The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has begun investigations into the fire outbreak that reduced a section of the premises of the foam manufacturer, Ashfoam, into a pile of rubble in Accra is Monday. The immediate cause of the fire is yet to be established by the GNFS, as it is still investigating the matter.

The failure of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to provide shade for its meters installed outside homes has been identified to be the major cause of fire outbreaks at Weija and its surrounding communities in Accra. According to the Weija Municipal Fire Officer, Mr Isaac Saah, more than 80 per cent of all fire outbreaks recorded within Weija and surrounding communities emerged from the ECG’s electric poles.

Mining rights and leases granted to small-scale mining forms have not been ratified by Parliament since the coming into force of the 1992 Constitution which renders all mining operations in the country illegal, a private legal practitioner, Mr Ace Anan Ankomah, has disclosed. He, therefore, demanded that all licences or leases granted small-scale mining that had not been ratified by Parliament must stop immediately because they were all illegal.

Black Stars' returnee coach, James Kwesi Appiah, is set to make a triumphant entry into the country next week ahead of his much-anticipated unveiling by the Ghana Football Association (GFA).  The affable trainer rounded off his two-year romance with Sudanese Premier League side, Al Khartoum SC, last week to set the stage for a dream comeback which officially takes effect from May 1,  2017.