The European Union (EU) has lifted the ban on exports of five vegetable crops to the EU market. The European Commission (EC) in October 2015 placed a moratorium on the introduction of five vegetables, comprising chilli pepper, bottle gourds, luffa gourds, bitter gourds and eggplants into the EU markets from Ghana until December 2016 for what it described as “an [...] The post EU lifts

The Presbyterian Boys Senior High School (SHS), Legon, has emerged winners of the 2017 edition of the Model Bridge contest. The civil engineering challenge involved the designing of a model bridge with wood, strings, glue and other materials. Dubbed “Building bridges-connecting people” the initiative by Knight Piesold (KP) Consulting sought to heighten the interest of science students attending public SHS in civil engineering. [...] The post Presby

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has commissioned a five kilowatt solar panel for the Accra Girls Senior High School, to improve power supply to the school. The 130,000 euros facility was developed under the AMA-European Union (EU) Strategic Energy Advisory Services Project. The project was funded by the Kumasi Institute of Technology, Energy and Environment, EU, the governments of Australia, [...] The post Accra

The hierarchy of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), is yet to receive any official petition demanding the reinstatement of its suspended General Secretary, Kwabena Agyepong. This is regardless of a number of groups making appeals in the media for the party’s hierarchy to forgive him. The NPP suspended its Second Vice Chairman, Sammy Crabbe, alongside Mr. Agyepong in 2015, after they were [...] The post No

National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Portuphy has stated that the party is gearing up to kick the ruling government out of power and stage a comeback in the 2020 polls. He explained that the party among other things is focusing on setting its foundations right and correcting previous errors that may have cost them victory in [...] The post NDC gearing up

Professor Ransford Gyampo, Head of the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana, has described as excessive Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s response to former President John Mahama in connection with the $2.5 million National Digital Addressing System which the latter described as “419”. In his response, Dr Bawumia described Mr Mahama as “clueless” and “ignorant” and that the former [...] The post Bawumia’s

The President will not sack Ghana’s High Commissioner to South Africa, George Ayisi-Boateng, despite calls by a section of the public for him to do so. Mr Ayisi-Boateng earned the wrath of some Ghanaians when he declared at an event for the youth of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) that he will put their interests above other Ghanaians in the [...] The post Pres has forgiven Ayisi-Boateng—

A Danish man whose freezer contained women’s genitals has been found guilty of various crimes by a South African court – but not female genital mutilation. Peter Frederiksen was found guilty of rape, production and possession of child pornography, conspiracy to murder and numerous other charges. But the charges relating to mutilating women were dropped last month. A judge was [...] The post Danish

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has accused Iran of an act of “direct military aggression” by supplying missiles to rebels in Yemen. This “may be considered an act of war”, state media quoted the prince as telling UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson in a telephone conversation. On Saturday, a ballistic missile was intercepted near the Saudi capital. Iran [...] The post Saudis

The decision of the previous government to convert the three campuses of the University for Development Studies (UDS) into autonomous campuses has been put on ice.   In a bid to ensure each of the ten regions of the country had a public university the outgone government constituted a committee, chaired by retired educationist, Dr Christine Amoako-Nuamah, to make recommendations [...] The post Govt

The announcement yesterday that the European Union (EU) has lifted the ban on five Ghanaian plant exports to the European market must be welcome news to many Ghanaians. According to the EU from January 1, 2018, Ghanaian farmers will be able to resume exports of all plant commodities to the EU market following the lifting of the ban on the [...] The post The EU lifting of ban on 5 agricultural

The Central Regional Police Command has arrested seven suspected criminals at Kasoa, Winneba and Cape Coast, for allegedly engaging in criminal activities and causing harm to individuals. The arrest comes in the wake of intense campaign dubbed “Operation hit hard” launched by the police to curtail criminal activities in the region. Godwin Ameka, a driver, Prince Owusu an apprentice, Kweku [...] The post C/Regional

An Accra circuit court, has granted GH¢60,500 bail with two sureties to Asiamah Boadi, the Managing Director (MD) of MET Capital Group, for defrauding by false pretences. He was said to have defrauded Samuel Adofo, a building technician, of GH¢61,312.82 meant for investment. The accused pleaded not guilty to defrauding by false pretences and breach of public trust contrary to [...] The post MD