Information reaching Citi News is that government has finally terminated the Power Distribution Services’ concession agreement with the Electricity Company of Ghana, ECG. The termination, Citi News gather, is on the insistence of the Ghana government, against the position of the US government which was insisting that the PDS concession should remain in order to […]
The new Companies Act has separated the duties of the Registrar of Companies from the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) in a bid to facilitate business operations and improve the quality of service. Under the old Companies Law, the RGD was responsible for the registration of companies, partnerships, business-names, marriages, adoptions, property rights among others, which […]
Deputy Minister of Finance, Mr. Kwaku Agyemang Kwarteng and Mr. Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah, Deputy Trade and Industry, have been sacked from their position as board members of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) with immediate effect, DAYBREAK can authoritatively report. This was communicated to them by the new board chairman, Professor Stephen Adei. According to sources, […]
Apple’s new iPhone SE 2 may launch in Q1 2020. An analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has revealed that Apple is all set to introduce an affordable smartphone iPhone SE 2. The phone will be introduced in the first quarter of 2020. The price of the phone is expected to be as low as $399 which is almost 1/3 […]
John Jinapor, a former Deputy Power Minister, has also called for negotiations around Power Distribution Services (PDS) concession to end. Speaking on Eyewitness News, Mr. Jinapor said the whole agreement needed to be cancelled if the government indeed suspected fraud. “If its fraud, cancel the whole agreement. There can be no negotiation so the issue of […]
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) says it will introduce more Aayalolo buses on the city’s roads and discourage the use of single-occupancy vehicles into the city. This is according to the Chief Executive of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Mohammed Adjei Sowah. According to Mr. Adjei Sowah, this will help reduce the vehicular traffic congestion within […]
About 180 Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) personnel have been assigned to Planting for Food and Jobs fertilizers outlets to help reduce the incidence of fertilizer smuggling, Dr Hafiz Bin-Salih, Upper West Regional Minister, has said. The move, he said, would give meaning to the PFJ programme, which was introduced by the government two years ago […]
The local agents of international automobile giant Daewoo, GH Daewoo has downplayed what the company claims is calculated, well-crafted mischief by lead social media propagandist Kelvin Taylor of ‘With All Due Respect platform.’ GH Daewoo led by its Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Ofori Poku, is admonishing Ghanaians and the general public to treat Kevin Taylor […]
Ghana’s leading Mobile Telecommunications giant, MTN has donated cash and various items towards the celebration of the 2019 edition of the Sanzule Kudum Festival of the chiefs and people of Sanzule in the Western Region. The items include cash, airtime and drinks among others. In his remarks during the presentation ceremony, the acting Senior Manager […]
Uber laid off approximately 350 employees across several different teams on Monday, a spokesperson has confirmed. The cuts are the third and final round of layoffs that began months ago, now affecting employees from Uber Eats, performance marketing, the advanced technologies group, recruiting and teams within the global rides and platform departments, Uber detailed in […]
The former Security Coordinator of the Metro Mass Transit Company Limited (MMT), Lawal Fuseini, has petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) over alleged corruption in the procurement of buses for the Metro Mass Transit Company. Speaking on Eyewitness News, Lawal Fuseini who was recently dismissed by the MMT stated that “I picked up some intelligence […]
JoyNews reproduced the facts of the case as presented by the state in the trial of the founder of defunct Capital Bank Ato Essien and three others. They have been slapped with 26 charges including stealing of various sums in excess of ¢260 million. Republic vs William Ato Essien Tetteh Nettey Fitzgerald Odonkor Kate Quartey-Papafio FACTS The […]
