First Lady of the Republic, Mrs. Rebecca Naa Okaikor Akufo-Addo has through the Rebecca Foundation and the Chinese Embassy in Ghana presented nose masks to SHS final year students in some selected secondary schools in the Greater Accra Region, as they sit for the 2021 West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). In all One […]
The Minister of National Security, Albert Kan Dapaah on Tuesday September 28 engaged selected journalists on the new National Security Strategy document. Mr Kan Dapaah indicated that the reliance of Ghanaians on radio/television is the reason the national security apparatus is engaging with the media to shed light on security challenges such as armed robbery, […]
The Social Democracy and Development Dialogue Forum – Africa (SDDDF-Africa) has said it is alarmed and is filled with revulsion over the Nana Akufo Addo-led government’s decision to procure a brand new presidential jet. In the view of SDDDF-Africa, any process to acquire a new and bigger Presidential Jet is unnecessary and must cease forthwith […]
The Minority in Parliament has indicated it will file a private members motion to compel government to complete abandoned district hospitals. Some opposition members on the Select Committee on Health on an unannounced inspection of the gang of 7 district hospitals started by the erstwhile Mahama administration are daring the government to put out a […]
Champions League debutants Sheriff Tiraspol produced one of the great shocks in the competition as they upstaged 13-time champions Real Madrid 2-1 at the Bernabeu on Tuesday night. The stunning result was achieved by a collective effort from players who had the opportunity to play for Sheriff, including Ghanaian Edmund Addo. The midfielder never panicked […]
The Safe Haven Cancer Support Society and the Safe Haven Cancer Society will embark on a health walk exercise in three countries across the globe – Ghana, the United Kingdom and Canada. The health walk, which will start at the Ridge Church, Accra and will continue through some principal streets of Accra and back to […]
Member of Parliament for Tamale Central Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, has expressed misgivings about the recently released Ejura Committee Report into the killings that ensued after the murder of the social activist Macho Kaaka, saying the committee did a shambolic work based on their outcome. He said the Ashanti Regional Minister Simon Osei-Mensah should have been […]
The Right to Information (RTI) Commission has been prevailed upon to expedite action on the processes would see the passage of the needed Legislative Instrument for the full operationalization of the Right to Information law. The Right to Information Bill was passed by the 7th Parliament of the 4th Republic on March 26, 2019, and […]
The two thousand and thirty-four (2,034) LLB candidates who failed the law school entrance examination have been told to be cautious the country they select to further their legal education in. The President of the Students Representative Council (SRC) of the Ghana School of Law, Mr Wonder Victor Kutor, explained that there are particular countries […]
The Director General of the Ghana Aids Commission (GAC), Kyeremeh Atuahene, has raised concerns about the bill seeking to criminalise homosexuality in all its forms in Ghana. Mr Atuahene said the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, in its current form, poses a lot of challenges to HIV and AIDS […]
The President of the Students Representative Council (SRC) of the Ghana School of Law, Mr Wonder Victor Kutor, has revealed that 65 per cent of lawyers called to the Gambia Bar this year are Ghanaians who failed the law entrance examinations in Ghana. After Ghana failed them, he explained, they applied to study in the […]
A Class Four (now Basic Four) teacher at the Kaasa Basic School in Siniesi in the Builsa North District of the Upper East Region, Freeman Gebute, has creatively modelled some tourist sites to help his pupils who are unable to afford an educational trip better imagine the heritage sites. Freeman said he was compelled by […]
Including the six finalists that would wow patrons at the finals, these remarkable women are poised for thrilling performances at the grand finale happening this Sunday, 3rd October, at the National Theatre. Prepare to be wowed as you are educated and entertained throughout the night. A night of the finest and talented women to ever […]
The President of the Students Representative Council (SRC) of the Ghana School of Law, Mr Wonder Victor Kutor, has called for an all-inclusive approach in dealing with the causes of the mass law school entrance examination failure in order to be able to deal with the situation properly. He attributed the mass failure to, among […]
The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) has described as “palpably false, frivolous, unfounded and malicious” claims that the current leadership is corrupt. “It was only calculated to tarnish the image of the leadership of GSFP and bring the name of the secretariat into disrepute,” a newspaper rejoinder issued by the Programme on Tuesday, September 28 […]
A member of the ministerial committee of inquiry set up to probe the circumstances that led to the June 29 deadly disturbances in Ejura in the Ashanti Region has dared critics of the 55-page report to take them on if they find a disconnect in the findings, conclusions and recommendations. Dr Vladimir Antwi Danso stressed […]
Guinness Ghana and Ghanaian dance guru Incredible Zigi will give out the latest iPhone 13 and more goodies in the Black Shines Brightest Dance Challenge. The dance challenge is a call from Guinness to everyone bold, golden, bright, and ready to be a part of the wave of cultural change-makers in Ghana. To mark the […]
The Nigerian government says it has suspended the passports of more than 2,000 Nigerians accused of violating Covid-prevention protocols after returning from abroad. Dr Mukhtar Mohammed, who sits on the president’s Covid committee, said that the passports would remain suspended for a year. As the country anticipates a third wave of infections, Nigeria appears to […]
Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao has announced his retirement from the sport to focus on his political career. The multi-division world champion, who is a senator in his native Philippines, has already announced his intention to run for president in the country’s 2022 elections. The 42-year-old’s final fight was a defeat by Cuba’s Yordenis Ugas in […]
The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) with support from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Ghana has held a day’s stakeholder consultative workshop to comprehensively review the draft Operational Manual for the implementation of the programme. The objective of the workshop was to ensure broader engagement with Regional Coordinators, Zonal Coordinators and other regional staff […]
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