The Association of Gas Tanker Drivers has alleged that Mansco Gas Station, where the huge fire explosion occurred last Saturday, failed to fix electric discharge pumps to detect leakage. The Association, together with an allied group, the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers Association, had jointly issued a directive to all of their members to fix the pumps at the various depots to ensure […]

The member of the Presidential press corp, who died in the line of duty during the Atomic Junction gas explosion will be laid to rest today [Tuesday]. Mohammed Ashley, a cameraman with Net 2 TV,  is one of the seven fatalities recorded after the massive Saturday explosion. He is reported to have fallen to his death from the flyover at Atomic […]

Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko, has disclosed that government has given the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) the clearance to hire 200 auditors to make sure that safety standards are complied with at all gas stations across the country. Speaking after the inauguration of the governing board of the Ghana Gas on Monday, Mr. Agyarko stated that incidents of gas explosions are […]

The University of Professional Students, Accra (UPSA), may consider a court action over the siting of a SEL fuel station behind its premises. The legal officer of the School, Fortunate Fio, has said they will resort to a legal action if the management of the fuel station fails to provide documents to prove their claims that their operation wasapproved by […]

The management of the University of Professional Studies, UPSA, Accra, has said it will support a planned protest by the students of the institution against a fuel station sited close to the school. According to the head of environmental safety at UPSA, Maxwell Buaka, the top priority for the University’s management was the safety of the students, and that the Strategic Energies Limited (SEL) […]

Government has secured clearance for the recruitment of over 200 nurses and health professionals, according to the Minister of Health Kwaku Agyeman Manu. This adds up to the over 16,000 nurses already admitted into the health sector. “So far this year, we have employed just about sixteen thousand of these nurses who were sitting home. In the course of this […]

President of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), James Asare Adjei, has asked the government to hasten the implementation of the ‘Stimulus Package’ it promised,’ saying its delay is prolonging the suffering of already distressed businesses. Upon government’s request, the association, six months ago, presented a list of 100 companies deemed to be in distress for possible selection as beneficiaries […]

As investigations into the cause of Saturday’s huge explosion at Atomic Junction in Accra begins, the President has called for stakeholder support to make new safety policies succeed. A crunch meeting of the relevant government agencies is expected on Thursday, October 12, 2017, to plan the way forward and to prevent a recurrence of the disaster that has claimed at […]

Three persons suspected to be thieves have been picked up by the police at the scene of the gas explosion Saturday night. Deputy Public Relations Officer of the Police Service, DSP Shellia Abayie Buckman, confirmed the arrest to Adom News. In an interview with Adom News’ Kwame Kulenu,  she explained that the three were stealing from shops and other properties […]

The report of Parliament’s Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, on the Office of the Special Prosecutor Bill, is expected to be laid later today [Friday]. This follows the Committee’s conclusion of consultations with various stakeholders concerned with the Bill. The objective of the Bill is to establish a specialized agency to investigate specific cases of corruption involving public officers, […]