Yearly Archives: 2019

Free SHS taking many students – Mahama weeps

Former President John Mahama appears to be unhappy with the opportunity given to tens of thousands of Ghanaian students, especially those from poor homes to access education under the Free Senior High School (SHS) programme. He expressed frustration with the large intake of students under the programme once again, even …

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Medical council inducts 106 newly qualified practitioners

The Medical and Dental Council (MDC) of Ghana, on Friday, inducted 106 newly qualified doctors, who were trained both locally and abroad. They included professionals trained by the University of Ghana, and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, as well as those who …

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Police vehicle kills teacher at Ada

A teacher of Kpotame District Assembly (D/A) Primary School in the Ada East District of the Greater Accra Region, has been killed by a police vehicle at Aphamaga, a suburb of Kasseh along the Tema-Aflao Highway. The white police Kia truck with registration number GP 3283 assigned to the workshop …

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Close down Kpone landfill site – Residents

Residents of Kpone, capital of Kpone–Katamanso Municipality in the Greater Accra Region, are calling for the closure of the Kpone Land Fill site due to health concerns. Presenting a petition to authorities at a town hall meeting organized by the Municipal Assembly in Kpone, Joseph Tetteh, lead speaker of the …

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I never thought of selling Komenda sugar factory – Mahama

Former President John Dramani Mahama has stated emphatically that his government never made any attempt to sell the Komenda sugar factory. This statement by the former president is contrary to claims by the Minister of Trade and Industry Alan Kyerematen that the erstwhile administration had wanted to sell the factory. …

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Expedite passage of ‘Custodial Sentence Bill’- Prison P.R.O

Assistant Superintendent of Prison (ASP) Johann Nartey, the Regional Public Relations Officer of the Brong-Ahafo Prison Command has appealed to Parliament to expedite the passage of the Custodial Sentence Bill to ease the country’s prisons from overcrowding. ASP Nartey made the appeal in an interview with the Ghana News Agency …

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Mahama cries over Free SHS again

It seems former President John Mahama is not doing away with sharp bitterness towards the introduction of the Free Senior High School (SHS) programme by the Nana Addo led government. The former President whose opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) party claims to be a socialist party and as such expected …

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Fake prophet arrested

The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested a self-styled man of God for allegedly defrauding a woman of her money through false prophecies. The suspect Francis Kojo Mudor, according to the police, prophesied to the victim that she would die through an attack by armed robbers. He managed to collect …

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