GENERAL NEWS

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has granted approval for the transfer of the 70% majority shares of Vodafone to Telecel Group, an official statement has said. NCA in January last year received an application from Vodafone Ghana for the transfer of the majority shares held by the seller to the …

Bernard Asamoah, alias Daddy, an accused person in the trial of the 14 alleged murderers of the late Major Maxwell Adams Mahama has told an Accra High Court that he identified himself in the amateur video. He said he saw himself in the video shown to him by the police …

The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) says it has opened its application portal to students who are in need of money to further their education  for the 2022/2023 academic year. According to them, students who successfully apply and meet every requirement needed for the qualification of the loan will have …

  Utility tariffs are to go up in the first quarter of 2023 effective February 1, 2023. This was announced by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) on Monday, January 16, 2023, despite admitting the present economic challenges.   While the end-user tariff for electricity has been increased by 29.96 …

The Inspector General of Police, Dr George Akufo Dampare has instructed the immediate relocation of all police officers and their families from a housing facility at Apromase to another location. This was after a fire ripped through apartments housing police officers and their families. A police officer, 35-year-old Sergeant Owusu …

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has cancelled plans to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos Switzerland, due to the ongoing energy crisis. crisis in his country, his spokesman has said. The country is facing its biggest ever power crisis with people experiencing rolling blackouts of up to six …

The Member of Parliament for Atwima Nwabiagya South Constituency, Hon. Emmanuel Yaw Agyei Anhwere has donated 100 bags of cement each to some schools in his Constituency. The said schools are Nerebehi Technical Senior High School and Nkawie M/A Experimental School. This gesture of the Member of Parliament is his …

The Member of Parliament for Atwima Nwabiagya South Constituency in the Ashanti region, Hon. Emmanuel Agyei Anhwere has offered scholarship worth 100,000 cedis to forty five (45) needy but brilliant tertiary students in his constituency for the 2023 academic year.   The initiative according to the MP is to cushion …

North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is calling for the immediate resignation of the founder of the Power Chapel Worldwide from the National Cathedral’s Board of Trustees. According to him, as the Secretary of the Board, Rev Victor Kusi Boateng created multiple identities on the blind side of the state; …

Barring any government intervention, fuel prices will go up between 5% and 9% per litre from January 16, 2023 at the pumps. This will be the first time in a month that prices of petroleum products will increase. According to the Institute for Energy Security (IES), the expected surge in …