The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced that it has terminated its Private Sector Participation Transaction Agreements with Power Distribution Services (PDS) effective Wednesday, October 23. A statement by the ECG stated that the company “has therefore assumed full operational and financial control of the electricity distribution business in the Southern Zone of Ghana with immediate effect.” The statement ...

Two (2) Persons have been arrested by Zongo Police in Kumasi for allegedly stealing and registering Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II’s Club known as Kumasi Club in their name at the Registrar Generals Department in Kumasi in order to perpetrate fraud. One other person who is said to have played a key role in the scandal is said to be ...

The Ghana Prisons Service has denied allegations of an ongoing secret recruitment of some 5000 personnel into the service without recourse to laid down procedures. Scores of people were spotted undergoing medicals at the Roman ridge training centre of the service on Tuesday sparking rumors of a secret recruitment exercise. There are also claims of a list of recruits emanating ...

Menzgold has announced outlets in the various regions for their customers to go and verify their documents in order for payments to be effected to them. A statement by the gold collectible firm said the document validation period will begin on October 28, 2019 and end on November 28, 2019. The outlets where the exercise will take place include Mile ...

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has dissociated itself from comments made by the Bantama constituency chairman of the party, Fiifi Mensah. Fiifi Mensah had urged Ghanaians not to sabotage the good policies of the ruling administration by voting YES in the upcoming referendum. “I’m appealing to all the good people of Ghana, especially homes that have benefitted from the Free ...

Legal practitioner Yaw Oppong says PDS has lived up to his expectation in the management of electricity in the country since taking over from ECG. ” As far as I’m concerned I get power regularly despite the intermittent cuts. As far as I can see, I have not seen any issue of non performance to warrant a termination of their ...

Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry, Carlos Ahenkorah, has revealed the extent at which the country relies on Nigeria. According to him, when it comes to trade and other economic balances, Ghana needs Nigeria more than ever, so putting in place countermeasures against Nigeria would not be the best solution to solving the border closure. “The best way to solve ...

Ex-Dakar mayor Khalifa Sall is making a comeback into politics weeks after receiving a presidential pardon. Sall told his supporters in the Senegalese capital that the past is now behind him. “This is sometimes misunderstood, but we must not have hatred or resentment even in adversity. We must not give in to the excesses of politics, nor waste our time ...

Nigeria’s anti-graft outfit, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of a famed social media celebrity and trader in foreign exchange. The arrest of Ismaila Mustapha popularly referred to as Mompha was confirmed by the EFCC on its Twitter handle. It said the suspect was being held for “alleged involvement in internet related fraud and money laundering.” “The ...

South African Airways (SAA) on Tuesday recalled some of its planes to undertake compliance checks, indicating that it may consequently operate an amended flight schedule. The cash-strapped airline said in a statement that some of the flights will operate later than usual and four flights have been cancelled, but the airline has combined flights and deployed bigger aircraft to accommodate ...