The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced the launch of a new nationwide revenue mobilisation initiative known as “Operation Zero.” The exercise will begin on July 11 and end on September 11, 2023, according to the company. According to an ECG statement, the two-month campaign aims to recover every …
Read More »‘You are on your own!’ – Minister cautions bondholders who reject debt operation
Deputy Minister of Finance, John Kumah, has underscored the enormity of the economic challenge that government is currently faced with and has thus urged institutional bondholders to sign on to the current domestic debt exchange proposed by government. Kumah told Joy FM on Tuesday, December 6; that the consequences for …
Read More »VIDEO: Weija China Mall inferno: Inside the over 6-hour operation by Fire Service
Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) personnel were called to help douse an inferno at the China Mall Warehouse located at Weija Junction on Saturday, November 26. The facility, located near the Empire Cement factory had been on fire since Saturday afternoon with the blaze continuing into the evening, according to …
Read More »8 arrested for illegal chainsaw operation
Some eight people have been arrested for suspected illegal chainsaw operations in the Tano Offin Forest reserve in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality of the Ashanti region. The suspects arrested for their illegal entry into the restricted forest reserve are Attah Abeka 30, Prince Abeka 16, Shaibu Frank 17, Nkrumah …
Read More »VIDEO: 55 years ago today, the ‘Operation Guitar Boy’ coup plotters were killed by firing squad
Exactly 55 years ago today on May 9, 1967, two military officers: Lt. Samuel Arthur and Lt. Moses Yeboah, were executed by firing squad at the Teshie Range after having been sentenced to death on May 5, 1967. The officers were sentenced for their participation in a coup, which earned …
Read More »A/R: Houses, structures accidentally burnt as Operation Halt sets excavators ablaze
Some houses and structures at Ntoboroso in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti region have been burnt after the anti-galamsey taskforce, Operation Halt II team set ablaze some excavators parked in the community. The incident occurred today, Wednesday, 23 February 2022 during the operation of the task force in …
Read More »E/R: MCE Leads “Operation Flush Out Cattle” to deal with nomadic herdsmen
Alhaji Umar Babs Bodinga , Municipal Chief Executive of Abuakwa North and Chairman of the Municipal Security Council (MUSEC), has led the security agencies in the Municipality to flush out nomadic herdsmen in the Municipality today Saturday 19th February 2022. After a peaceful deliberations with the herdsmen by the Municipal …
Read More »2 dead as robbers turn against each other during operation
A robbery operation took a tragic turn as the robbers disagreed and turned against each other, leaving two dead at a popular Resort in Rukenya near Kutus town, Kirinyaga County in Kenya. It was gathered that over nine armed men jumped over the gate of Thiba Falls Resort around 3:00 …
Read More »Dangote Peugeot Automobiles begins operation in Nigeria: Some key details
Dangote’s auto assembly company starts production Africa’s richest man has three partners in the DPAN project The plant has daily production capacity of 120 vehicles A company partly owned by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has started assembling vehicles in Nigeria, Africa’s biggest economy. A recent report by the …
Read More »Operation halt burn Kate Gyamfua’s office; beat security personnel
Kate Gyamfua The Anti-galamsey military task force (Operation Halt) has reportedly returned to the mining site of the ruling New Patriotic Party, Women’s Organizer for the third time to burn a generator plant and a wooden office structure at the mining site. The military also assaulted security men on duty. …
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