The proprietor of the Bright Senior High school at Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region has been granted self recognizance bail by the Akyem Tafo police command following his arrest this morning. Bright Amponsah was arrested by a team of police officers on Friday when he will be billed to address …
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Free SHS has come to stay – Mahama
Former President John Mahama has urged Ghanaians to dismiss suggestions that he will cancel the free SHS policy if he wins the December polls. According to him, what he is against about the policy is its ‘poor’ implementation by the Akufo-Addo government – which initiated it. “Free SHS has come …
Read More »WASSCE violence: GES sacks 14 students
The Ghana Education Service has dismissed some 14 final year students who are believed to have caused chaos and destroyed properties in their respective schools in the wake of the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The GES in a statement said the action is to serve as …
Read More »No roads, no electricity to show for govts extreme borrowing – Mahama claims
Former President, John Mahama has said the Akufo-Addo administration has borrowed more than any other government since independence yet with no corresponding projects. He said the government would have been pardoned for what he described as excessive borrowing if there were development projects to show for. In his view, the …
Read More »WASSCE: Bright SHS no longer examination centre – WAEC
The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has relocated its examination centre from the premises of Bright Senior High School to the Ofori Panin Senior High School following the student riot that occurred at the centre on Thursday. WAEC in a statement also noted it will not hesitate to sanction students …
Read More »SAD: Beautiful KNUST Student Dies Shortly After Birthday Party . [PHOTOS]
Sad information Reaching our front desk indicates that an Engineering Student of the KNUST is dead after celebrating her birthday recently . Information from Reports The friend of Maame Ekua, whose party she attended said that she wasn’t too happy at the birthday party which was celebrated yesterday. We also …
Read More »Final year WASSCE candidate who insulted Akufo-Addo in viral video apologises
The final year student of Sekondi College in the Western Region who was seen in a viral video insulting President Nana Akufo-Addo after he failed to perform in a paper in the ongoing West African Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) has apologised to the President. The boy and his father …
Read More »Increasing debt levels worrying – IFS
Government’s policy to reduce the Communications Service Tax (CST) to 5 percent, provide free water for another three months, and pay the electricity bills of lifeline consumers and other fiscal populist strategies should be scrapped as the economy cannot raise enough revenue to support it, hence, increasing debt levels, the …
Read More »Elections 2020: God said I should deliver a message to Mahama – Obinim speaks
Bishop Daniel Obinim, who is popularly known as angel Obinim has resurfaced with his message to the former President John Dramani Mahama. Speaking on his personal OB Television, the CEO of international God’s way church shared his vision for John Dramani Mahama ahead of the Presidential and Parliamentary elections slated …
Read More »Bright SHS proprietor arrested following attack on WASSCE invigilators
Citi News has gathered that the proprietor of Bright Senior High School at Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region has been picked up by police from the Eastern Regional command. The arrest follows allegations of assault by some students of the school on WASSCE invigilators upon his command. The students also attacked …
Read More »SAD Photos: WASSCE candidates in Kukurantumi beat WAEC officials, destroy their phones over strict invigilation
Students of Bright Academy in Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region have assaulted officials of the West African Examination Council (WAEC). The incident, which happened Thursday, August 6, 2020, resulted in angry students smashing phones of the officials and injuring some of the officials. The angry students allegedly smashed the phones …
Read More »Arrest students who assault teachers during WASSCE – GNAT
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has called on authorities to arrest students who perpetrate violence against its members facilitating the ongoing examinations in senior high schools across the country. According to Philipa Larson, reports of threats of assault on teachers over the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations …
Read More »WASSCE violence: WAEC must probe and take action – Adutwum
The Deputy Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has stated that the West African Examination Council will take action against Senior High Schools flouting examination rules in the ongoing West African Senior Schools Certificate Examination (WASSCE). On Thursday, a reporter with the Daily Graphic in Koforidua, Damalie Emmanuel Pacome, was …
Read More »We’ll deal with you – GES tells rioting students
The Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Education Service, Anthony Boateng, has said authorities will deal with all students who rioted and vandalised school property to protest against the non-featuring of past questions procured for them by the government, in their final exam. The GES, in November last year, procured 400,000 …
Read More »WAEC to Cancel entire 2020 WASSCE of Some Ashanti Region Schools
WAEC to Cancel entire 2020 WASSCE of Some Ashanti Region schools – The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) is investigating allegations of examination malpractices in the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Teachers of some Senior High Schools (SHS) have been implicated in acts of misconduct in the …
Read More »5 SHS students injured after ‘clash’ with Kukurantumi townsfolk
Five students of Only Believe Senior High School, a private school at Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region, have been reportedly injured during a clash between the town folks and the students. The five were rushed to an unknown hospital by the police who intervened. The school reportedly belongs to the …
Read More »Blame chiefs for the siting of E-blocks in bushes – Yammin to NPP
Former Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister Mr. Joseph Yammin has responded to critics blaming the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) government for siting the Day Senior High School E-Block in bushes to channel their blames to Chief of those communities instead. According to him, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) did not …
Read More »5 reasons why you should have s3x during pregnancy
Pregnant women and their partners often wonder if it’s safe to have sex during pregnancy. Sex is a natural, normal part of pregnancy, if you’re having a normal pregnancy. Penetration and intercourse’s movement won’t harm the baby, who is protected by your abdomen and the uterus’ muscular walls. If you …
Read More »Four remanded SHS students denied access to write WASSCE
Four final year students of Zebilla Senior High Technical School in the Upper East Region who have been remanded into Police Custody by a Bawku Circuit Court have been denied access to write the ongoing West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination(WASSCE). The students in the early hours of Monday, August …
Read More »ECOWAS Bank Injects Over $300million Into Ghana’s Economy
ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development says it has invested over $300-million into Ghana’s economy. Areas of investment, the bank said to include, Energy, Trade, Technology, Tourism, and hospitality industry.Dr. George Nana Agyekum Donkor, the President of the Bank, made this known when he and other staff of the bank …
Read More »Arrested teacher interdicted for dictating answers to students during WASSCE
A teacher [name withheld] in one of the Senior High Schools in the Eastern region has been interdicted for dictating answers to students in the ongoing West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations(WASSCE). According to the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service, Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, the police is conducting further …
Read More »Our strengthened supervisory role led to closure of 420 banks, financial institutions – BoG
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has said it has continued to strengthen its regulatory effectiveness to help achieve its financial stability objective. In a statement to mark the 63rd anniversary of the central bank, the BoG noted that the scale-up of the supervisory role has been seen in the closure of 420 …
Read More »NDC to cancel teacher’s licensure examination
The Deputy Eastern Regional Youth Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Mr Richard Nyarko said if the NDC wins the 2020 elections, they will cancel the teacher’s licensure examination. He explained that the party did not see the licensure examination as necessary as it reduced the number of qualified …
Read More »The Ball Is On Your Court To kick And score; Makes Us Proud – KMA To WASSCE’s Candidates
The Chief Executive of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, Hon Osei Assibey Antwi together with Sub Metros Education Committee and Metro Education Director pay a civility call on various West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination centers that falls under Kumasi Metro on Monday,3rd August 2020. The various WASSCE Centers visited includes; …
Read More »Educational Workers Connect Cautions WAEC
“It is said that Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful”. Educational Workers Connect, once again congratulates all the stakeholders who are putting their shoulders to the wheel to ensure that this year’s WASSCE is malpractice free. We, however, wish to caution …
Read More »GRA denies ‘misleading reports’ about 45% shortfall in revenue target
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has said media reports that the Tema Collection of the Customs Division has failed to meet its revenue target by 45% are false and misleading. According to the GRA, the malicious reports sought to blame the deployment of the Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS) at …
Read More »Ladies and gentlemen: 5 facts about orgasm you probably didn’t know
Orgasm is widely regarded as the peak of sexual excitement. It is a powerful feeling of physical pleasure and sensation, which includes a discharge of accumulated erotic tension. There are lots of conceptions on orgasm, like an improved immune system and reduced pain or condoms prevent you from climaxing. …
Read More »VIDEO: Students Vandalize School Properties As WASSCE ‘Apor’ Swerves
This year has been a year of trials and complications with the outburst of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a nation, any projects have been halted, education has been a standstill as a majority of students has been staying home in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. #wassce2020 Awww Yakubu has started …
Read More »Full Text: Seventh edition of EC’s ‘Let the Citizen Know’ press series
ELECTORAL COMMISSION PRESS BRIEFING “LET THE CITIZEN KNOW” ON 3RD AUGUST, 2020 PRESENTED BY THE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN, CORPORATE SERVICES Good morning ladies and gentlemen of the Press. The Commission wishes to express its sincere gratitude for your presence in our quest to communicate with the good citizens of Ghana. This …
Read More »Didier Drogba submits candidacy for Ivorian FA presidency
Former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has formally submitted his candidacy to become the next president of the Ivory Coast Football Federation (FIF). Drogba drew thousands of supporters outside the federation’s offices where he submitted his candidacy on Sunday. The elections are due to be held next month. He is among …
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