GENERAL NEWS

David Asamoah has been appointed as the acting Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), following the resignation of Samuel Dubik Mahama, on Wednesday, September 25. Asamoah previously served as the Deputy Managing Director in charge of Commercial Services. His new role is temporary, pending a decision by …

The Electoral Commission says that it is not against holding another physical exhibition of the corrected Provisional Voter’s Register (PVR) at over 40,000 centres. According to the Commission, the three to four weeks needed for printing and distribution makes this impractical given the short time remaining before the general election. …

The Management of the University for Development Studies (UDS) has announced the indefinite postponement of the reopening date for the 2024/2025 academic year, originally set for September 27, 2024. This decision is a result of the ongoing industrial action by the Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA), the Senior Staff …

Independent presidential candidate and leader of the New Force, Nana Kwame Bediako, also known as Cheddar, has claimed that the recent Democracy Hub protests were politically motivated rather than aimed at tackling illegal mining, commonly referred to as galamsey. In a post shared on his social media pages, Bediako acknowledged …

The Technical University Senior Administrators Association of Ghana (TUSAAG) has declared a nationwide strike, effective September 27, 2024. This industrial action is in response to the government’s failure to meet obligations under the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and its refusal to implement revised allowances for senior members of public universities. …

Below  are the major news headlines captured on the front pages of the various newspapers in Ghana today.          The Daily Searchlight       Daily Graphic       The Daily Statesman         The Daily Dispatch         The Meridian   …

Samuel Dubik Mahama, the managing director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has tendered his resignation. In light of the available information, his resignation was due to personal reasons. “I have concluded that it is in my best interest to step away for personal reasons,” portions of his resignation …

As President Nana Akufo-Addo addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York, a group of Ghanaians in the U.S. staged protests nearby. They say they are against the recent arrests of Democracy Hub protesters in Accra. The demonstrators called for the release of individuals detained during the #OccupyJulorbiHouse protest …

Alan Kyerematen, leader of the Movement for Change (M4C) and Alliance for Revolutionary Change, has backed calls for the Electoral Commission (EC) to conduct a forensic audit of the voter register. He emphasised the need for a high-level Technical Working Group (TWG) chaired by the EC to oversee this process …

The Ghana Police Service has firmly stated that suspects involved in the Democracy Hub demonstration case, including Oliver Barker-Vormawor, have not been denied medical care. The police in a statement noted that two of the suspects, Fanny Otoo and Oliver Barker-Vormawor, received immediate medical attention at the Police Hospital in …