About 307 students in the Bawku Municipality from the green track of the double track system of the free Senior High School programme are receiving free extra classes to help them cover the school syllabus. Parents of the students arranged and organised the classes for the students who are the first batch of the double track system and are presently [...] The post 307 double
Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, the Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, has challenged private universities to rebrand themselves with innovative programmes that would make them competitive. He said the establishment of a private university should be a market-driven process and not a fashionable enterprise. “Every university should have its area or areas of strength. The mode of teaching in most [...] The post Private
Delta Air Lines has sponsored the 8th annual Company of the Year (COY) competition for high school entrepreneurs organised by Junior Achievement (JA) Africa. The competition held in Accra is Africa’s premier pitch competition for high school students and the culmination of JA’s highly acclaimed company programme which teaches introductory business to thousands of students in Africa every year. This [...] The post High
Former President John Mahama is keen on making history as the first former President to be re-elected as Head of State. He is already looking beyond the National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential primary on January 26, 2019 as his party’s prospects “are very bright” saying “I believe the NDC will write a page in the history books of the country [...] The post Mahama
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) focusing on the fight against corruption are demanding more radical measures from the government in the fight against corruption because the fight against corruption has stalled in the last decade. The nation has been known to have consistently high perceptions of corruption and has stagnated in the fight against corruption for the last 10 years, in [...] The post CSOs
A human rights lawyer, Francis Xavier Sosu has challenged the authority of the police in their arrest of two persons alleged to have gone to a shrine in the Volta Region to cast spells on some senior government officials including the president and the Asantehene. According to him, no aspect of the constitution criminalises the exercise of people’s religious rights [...] The post Rights
Retired Supreme Court Judge, Justice William Atuguba has insisted that the verdict of the 2012 presidential election petition was decided by the Supreme Court through divine guidance. The Supreme Court’s verdict of the presidential election petition endorsed the victory of the then President John Mahama after the December 7, 2012 general elections. Mr Justice Atuguba indicated that through prayer and [...] The post Justice
EVEN though a GH?100, 000 reprieve has been given them, the eight National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate aspirants who had petitioned the Council of Elders of the party leading to the reduction of the filling fee will be pushing for a further reduction of the fee, one of the candidates who does not want to be named had told [...] The post 8
Ekow Hayford, the Member of Parliament for Mfantseman in the Central Region, has expressed worry that the legislative arm of the government has still been unable to reach the 30 per cent mark set by the United Nations. He noted that the proportion of women in parliament was still 10 per cent of total membership of the House. In a [...] The post ‘Marginal progress made in women’s
Nigeria’s main opposition candidate did not attend an event on Tuesday to sign an election agreement stating a commitment to hold a peaceful election early next year due to a “communication lapse”, his party said. The opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) confirmed in an emailed statement on Tuesday that its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, had not participated in the signing ahead [...] The post Nigerian
Police in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) fired teargas and live bullets for a second day on Wednesday to disperse supporters of opposition presidential candidate Martin Fayulu, killing at least one person, local activists said. Campaigning over the past three weeks for the long-delayed December 23 election has been mostly peaceful, but the flare-ups in the southeastern Katanga region have [...] The post DR
Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has signed a deal for the construction of a hydro-electric power plant in one of East Africa’s best-known game reserves, amid criticism from environmentalists. The deal, worth $3bn (Gh?14.91bn), envisages the construction of a dam on the Rufiji River in the Selous Game Reserve, a United Nations Educational Scientific Culture Organisation ( UNESCO) World Heritage site. [...] The post Environmentalists
The Volta Regional Police Command has arrested four persons and intercepted 50 large sacks and another consignment of leaves, suspected to be cannabis worth GH¢300,000.00 at Kaira in the South Dayi District of the Volta Region. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Ebenezer Doku, the Regional Police Commander, at a press briefing in Ho, said last Saturday, at midnight, the police [...] The post V/Region
An Accra circuit court on Tuesday remanded an unemployed in police custody for stealing items worth $9,675. Dennis Adu, denied conspiring with one Gyimah and Mohammed, his accomplices, to unlawfully enter the premise of Madam Ellen Arthur to steal a number of her personal effects valued at $9,675. He is to make his next appearance on December 19, [...] The post Man remanded for theft appeared
The Juaben Circuit Court in the Ashanti Region has granted a GH¢5,000.00 bail with a surety each, to four persons suspected to be in possession and smoking Indian hemp at Tafo, near Kumasi. Tongo Boazo, 53, a watchman, Opoku Gyimah, 26, mason, Kwabena Eric, 24, unemployed, and Fred Nana Acheampong, 17, a student, pleaded not guilty and would appear [...] The post 4 granted bail for possessing
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