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The government of Ghana has suspended its concession agreement with Power Distribution Services (PDS) with “immediate effect”, Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has announced. “The decision follows the detection of fundamental and material breaches of PDS’ obligation in the provision of Payment Securities (Demand Guarantees) for the transaction which have been discovered upon further due diligence,” the minister said in a statement on Tuesday. PDS took over the operations and management of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) on Friday, March 1, 2019 after winning a bid to manage the operations of ECG for 20 years. But the statement suspending…

Women and men are equally aroused when presented with sexual images, a new study has found. It is widely viewed that men are more likely than women to become aroused by pornographic images. However, according to research conducted by scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, Germany, a person’s sex makes little difference to their response to sexual visual stimuli. For the study, which was published in the scientific journal PNAS on Monday, the researchers assessed data from 61 neuroimaging studies, a procedure which measures brain activity. The team analysed the brain images of 1,850 people who had been…

Some 24 persons who were injured in the violence that characterised the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency by-election have sued government for unlawful assault, abuse of human rights amongst others. In a suit filed by one of the victims, Ishawu Yaro and on behalf of 23 others, the applicants are seeking a compensation of GHȻ250,000 be paid to each of the victims, as well as cost of legal fees catered for by government. The applicants are also seeking a declaration by the Human Rights Court that the assaults, arrests and detentions are a violation of their fundamental human rights as enshrined…

Flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama has called on the Electoral Commission to open up for dialogue with political parties regarding election issues. He said parties’ input into election process will ensure a transparent election in 2020. Mr. Mahama said this while speaking at the opening of a three-day capacity building retreat for Election Directors from the sixteen electoral regions in Tamale. The former president said the NDC has had their disagreements with the Electoral Commission not because the party dislikes any of the commissioners. “Indeed if you look at the history of elections in…

The Asunafo South District police command in the Ahafo Region has arrested a 29-years- old self-styled man of God for allegedly raping three women. The incident happened at Akrodie in the Asunafo North Municipal. The pastor, Daniel Abisah aka OGYABOFO of Adom Power Ministry reportedly arrived at Akrodie on 22nd July 2019 for a crusade which attracted several worshipers including his three victims aged 19 and 20. The pastor on separate occasions during the open air crusade told each of his victims a bizarre life story that put fear into them to follow him to either his house or the…

The Nigerian national rugby team, the Black Stallions, arrived in Cape Coast in the early hours of Monday 29 July after Ivory Coast managed to beat the Ghana Eagles by 22 points to 12 on Sunday 28 July on the Nduom Sports Stadium in Elmina-Ghana. The Nigeria Black Stallions will face the Elephants of Ivory Coast on Wednesday 31 July 2019 at the Nduom Sports Stadium in Elmina-Ghana for the second of three friendly internationals in the WARS (West African Rugby Series) Ghana Rugby Men’s XVs Invitationals. The WARS (West Africa Rugby Series) was conceived by the President of Ghana…

Ghana won the bid to host the Secretariat of Africa’s Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on the 7th of July 2019 in Niamey, Niger, during the 12th Extra-Ordinary Summit of the African Union Heads of State and Government. Great commendation goes to the Ghana Team and all those who worked behind the scenes diplomatically to ensure this outcome for Ghana. However, beyond the Secretariat, the benefits of the AfCFTA are neither automatic nor ‘decreed’ even as potentially, they can be numerous for many Ghanaians. There is much more work to be done in terms of i) what products that will…

Multi-skilled pan-Africanist and development communicator, Ebi Bright, has joined the race for the up-coming Tema Central constituency primary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). After her approval by the party’s vetting committee in Accra, on Thursday, the aspirant who held the ticket in 2016 and also works in the communication team of former President Jerry John Rawlings said, “It is now time to build and sustain improved party structures to properly engage our constituents and allow more interactions between our leadership and the grassroots. We, however, need to be patient with this process, if it should yield the expected results.”…

Ghana and Israel have signed a cooperation agreement to combat the Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus Disease (CSSVD). Ghana is the world second largest producer of cocoa, the chief ingredient in chocolate. However, a myriad of challenges including diseases, such as the CSSVD, have been militating against annual production targets. In a renewed bid to boost Ghana’s cocoa production, which currently stands around 900,000 metric tonnes, the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) has been implementing a combination of interventions dubbed Productivity Enhancement Programmes (PEPs). These include rehabilitation of moribund cocoa farms, supply of free seedlings to farmers, mass pruning of farms, subsidised…

Ghana and Israel have signed a cooperation agreement to combat the Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus Disease (CSSVD). Ghana is the world second largest producer of cocoa, the chief ingredient in chocolate. However, a myriad of challenges including diseases, such as the CSSVD, have been militating against annual production targets. In a renewed bid to boost Ghana’s cocoa production, which currently stands around 900,000 metric tonnes, the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) has been implementing a combination of interventions dubbed Productivity Enhancement Programmes (PEPs). These include rehabilitation of moribund cocoa farms, supply of free seedlings to farmers, mass pruning of farms, subsidised…