Not one to shirk controversy, Alhaji Grusah was the centre of attraction for a number of minutes at the GFA’s Extraordinary Congress on Thursday. Tempers flared after the outspoken football official, during his submission on the proposals for the new statutes, described the Regional Football Association Chairmen as ‘goro boys’. ‘Goro boys’ is a pejorative […] The post Alhaji

Police in Kumasi have picked up five members of the University Hall popularly known as Katanga of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). The arrest followed the deployment of officers to an area known as Maxima to disperse a gathering of students and alumni. The reason for the arrest is unclear. Earlier […] The post Kumasi: Police pick up five

Police in Kumasi have picked up five members of the University Hall popularly known as Katanga of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). The arrest followed the deployment of officers to an area known as Maxima to disperse a gathering of students and alumni. The reason for the gathering is unclear. Earlier […] The post Kumasi: Police

An eight-year-old girl has been killed and her body dumped in a bush in Nyive within the Ho Municipality of the Volta Region. Police reports say the girl was sent on an errand within the township by her mother, Abalo Serwa, but the girl never returned home. The failure of the young girl to return […] The post Ho: Eight-year-old girl found dead in bush appeared first on

The Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the National Youth Authority (NYA) in charge of Programmes and Operations, Bright Kwabena Acheampong, who was sacked recently, says he blew the whistle on some questionable deals at the authority. Mr. Acheampong was sacked by the President on Tuesday alongside the other NYA deputy, who was in charge of […] The post I served as whistleblower

Management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and the global alumni association of the school have urged for calm following what appears to be renewed agitations over the conversion of halls of residence there. In separate statements, the two bodies asked students, alumni and other interested parties to be patient and […] The post KNUST

A final year student at the University of Ghana has reportedly committed suicide. The reason for his death is  however not clear, but reports indicate that it was as a result of poor grades in school and was set to repeat a class. Tributes have been pouring in on social media for Joseph Opuni after […] The post UG medical school student allegedly commits

The Ghana Book Publishers Association wants the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) to grant it more time to prepare and submit quality textbooks for the new curriculum for Kindergarten one to primary six. The textbooks are supposed to be introduced in the 2019/2020 academic year. NaCCA had earlier called on book publishers and […] The post We

A political pressure group known as the Coalition for National Sovereignty has served notice that it would embark on a mass nationwide protest over what it describes as economic hardships. The Coalition has cited corruption, insecurity, fuel and utility hikes, as well as rising taxes as major factors contributing to the hardships of the citizenry. […] The post Kumasi:

The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has denied employing the services of one Clement Gyato to reclaim government lands on its behalf. Mr Gyato, who claims he has been contracted by the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, has allegedly been terrorizing residents in some parts of Accra, with the help of land guards. […] The post We’ve not contracted

Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) says the reduction of processing time for payments of benefits from 21 days to 17 days is an indication of progress at the institution. “This is a remarkable improvement from 47 days in 2016, and 21 days in 2018, similarly old age lump sum is now 10 days and […] The post Reduced payment time evidence of our progress

South Africa has temporarily closed its diplomatic missions in Nigeria following reprisal attacks by Nigerians triggered by xenophobic violence in South Africa. Between Sunday and Wednesday, mobs looted and destroyed shops, many of them foreign-owned, in South Africa’s commercial hub, Johannesburg. Nigeria’s government has been outspoken in its condemnation of the violence. Police say the […] The post South

The Government is expected to join the World Economic Forum’s Global Plastic Action Partnership in October 2019. The World Economic Forum in a statement said President Nana Akufo-Addo and Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation will formally announce the partnership next month. Ghana will become the first country in Africa to sign […] The post Ghana

A lecturer at the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa, Dr. Frank Boateng, has donated a brand new wheelchair to James Eduful, the disabled football coach who was the subject of a Citi TV documentary last month. This follows Citi TV’s airing of the documentary titled “Coach Sympathy: Tactics on a Wheelchair”, which focused […] The post Lecturer

Ghana and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Wednesday signed a concessional loan agreement, under the ‘Saudi Fund for Development’ to finance the construction of health projects in the Upper East Region. The loan, among other things, would help to supply the installation of medical equipment to the Adjunct Clinical Block at the Bolgatanga Regional […] The post Ghana,

Aggrieved supporters of Massawudu Mubarick, the disqualified parliamentary aspirant in the Asawase Constituency, burned car tyres near the Ashanti Regional National Democratic Congress (NDC) office in protest of the disqualification. Smoke from the fires, however, engulfed the nearby party office. The Functional Executive Committee (FEC) of the NDC in a statement last Tuesday disqualified Massawudu […] The post Asawase

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has declared a strike beginning today, Thursday over the inability of the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the Public Services Commission to facilitate their promotions. According to the association, the failure of the Public Service Commission’s to amend their records has led to delays of promotional interviews. At […] The post NAGRAT

It has come to the notice of Citi TV, the organisers of music reality show, Voice Factory, that some unscrupulous persons are using fake accounts to contract artistes to perform at the grand finale of the contest. We want to state that we have nothing to do with such posts. All the four artistes performing […] The post DISCLAIMER: We’re

The sole arbiter in the Bimbilla chieftaincy dispute, Awoamefia of Anlo State, Togbe Sri III has assured factions in the Bimbilla chieftaincy dispute that he will not allow internal or external influence to affect the mediation process. Togbe Sri gave the assurance when he met the factions separately at a meeting in Tamale on Wednesday. […] The post I’ll resolve

The sole arbiter in the Bimbilla chieftaincy dispute, Awoamefia of Anlo State, Togbe Sri III has assured factions in the Bimbilla chieftaincy dispute that he will not allow internal or external influence to affect the mediation process. Togbe Sri gave the assurance when he met the factions separately at a meeting in Tamale on Wednesday. […] The post I’ll resolve