The Education Ministry has announced that the Free Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) initiative introduced by the Government will start this academic year. According to the Free Senior High School (FSHS) Coordinator, the Ministry, Mr William Darkwah, all qualified candidates who chose to pursue TVET at any government-approved …
Read More »How NDC uncovered millions of illegal ballot papers printed for 2020 polls
Former President John Dramani Mahama has been explaining to some members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), how the party agents uncovered an alleged printing of additional ballot papers by the Electoral Commission (EC) for the 2020 elections. Mahama, who was the flagbearer for the NDC in the 2020 elections, had earlier spoken about the alleged …
Read More »2020 election results were declared from an unknown location – Mahama alleges
Former President John Dramani Mahama has alleged that Jean Adukwei Mensa, the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), declared the 2020 election results from an unknown location and not from the Headquarters of the commission. According to him, this resulted in her subsequent change of the final results which had been announced early. Mahama …
Read More »Two killed after car crashes
Two men died after their car crashed while allegedly trying to flee from the police on Inanda Road, near Durban, on Saturday afternoon. According to KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson, Colonel Thembeka Mbele, on Saturday police officers from Phoenix received information of a vehicle with five occupants, who had allegedly committed a …
Read More »Four okada riders pursuing PoS robbers shot dead
No fewer than four commercial motorcyclists and residents of the Omi Adio area of Ibadan, the Oyo State’s capital who were said to be chasing some fleeing armed robbers have been reportedly shot dead. Our correspondent gathered that the incident happened on Friday after the hoodlums who raided some Point …
Read More »Wearing of nose mask no longer mandatory – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed that the wearing of a nose mask is no longer mandatory. This takes effect from Monday, March 28, 2022. “…from tomorrow, Monday, 28th March, the wearing of facemasks is no longer mandatory. I encourage all of you, though, to continue to maintain enhanced hand hygiene …
Read More »Fire destroys part of Akatsi Municipal Hospital
The main surgical theatre of the Akatsi Municipal Hospital in the Volta Region was on Saturday razed by fire. The fire, which started around 1100 hours, on Saturday, however, did not extend to other units of the hospital. Mr Karikari Bonsu, the Medical Superintendent of the hospital in an engagement …
Read More »Akufo-Addo opens land borders after 2-year closure
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that all land and sea borders have been opened. This will allow for the flow of human traffic through neighbouring countries after they were closed in March 2020. The decision was meant to be a measure to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus in the country. …
Read More »LIVESTREAMED: Akufo-Addo speaks on measures taken to fight COVID-19
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is addressing the nation on measures his administration has put in place to intensify the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Today is the 28th address, and the President is expected to outline key interventions that would be implemented going forward to reduce the spread and …
Read More »2-year-old autistic child buried alive
A two-year-old boy with autism was buried alive by his grandfather last Friday. The incident that ensued at Dutch Komenda in the Central Region has shocked the community. Due to the boy’s condition, his 70-year-old grandfather considered him a spirit child and buried him at the shores of the coastal …
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