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adekay09: Abegi!!! d only thing whatsapp has is that it across various platforms but e no fit stand near bbm jare. IT IS DRY AND BORING!!!! No groups, updates, no broadcasts etc. btw, i use a bb, htc(andriod) and motorola droid(android), Nokia? been there, done dat. they are not in the game right now.

otumfour: GRIDCO To Announce New Load Shedding Schedule

The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCO) is expected to announce a new nationwide load shedding exercise due to a shortfall of 300 megawatt of power supply on the national grid.

The shortfall had occurred due to planned shutdown of a power plant in Takoradi for routine maintenance and a technical problem that had affected gas supply for the West Africa Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCO) to the Volta River Authority (VRA) and the Sunon Asogli plant.

The Takoradi power plant, before the shutdown, supplied 110 megawatts of power to the national grid while the gas-fired Asogli plant, generated 200 megawatts of power.

Briefing journalists at a conference in Accra on Monday, Mr William Hutton-Mensah, Acting Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana, gave the assurance that industries would be given top priority concession during the load shedding exercise, adding that there would be minimum effect on their operations.

He, however, advised the public, especially residents in Accra that would experience power failure every other day during the peak periods, to use energy-efficient appliances to conserve energy.

Mr Maxwell Odoom, Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of Resources for the VRA said, WAPCO shut down its pipelines following loss of pressure around the Lome segments in Togo due to a damage caused to the pipeline by ship’s anchor.

He added that WAPCO had given the assurance that a team of engineers on a vessel from Gabon were expected to reach the faulty pipeline section and to start repair works by tomorrow September 4, 2012.

Mr Odoom who could not state exactly how long it would take to repair and restore gas supply, added that it was the expectation that the unpleasant situation “would not last forever”.

He said in the absence of gas-fired power plants, machines that used Light Crude Oil (OLC) would be switched into use.

Mr Odoom added that there was enough OLC supply to run the available power plants.

The cost of running the crude oil-powered plants is estimated at 45 million dollars for a month.

Mr Kofi Ellis, Director for Planning and Business Development at VRA, however expressed optimism that the power plant at Takoradi was expected to become functional by tomorrow September 4, 2012 to ease the shortfall from the current 300 megawatts to 200 megawatts.

GNA

http://www.modernghana.com/news/415685/1/gridco-to-announce-new-load-shedding-schedule.html

joelala: ignorance is indeed a disease.check facts online and educate your shallow brain before coming down here to spew rubbish...google iphone5 and see technology at its best, laser keyboard, holographic display etc. its the flattest phone ever.

sarutobi: rite back @ ur signature: "do i look like i give a fckk??"

•Robbers kill three policemen, three others •10 injured •Police gun down two suspects •Govt: no cause for alarm
IT was a bloody Sunday in Lagos yesterday.
Rampaging robbers shot dead three policemen, a bureau de change operator, an Okada (commercial motorcycle) rider and a bus driver.
There were reports of more deaths which The Nation could not confirm.
More than 10 people were believed to have been injured. They include an official of the Lagos State Traffic management Authority (LASTMA).
The bureau de change was attacked in Agege. A large amount of foreign currencies was reportedly carted away by the robbers, who killed one of the operators.
But the Lagos State Government assured residents of adequate security. It described the situation as “unfortunate”, urging residents to be vigilant.
The robbers, said to be eight, including two women, drove round in two SUVs - a Prado and an Armada. They shot the policemen who were inside their patrol vehicle near the Guinness Brewery on Oba Akran, Ikeja. Two of the five policemen inside the patrol van died instantly. The third was taken to the hospital, where he died.
A stray bullet hit a six-year- old girl in the eye. Her grandmother was hit on the forehead. They were watching television in their home at 15, Alfa-Nla Street in Agege on the outskirts of the city.
A stray bullet also hit a parked Volvo ambulance with registration number HL 355 AAA belonging to Motolani Medical Centre. It shattered the rear windscreen.
The robbers were said to have been spotted at about 10.35a.m at Ifako-Gbagada from where they reportedly drove through Oshodi to Mile 2 and Agege.
They shot dead an Okada rider in Ijesha on the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway.
At Agege, the police reportedly engaged the robbers who shot sporadically and headed toward Ogba. On their way, a driver of a commercial bus, (Lagos XQ336 EKY) was shot dead. His vehicle crashed into a ditch at the Railway crossing.
The robbers, who made a detour and were retreating through the Oba Akran Road, met the patrol team and double crossed their van.
The bodies of the policemen were first taken to the Area ‘F’ Police Command, Ikeja before being taken to the mortuary.
When our reporter visited Oba Akran in front of Guinness Plc, about 10 patrol vehicles and an Armoured Personal Carrier (APC) were on the scene. An eyewitness, a commercial motorcycle operator who simply identified himself as Kabiru, told The Nation that he was following the SUV in which the robbers were operating, unknown to him that they were armed robbers, until he saw how they suddenly double crossed the patrol team and started shooting at the policemen.
He said: “It was like a war scene. I saw death with my eyes. They shot dead two policemen. I took cover near the war zone.”
Lagos Police chief Umar Manko, who confirmed the incident, said the gunmen were being chased by policemen.
“The police got wind of their operation and were chasing them and, in the process, two officers were killed,” Manko said.
He noted that the hoodlums killed the policemen because the patrol vehicle was met in an Isolated place.
He said he suspected that the bandits had snatched a police communication equipment, with which they monitored police directives.
On the bureau de change killings, the police chief said: “I cannot confirm either the death of the civilians or the robbery at the bureau de change because I do not have that fact, but I’ll contact you once I am put in the know.”
Confirming the attack on of one of its men LASTMA spokesman Richard Omolase said he was informed by zonal head Kester Ademola that the officer was shot at Anthony were the agency has its zonal office.
He gave the name of the affected person as Sosan M, a level four officer. Who is recuperating at the Gbagada General Hospital.
Lagos State Commissioner for Information Lateef Ibirogba described the sporadic shooting by hoodlums as ugly and unfortunate, especially on a Sunday afternoon. He extended regards to the injured.
He said although no society was free of crime, the state government was committed to ensuring that people can go to bed with their eyes closed.”The Lagos State Government will always make sure that there is co-operation between the government and the security agencies to kick crime out of the state. We are putting in our best to get crime and criminals out of Lagos as well as ensure that security agencies live up to their responsibilities.”We will always complement security agencies to make Lagosians and other residents go to bed with their eyes closed,” he said.

berem:
@post,I will go for a confident man.a man who is always in control and not a weakling.being handsome to me doesn't really matter anyway.

PetroDolla: Chei, the warped reasoning of a nigerian! How do you define one country being 'better' than another? For me, I'm glad more Ghanaians have access to drinking water, motorable roads, personal security,education,food than your long-suffering countrymen! nigeria may have a few of the world's richest men, a few nigerians may live in mansions, ride the biggest cars and wear the tallest gele and block highways to celebrate their babies naming ceremonies or their funeral of their in-laws, have exquisite private jets- it's all rubbish in a country where 90% survive on less than $2 a day! By the way, most of the wealth you see being lavished in your accursed country were earned via very dubious means- ritual money,corruption etc. a nigerian will do whatever, and I mean, whatever to make money so he can boast.Hope you are not one of them-even though you sound like one of those ritualists! Well, that may good for you, but we have better values.

For a country suffering from perenial power outages, what's the point in having tall buildings in that country?

Talking about Abuja, how large is Abuja. The whole abuja is not even up to the size of east legon in Accra. So how do you assess the two? and the jury is still out on abuja. Let'd wait for a few more years and see whwther your abuja will remain the same abuja, idiota

PetroDolla: Otumfour, Nana Dasebre

Otumfour, Nana Dasebre don't mind these clueless,fuelish people. They won't listen to a simple advice that those who live in a glass house don't throw stones they like to look for trouble for themselves too often-trouble dey sleep naija man don go wake am ooooh Otumfour, I dey-with my vergeltungswafenn

Shaw007: what about Ghana,i cant even point out any tribe,

Shaw007: .YOUR ENTIRE LIFE,av u ever stepped outta Ghene?

Shaw007: and why did you run off last night??
Or maybe u were here and ur blackish skin only made you invisible in d nIght

Rudebwoy: According to what Ghana Celebrities reported, two top Ghanaian celebrities, Yvonne Nelson and Mzbel are at loggerheads with each other over Nigerian rapper, Ice Prince, who may not know that they exist or aware that both ladies are fighting over him after allegedly fathering a child out of wedlock.
It was reported that Mzbel had disclosed to a mutual friend of both celebs about how Yvonne is dying to make Ice Prince notice her and maybe go down low with him. This mutual friend then reportedly told Yvonne about what Mzbel said about Yvonne behind her.

Not happy with the way Mzbel allegedly back-stabbed her, Yvonne was accused of doing what Ruggedman reportedly did to 9ice during their hyped 'fight' by recording her conversation with Mzbel, when she (Mzbel) later reportedly called to apologise for her wrong doing and also explain that the mutual friend had added some spices to exaggerate the real gist to make it look offensive.

The recorded conversation, as reported, was sent out on BlackBerry to some friends by Yvonne, which has reportedly been used as ringtones in Ghana.

It was also reported that Yvonne accused Mzbel of getting jealous of her success and beauty. There have been talks that Yvonne lives with her parents in a rented apartment in Dansoman, Ghana while her over hyped boutique is said to be a cheap 'container shop'.

There are reports that one of the parties has threatened to ruin the career of the other. Will this end here? Maybe when Ice Prince settles the fracas in whatever way he can.

You will recall that not too long ago, there were rumour that Yvonne was in a sizzling romance with 'Kukere' master, Iyanya, which was denied. http://m.naij.com/news/7758.html