The government has revealed that it has cleared over 2 billion Ghana cedis debt owed the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) which will, therefore, put the state-owned electricity distributor on the requisite sound financial footing. Addressing a press conference Tuesday, the Energy Minister, John Peter Amewu stated that the government has cleared its debt with the ECG with a credit ...

Joseph Yammin, a top member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, a stalwart in the New Patriotic Party (NPP), are set to engage in a legal battle in court soon. The NDC kingpin insists that Mr. Agyapong, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central Constituency in the Central Region, has defamed him in public by ...

Burundi is about to lose its president of 15 years but gains a “supreme guide to patriotism”, according to the official title that will be given to Pierre Nkurunziza once he steps down after Wednesday’s election. He will also receive a $540,000 (£440,000) retirement pay-out and a luxury villa. But it is not clear if he is going to step ...

Honorary vice president of policy think tank, IMANI Centre for Policy and Education, Bright Simons has revealed that 600 out of 900 trained contact tracers for the fight against Coronavirus in the country have abandoned their work due to ‘grievances’, adding that the government has been defaulting in paying their daily allowance of GHc150.00. According to Mr Simons, the government ...

Kantinka,De Beat fm NABCO Trainees Association of Ghana (NABTAG) seeks to employ your respective media channels (i.e. Radio, TV, and virtual platforms) to assist in registering its petition to the president of the Republic of Ghana for permanent employment on behalf of NABCO trainees. The Nation Builders Corps (NABCO), which was launched in 2018 by the current government to help ...

A 95-year-old Second World War veteran from Ghana has set himself the challenge of walking two miles a day for a week to raise money for coronavirus charities. Private Joseph Hammond hopes to raise $600,000 (£500,000) for frontline workers and vulnerable veterans across Africa. Private Hammond fought with the British army in Burma, in the Gold Coast Regiment of the ...

Former CEO of the National Petroleum Authority, Alex Mould, has declared his interest in becoming the John Mahama’s running mate for the 2020 polls. According to him, he boasts the requisite knowledge and experience to become Vice Presidential candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). Mr. Mould said his pedigree in the fields of economy, energy, trade and industry ...

The Auditor-General Daniel Domelevo has advised government against paying a supposed salary arrears to some past lawmakers calling themselves Forum for Former Members of Parliament (FFMP). The advice comes after the Chief of Staff wrote to the auditor-general requesting auditing clearance for the monies to be paid. The forum, some of whom left the House over 10 years ago, are ...

The Information Ministry will hold its regular press briefing to update the nation on the latest case count and mitigating measures in governments fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic. Ghana has recorded 183 new confirmed cases. While this new update raises the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 5,918, the number of recoveries remains unchanged from the ...

On the hills of Karimenga in the North East Region of Ghana stands a two-bedroom apartment dilapidated and abandoned for reasons that cannot be told. It is believed to be the hideout of Ghana’s First President Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah. Built with hard blocks and galvanized iron so many years ago, the building still appears strong with scruffy walls, warn ...