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IES calls for immediate removal of Matthew Opoku Prempeh over deteriorating energy crisis

The Institute of Energy Security (IES) has issued a call for the immediate removal of Energy Minister Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, citing the deteriorating energy crisis as the primary reason ...

23 April, 2024

Only the Energy Minister can authorise publication of load-shedding timetable - Osafo-Maafo

Senior Presidential Advisor, Yaw Osafo-Maafo has said the Energy Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh is the only person who can authorise the publication of a load-shedding timetable.This, according to him, will also ...

23 April, 2024

Ashanti Region ECG Workers Union ban 4 general managers from attending REGSEC meetings

The Workers Union of the Electricity Company of Ghana in the Ashanti Region has banned four general managers from all Regional Security Council (REGSEC) meetings.General Managers of Ashanti East, West, South, ...

23 April, 2024

Chinese supermarket in Abuja shut for allegedly barring Nigerians

A Chinese-owned supermarket in Nigeria's capital has been shut by the authorities over allegations that it denies entry to African shoppers.The supermarket in Abuja allegedly "exclusively permits individuals of Chinese ...

23 April, 2024

Sixteen dead, 28 missing after boat capsizes off Djibouti coast - UN agency

Sixteen would-be migrants have died and another 28 are missing after a boat carrying 77 people capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the second such incident in two weeks, the ...

23 April, 2024

Court issues arrest warrant for former MASLOC CEO Sedina Tamakloe

The High Court in Accra has issued an arrest warrant for convicted former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Christine Attionu Tamakloe.This follows ...

23 April, 2024

Ashanti West ECG uncovers 74 illegal connections

The Electricity Company of Ghana, Ashanti West Region, has uncovered 74 illegal connections in the first quarter of 2024.The discovery was made during a day and night monitoring exercise which ...

23 April, 2024

My over $8000 oxygen machine blew up due to dumsor - Joy FM listener narrates harrowing ordeal

A Joy FM listener has narrated his harrowing experience of how the recent power outage aka dumsor has damaged his over $8000 oxygen machine for his fishery.Kofi from Lashibi said he would ...

23 April, 2024

Four more persons remanded over Tema-Mpakadan train accident

Four more persons have been picked up by the police for their alleged roles in last week’s train accident at Abortia in the Volta Region.They are Kokou Koudjo, a 34-year-old ...

23 April, 2024

Kwadaso Onion Market: Traders relocated over security concerns

Tempers flared at the Kwadaso Onion Market in Kumasi on Monday when a joint security taskforce enforced the eviction of traders as directed by the Ashanti Regional Security Council.After a ...

23 April, 2024

Organise your dumsor demo, we'll choose who to partner for ours - Franklin Cudjoe tells Yvonne Nelson

President of IMANI Africa Franklin Cudjoe says his think tank will not succumb to pressure to organise a demonstration against government over the ongoing power outages, known as "dumsor."He emphasised ...

23 April, 2024

2024 polls: Haruna Iddrisu predicts NDC victory in all 11 Upper West parliamentary seats

Former Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu is confident in the National Democratic Congress (NDC)'s chances in the upcoming December elections.The Tamale South MP said the party aims to secure all 11 ...

23 April, 2024

Debt Restructuring: Government to reach agreement with IPPs in May

The government has given an indication about reaching an agreement with Independent Power Producers (IPPs) on debt restructuring as part of measures to reduce deficit in the energy sector.That, Dr ...

23 April, 2024

Dumsor: Yvonne Nelson criticises Akufo-Addo for taking Ghanaians for granted, proposes another vigil

Actress Yvonne Nelson has called on policy think tank IMANI Africa to organise a protest against the Akufo-Addo government over the ongoing erratic power supply, commonly known as "dumsor."This call ...

23 April, 2024

Dumsor: Energy sector needs a leader, says Nana Amoasi VII

The Executive Director of the Institute for Energy Security (IES), Nana Amoasi VII, has highlighted the lack of effective leadership in Ghana's energy sector.He has called for the appointment of ...

23 April, 2024


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