Mr John Alexander Ackon, the Ashanti Regional Minister has passionately suggested to the Electricity Company of Ghana,(ECG) that they supply Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies, (MMDAS) with prepaid meters so as to ensure they pay for the power they consume. This, he stressed would help the ECG to recover monies they put in the distribution […]
Ghanaians may soon wake up to a new bill that could potentially be the full endorsement for the introduction of GM foods into the country. Even though government who is funding the bill claims it is to help farmers and the general public, most Ghanaians don’t seem convinced. In this episode of GhMixMixx, KwesiEswuon Baako
Another tragedy has hit the opposition New Patriotic Party after its Constituency Chairman for the Ahafo Ano South West Constituency Chairman was reported dead yesterday. Mr. Anthony Osei Yaw Akoto was reported dead at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital(KATH) where he was receiving treatment after sustaining multiple injuries from a fatal accident which occurred last
President John Dramani Mahama says everything is set for Ghana to become the hub of petroleum in the West Africa sub-region. According to him, considering the current operation and storage capacity of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) as well as the revamped Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), nothing can stop the country
The Disciplinary Committee of the FA has fined Ghana’s premier club, Accra Hearts of Oak a total of GH¢12,000 and also asked the team to play their next three (3) home matches behind closed doors. Hearts of Oak fans threw objects on the pitch This follows the action of the club’s supporters during their 6th
The Ashanti regional branch of the opposition New Patriotic Party(NPP) has raised fresh objection to the presence of some ‘strange’ observers at some registration centres in the Kumasi metropolis. According to the NPP, it is suspicious about the activities of these so-called observers and is warning the Electoral Commission, the Ghana Police Service and other
The Forestry Commission of Ghana has assured the public of its determination to protect and preserve the ecology of the country’s forest reserves. The Chief Executive Officer of the Commission, Samuel Afari, revealed that the area of concentration of the commission in the Ashanti Region will be a total collaboration with inhabitants of mining settlements
The Member of Parliament for Okere in the Eastern region Dan Botwe was on Friday dawn robbed at gunpoint in his Tema residence. The former general secretary of the NPP was reportedly held hostage for about 45minutes by the bandits. The security man at his house is currently being held by the Police as investigations
The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi Boasiako has been granted bail after he was detained overnight by the Police. The Asokwa District Magistrate court granted him bail in the sum of 20,000cedis with two sureties. One of the sureties should have a landed property or deposit an amount of 10,000cedis.
Barclays has had several approaches for its African business after saying that it would sell the division to boost returns. Jes Staley, the bank’s chief executive, said there had been “interest expressed by a number of parties” in the business, which consists of a 62.5 per cent stake in a business listed in Johannesburg. Bob
