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April 17, 2024April 17, 2024

GHc 5.8m Fine On ECG Board Members Was Sanctioned By Our Legal Dept – PURC

A Commissioner of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), Ishmael Edjekumhene, has disclosed that the decision to impose a fine of Five Million, Eight Hundred and Sixty-Eight Thousand Ghana Cedis (GHS 5,868,000.00) on members of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG)

April 16, 2024April 16, 2024

Sedina Attionu: Former MASLOC Boss Jailed 10 Years For Causing Financial Loss

An Accra High Court has sentenced the former chief executive officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Tamakloe Attionu to 10 years in jail with hard labour. Daniel Axim, a former chief operating officer of MASLOC has also been sentenced

April 16, 2024April 16, 2024

Ghanaian Man Sets Guinness World Record For Most Trees Hugged In One Hour

Abubakar now holds the World Record for the Most Trees Hugged in One Hour by an individual Abubakar Tahiru, a Ghanaian forestry student, has etched his name in the annals of Guinness World Records by achieving the title for the Most

April 16, 2024April 16, 2024

Court Orders Arrest Of CID Boss And Another

The High Court in Accra has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of the Director General (DG) of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police and the DG of the Legal and Prosecution Unit of the Ghana Police

April 16, 2024April 16, 2024

Tanzania Floods Kill Nearly 60 In Two Weeks

Nearly 60 people have died since the start of April in heavy rains and flooding that has hit several parts of Tanzania, the government said. The coastal region of the East African country is one of the worst affected, with floods

April 15, 2024April 15, 2024

Bishop Stabbed During Sermon In Sydney – Reports

A bishop and several other people have been stabbed during a sermon in Sydney that was being streamed online, local media report. The incident reportedly happened on Monday night in the suburb of Wakeley. Police responded to reports that a number

April 15, 2024April 15, 2024

MoH Clears Part of Shipment of Essential Medicines Held at Tema Port

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has received 14 out of 182 containers at the Tema Port holding essential medicines for antiretroviral, Tuberculosis (TB), and malaria treatments donated by the Global Fund (GF).The essential medical commodities, including antiretroviral drugs for HIV patients,

April 15, 2024April 15, 2024

Don’t Pay New Transport Fares Yet – GPRTU To Commuters

The Ghana Private Roads and Transport Union (GPRTU) and the Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council (GRTCC) have urged commuters not to adhere to any proposed new transport fares that have yet to receive official approval. This announcement comes in response to

April 12, 2024April 12, 2024

National Biosafety Authority Warns Against Use of 14 Unapproved GMO Seeds

The National Biosafety Authority (NBA) has clarified that it has not approved the cultivation of the seeds of 14 genetically modified (GM) products in Ghana. In an official statement, the National Biosafety Authority elaborated that the sanctioned GMO events are exclusively

April 12, 2024April 12, 2024

Cable Thief Caged One Month

A 27-year-old electrician, Masaudu Fuseini, was on Monday, April 8, 2024, sentenced to one month imprisonment for stealing electricity cables belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana Limited at Klo-Agogo in the Asesewa District in the Eastern Region. The Koforidua Circuit