Tag: Staff Pick
Liberian Embassy calls for calm after fatal incident involving citizen in Accra
The Embassy of Liberia in Accra has stepped in following the tragic death of 26-year-old Liberian national, Austin Tengbeh, in the Lashibi–Sakumono ar [...]
Pressure mounts on COCOBOD Deputy CEO, Ato Boateng to step aside
Fresh governance tensions have erupted within Ghana’s cocoa sector following a formal petition submitted to the Governing Board of the Ghana Cocoa Boa [...]
Minority takes on gov’t over District Assemblies Common Fund
The Minority Caucus in the Parliament has launched a robust critique of the government over what it describes as the mismanagement and unconstitutiona [...]
Baffour Akoto Osei faces contempt for defying ERHC orders
The simmering Kwahu chieftaincy dispute in the Eastern Region has escalated into a full-blown legal battle, following the formal service of a contempt [...]
Ghana’s electricity consumption surpasses PURC projections amid rising tariffs
The Executive Secretary of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), Dr Shaffic Suleman, has revealed that electricity consumption in Ghana h [...]
Controversy erupts over DVLA’s five-country licensing scheme
The Chief Executive Officer of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), Julius Neequaye Kotey, has faced widespread criticism on social medi [...]
PURC calls emergency meeting with ECG over fast-draining prepaid units
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has called an emergency meeting with the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) following widespread med [...]
EPA launches pilot project to restore Ghana’s polluted Birim River
Ghana’s Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has launched a pilot project to rehabilitate a heavily polluted section of the Birim River at Adiukro [...]
Gov’t officials divert LPG Fund, industry warns of strike action
The Ghanaian downstream oil industry is in uproar after allegations emerged that government officials have unlawfully redirected funds from the Liquef [...]
Minority chases gov’t over prisons officers allowance
Pressure is mounting on National Democratic Congress government over delayed welfare payments to officers of the Ghana Prisons Service, as the Minorit [...]