The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the killing of four aid workers and a security guard in Nigeria’s north-eastern Borno state. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called on the Nigerian authorities to bring the perpetrators to justice. A photograph, published by the Islamic State’s newspaper, shows five men wearing civilian clothing sitting on the ground, blindfolded. Standing ...

Customers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) will soon be able to buy pre-paid credits anywhere in the country and be credited in real-time. This will be after a modern Meter Management System (MMS) worth US$12 million being set up by the Millenium Development Authority (MiDA) for the ECG is implemented “in the beginning of the fourth quarter of ...

The Chief Executive Officer of Gyam Engineering and Construction Works Limited, Engineer Dr. Ebenezer Ankomah Gyamera, has called on government to establish the Land Regulatory Authority as a measure to minimize the various land related disputes in the country. Speaking in an interview on the Hard Truth show on Ocean 1TV, Eng. Dr. Gyamera indicated that the process of leasing ...

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has presented GH¢2 million to 1,000 persons with disabilities, who are also entrepreneurs, under the Presidential Empowerment for Male Entrepreneurs with Disability (PEMED). Launching the event at the Jubilee House, on Friday, 24th July 2020, President Akufo-Addo stated that the funds would provide some relief, and also empower persons with disabilities to improve their economic ...

The government’s programme of subsidizing electricity consumption for the next three months is estimated to cost 60 million Ghana cedis, Deputy Minister for Energy, William Owuraku Aidoo has disclosed. President Akufo-Addo in April this year announced the reduction of electricity tariffs by half and provision of potable water for free to all Ghanaians for the months of April, May and ...

Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson will return to the boxing ring for an exhibition fight against ex-four-weight world champion Roy Jones Jr. The bout is scheduled to take place on 12 September in Los Angeles. Tyson, 54, last fought professionally in 2005 when he was beaten by Irishman Kevin McBride in what was his sixth loss in 58 career contests. ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will soon launch  a GHS100-billion economic recovery programme to rebuild the local economy following the COVID-19 pandemic, Finance Minister Ofori-Atta has said. He told Parliament on Thursday July 23 that “Mr Speaker, we wish to take this opportunity to announce to the people of Ghana that the President and his team have done a lot ...

Government is making arrangements for more Ghanaians stranded abroad as a result of the coronavirus pandemic to return home. So far, a total of 2,250 have been aided back home safely. The evacuees would go through the mandated 14-day quarantine before being allowed to go to their individual homes. Presenting the mid-year budget review on Thursday, July 23, Minister of ...

The authorities in Niger have announced that the country’s airspace will reopen for international flights in the coming days. Like most countries around the world, Niger closed its airports and land borders in March as part of efforts to contain coronavirus. In a statement, the government says after assessing the situation, international passenger flights will now resume on 1 August. ...

Following the discovery and the subsequent production of oil and gas in commercial quantities in Ghana in 2007 and 2010 respectively, majority of Ghanaians anticipated that the development of an oil and gas sector would be a foundation for poverty reduction and general prosperity to the citizens. The pursuit to take full advantage of benefits in the Oil and Gas ...