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The Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Dubik Mahama has watered down calls for the privatisation of the revenue collection function of the company. This suggestion was made by some analysts on the back of the current impasse between the government and the Chamber of Independent Power Producers (IPPs). Mr. Mahama also argued that ECG is now …

A delegation from the National Peace Council (NPC) led by His Eminence Numo Blafo Akotia Omaetu III, a member of the council’s governing board, has held a meeting with the Chiefs and Elders of the Somey Traditional Area. The meeting chaired by Torgbi Adamah III, Paramount Chief of the Somey Traditional Area, was to deliberate over the controversy which surrounded comments made …

The Chiefs and people of Nyankrom, Abuesi, and Shama in the Shama District of the Western region staged a demonstration on Monday, July 3, demanding better roads. The agitated demonstrators blocked the main entrance roads to Nyankrom and Shama, causing traffic congestion and inconvenience to workers. The demonstrators expressed their frustration over the unfulfilled promises to fix the roads, despite …

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has extolled the importance of the media in nation-building and called on all stakeholders, especially the state, to support them. He stated that no institution, including Parliament, could succeed without the role of the media. The Speaker insisted that media institutions were a priority that every President should hold dear and invest …

Paramount Chief of the Dormaa Traditional Area and President of the Bono Regional House of Chiefs, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu II, has disclosed that a stampede will likely result if a free flight out of the country is offered. In comments made at the 10th-anniversary event of the passing of John Evans Atta Mills (July 2, 2023), the chief intimated that there …

The Court of Appeal has overturned the decision of the trial judge in the case of Stephen Opuni to start the trial from scratch and directed for the proceedings and evidence led under the previous Judge Justice Hornyenugah to be adopted This decision by the Court of Appeal aims to ensure that the proceedings and evidence led in the case …

Newly elected Member of Parliament for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson has his application for stay of proceedings adjourned by the high court to July 4, 2023. Justice Mary Yanzuh said the adjournment was because the court had not received the full compliments of the application documents. The lawyers of Mr. Quayson argue that the application is to stay proceedings …

Residents of Gyarko, a suburb of Techiman in the Techiman Municipality of the Bono East Region are appealing to authorities to evacuate a refuse site in the community. According to the residents, they are worried over the refusal of authorities to evacuate a refuse site because the site is dangerously situated, raising concerns about potential health hazards and environmental contamination. …

The wife of former Vice President Paa Kwesi Amissah Arthur has disclosed that she advised her husband on numerous occasions to resign from his position as Vice President of the Republic. Speaking in an interview with Joy News on June 29, 2023, Matilda Amissah Arthur explained that she had often asked him to step down from his position but on second thought …

Three contractors involved in the construction of health facilities under the government’s much-touted Agenda 111 project have been terminated. This was announced by the Presidential Advisor on Health, Dr. Nsiah Asare, during a press briefing on the progress of construction works in Trede, in the Ashanti Region on Thursday, June 29, 2023. According to Dr Nsiah Asare, the government’s commitment …