The Electricity Company of Ghana ECG) has asked the public to disregard reports suggesting that it has increased its bills by 17.5%. There were reports that suggested that the Electricity Company of Ghana had increased its bill by 17.5% as a form of payback for the intervention provided by the …
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[VIDEO]: Alert! Menzgold has rebranded into another company
According to Afia Schwarzenegger, Ghanaian entrepreneur and CEO of the embattled gold firm – Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah aka NAM1 has rebranded from his old gold firm to a metallic refinery. “From Gold to Metal. Eeeeeiiiii NAM1 when will you change. What kind of weed do you smoke because it’s too powerful and …
Read More »Consumer Price Index drops by 0.1 %
Ghana’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) for June this year has slightly dropped to 11. 2 per cent from 11.3 per cent recorded last month, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has said. According to the GSS, the drop was 0.1 percentage points lower than that of May while the monthly inflation …
Read More »1st batch of Accra Girls students who tested positive for COVID-19 return after recovering (Video)
The first group of Accra Girls students who tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered. On Sunday 5th of July 2020, several media houses reported that some students of the Accra Girls Senior High School have tested positive for coronavirus. The news did send shivers down the spines of parents with some …
Read More »unibank lawyers lament over document legibility
Lawyers of Dr Kwabena Duffour and six others who are being tried for the collapse of Unibank Ghana Limited on Thursday lamented over legibility of some documents served on them by the state. The lawyers, who took turns to address the High Court, contended that some of the pre-trial documents that the …
Read More »Uber driver killer not our student – KNUST
Authorities at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) says Mr Emmanuel Awuah, the man who is in the news for murdering an Uber driver in the Ashanti region is not a student of the university. The 23-year-old was reported to be a final year Geological Engineering student …
Read More »Ken Ofori-Atta to present Mid-year budget review on July 23
Ghana’s Finance Minister is expected to present the mid-year budget before parliament on Thursday, July 23, 2020, Citi Business New reports. In accordance with Section 28 of the Public Financial Management Act, 2016 (Act 92), the Finance Minister is mandated to provide Parliament on the strategies on and roadmaps as …
Read More »G/A GES Boss Assures Parents Following Disinfection In Accra Girls’ SHS
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has assured parents and guardians of final-year senior high school (SHS) students in the country that it will do everything humanly possible to protect their children against COVID-19. The Greater Accra Regional Director of the GES, Mrs Monica Ankrah, gave the assurance on the …
Read More »Another final year SHS student passes away in Western Region
A final year student of Gwiraman Senior High School in the Western Region has sadly passed away. The deceased, Nathaniel Yankey, is said to have complained of headache and later passed on at the hospital. This comes just a week after a final year student of KNUST Senior High School, …
Read More »KNUST student in Police grips for killing uber driver over GHC1,200 debt
Tafo Divisional police commander Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Akwasi Annor Arhin has confirmed that a final year student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology(KNUST) is in Police Custody for the murder of an Uber Driver. According to the Police, Emmanuel Awuah committed the crime after his victim, …
Read More »June recorded 11.2% inflation
The national year-on-year inflation rate was 11.2% in June 2020, which is 0.1 percentage points lower than last month, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), has announced. Month-on-month inflation between May 2020 and June 2020 was 1%. This is lower than the 1.7% recorded between April and May and 3.2% between …
Read More »The Workplace Wellness Series with Yussif Salford
He has proven to be at the forefront of restoring confidence back to the workplace during this difficult COVID- 19 Pandemic era through the workplace wellness program. Some companies in Ghana have hugely benefitted from this program with incredible remarks. Mr. Yussif with his 20 years of experience …
Read More »Prof Opoku-Agyemang wades into death of KNUST SHS student
Running mate to National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer John Mahama, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has reacted to the death of a student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Senior High School. Leonard’s death triggered a demonstration by his colleague students who accused the school authorities of failing …
Read More »COVID-19: The Scientific Knowledge Has Failed. Let’s Try Common Sense – Educate Africa Institute
“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away” these are the words of the President of Educate Africa Institute, Boadi William. When I toured around various schools and read from the various media and heard from parents …
Read More »Provide Sick Bays with Qualified Health Staff at all SHS – Kwabena Frimpong Appeals
The General Secretary for Kumasi Youth Association(KuYA) Mr Kwabena Frimpong has called on the Government through the Ghana Education Service (GES) to collaborate with the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to help establish functional sick bays with qualified health professionals to manage , in all Senior High Schools across the country. …
Read More »We don’t know if ‘COVID-19 SHS students’ brought virus from home – GES to Nana B
Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) says they have not been able to clarify whether infections of the deadly coronavirus recorded among students were imported from their various homes to the schools or not. The National Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party, Henry Nana Boakye popularly known as …
Read More »KATH staff reportedly dies, another on admission after contracting coronavirus
A health worker at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has died after contracting the deadly Coronavirus, officials say. Although management will not give full details of the recorded fatality, it says a number of its staff have recovered from the virus too. “As at the last check, Komfo Anokye has …
Read More »All SHS students will be quarantine after WASSCE – GES
The Ghana Education Service (GES) says the measures to be adopted are a possible mandatory quarantine of the Senior High School (SHS) students after the successful completion of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) before they are finally allowed to integrate with the larger community. Director-General of the …
Read More »Ladies: Five things you shouldn’t do after sex
Your post-coitus behaviour could have a huge impact on your health. Sex is an enjoyable activity and the best form of intimacy a couple can have in their relationship. While there are many tips on tricks on how to be more intimate with your partner there are other health factors …
Read More »Six-year Treasury bonds issuance opens today
Government will today start the process for the issuance of six-year treasury bonds with the opening of the book-build. This follows the release of initial pricing guidance for the bond issuance through the Ghana Stock Exchange. According to an announcement made by the Bank of Ghana on Tuesday, July 14, …
Read More »Coronavirus: Angry parents storm Accra Girls over wards whereabouts
Parents of students at the Accra Girls Senior High School are currently at the school premises to demand answers as to the whereabouts of their children who have tested positive for the Covid-19. This comes after a joint communique from the GHS and the GES revealed that 55 persons in …
Read More »Coronavirus: Six students at Kwahu Bepong SHS isolated
Six (6) students of Kwahu Bepong Senior High School in the Eastern Region have been isolated over suspected Coronavirus infection. Samples of the Students have been taken for testing. The cases in BESCO bring to 15 the total number of students isolated over Coronavirus in the Kwahu South District . …
Read More »Body of top Rwandan official who died of coronavirus goes ‘missing’ at Ridge Hospital
A high-profiled Rwandan who contracted the coronavirus pandemic is said to have died of complications from the virus in Ghana. The deceased who is said to be a medical director in the East African country, died at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital (Ridge) in Accra on Thursday, July 9, Angelonline.com.gh …
Read More »You’re selling KIA per the terms in the proposal – PSWU to Gov’t
Per the terms and conditions in the proposed strategic partnership agreement between the Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL) and TAM-SUMMA Consortium, a Turkish company, concerning the management of the Kotoka International Airport, it can be stated that the KIA is being sold, the Deputy General Secretary of the Public Services …
Read More »Nana B’s school visit ‘unacceptable’ – Adutwum
Deputy Education Minister Dr. Yaw Adutwum says the Education Ministry will take action against the Youth Organiser of the ruling New Patriotic Party for visiting a senior high school to campaign despite a government directive. Henry Nana Boakye, popularly known as ‘Nana B’, is seen an in image gone viral …
Read More »Accra Sky Train Project remains on course – Ministry of Railways
The Ministry of Railways Development, Ghana and its South African counterparts, remain strongly committed to the Accra Sky Train Project. Contrary to media reports suggesting that the project is a fiasco, both the Ministry of Railways Development and the Government of Ghana on one hand, and the South African Investors, …
Read More »DCE shuts down Dwenti SHS for breaching COVID-19 protocols
A private school, Dwenti Senior High School, in the Sekyere Kumawu District of the Ashanti Region, has been closed down over COVID-19 safety protocol breaches. The proprietor and the headmaster of the school have also been arrested. The District Chief Executive (DCE) for the area, Mr Samuel Addai Agyekum, …
Read More »Boy, 12 arrested over racist messages sent to Zaha
A 12-year-old boy has been arrested by police investigating racist messages sent to Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha on social media. Zaha revealed he had received several abusive messages on social media before Sunday’s trip to Aston Villa, a game they lost 2-0. His manager Roy Hodgson called the abuse “cowardly and …
Read More »NAGRAT challenges GES on interdiction of KNUST Headmistress
The National Association of Graduate Teachers, NAGRAT has opposed the Ghana Education Service Interdictory action against the Headmistress of the KNUST SHS, Felicia Asamoah Dankwa, over the demise of a final year student of KNUST SHS who died hours after he was sent to a medical facility after complaining of …
Read More »Financial institutions falling victim to a new fraud method – BoG
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has served notice that a number of financial institutions are falling victim of a new method being adopted by fraudsters to dupe banks and other financial institutions.. The central bank said it therefore raising awareness among the institutions and Ghanaians in general in order to prevent the …
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