The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced that it will shut down all its offices nationwide, starting from Monday, March 20, 2023. The utility provider in a public notice said the temporary closure was aimed at conducting a revenue mobilization exercise that will span a month and end on Thursday, April 20, 2023. During […]
According to a recent report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the global production of cocaine has surged to unprecedented levels, largely due to increased demand following the Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns. The report indicates that coca cultivation increased by 35% between 2021 and 2022 to reach record levels, with new trafficking […]
The police say Trooper Imoro Sherrif was attacked and killed by his assailants after visiting a female friend in Ashaiman Newtown. In a detailed statement on Sunday, the police said their investigations “revealed that on March 3, the deceased had visited a female friend at Ashaiman Newtown at about 10:30 pm and left the place […]
Six persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of the 21-year-old soldier, Private Imoro Sherrif, in Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region on Saturday, March 4, 2023. The arrests followed an intelligence-led, week-long police operation. Those arrested separately at their various hideouts include two persons who are believed to have stabbed the soldier […]
Parliament has passed the National Pensions (Amendment) Bill, 2021. The object of the bill is to exclude the Police Service, the Immigration Service, the Prisons Service, the security and intelligence agencies and the Ghana National Fire Service from the unification pensions. The bill seeks to amend the National Pensions Act, 2008 (Act 766) to exclude […]
The Minerals Commission is to install tracking devices on 4,000 excavators and earthmoving equipment as part of measures to clamp down on illegal mining activities. Currently, 75 excavators have been affixed with tracking devices and their activities being monitored from a control room at the commission. The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu […]
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa, has told Parliament that the use of the Ghana Card as the sole identification document for continuous voters’ registration will guarantee the credibility and integrity of the country’s voter register and aid elections as a whole. For the part of the Executive Secretary of the National […]
Two people said to have stolen US$1,600 from a forex bureau at the Accra Mall on Monday have been put on the police wanted list. The two suspects, according to the victim, entered the forex bureau under the pretext of changing money. They however reportedly stole the US$1600 from the counter of the bureau on […]
About 85 police officers have petitioned the Police Council over delays in their promotions. The petitioners are seeking “academic promotion” due to their attainment of higher academic degrees after being granted study leave by the Police Administration. In a petition signed by their lawyer, Ayikoi Otoo, the police officers said all attempts to impress on […]
The Computer School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) has facilitated the placement of 492,437 students, representing 91 per cent of 538,399 candidates who qualified as of yesterday morning. They were placed in their Senior High Schools (SHS) and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) schools of choice. This is an improvement against the 372,721 […]
A US billionaire financier who helped pioneer the debt-fuelled corporate acquisition known as a leveraged buyout has been found dead, his family says. In a statement, Thomas H Lee’s family said they were “extremely saddened” by the 78-year-old’s death. The New York Post reports that he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his Manhattan […]
The Accra High Court has ordered that a former CEO of Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, will be tried in absentia. Attionu, who is on trial for allegedly causing financial loss of GH¢90 million to the state during her tenure as the CEO of MASLOC between 2013 and January 2017, has […]
