The Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo), the primary power supplier for the five Northern regions of Ghana, has raised serious concerns about widespread power theft and meter tampering in the Tamale area. These illegal activities are causing the company to incur significant financial losses, amounting to millions of cedis annually. …

The Minority in Parliament has called on the Commission of Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate what they describe as secretive and unjust recruitment practices within various security agencies. This request comes amid reports that 11,000 individuals from a long-standing pool of applicants are being recruited. The Minority …

The Ho High Court has dismissed a petition challenging the validity of the election of John Peter Amewu, Member of Parliament for Hohoe, on the grounds of lack of jurisdiction. The petition stemmed from concerns raised by approximately 17,000 voters from the Santrofi, Akpafu, Likpe, and Lolobi (SALL) enclave, comprising …

Adoa News Three time Paralympian, Rapheal Botsyo Nkegbe, founder of the Gogetdem Racing Club in partnership with Wheels for Change in United States of America (USA), has presented three new racing chairs to the next generation of para-athletes to sharpen their talents in the sport. The beneficiaries were Perpetual Sabban, …

Source: BBC Olympic Games organisers have said they are “sorry” that scenes in Friday’s opening ceremony caused offence. A banquet sequence featuring drag artists in particular came in for criticism from Christian groups, who felt it parodied Leonardo da Vinci’s painting ‘The Last Supper’. That famous 15th Century work depicts …

The industrial action by the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) has entered its 7th week, as members have refused to return to the classrooms in blatant disregard of GTEC’s directive and the subsequent freezing of their July salaries. The teachers laid down their tools in protest of …

Ghanaian social media influencer and actress, Efia Odo, has publicly expressed regret over her past feud with fellow celebrity Sista Afia, stating that her actions were not representative of the woman she aspires to be. In a recent TV discussion, Efia Odo admitted that she had no personal issues with …

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has released the fixtures for the 2024-25 Ghana Premier League Season. The start date of Friday September 6, 2024, is 82 clear days from the end of the just ended 2023/24 season. FC Samartex 1996 will open their defence of the Premier League title with …

Samoan boxer Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali has been left shattered after his coach died just hours before his Olympics loss to Belgium’s Victor Schelstraete – and just three years after losing his mum during the Tokyo Games. Plodzicki-Faoagali is Samoa’s only boxer in Paris and received the devastating news just before the …

What a difference a week makes! It’s been filled with game-changing scientific breakthroughs and community-led innovations, passionate activism that called out the big issues around access to the latest advances, and the promise of renewed political commitment to sustaining an effective response to HIV. All of these elements came together …