The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has ordered the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to pay compensation to affected customers in the recent failure in the ECG prepayment vending system. By the order, all categories of customers — residential, non-residential, commercial and lifeline — are to be compensated in the form of one-time electricity credit […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said that due to the successful implementation and completion of compacts One and Two of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), he will make a case at the highest level in the United States for a third compact. He expressed the hope that the US authorities would sit around the […]
HUNDREDS of houses around the Weija Dam have been flooded, leaving many residents displaced and in low spirits. The flooding has also led to the destruction of items running into millions of Ghana cedis. They include vehicles, home appliances, uncompleted structures, documents and other personal effects. The flooding follows the opening of some spill gates […]
The Ghana Police Service is offering a GHS2,000 reward for information that could lead to the arrest of a man seen abusing an infant in a widely circulated video. The Police in a statement said the reward is part of ongoing efforts to track down the individual involved, have him arrested and rescue the child. […]
The National Service Scheme (NSS) has projected a bumper harvest from its farms in the country this year. According to the Executive Director of the scheme, Osei Assibey Antwi, investments in the NSS agricultural programme, coupled with favourable weather conditions, had made prospects for a bumper harvest, especially of maize, look good. “Everything is going […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will today at 10am hold talks with members of the National House of Chiefs and Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executive (MMDCEs) in Kumasi over illegal small-scale mining (galamsey) in the country. The meeting will take place at the National House of Chiefs premises at Manhyia in the Ashanti region […]
The US Ambassador to Ghana, Virginia Palmer, has expressed the commitment of the US Embassy to clear the backlog of visa applications from prospective Ghanaian students seeking to pursue studies in the US. She said the embassy was currently working around the clock to get students’ visa interview appointments on time to enable successful ones […]
The first woman to head the high profile Intelligence Department of the Ghana Police Service, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Faustina Agyeiwaa Kodua Andoh-Kwofie has been appointed as the Director General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Graphic Online has learnt. She replaces COP (retired) Isaac Ken Yeboah who retired today. COP Isaac Ken Yeboah […]
The General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), the Hon. Justin Frimpong Kodua, also known as JFK, has underscored the importance of creating more youth-centered interventions and opportunities for the country’s youth. According to Hon. Frimpong Kodua whos is also the immediate past Chief Executive Officer of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), this […]
The Minister for Youth and Sports, Hon. Mustapha Ussif, on Thursday, September 22, 2022, paid a visit to the National Headquarters of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). The Honorable Minister had interactions with the National Officers and Staff of the Party on the policies, programmes and activities of his Ministry and steps being taken […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reiterated the urgent need for the international financial structure to be reformed to meet the needs of developing and emerging economies. “The necessity for reform of the system is compelling,” he argued, saying the current structure was skewed significantly against developing and emerging economies such as Ghana. He added that […]
The road from the Obetsebi-Lamptey Roundabout to the Central Mosque at Abossey Okai will be temporarily closed to traffic from today to Friday, September 30, this year to enable the contractor to launch metallic beams onto the interchange. The stretch will be closed from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. each day. “This is to enable […]
