Accra Hearts of Oak yesterday dismissed the bluff of Division One League (DOL), Danbort FC by defeating them 1-0 in their FA Cup quarter final game played at the Accra Sports Stadium, yesterday. The only goal of the game was scored from the spot by defender Vincent Atinga on the 65th minute mark after Hearts’ bulldozer, Patrick Razak had been [...] The post Hearts silence Danbort appeared first on

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged the newly constituted Governing Council of the University of Education, Winneba, to do all within its power to find an amicable settlement to the misunderstandings at the university Speaking at the school’s 21st Congregation over the weekend, the President urged the council to also institute measures to seal the loopholes of waste and [...] The post Resolve

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged the country’s development partners to cut back on the aid and assistance and redirect their attention towards trade and investment in Ghana. “It’s not that we don’t appreciate the aid; we do. But we think that the long term future of our country is best assured if we are standing on our own [...] The post We

Some first cycle schools across Ghana have been provided with free meals to mark the end of the academic year popularly known as ‘Our Day’. Provided by Indomie, a leading noodles brand, the gesture is in line with the brand’s free sampling that takes place in schools throughout Ghana. Each academic term, Indomie is fed to about 1.5 million pupils [...] The post Indomie fetes pupis at “Our

SAVE-Ghana, a non-governmental organisation, has presented 50 mobile devices to the Upper West Regional Directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES) to assist in tracking and fighting teacher absenteeism at the basic school level. The android devices, which were purchased at the cost of GH¢30,000.00, forms part of the implementation of the “Improving Learning Outcomes through ICT and Evidence Base [...] The post UW

Dr Kwame Boakye, a former President of the Ghana Institute of Engineers (GhIE), has asked Ghanaians to embrace Science, Technology, Engineering and Innovation (STEI) as a formidable way to socioeconomic development. According to him, the country can initiate all manner of policies and programmes but without systematic effort to harness opportunities available in STEI, “the nation is going nowhere near [...] The post Increased

Counter-terrorism police in Australia have stopped a suspected plot to bring down an aeroplane, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said. He was speaking after four people were arrested in raids across Sydney. Investigators said they had seized materials in the raids that could have been used to make an improvised explosive device. Mr Turnbull said the raids had been a [...] The post Australia

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta will today present to Parliament for consideration and adoption, the mid-year review of the Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the government for the 2017 financial year ending December 31. It is expected to be followed with a debate by members and taken through other stages of approval in the course of the week. The presentation [...] The post Mid-year

Following the Minister of Education, Dr Mathew Opoku Prempah’s reaffirmation that the free Senior High School (SHS) policy will take off at the beginning of 2017/18 academic year, a debate has ignited over the announcement. While majority of Ghanaians are of the opinion that free SHS is a laudable policy initiative, there are still doubting Thomases who do not believe [...] The post LET’S MAKE

The police have denied media report that 15 illegal miners, popularly known as galamseyers, were trapped to death when a pit caved in at Bankyease, in Patriensa, near Konongo in the Asante Akyem North District of Ashanti, on July 23, this year. The police have indicated that two illegal miners lost their lives in the incident, after a rescue mission [...] The post Police deny Bankyease

A man who allegedly killed his friend over Ghc30.00 has been arrested by the police, here. Kwadwo Afriyie, the suspect, was said to have gone into hiding after allegedly murdering Amos Ekow, on Tuesday, July 25, this year, at Aboabo Mempeasem, in the Asokore Mampong Municipality of Ashanti. He was, however, arrested by the police on yesterday, and placed in [...] The post Man in police

A total of 39 unregistered motorcycles and three vehicles were impounded by the police in a market-day law-enforcement operation, in the Ho municipality of the Volta Region, last Tuesday. Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Ebenezer Doku, Deputy Volta Regional Police Commander, who led the operation, said that some of the motorcycles and vehicles were not registered while others bore fake [...] The post 39

A couple at Anyako in the Volta Region has been arrested by the police for allegedly murdering a fishing-boat owner last Sunday in the town. The suspects, Julius Sena, 26, and his 35-year-old wife, Gbeda Segbefia, were said to have subjected their victim, Kwaku Asempa, to severe beatings for daring to retrieve his missing vessel from them, resulting in his [...] The post Couple arrested for murder