Tag Archives: Fuel

Electricity price in Kenya has risen by 10 percent in the latest monthly adjustment due to higher fuel prices and a weaker local currency. The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra) has raised the fuel cost charge (FCC) to Ksh8.3 ($0.064) per kilowatt-hour (kWh) up from Ksh6.59 ($0.051) per unit …

A driver of a fuel tanker is battling for his life after his vehicle was involved in an accident at Gomoa Okyereko on the Kasoa–Winneba Highway in the Central Region. Police say the driver of the fuel tanker with the registration GT 3486-14 was coming from Accra to Mankesim, and …

A member of a six-man armed robbery gang was knocked to death during an operation on a filling station at Gomoa Ojobi in the Central Region. The incident according to Despite Media’s Jacob Kubi occurred at about 9 pm on Friday, February 17, 2023, when the gun wielding gang attacked …

A man suspected to be an armed robber has been knocked down and killed during an attack at a fuel station at Gomoa Ojobi. The now deceased person and his gang, numbering about six, with face masks, are reported to have attempted to snatch a Range Rover after robbing the …

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) has stated that oil marketing companies have overpriced fuel for the first pricing window of January 2023. Detailing its projections and predictions for the first window, COPEC stated that fuel petrol should be sold at GH¢10.59 and diesel at GH¢12.84. COPEC, therefore, calls for …

Consumers of petroleum products are expected to witness a reduction in prices across the country from January 2, 2023. This comes after some major Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have begun to adjust prices downwards at various pumps. Checks by GhanaWeb Business to some OMCs showed that GOIL has reduced the …

The Institute for Energy Security has predicted a significant reduction in the prices of petroleum products from January 1, 2023. They attribute the reduction to recent stability in the cedi and the 5.28% and 5.09% fall in the prices of petrol and Liquefied Petroleum Gas. “Despite the marginal rise in …

At least 15 people have been killed, and about 40 injured, by a huge fuel tanker explosion near a hospital east of Johannesburg. The tanker appeared to have got stuck under a low bridge on Saturday morning in Boksburg city, about 100m from Tambo Memorial Hospital. Patients were evacuated from …

The Institute for Energy Security (IES) has projected a significant fall in prices of petroleum products beginning Friday, December 16, 2022. The IES indicates that the expected fall follows the continuous appreciation of the cedi against the US dollar in recent times and the continued price falls recorded on the …

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union of the Trade Union Congress (GPRTU) has indicated that the recent reduction in fuel prices is not significant enough to warrant a reduction in transport fares at the moment. The Director of Industrial Relations of the GPRTU, Alhaji Abass Imoro, who revealed this argued …