The 2019 edition of the Educom awards was held successfully over the weekend. The Educom awards which is organized by Neogenics Education seeks to reward deserving individuals and organizations making strides in the country’s educational sector. The Chief Executive of Neogenics Education, Mr Grant Bulmuo in his address expressed his satisfaction at the change of […] The post 2019

Four auditing firms of the seven banks that collapsed in 2017 and 2018, have been sanctioned by the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana (ICAG). The four have been sanctioned for non-compliance with auditing standards. The sanctions followed the completion of an enquiry into the role of the auditors in the collapse of the seven banks […] The post Four auditors sanctioned over

Lawyer for the Ghana First Company limited, a waste management firm, Charles Bentum, has challenged contractors who claim the company is indebted to them to submit progress of work certificates for payment. The Ghana First company, under a Public-Private Partnership with the government is constructing 20,000 units of modern automated toilet facilities across all Metropolitan, […] The post ‘Ghana

Award-winning poet, Apiorkor Seyiram Ashong-Abbey, will on Wednesday, September 4, 2019, perform some of her great works at the Geothe-Institut in Accra. Also a literary critic, gender activist and versatile creative, her poems embrace a prosaic style alongside sharp, vivid and vibrant imagery which have captivated audiences in Ghana and beyond. Currently, a senior producer […] The post Abansoro:

Five naval officers have been accused of assaulting a road user who filmed their truck after their driver was reportedly caught driving on the shoulders of the road at Tema Newtown. The road user who was alarmed by the recklessness of the driver disclosed that, the naval officers who noticed as he filmed them, dragged […] The post #WAI: Naval officers

Africa’s leading financial institution, United Bank for Africa Plc has announced its audited half-year financial results for the period ended June 2019, showing impressive growth across key performance indices as well as a significant contribution from its African subsidiaries. In spite of the increasingly unpredictable environment witnessed in some of its countries of operations, the […] The post UBA

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) is calling on the government to relay the Public Officers Code of Conduct Bill before Parliament for consideration and passage. The CHRAJ sponsored Bill went through Parliament under the speakership of Edward Doe Adjahoe but has since been truncated on technical grounds. The Commission is currently […] The post CHRAJ

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) is calling on the government to relay the Public Officers Code of Conduct Bill before Parliament for consideration and passage. The CHRAJ sponsored Bill went through Parliament under the speakership of Edward Doe Adjahoe but has since been truncated on technical grounds. The Commission is currently […] The post CHRAJ

An Okada rider, George Nanpagan, and a businessman, Nicholas Odor, are currently in the grip of the Accra Police Command for attempting to purchase an AK-47 rifle. According to the police, the latter gave an amount of GHc5,500 to the former to initiate the transaction. The two have been charged with abetment to commit a […] The post Two arrested over sale of assault rifle appeared

The Coalition of Textile Workers has given the government a week to implement the road map agreed upon to help fight against piracy, counterfeiting and smuggling of Textile products. A key part of the road map involves the use of tax stamps to distinguish between the authentic and the counterfeit goods. This was to take […] The post Gov’t given ultimatum to weed out fake

The key suspect in the killing of some two police officers at Gomoa Buduburam, Eric Kojo Duah and six other accomplices have been remanded into police custody. The Kaneshie Magistrate Court remanded the seven suspects to enable the police to complete their investigations. The seven suspects are to reappear before the court on September 26, […] The post Police killings

A mentally-ill man has been shot dead after he stormed the Kwabeng Police Station with a machete in the Eastern Region. According to the Eastern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ebenezer Tetteh, the deceased besieged the police premises on Sunday, September 1st,  threatening to kill officers on duty. The two officers present fled the […] The post E/R: Police kill mentally-ill

A mentally ill man has been shot dead after he stormed the Kwabeng Police Station with a machete in the Eastern Region. According to the Eastern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ebenezer Tetteh, the deceased besieged the police premises on Sunday, September 1st,  threatening to kill officers on duty. The two officers present fled […] The post E/R: Mentally ill

In an impassioned keynote speech, delivered before global leaders, at the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Yokohama, Japan, African investor and philanthropist, Tony O. Elumelu CON, challenged the Government of Japan to invest 5% of its $50billion commitment to Africa, in empowering African entrepreneurs. “At TICAD 2016 in Kenya, Japan pledged […] The post Partner

Academic work at the Yamfo College of Health in the Tano North Municipality of the Ahafo Region has come to a halt after the Sunyani High Court placed an injunction on teaching and learning following allegations that the school was allegedly running programs without accreditation. The injunction was sought by some aggrieved students after it […] The post Students

A Member of Parliament’s Education Committee, Peter Notsu Kotoe has denied claims by the University of Ghana that Parliament is partly to blame for the accommodation woes the school is facing. As it stands now, more than 9,000 newly admitted students have been left stranded as they struggle for places of residence on campus. Following […] The post Parliament

Global departmental store chain, Miniso, is set to officially launch its operations in Ghana this September to serve the Ghanaian market with its wide variety, trendy and durable products at very attractive price points. Miniso is a Japanese designer global brand with operations in over 80 countries across Europe, the Americas, Africa, Australia and Asia. […] The post Global

The Ministry of Education has indicated that it has already awarded contracts to make the E-blocks constructed under the Mahama administration boarding facilities to ease the accommodation challenges brought on by the implementation of the Free Senior High School initiative. Public Relations Officer of the Ministry, Vincent Ekow Assafuah says this has become necessary given […] The post Gov’t

A Communications Director of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Central Tongu Constituency of the Volta Region, Cartious Aziedu has allegedly been assaulted by persons believed to be supporters of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP). According to eyewitness accounts, the NPP Youth Organiser in the Constituency, Wugah Mawutor, allegedly led a team […] The post V/R:

An Accra High Court has adjourned the lawsuit involving the shareholders of defunct uniCredit savings and loans company limited and the Bank of Ghana over the revocation of the license of the company. The court subsequently adjourned the case to 19th September 2019. The adjournment of the case was as a result of the inability […] The post Court adjourns uniCredit’s