The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that the 2020 Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) will be released on Sunday, February 28. A statement issued by the Service on Friday said a total of 494,530 candidates out of 533,693 candidates qualified to be placed into Senior High Schools (SHS) and Technical and Vocational […]
Foreign Minister-designate, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway says for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to achieve its Vision 2050 agenda, the role of traditional and religious leaders cannot be underestimated. At a consultative meeting to discuss ECOWAS Vision 2050, the minister said inputs from the leaders will be needed for a peaceful, prosperous and […]
The Minister-designate for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has encouraged Spanish investors to take advantage of opportunities in Ghana where she mentioned that the start of trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) with a market size of 1.2 billion, will provide a big opportunity for Spanish businesses. The minister […]
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), James Oppong Boanuh, has urged officers of the Ghana Police Service to enforce the laws in cases involving lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) persons. This comes in the wake of the closure of an office space for a group, LGBT+ Rights Ghana at Kwabenya in Accra […]
Former Ghanaian International Nii Odartey Lamptey has been appointed coach of Ghana Premier league side Elmina Sharks. The appointment is on an interim basis. Elmina Sharks parted ways with three members of their technical team members which included the former head coach Yaw Acheampong, his assistant and the goalkeeper’s trainer on Thursday. Odartey has been […]
Residents of Sekondi-Takoradi and its environs in the Western Region who rely on water from the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) for their various daily activities will have to continue to consider other alternative means of getting water as drawing, treatment and subsequent distribution of potable water from the company continue to reduce. “If possible, […]
The Member of Parliament for Oforikrom Constituency in the Ashanti Region has charged his colleagues to embark on a sensitisation campaign to get their constituents to get involved in the Covid-19 vaccination. Ghana is set to begin vaccination from Tuesday, March 2 after receiving 600,000 doses of COVAX vaccines from the Serum Institute of India […]
President of the Nursing and Midwifery Council Perpetual Ofori-Ampofo has admitted that one would experience headache-related illness moments after taking the Covid-19 vaccination but that is normal about every vaccination. She said after taking the vaccines, it must work to adjust with the body system and that could cause a little headache but that will […]
Specialist at the Institutional Care Division of the Ghana Health Service Dr. Jacob Abebrese has revealed that the world was able to eradicate small pox totally because of vaccination. He said without vaccines, the world would not have been able to eradicate the disease. Dr. Abebrese made the observation during a COVID-19 Vaccine Forum organized […]
The West African Competitiveness Programme (WACOMP)-Ghana funded by the European Union and implemented by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Global Shea Alliance (GSA) on Wednesday trained over 40 Shea-based entrepreneurs in cosmetics packaging in Accra. Mr. Charles Kwame Sackey, the WACOMP-Ghana Chief Technical Advisor in a keynote address said the training, […]
The world’s first and only national-scale drone delivery service, Zipline, has announced a successful collaboration with UPS and The UPS Foundation to assist the government of Ghana in the delivery of Covid-19 vaccines across the country. Supported by the coordination of UPS Healthcare with vaccine manufacturers, UPS deliveries of initial vaccines arrived last Wednesday in […]
Member of Parliament for Tamale South Haruna Iddrisu has rejected activities of homosexuals in the country. He said he has never seen a male goat or a male cow running after a male goat or male cow. He said this when the Minister-designate for Tourism, Arts & Culturem Dr Mohammed Awal told the Appointments Committee […]
Minister-designate for Tourism, Arts & Culture Dr Mohammed Awal has told the Appointments Committee of Parliament that the cultural values in Ghana frown on homosexuality. He said on Thursday February 25 that those values will be enforced strictly against such practices in the country. Mr Haruna Iddrisu who is Member of Parliament for Tamale South, […]
Member of Parliament for Kwesimentsim Constituency Dr Prince Hamid Armah has argued that the country’s cultural and societal construction enjoin an MP to necessarily go beyond his legislative role in order to become a complete representative of the people. He said in order for “you to succeed as an MP in Ghana, while you are […]
The Krowor Cluster of Schools has been shut down due to an attack on a Social Studies teacher by residents of the community. The teacher is currently receiving treatment at the LEKMA Polyclini in Accra. The General Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Thomas Musah Tanko, has asked the Ghana Police Service […]
Development experts want Ghanaians to rise and fight against the payment of judgement debts which according to them has militated against the country’s socio-economic development. This came up in Media General’s continuous exploration of the issues of judgement debt and what their continuous payment could potentially mean to the development of society. For a country […]
The president of the Eastern Regional Youth for Development Mr Evans Yaw Appiah has cautioned the government, Christian Council, the Inspector General of Police, the media and the general public to reject homosexuals in the country. He said the laws of the land are against such practices in Ghana therefore, all must act in compliance […]
Senegal’s President Macky Sall has taken his Covid-19 jab live on television. The West African state has inoculated more than 4,000 people since it launched its vaccination campaign two days ago, following the arrival of 200,000 doses of China’s Siopharm vaccine. Last week, Mr Sall said the government bought the vaccine, and did not wait […]
Hundreds of schoolgirls are feared to have been kidnapped in the north-western state of Zamfara. A teacher told the BBC that at least 300 students were unaccounted for after the Friday morning attack by gunmen. A spokesman for the state’s governor has confirmed the attack but did not give details. This is the latest mass […]
One person has been confirmed dead after sustaining a gunshot wound following a confrontation between residents of Adwumakaase-Kese in the Afigya Kwabre South District of the Ashanti Region and the police, Thursday morning. There was disagreement between the police and the residents when the youth demanded the reasons for the arrest of one of their […]
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