The Africa Education Watch has petitioned the Parliamentary Select Committee on Education to investigate the circumstances leading to the leakage of confidential identity contacts of examiners scheduled to mark this year’s West Africa Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) papers. The Education Africa Watch also wants the committee to cause the …
Read More »IGP must protect Tracey Boakye over death threats – Peace Watch
President of Peace Watch Ghana, Madam Diana Nyonkopa Daniels, has called on the police to offer protection to Ghanaian actress Tracey Boakye following her allegation that she has started receiving death threats from some members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). She said if it is indeed true that the …
Read More »NUGS condemns leakage of WASSCE papers
The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has strongly condemned the leakage of examination papers in the ongoing 2020 West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Several papers in the ongoing WASSCE including Economics, English have been leaked on social media with answers. This leakage follows agitations by students who …
Read More »Video shows police officer placing a knee on boy’s neck during arrest in Germany
Authorities in Germany have opened an investigation after Dusseldorf Police officers were filmed pinning a boy to the ground and kneeling on his neck as they tried to arrest him. The incident happened at around 7.30 pm in Dusseldorf’s Old Town on August 15. Video footage shared online …
Read More »Reading Will Enhance Quality Education—First Lady Rebecca
The First Lady of the Republic, H.E. Mrs. Rebecca Naa Okaikor Akufo-Addo has identified reading as the sure panacea to enhancing the quality of education and deepening the intellect of the youth. According to her, a people with high literacy skills are better positioned to expedite the development of a …
Read More »David Mabuza still too ill to answer questions in parliament
Deputy President David Mabuza has written to National Assembly speaker Thandi Modise informing her that he is unable to attend to his scheduled parliamentary obligations. Mabuza told Modise that his medical team had extended his time off. He was scheduled to appear before the National Assembly on Thursday to answer …
Read More »Govt outdoors website to track projects
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has outdoored a website designed to capture and make easily accessible, data on all of the Akufo-Addo government’s infrastructure projects since it assumed office in January 2017. The website, www.deliverytracker.gov.gh, has been populated with data sourced from the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), and …
Read More »Akufo-Addo Commissions Community Mining Schemes In Western Region
President Akufo-Addo has commissioned two Community Mining schemes in the Western Region. They are the Akango/Duale Community Mining and Egila Gwira Community Mining. The commissioning of the Community Mining Schemes is in fulfillment of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) manifesto promise. Mr. Akufo-Addo who is on a tour of the …
Read More »Ecowas condemns ‘mutiny’ in Mali
The West Africa regional body, Ecowas, has condemned what it called a mutiny in Mali and has called on soldiers to return to their barracks. This comes after gunfire erupted inside a military base near the capital Bamako. Ecowas reiterated its opposition to any unconstitutional change of power. It is …
Read More »Captain Of Ship In Mauritius Oil Spill Arrested
The captain of the ship that spilled hundreds of tonnes of oil off the coast of Mauritius has been arrested. Sunil Kumar Nandeshwar, a 58-year-old Indian man, was charged with endangering safe navigation, police said. He has not yet commented. The MV Wakashio ran aground on a coral reef, Pointe …
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