Three personalities in the built environment and local governance have strongly given their support to the call for the country to have a new administrative capital. They have, therefore, called on duty bearers to take a bold decision to initiative plans for the relocation of the capital city from Accra to another part of the […]
The Election Committee of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has opened nominations for its national elections. The nominations will close on April 27, 2021, at 5 pm. The GJA in a press release informed its members that nomination forms “may be obtained from the GJA website: www.gjaghana.org”. It added that filing fees “should be paid into […]
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced that it will embark on its normal “Revenue Mobilisation exercise” today, April 12, 2021. In a statement, ECG said the exercise will focus on all customers who owe the company. It added that its revenue mobilisation teams will be identified by their staff identity cards, urging customers […]
The Duke of Edinburgh – Prince Philip – has died, Buckingham Palace has said. A statement from Buckingham Palace said: “It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen has announced the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor […]
The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the National Sports Authority (NSA) to extend the monthly stimulus packages given to 1000 athletes for another six months. According to Mr. Justin Kodua Frimpong Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the YEA, the athletes would receive a monthly allowance of GH₵500.00 as […]
The Paramount Chief of the Wala Traditional Area, Naa Fuseini Seidu Pelpuo IV, has urged the Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, to discharge his responsibilities above reproach. “Your sterling performance in Parliament ever since you took your seat in that august House has left no one in doubt about your suitability for […]
Scores of mourners have gathered at the family house of the 11-year old boy who was allegedly murdered by two teenagers at Kasoa, for his funeral rites and burial. The mourners are made up of Moslems and non-Moslems. Residents from the Coca-Cola community, where the murder happened are also present to mourn with the bereaved […]
The two teenagers who allegedly killed a 10-year-old boy at Coca Cola, near Lamptey, a suburb of Kasoa in the Central Region, had initially planned to kidnap him to demand a ransom of GH¢5,000, according to the prosecutor. Putting the two teenagers before the Ofaakor District Magistrate Court Tuesday in their first appearance in court, the […]
A team of experts from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Fisheries Commission has released 38 of the dolphins that were washed ashore at Axim-Bewire last Sunday back into the sea. However, 25 of the marine mammals that were found dead in the communities have been buried. Officials said an estimated 120 dolphins were […]
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has rescheduled the reopening of school for SHS final year students to May 5, 2021. “This is to give the forms 3 students an uninterrupted instructional period till they write their final examination,” a statement from the GES on Tuesday, April 6, said. Final year SHS students were to report […]
The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has explained why the Ameri Power Plant is being relocated from Aboadze to Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. According to GRIDCo, the move is to help use the 250 megawatts plant to stabilise the power situation in the central part of Ghana. Bui Power Authority (BPA) or the Bui Hydroelectric Power […]
The Ghana GRID Company Limited (GRIDCo) has stated that it has no intention of embarking on a nationwide load shedding programme. The assurance comes after what it described as heightened perceptions of impending nationwide power cuts following recent media pronouncements by its officers in media engagements. In a statement issued by its Corporate Affairs Department […]
