Ghana has since 2014 recorded at least eight major gas explosion cases across the country, as reported by Citi FM. In all the eight cases, six were recorded in the Greater Accra Region, one in Takoradi in the Western Region, and one at Kasoa in the Central Region. Two of the cases were recorded in ...

A former Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority in the John Mahama administration is advocating the introduction of centralized automatic fuel stations in non-commercial and residential areas. His proposal came hours after Ghana was hit by another Gas explosion at Atomic Junction in Accra. Meanwhile, the Energy Ministry has already started a discussion ...

A gas filling station at Atomic Junction in Accra exploded on Saturday. Residents were thrown into a state of pandemonium following the piercing sound of the explosion as well as the giant scary fireball that was formed in the sky. Students of the University of Ghana and PRESEC fled for their lives. It is currently unclear ...

Vice President Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has left Tamale for Accra to assess the gravity of the Atomic gas explosion. The Vice President who on Saturday joined President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on his three-day official tour of the Northern Region was compelled to leave for Accra when the news brokeout. The disaster coincided with ...

Grammy-winning rapper Nelly was arrested near Seattle early on Saturday after a woman accused him of sexually assaulting her on a tour bus, police said. The woman dialed 911 to report the sexual assault had occurred when the bus was parked at a shopping center in Auburn, which is less than 20 miles (32 km) ...

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said late on Friday it had approved Alphabet Inc’s application to provide emergency cellular service to Puerto Rico through balloons. In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico has struggled to regain communications services. The FCC said on Friday that 83 percent of cell sites remain out of service, while ...

A former Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Microfinance and Small Loan Center (MASLOC), Mustapha Abubakar, has accused the current management of the centre of procuring about 1,800 new vehicles. “As we speak, the boss has ordered for 1,800 vehicles. It is being procured from a company called Dextro Impex. If you have vehicles sitting ...

The Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), under the former management, gave out a loan to a company it had contracted to produce about 600 tricycles at a bloated cost, the new management has alleged. According to the new deputy CEO of the Center, Maame Afia Akoto, MASLOC now has to deal with the challenges that ...

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Wenchi in the Brong Ahafo Region, Dr. Prince Kwakye Afriyie, has pledged the Assembly’s commitment to provide the necessary infrastructure to ensure government’s flagship programmes such as one district one factory, one village one dam, and planting for food and jobs among others, succeed for the sustainable development of ...

Ghana is expected to host the 2018 World Press Freedom Day (WPFD). The two-day event, 3rd to 4th May, 2018, will bring together leading actors from the media, civil society, policy makers, representatives of the judiciary and academia, to discuss latest developments and pressing challenges related to press freedom and the safety of journalists. The ...

The previous management of the Microfinance and Small Loan Center (MASLOC), has disclosed that there was no formal contract signed between MASLOC and GPRTU for the 350 vehicles purchased under their administration in their name. According to them, the executives of GPRTU agreed on the contract verbally without any written contract. Speaking on The Big ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has revealed that his government has secured funding to the tune of $45.7 million for the rehabilitation and expansion of several water supply systems across the country, as a means of realizing government’s agenda of “Water for All”. According to President Akufo-Addo, out of this amount, “we are spending $1.2 ...

MTN Ghana CEO, Ebenezer Asante, has been announced as the new Vice President (VP) of MTN Group’s altered Southern and East Africa and Ghana (SEAGHA) Region, starting on October 1 2017. A statement from  the mobile network operator revealed that, the new SEAGHA region will compromise the telco’s mobile operations in Ghana, Uganda,  Rwanda, Zambia, ...