and the destitution of cocoa farmers. “It is serious. At the …
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