The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the Western Region, has completed the first phase of the distribution network improvement project in Sefwi Bekwai. The first phase which involved the injection of two (2no) 200kVA transformers and improvement in the LV network focused on Bekwai Zongo. Sefwi Bekwai is one of the revenue centres in ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said pursuing further sanctions against North Korea is “useless”, saying “they’d rather eat grass than give up their nuclear programme”. The US said on Monday it would table a new UN resolution on tougher sanctions in the wake of the latest test of a nuclear bomb by the North on ...

Government has reiterated plans to improve its revenue base and reduce the country’s debt levels and overdependence on donor agencies. In this regard, the NPP administration has set out an ambitious plan to mobilize enough domestic revenue to meet key infrastructural needs. This is also viewed against the backdrop of reducing borrowing which has led ...

Exton Cubic Company Limited has stated that the vehicles and equipment belonging to its sub-contractor, Ibrahim Mahama’s Engineers and Planners (E&P), which were seized are still in government’s possession. The vehicles were impounded in the Nyinahin township upon the orders from the Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, following suspicions the mining company was operating illegally. ...

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the Western Region has commenced a project to extend electricity supply to Whindo, a suburb of Takoradi. Whindo, one of the fastest growing suburbs in Takoradi has seen a lot of residential developments in recent times. However, due to the unavailability of a standard LV Network in the ...

Nestlé and Ashoka have started receiving submissions for its 2018 Creating Shared Value (CSV) Prize, worth up to CHF 500,000 (GHc2.3 million). The CSV Prize is open to social enterprises, commercial enterprises and nonprofit entities. Applicants have a chance of winning a cash prize of CHF 400,000 to help grow their business further, a pitch ...

The 2015/2016 batch of graduates of the country’s technical universities will today hit the streets of Accra to protest against government’s failure to constitute the governing councils of the various Technical Universities. They will be marching from the Obra spot in Accra to the Old Accra Hearts of Oak Park before presenting a petition to ...

A 106-year-old Afghan woman who made a perilous journey to Europe, carried by her son and grandson through mountains, deserts and forests, is facing deportation from Sweden after her asylum application was rejected. Bibihal Uzbeki is severely disabled and can barely speak. Her family has appealed against the rejection, and she is allowed up to three ...

The Queen of Denmark, Margrethe II,  will pay a state visit to Ghana from Thursday, November 23 to Friday, November 24. According to a statement from the Danish Embassy, the visit follows an invitation from President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to the country’s Head of State. The statement added that “the state visit will emphasize and consolidate ...

Two brothers have died under bizarre circumstances in the Zangu-Vuga electoral area near Walewale, district capital of the West Mamprusi district in the Northern Region. One of the deceased, 30-year-old Naporo, is reported to have murdered his senior brother, Ibrahima over a parcel of land on Sunday afternoon. Some aggrieved family members and youth in ...

Exton Cubic Group Limited has said it will turn to the court over government’s revocation of its exploration license for bauxite in the Tano Offin Forest reserve. The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Peter Amewu, had explained that the directive was issued because the company’s three mining leases were invalid. Mr. Amewu explained that ...

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) is urging the Ghana Education Service to extend the deadline for prospective Senior High School (SHS) students who have not been placed in any school to reapply. The Association believes that the Service must consider the challenges being experienced on its website by the students to provide ample time ...

An Information Technology professional and Deputy General Manager for NIIT, Yaw Amoateng, says the Ghana Education Service should have anticipated the challenges being experienced by users of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) placement website. According to him, the challenge, which is due to overwhelmed system servers have been recurrent over the years and there ...

Chinese regulators have launched a crackdown on individuals and firms raising funds by offering their own digital currencies. The People’s Bank of China has declared initial coin offerings (ICOs) illegal and wants them to “cease immediately”. A growing number of tech companies are opting to sell digital “tokens” because they are quick, easy and unregulated. ...

A university in Denmark is offering a course based on Beyonce’s life. According to television station TV2, around 75 students have signed up. There’s reportedly so much interest in the University of Copenhagen course – called Beyonce, Gender and Race – that it’s had to move to a bigger lecture theatre. Professor Erik Steinskog told the ...

Australia’s highest court has begun hearing legal challenges against a national vote on same-sex marriage. The government plans to hold a non-binding postal survey from next week to gauge support for changing Australia’s law to allow same-sex marriage. PM Malcolm Turnbull has said the vote could lead to the tabling of a bill in parliament ...

African champions Cameroon cannot qualify for the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia after a 1-1 draw with Nigeria in Yaounde on Monday. The result means Cameroon have just three points from four matches and can no longer finish top of Group B. “There’s no-one in life who achieves all his goals [but] it’s a ...