The United States has presented one body scanner and nine explosives and narcotics trace detectors to the Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL) to strengthen security at the Airport. The equipment is under a grant implemented by the U.S Department of State Bureau of Diplomatic Security Office of Antiterrorism Assistance(ATA) …

Ex-staff of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have expressed their displeasure over unlawful deduction from their ex-gratia package by the institution. The 2019/20-year group said deductions of 17.5% from Senior Staff, 10% from Junior Staff and 25% from Senior members from their ex-gratia without their consent would …

The President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has asked the public sector workers to bear with government on its decision to halt salary increase to public sector workers for the next few years. This statement by the President comes after the Technical Adviser at the Ministry of Finance, …

Ghanaian actress, Rosemond Alade Brown popularly known as Akuapem Poloo has hit the internet with another tw3king video. Always in the news for the bad reasons, the bad girl Akuapem Poloo ventured into a tw3king mood in the studios of Neat FM. Akuapem Poloo who was at the studios for …

  Foodstuff shortage is likely to hit Senior High Schools across the country because suppliers to the National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) have threatened to withdraw their services. According to some suppliers who spoke to Asaase News on condition of anonymity, they have not been paid for supplying the …

The Governing Council of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has announced that it is accepting applications for the Vice-Chancellor position, which shall be vacant on October 1, 2021, from qualified persons. Qualification Prospective applicants must be of a professorial status or its equivalent, hold a doctorate degree and must …

As some Ghanaians are not fighting Achimota School for not admitting two Rastafarian students, a piece of new information from Cape Coast has also emerged. According to information cited on Mynewsgh, the authorities of Wesley Girls Senior High school has barred all Muslims from worshipping on their campus. Not just …

It is emerging that the Ghana Education Service (GES) has rescinded its earlier decision and thrown its support to Achimota School for refusing to admit the Rastafarian students. This u-turn decision by GES was disclosed by Lawyer for the Parents of the Rastafarian Students Ras George Tetteh Wayo in an …

  Oheneba Kwaku Nkrabea, a Rastafarian would-be first-year Achimota Student who has been denied admission because of his dreadlocks says he feels “depressed and disappointed”. Speaking to Blakk Rasta on Zylofon FM on Monday 22 March and monitored by GhanaWeb, Oheneba Kwaku Nkrabea, 16, said: “I feel depressed and disappointed. …

Scores of pastors and prominent personalities on Sunday joined the national prayer day against Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, I+ (LGBTQI+) agenda in Ghana. This was at the Church of Pentecost, Burma Camp Worship Centre, in Accra. The event was organised by the Ghana Christian Council and other Ecumenical bodies in collaboration …

  Renowned Journalist and the Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr. has taken a swipe at Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia over the new taxes announced in the 2021 budget statement of the ruling NPP government. Contributing to a panel discussion on Peace FM’s morning show ‘Kokrokoo’, …

Three (3) students of Adeiso Presbyterian Senior High School in the Upper West Akyem District of the Eastern Region have been crushed to death in a fatal accident that occurred Sunday, March 21, 2021. The suspect driver yet to be identified was driving Hyundai H100 mini bus with registration Number …

Three occupants of a Mercedes Benz saloon car got burnt beyond recognition whilst two others were rescued when it rammed into a stationary truck on the Spintex Road. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Effia Tenge, Head of Public Affairs Unit of the Accra Regional Police Command, told the Ghana News …

Achimota School has rejected a directive by the Ghana Education Service to admit two Rastafarian students. Headmistress of the school after a crunch meeting on Monday with the Regional Director of Education and the GES stated that the school will not compromise on its school rules and will only admit …

Old Students of Achimota School have raised issues with the directive issued to the school authority by the Ghana Education Service (GES). They said even though the GES has the right to issue such directives, the matter involving the students with dreadlocks should be left at the hands of the …

A 19-year-old dreadlocked student, who has been denied admission at Osei Kyeretwie Senior High School (OKESS) in the Ashanti Region, says he is considering quitting school for good. It seems the level of stigmatization and frustration meted to students with dreadlocks at the various senior high schools is at an …

Some of us, in fact, were not the least surprised at all when discerning Ghanaians graciously gave President Akufo-Addo a second mandate in the 2020 general elections. There is no denying or ignoring the fact that Akufo-Addo received massive commendations and endorsements from a host of international organisations and other …

The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, will on Monday, March 22 appear before Parliament following an urgent question filed last week by North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP) Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa. The question is related to the content of controversial textbooks said to denigrate some ethnic groups – particularly Ewes – in Ghana. …

After nearly two decades of a cosy relationship between the central leadership of organized labour and government, a deep dispute is brewing following the announcement of a plethora of new taxes in the 2021 budget proposals and a subsequent warning from the Ministry of Finance that the resultant erosion of …

Bafana Bafana head coach Molefi Ntseki has announced his 26-man squad to face Ghana and Sudan in their final two Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Ghana will face the Bafana Bafana at the FNB Stadium on 25 March in the penultimate qualifier before returning home to play Sao Tome & …

A video of a man clashing with his girlfriend after finding out she saved another man’s number on her phone with ‘my love’ and his with ‘big head’, is trending on social media. The lady claimed the man she saved his number as ‘my love’ is her brother, a claim the …

The Adenta Circuit Court ‘B’ has sentenced an ex-convict of Ankaful Prisons to 40 years imprisonment in hard labour for assault and attempted robbery. Stephen Senam, 25, pleaded guilty on all counts and was convicted on his own plea. He was sentenced to 20 years on each count for attempted …

Some men believed to be military personnel with the Ghana Airforce Saturday afternoon allegedly bullied some innocent civilians near Asutuare Junction in the Shai Osudoku District of the Greater Accra Region. GhanaWeb gathered that the purported military personnel went berserk in the area and allegedly assaulted five labourers working on a …

The Ghana Health Service has launched an administrative inquiry into the stealing and selling of COVID-19 vaccine by some staff of the service. Stephen Dzisenu, a 37-year-old Disease Control Officer of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital is in the grips of the Greater Accra Police for stealing 36 vials of …

The Ghana Education Service(GES) has directed the headmistress of Achimota School to admit the two teenage students whose admissions were withdrawn because of their dreadlocks. This comes after an intensive and sustained online campaign barely 48 hours in protest against the decision of the Achimota school authorities. A former Member …

Tyrone Iras Marhguy, the Rastafarian student who has been denied admission to the Achimota School has expressed shock at the school’s disregard for his academics prowess and instead are focus on his dreadlocks. To him, his dream has always been to be a student of the Achimota School where a …

News reaching Fillabase indicates that a brawl occurred last night at Kwame Nkrumah University Of Science & Technology (KNUST) leaving some students injured. According to sources at the KNUST, a guy was wearing a Conti (Hostel) t-shirt, and decided to pass Katanga Hostel to his own hostel in Brunei, so on his …

Sixteen percent of children in the Ashanti Region are stunted, the Ashanti Regional Deputy Director for Public Health, Dr Michael Rockson Adjei has said. The Ashanti Regional Deputy Director for Public Health disclosed this at a sensitisation workshop for the media held in Kumasi on Friday, 19 March 2021. The …

The Government of Ghana has settled almost 90 percent of the total cost of the 250 Megawatts Ameri power plant procured from UAE-based Africa & Middle East Resources Investment Group, energynewsafrica.com can report. The Ameri power plant was procured in 2015 by the previous administration when the West African nation …

Some traders at the Central Market in Kumasi have sued the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly in an attempt to stop the second phase of the Kejetia-Central Market redevelopment project. The eight traders, all belonging to the Kumasi City Market Traders Union, want to stop the demolition of more than 1,000 stores …