The Accra West Region of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has recovered GH¢675,313.00 from 94 customers found to have engaged in various forms of illegal connection of power. The illegalities the customers engaged in included meter bypasses, meter tampering, unauthorized service connections, and direct connections. Their activities were identified during the company’s one-week nationwide revenue mobilization exercise embarked upon …

Minority at a press conference today Tuesday, June 6, 2023, clears air over Supreme Court judgment on Hon. James Gyakye Quayson case. The nominee for the post of Chief Justice (Justice Gertrude Araba Essaba Torkornoo) told the whole world that she is a textualist in her preferred approach to interpreting the Constitution of Ghana 1992. What was the text in …

The recruitment of nurses by high-income countries from poorer nations is “out of control”, according to the head of one of the world’s biggest nursing groups. The comments come as the BBC finds evidence of how Ghana’s health system is struggling due to the “brain drain”. Many specialist nurses have left the West African country for better-paid jobs overseas. In …

The Supreme Court has finally released its full ruling on the most controversial issue on Mr Gyakye Quayson’s election as member of parliament. As a result of a case of dual citizenship, the Supreme Court ruled that Mr Quayson was unqualified to contest as a member for the Assin north constituency. Defying the odds, he won the seat but the …

After rumours of the ‘Friday Night’ singer leaving Highly Spiritual Music, renowned music producer and the Chief Executive Officer of the label, Kaywa, has confirmed that the artist has indeed parted ways with the label Kaywa revealed in an interview that there was a back-and-forth conversation about his intention to leave way before the 2023 VGMAs The chief executive officer …

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abdulai Jinapor, has led a government delegation to Obuasi to meet with various stakeholders to find ways to address the issue of illegal mining in the area. The minister’s visit to the mining town comes a week after some illegal miners invaded Anglogold Ashanti Obuasi Mine’s concession and got trapped in the …

The National House of Chiefs says it will soon set guidelines for Chiefs to supervise their engagement with political actors following the Supreme Court judgment declaring as unconstitutional endorsement of political parties and candidates by traditional rulers. President of the National House of Chiefs, Ogyeahoho Yaw Gyebi II, says though they are satisfied with the court’s judgement they will soon …

The Madina Constituency of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Greater Accra Region, has suspended four polling station executives for misconduct, following a disciplinary committee recommendation to the Constituency Executive Committee (CEC) under the chairmanship of Foster Arthur. Strangely, the recommendations of the committee were received on May 20, 2023, and the same day, the NPP, constituency executives took …

The caterers under the School Feeding Programme have rejected the proposed GH¢1.20 increment put forth by the Minister of Gender, Children, and Social Protection, Lariba Zuweira Abudu. According to the caterers, the increase is insufficient and unacceptable. Since the reopening of schools, the caterers have withdrawn their services and are demanding that the government raise the daily amount per child …

Wednesday, October 19, 2021- Operatives of the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) picked up the morning show host of OnuaTV It was initially unclear why he had been picked up. It later became clear that it was his pronouncement that President Nana Akufo-Addo was complicit in illegal mining activities in Ghana. “President said we are fighting galamsey, we exhausted four hundred …