Two teachers at the Ahamanso Islamic Senior High School have been arrested by the Kadjebi District Police for attempting to leak Monday’s English Language Paper Two. The external supervisor from the West African Examination Council, Ephraim Nukpertsi, upon reaching the examination centre, saw Musah Mohammed, aged 33, taking pictures of …
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Registrar-General’s Department to strike-off Companies in default after end of validation
The Registrar-General’s Department (RGD) says it will strike off dormant and default companies after the end of its validation of dormant companies at end of September, 2021. It said the exercise was to validate dormant companies, which adhered to the directive of the Registrar of Companies to file their annual …
Read More »WAEC cancels two WASSCE papers over leakages
Information reaching Rainbowradioonline.com has it that the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has cancelled Physics and Business Management papers. The papers were reportedly cancelled over leakage. The website has also gathered that the examination body has rescheduled the papers to Monday, October 11, 2021. The head of the council’s Test …
Read More »Menzgold customers to seek parliamentary probe
• Aggrieved customers of Menzgold want Parliament to investigate the closure of the company • They indicated that there is a lack of governments commitment to pay their locked up funds • They made this known to the press in Accra Menzgold customers want Parliament to investigate the closure of the company …
Read More »C/Region: Government suspends premix fuel supply to 4 landing beaches
Government has suspended the supply of premix fuel to some four landing beaches in the Central Region until further notice. The affected landing beaches are British Komenda, Moree, Abandze and Dago. According to the National Premix Fuel Secretariat of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, the decision is a …
Read More »Angry Osei Tutu SHS students destroys headmaster’s farm for tighting WASSCE invigilation
A group of angry students of Osei Tutu Senior High School have destroyed the farm of the Assistant Headmaster after he went strict on them in the exam hall in the ongoing WASSCE. It is alleged that these students destroyed the headteacher’s plantain farm and destroyed the plants which were …
Read More »Pension funds share of equities market dips
Although the equities market this year has been on a stellar run cumulatively, pension funds share has declined from the position earlier recorded in the first half of the year of 2021, latest data from the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) has shown. The August 2021 report issued by the GSE …
Read More »Achimota School, AG appeal court ruling on rastafarian student Tyrone Marhguy
Achimota School and the Attorney-General’s office have both filed an appeal challenging the High Court’s order for the school to admit dreadlock-wearing student, Tyrone Marhguy. According to the school, the court among others erred by indicating that the rules and regulations of Achimota School with regard to ensuring uniformity in …
Read More »Chaos, wailing and curses as RCC ejects traders from Kumasi central market
There were chaotic scenes, wailing and curses on Monday, September 13, 2021, as the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) begun evicting traders from Kumasi Central Market to pave way for the completion of the ongoing phase two of the Kejetia/Central Market Redevelopment project. Some traders who were evicted said they …
Read More »VIDEO: Stampede at YEA Job Fair leaves job seekers injured
There was a stampede at the Accra International Conference Centre Friday, September 10, as unemployed youths in Ghana thronged the venue for the Youth Employment Agency (YEA). The YEA held the event to help connect job seekers to employers. As part of the event, there was supposed to be live …
Read More »The Future of NABCO trainees after October 2021
Editorial: The Future Of Nabco Trainees After October 2021 The three years contract for the trainees is nearly coming to and end , obviously the trainees have only a month to say good bye to the program what has the government has to payback for the sacrifice of these one …
Read More »Provide us with tags – Okada riders to government
• Okada riders want their profession to be seen as a dignifying one • They are appealing to government to provide them with identification tags • This was made known by the national P.R.O of Commercial Motor Riders Association As part of efforts to isolate themselves from other riders who …
Read More »Societe General Ghana declares dividend of GH¢0.114
Societe General Ghana PLC has announced that the company’s directors will be recommending to the shareholders at the upcoming Annual General Meeting, the payment of a final dividend of GH¢0.114 per share for the 2020 financial year. All shareholders registered in the books of the company at the close of …
Read More »COVID-19 death toll rises to 1,083, active cases fall
As of 3 September 2021, Ghana’s COVID-19death toll was 1,083, the latest figures from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) have indicated. Some 420 new cases were also recorded within that period. The active caseload has, however, fallen to 6,539. Out of that number, 44 are critical and 126 severe. Since …
Read More »GES interdicts headmaster of Jachie-Pramso SHS for caning student
The Headmaster of Jachie-Pramso Senior High School in the Ashanti Region, Francis Donkor has been interdicted by the Ghana Education Service (GES) effective September 7, 2021, for mercilessly caning a female student. He has been directed to hand over the Administration and Management of the school to the Ashanti Regional …
Read More »Cement price hits Ghc60 per bag – Cement Manufacturers Ghana announce
Cement Manufacturers Ghana have announced that plans are far advanced to increase the price of cement from the current Ghc50 cedis to at least Ghc60 due to cost of production and are urging the public to cooperate with them. This was announced by Cement Manufacturers Ghana Executive Secretary Rev. Dr. …
Read More »Stiny Leo & Lil Pezzy – Push It (Prod. By IzJoe Beatz)
Off their joint album, ”The Reconcilation” which is yet to be scheduled for its release Stiny Leo and Lil Pezzy shares the very first single off the album entitled ”Push It.” The song is motivated by the hustle and hard time they have been going through in the hood. Nothing …
Read More »Here’s what to look out for during SIM re-registration exercise
• The Communications Minister has spelled out a few modalities for the sim re-registration exercise • The exercise is expected to come from October 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022 • The re-registration exercise is expected to curb the incidents of fraud With the sim re-registration exercise set to take …
Read More »Sim re-registration exercise to start in October – Ursula
The Minister of Communications and Digitisation Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has annoyed that the national SIM card re-registration exercise, will commence at the beginning of October this year. She disclosed this during a press briefing on Sunday, September 5, 2021. According to her, Ghanaians across the nation are to re-register their SIM …
Read More »5 common problems of women’s reproductive health
• Women often face a number of issues in their reproductive health • Some of these concerns can be termed as an underlying problem by health professionals • They can also be treated upon early detection Most women struggle a lot when it comes to issues relating to their reproductive …
Read More »Government working to add herbal medicine to NHIS
Government is working to add essential herbal medicines to the list of drugs covered by the National Health Insurance Scheme, Dr. Kofi Bobby Barimah, Acting Executive Director of the Centre for Plant Medicine Research at Mampong, has said. Essential medicines are those that satisfy the priority health care needs of …
Read More »Ladies, do you have these symptoms? Then you might have PCOS
Registered dietician and Chief Executive Officer of Hale and Hearty Nutrition Limited, Fredericka Serwaa Doku, has shared some tips on how to detect PCOS in women. Interviewed on eTV Ghana’s African Women’s Voices show, she explained that Polycystic Ovarian Cyst, simply known as PCOS is a metabolic and endocrine disorder …
Read More »The top 7 Ghanaian earners on the Ghana Stock Exchange
• Some individuals have been earning significantly on the Ghana Stock Exchange • The earnings are based on figures from investment agencies accompanied with recent annual reports from capital market registrars • The list includes Daniel Ofori, Frank Adu Jnr, and Joseph Siaw Agyepong While stock trading may come with …
Read More »Aborted KLM flight at KIA: Aircraft Investigation Bureau notified of ‘bird strike’
The Aircraft Investigation Bureau (AIB) has said it has been notified and has subsequently launched investigations into an incident that resulted in birds disrupting the engine of an aircraft before take-off. The said incident which is known as a ‘bird strike’ occurred at the Kotoka International Airport was said to …
Read More »More than 1,000 inhabitants of Ellembelle district benefit from free cataract surgery
More than 1,000 people have undergone free cataract surgery and other related eye problems at the St Martin de Pores Catholic Hospital at Ekwe in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region. The medical team, led by Dr Seth Lartey, a consultant at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi …
Read More »Here’s all you need to know about the mortgage market
Shopping for a mortgage can be unnerving without the proper information and guidance from mortgage experts. Fortunately, it gets much simpler when you understand the basic ways of categorizing mortgages. A mortgage, in many ways, is a lot like shopping for a home – there are different options that cater …
Read More »Ghana’s UCC ranked globally among best universities for research influence
• UCC has been named among the best in the world for research influence • This is the first time the university has been featured • The 2022 Times Higher Education rankings was set up two decades ago The 2022 Times Higher Education annual rankings has ranked the University of …
Read More »Akufo-Addo finally releases cash for conjoined twins’ surgery at Ridge Hospital
President Akufo-Addo has paid the full cost of the surgery of the conjoined twins at the Ridge Hospital in Accra. The Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Opare on Tuesday presented a cheque of Gc 14,394, 397.58 to the management of the Gt. Accra Regional Hospital(Ridge Hospital). This follows concerns about …
Read More »Local oil palm industry fights GUTA over 50% benchmark policy
The Oil Palm Development Association of Ghana (OPDAG) has locked horns with the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) over the 50 percent benchmark policy introduced by the government to reduce duties on imported goods, saying, the latter is influencing the government not to exempt vegetable oils from the policy. …
Read More »STEPSS students sit on floor to learn, stand to eat and sleep in uncompleted building
St. Stephens Secondary Technical school (STEPSS) in Akyem Asiakwa in Abuakwa South Municipality in the Eastern region is reeling under serious infrastructural and furniture crises amidst the exponential increase in the population of students as a result of Free Senior High School policy . The infrastructural and furniture crises in …
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