To end the country’s erratic power distribution and billing system, government says it needs over US$1billion capital, which it seeks to realise from the private sector. The Minister of Energy and Petroleum, Boakye Agyarko, speaking at day-two of the maiden National Policy Summit in Accra, noted that there is the need for critical investment in power distribution and billing infrastructure, ...

Dr Felix Anyah, the CEO of the Holy Trinity Medical Centre has been appointed new Chief Executive of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra. The appointment takes effect on June 1,2017, a letter signed by the Health Minister noted. Dr, Anyah takes over from Dr. Gilbert Buckle who had several brushes with staff of the biggest referral hospital in ...

45 senior officers of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) have been transferred. They include two Deputy Commissioners of Immigration (DCOI), two Assistant Commissioners of Immigration (ACi), 18 Chief Superintendents of Immigration (C/SUPT.), eight Superintendents of Immigration (SUPT.), 11 Deputy Superintendents of Immigration (DSI) and four Assistant Superintendents of Immigration (ASI). A letter dated May 17, 2017, and signed by Comptroller-General ...

A former Attorney General, Martin Amidu is of the view the Ashanti Regional State Attorney did not err in her decision to drop charges against members of the pro-New Patriotic Party (NPP) group, Delta Force, without consulting the Attorney General. Mr. Amidu, per his assesment of the case, described the State Attorney’s handling of the matter as unassailably professional. The ...

The Mac and iOS software developer Panic has had the source code for several of its apps stolen. Panic founder Steven Frank admitted in a blog post that it happened after he downloaded an infected copy of the video encoding tool Handbrake. He said there was no sign that any customer data was accessed and that Panic’s web server was ...

Some youth in Tema Manhean have resorted to the chewing of ‘rabbit grass’ to enlarge their manhood in a bid to engage in “satisfactory” pre-marital sex. The Ghana News Agency gathered that the young boys wash and chew the root of the grass popular known as “juice” which is said to be given to rabbits to boost their sexuality and ...

One person is dead and 19 others injured after a car drove on to a pavement in New York City’s Times Square, the fire department says. The driver is in custody and the area has been sealed off, according to the New York Police Department. The vehicle reportedly jumped the kerb at 7th Avenue and 45th St near the city’s ...

Former world number one Maria Sharapova has signed a deal with the Lawn Tennis Association to play at Birmingham’s Aegon Classic for the next two years. The five-time Grand Slam winner, 30, has been given a wildcard for the event in June having fallen down the world rankings after a 15-month drugs ban. The LTA will not pay the Russian ...

There have been a series of labour agitations in Accra Thursday morning with workers demanding better pay and working conditions. Workers undertaking the Tema Port Expansion project have been demonstrating over how their appeals for an improvement in their conditions of service have been ignored. This is the second time in months they are demonstrating and stalling work in the ...

Frimpong Manso has resigned as assistant coach of Asante Kotoko, GHANASoccernet.com can confirm. The club legend left his position his Thursday and has officially written to management. Manso was hired to assistant Godwin Ablordey on the bench for their last four matches to end the first round after Zdravko Lugarusic was sacked. But he ended up leading the team including ...