We Have Not Received PURC Fine
The General Secretary of the Electricity Corporation of Ghana Senior Staff Union says the ECG is yet to formally receive information about a fine imposed by the Public Utility and Regulatory...
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Election Fever Pushes Up Inflation Slightly
Barely three months to the crucial December polls, inflation, which has been largely erratic this year, has begun a gradual ascent, with the Ghana Statistical Service suspecting that traders are...
One Student One Electronic Tablet Promises President Mahama In His NDC 2016 Manifesto
President John Dramani Mahama in his NDC 2016 manifesto highlights has made it clear to Ghanaians that if he gets re-elected for a further 4-year term in office as the President of Ghana, he will do...
As the NDC Wins the Manifesto War
Folks, there is every reason to believe that the announcement of the key elements of the NDC’s manifesto for Election 2016 has not only unnerved its political opponents but it has also proved that...
N. Korea Says Floods ‘worst Disaster’ Since WWII
Floods in North Korea that have left hundreds dead or missing are the "worst disaster" to hit the country since World War II, state media said on Wednesday. The official KCNA news agency did not give...
UK Backs French-Chinese Power Plant Deal
The government has given the go ahead for plans to build the first new nuclear plant in Britain for 20 years. The French and Chinese governments have been told that the £18bn Hinkley Point project...
Shifting Times In Edo State
A few days before President Buhari showed up in Edo state to campaign for his party’s governorship candidate in the election that was originally slated for Saturday 10th September 2016, I was in a...
Massive Demonstration Rocks NDC Stronghold In Upper East
A public demonstration, staged by a record crowd of over 1,000 people from a single rural community, has rocked a stronghold of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Upper East region over...
Electrician To Contest December Polls To Solve Dumsor
A 41-year-old electrician has picked nomination forms to contest the upcoming general elections on December 7, 2016 as an independent candidate. Mr. Lawrence Jamil Nkutia from Mafi Akramado in the...
‘1 District, 1 Factory’ Just Politics
Political considerations will not force the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) into promising to build a factory in each of the 216 districts in the country as the opposition New Patriotic...
An Important Announcement On Ghanas Gold Industry
Gold was discovered, (circa) ca. BC/BCE 6,000 in Egypt (Cramb, Alan W, A Short History of Metals, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University). It was the first and by...
Injury Time Minister Better Than NPP Eight Years Rule In Mamprugu
So far Hon. Abdallah Abubakari has proven his critics of the largest opposition party beyond reasonable doubt that his injury time minister is better than the two terms kufour- Alhaji Aliu Mahama...
ACEP Proposes Privatisation of ECG Through Stock Exchange
Energy think tank, Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), is proposing the transfer of at least 51 per cent stake in the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to a strategic partner through the Ghana...
Energy Levies Are “a Bitter Pill”
The Energy Sector Levies are “a bitter pill” the country has to swallow to heel ailing utilities, and not because government takes delight in overloading consumers with taxes, Employment and...
Corruption And Incompetence Do Not Win Elections Alhassan Tali Reminds NDC
The immediate past Chairman of NPP-Germany, Mr Alhassan Yakubu Tali has reminded President John Dramani Mahama and the NDC that Ghanaians are not prepared reward eight years of mismanagement,...
My Take On ‘Change Begins With Me, Campaign
I believe the ‘Change Begins With Me,’ campaign inaugurated recently by President Muhammadu Buhari has failed, if not dead on arrival. Buhari had, in his speech at the inauguration, said before...
Corruption and Incompetence Do Not Win Elections
The immediate past Chairman of NPP-Germany, Mr Alhassan Yakubu Tali has reminded President John Dramani Mahama and the NDC that Ghanaians are not prepared reward eight years of mismanagement,...
Over 800 NDC Members In Kumbungu Join NPP
The governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) has suffered a major political blow in the Kumbungu Constituency of the Northern Region, where over 800 supporters have defected to the opposition New...
Tackling Corruption, Poverty, Unemployment and Inequality
Tackling Corruption, Poverty, Unemployment and Inequality: Major Challenges Facing any New Government in Ghana. By Ben Ofosu - Appiah South Korea went from a poor country devastated by war to an OECD...
We Need A United Front In Upper East
Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has called on the Upper East Regional Campaign Task Force to resolve existing conflicts that arose during National Democratic Congress’s parliamentary primaries....