Ghanaian comedian Teacher Kwadwo has been summoned by the management of the Ghana Education Service(GES). Teacher Kwadwo, who is a professional teacher with the Ghana Education has been cited for professional misconduct. Per the invitation letter sighted by GhanaXtra.Com, he is expected to appear before the Akrofuom District Education Disciplinary Committee …
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Government releases GH¢260 million for payment of fertilizer companies
The Government of Ghana, through the Ministry of Finance, has announced a release of over GH¢260 million for the payment of arrears owed the fertilizer companies from May to July 2021. Dr Owusu Afriyie-Akoto, Minister for Food and Agriculture, made the announcement in Accra in a response to an urgent …
Read More »Kejetia Market: Leaders direct traders not to pay bills
Traders at the newly built Kejetia Market have suspended payments of bills, service charges, and other monthly tariffs to management of the market with immediate effect. This, according to them, is to register their displeasure over high electricity cost and lackadaisical attitude of the market’s management in resolving their concerns. …
Read More »Here is what to do when you have a vaginal infection
Dzifa Sweetness, an expert in sex and relationship coaching, has advised women on some dos and don’ts to note when they find out that they have a vaginal infection or vaginal odor. Interviewed on eTV Ghana’s In Bed With Adwen adult show, she spoke against the use of unapproved herbal …
Read More »Stop suffocating your vagina – Women advised
Sex coach, Dzifa Sweetness, has advised women to stop suffocating their vagina because just like humans, no one enjoys being suffocated. Having a discussion with host, Adwen the Love Doctor on how women can deal with vaginal odor, Dzifa noted that 90% of the time, vaginal odor in women is …
Read More »BoG directs momo operators, fintechs, others to provide credit info of clients
The Bank of Ghana has directed telecommunications companies, financial technology companies, mobile money operators, utility providers, among other organizations to provide information on the credit behaviour of borrowers to curb risk associated with lending. Other organizations required to also provide information about their clients to the Credit Reporting System (CRS) …
Read More »OBOSS Science students construct traffic and street lights
Science students at Oti Boateng Senior High School (OBOSS) in New Juaben Municipality of the Eastern Region have constructed traffic and street lights as a way of exhibiting their knowledge in technology. The two products of technology were out doored during a science exhibition held in the school on Tuesday, …
Read More »AfCFTA provides platform for Africa’s post-COVID-19 economic recovery – Trade Minister
Alan Kyerematen, the Minister of Trade and Industry, has reiterated that the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), will provide a unique platform to guide Africa’s post-COVID-19 economic recovery effort. Mr Kyerematen said this in his address at the maiden AfCFTA – Angola Business Investment Forum in Accra. The event …
Read More »Covid-19: Active cases spike to 6,766 as Volta, Bono emerge as hotspots
Volta, Bono and Bono East Regions are emerging as new hotspots for the Coronavirus infections, especially the Delta Variant.The Greater Accra and Ashanti Regions remain the traditional hotspots. The Ghana Health Service (GHS) said for instance, the Volta Region, which previously recorded 16 active cases on July 1, had recorded …
Read More »Ghana’s debt: Check out how much each citizen owes
Ghana’s current public debt stock of GHȼ334 billion means each citizen owes GHȼ11,133. That is, if the provisional public debt stock was evenly distributed among the 30 million Ghanaians at the end of June this year. Inference drawn from data provided by the Bank of Ghana suggests that the increase …
Read More »400 foreign trained Ghanaian doctors stranded as local exam results delay
• Some 400 Ghanaian doctors trained outside are unable to practice • Six months after writing a government exam, results are yet to be released • A former deputy Health Minister has promised to follow up on the matter About 400 foreign trained doctors have been left stranded for the …
Read More »GNPC demands urgent parliamentary approval of $1.65b for oil exploration
Ad • GNPC seeks the loan to purchase two stakes in Ghana’s offshore fields • Energy Minister Matthew Opoku Prempeh makes the demand in a memorandum for GNPC • GNPC hopes to produce an extra 200,000 barrels of crude oil and wants parliament to treat the request as urgent A …
Read More »Avanti Communications Partners With The Global Partnership For Education To Advance Girls’ Education
2nd August 2021, London: Avanti Communications is partnering with the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) on The Girls’ Education Awareness Program (GEAP), which will address barriers to girl’s education through targeted, context-specific awareness and information campaigns. The objective of the Program is to enhance and add unique value to girls’ …
Read More »Happy Birthday to CEO of London-Hills Production Suge Knight
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Read More »His mother is mentally ill, and father is dead – Sponsor finds viral ‘fufu-for-our-day’ boy
The young boy eating fufu as an ‘Our-Day meal’ in a viral photo has been found after a well-meaning Ghanaian promised to sponsor his education. During the period in which Oswald’s our day letter drew a lot of attention nationwide, a trending photo of a young boy having fufu as …
Read More »Free tertiary education coming – President Akufo-Addo hints
• President Akufo-Addo has touted the success of the Free SHS policy • He says the policy has granted more people access to education • He said that government is considering making tertiary education free President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has dropped hints of a replication of the Free Senior High School …
Read More »Lack of fuel at BOST depots renders tanker drivers jobless for months
The Ghana National Petroleum Tanker Drivers Union has appealed to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to intervene in the operations of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) as its operations were taking a nosedive. They argued that for close to a year now majority of the Tanker …
Read More »Supreme Court dismisses suit against BoG filed by Association of Finance Houses
In December 2018, the Bank of Ghana (BoG) issued a Corporate Governance Directive, pursuant to its powers under sections 56 and 92(1) of the Banks and Specialised Deposit-Taking Institutions Act, 2016, Act 930. The Association of Finance Houses, in November 2020, brought an action at the apex court challenging the …
Read More »Kotoko CEO caught in contradictions over Fabio Gama’s deal
Credibility crisis has hit Asante Kotoko CEO Nana Yaw Amponsah after he was caught, in what could be described as some contradictions over the transfer of Brazilian play maker Fabio Gama. The former FIFA Agent who happens to be the youngest CEO in the history of the Porcupine Warriors had …
Read More »PHOTOS: Meet Atta Gad, JHS 1 student who makes airplane from empty cans
Atta Gad, a Junior High School (JHS) student of Dr. Saunders JHS school in Kintampo North Municipality of the Bono East Region has made an airplane that is able to move. Atta Gad whose dream is to fly an airplane has started showing his creativity by making an airplane from …
Read More »PHOTOS: ‘One teacher, One laptop’ distribution begins
The Government has secured laptops to be distributed to teachers under the one-teacher-one-laptop policy. A letter signed by the Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Education Service, Anthony Boateng urged all regional directors to liaise with heads of Senior High Schools in their regions to provide them with a validated list …
Read More »BOST to pay GH¢9.9 million judgement debt to Hask Oil
An Accra High Court has ordered the Bulk Oil and Storage and Transportation (BOST) to pay a total of GH¢9,962, 118.84 to Hask Oil Company Limited being the interest accrued on a bank facility they took, while their products were in the custody of BOST (the Defendant). This is because …
Read More »Males and females share same ward at Mpasaaso health center
Residents of Mpasaaso Number 1, a farming community in the Ahafo Ano South West District of the Ashanti Region have bitterly lamented over how males and females within the community share the same ward at its main health facility. According to the worried residents, male and female patients who are …
Read More »University of Ghana appoints ne vice chancellor
The University of Ghana Council has appointed Prof Nana Aba Appiah Amfo has been appointed to act as the Vice-Chancellor of the University. Prof Nana Aba Appiah Amfo’s acting tenure will begin on August 1, 2021. She is expected to act as the Vice-Chancellor until the time that the University …
Read More »Bank of Ghana’s MPC to announce policy rate decision today
•The central is set announce a new policy rate today •The MPC at its 100th meeting slashed the rate by 100 basis points at 13.5 from 14.5 percent. •The rate will be of keen interest to businesses operating in the country The Bank of Ghana’s Monetary Policy Committee is set to …
Read More »LIVESTREAMED: Akufo-Addo delivers 26th Coronavirus address
•President Akufo-Addo is presenting his 26th update on measures to combat Coronavirus in the country • The address comes at a time Ghana has passed the 100,000 caseload with deaths passing the 800 mark. • Experts have warned that a next wave could overwhelm the health systems President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is …
Read More »Giving life to plastics: Meet the Ghanaian innovator who builds houses with plastic waste
Video Archive Sat, 24 Jul 2021Source: Praise Nutakor Nelson Boateng is a 36-year-old Ghanaian, building houses and producing pavement blocks with plastic waste in Ghana. After graduating from school with a diploma in computer networking engineering, Nelson was determined to provide solutions to the country’s plastic menace and ventured into recycling. …
Read More »Over 1,500 birds to be killed on Denu farm as Ministry races to contain spread of Bird flu
Some 1,500 birds are to be culled on an animal farm in Denu in the Ketu South Municipality as the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) works around the clock to end the spread of bird flu in the Country. Avery Farms, an animal rearing business located within the Gamadza …
Read More »Parliament petitioned to investigate takeover of Achimota Preparatory School
The authorities of the Achimota Preparatory School (APS) in Accra on Thursday petitioned Parliament to investigate what they described as unlawful take-over of the school by the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the Ministry of Education. The petition was tabled before the House on behalf of the board, management and …
Read More »How Awuah Darko, his two successors saved BOST $24m – Report
It has emerged that the reported gains made at the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) in payment to Bulk Distribution Companies (BDCs) was achieved under the former management of the company. BOST earlier this week announced that the current management has been able to save over $20 …
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