A piece of information gathered has it that the Students at Mayani Secondary School in Dedza have been sent home following the temporary closure of the institution due to an outbreak of bedbugs. The school, like many other schools in the country, was supposed to close this term on 21 …
Read More »Boakye-Gyan lied, he didn’t rescue me from prison – Rawlings fumes
Former President J.J Rawlings appears to be rewriting what history says about him being rescued by Major Boakye Gyan from the jaws of death as he awaited his mutiny trial in 1979. The retired Flight Lieutenant insists that contrary to the conventional accounts, both written and oral, Major Gyan did …
Read More »Fire destroys dozens of abandoned SADA tricycles in Wa
At least 50 buckets and bonnets of tricycles belonging to defunct Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA), have been burnt by fire at the Wa Public Works Department (PWD) yard, Monday. The fire is believed to have started around midday and allegedly from a garden set up close to the wall …
Read More »Volta, Oti chiefs disown Western Togoland
The Volta Regional House of Chiefs has disassociated itself from persons who have declared independence for an area they are calling “Western Togoland” which includes parts of the Volta and the Oti regions. After its last sitting for the year, held last Thursday, members of the House unanimously declared that …
Read More »NDC fumes as NCA boss represents NPP at IPAC meeting
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has raised red flags over the appearance of the Director-General of National Communication Authority (NCA) Joe Anokye at an Inter-Party Advisory Committee Meeting(IPAC) as a representative of the ruling NPP. According to the party, the meeting was to discuss a new procurement and collation …
Read More »Teachers begin strike today over unpaid salaries
Teachers across the country’s public schools are this morning beginning a strike to demand payment of their salary arrears. Three unions, the Ghana National Association of Teachers(GNAT), the National Association of Graduate Teachers(NAGRAT) and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers(CCT) had earlier given Education officials a December 5, 2019 deadline to …
Read More »We are not feeling the $1 million, one constituency policy – Kennedy Agyapong laments
New Patriotic Party(NPP) Member of Parliament for Assin Central Kennedy Agyapong has criticised how government policy of $1 million, 1 constituency is being implemented alleging that party members are angry about it and its impact is not being felt. The NPP had campaigned that when voted into power, it would …
Read More »Menzgold to announce payment schedule Dec. 18
Menzgold has said it will announce a payment schedule and formula for its customers on December 18. It comes after the company asked customers whose funds have been locked up to visits centres across the country to validate their documents. The latest notification is silent on when payment, which is …
Read More »Girls in rural areas forced to exchange sex for sanitary pads
Accessing Menstrual Management Products in rural parts of Ghana is still a challenge forcing many teenage girls to sometimes exchange sex for Sanitary pads. The high prevalence of poverty in rural parts of Ghana continues to worsen the plight of young girls who in desperate attempts to have menstrual hygiene …
Read More »Video: Police officer stomps woman in the stomach
A police officer has been captured in a video stomping a woman in the stomach after he and his colleagues were reportedly called in to restore calm in a land scuffle at Kasoa. The video which is believed to have been taken over the weekend also shows the police officer …
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