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JHS not extended to 4 years – NaCCA

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) has debunked assertions that the duration for Junior High School education has been extended to four years, whereas Senior High School education has been reduced to two years. In an interview, the Executive Secretary of NaCCA Dr. Prince Armah explained that the …

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GES to close basic schools in Sunyani Municipality

All basic schools in the Sunyani Municipality would be closed from Thursday February 27, to Friday February 28, the Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed. This implies that pupils and students in both public and private basic schools in the Municipality will not go to school. According to the GES, …

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Photos: Wa Islamic SHS gutted by fire again

For the second time in five weeks, the Wa Islamic Senior High School’s (SHS) girls dormitory has been gutted by fire. The female students had their test and exercise books, mattresses, food and beds destroyed by the fire. The dormitory burnt by the fire was a temporary dormitory given to the …

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Chocolate danger: Ghana’s cocoa output hit hard by dry, hot winds

Overly dry and hot winds in West Africa are damaging prospects for cocoa output for the second year in Ghana, the world’s second-largest producer, sources told Reuters News Agency. Cocoa futures on Intercontinental Exchange are near their highest in three years, driven in part by the adverse weather, which has …

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Defunct Ideal Finance boss, Kotei Dzani’s assets frozen

The Economic and Organized Crime Organization (EOCO) has frozen assets of Mr. Nii Kotei Dzanie, a Member of the Council of State and Director of defunct Ideal Finance. Citi News gathers that among the reasons for the freeze of the assets is to find a way of retrieving funds from …

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Over 800 Takoradi Technical University students deferred

Over 800 students of the Takoradi Technical University (TTU) have been deferred for failing to register with the school during the 2019/2020 academic year. During a press conference on Monday, the University’s Registrar, Moses Maclean Abnory, noted that students were given ample time to register from September 2019 to January …

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Car dealers to go on ‘naked’ demo

The Automobile Dealers Union-Ghana (ADUG) has stated its intention to engage in an unprecedented demonstration if parliament goes ahead with its plan to ban the importation of second hand cars. The Majority Leader of Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah Bonsu, recently made known that Government was working towards a bill that will …

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7 out of 21 coronavirus tests at Noguchi showed symptoms

The Head of the Virology Department of Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Professor William Kwabena Ampofo, says seven out of the 21 cases tested for coronavirus showed symptoms as outlined by the Ghana Health Service despite all proving negative. He, therefore, called for vigilance and heightened effort as the …

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Very sad news from Legon

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the core function of every university is to solve problems and advance the frontiers of knowledge. They do not just award degrees, but they carry out research regularly to suggest solutions to the problems of the people. Right now as I write, the …

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NHIA owes mission hospitals GH¢87m – Catholic Bishop reveals

It has emerged that the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) is indebted to mission hospitals across the country to the tune of GH¢87 million. A news item published in the Catholic Standard, the official newspaper of the Catholic Church in Ghana, indicates that Bishop of Koforidua, Most Rev. Joseph Afrifah-Agyekum, …

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Tarkwa: Mining company fined GHc1.5m for power theft

A Tarkwa based mining firm called Mohammed Mining Company has been busted by the Electricity Company of Ghana for illegal connection. The task force who acted on a tip-off upon the arrival at the company’s site observed that power had been tapped from the main source without the consent of …

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Non-payment of electricity bills to be criminalized – ECG

The Electricity Company of Ghana, ECG, has hinted that it is lobbying Parliament to pass a law that will criminalize nonpayment of electricity bills. Ghana has about 85% electricity penetration rate but the nonpayment of Electricity bills by consumers continue to suffocate the power distributor hence the move to pass …

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Free SHS: Ningo SHTS students study on bare floor

First-year Home Economics students of the Ningo Senior High Technical School at Ningo in the Greater Accra Region have to sit on the floor for classes due to lack of desks. The students, who number over 40, sit on the bare floor for lessons as the classroom has less than …

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Mobile data penetration crosses 100% mark

At the end of December 2019, total mobile data subscriptions stood at about 30.4 million, which is 101 per cent penetration compared to the country’s population. Mobile cellular voice subscriptions have for many years been more than the country’s population, but mobile data subscription had not topped the population until …

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Two companies under investigation for importing infested gizzard

Chief Executives of two food import companies are being investigated by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) for importing four 40-footer containers of salmonella infested gizzard into the country. Veterinary officials said they were able to impound one of the containers but three others which can feed millions of people have …

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Goldfields won’t exit S.A. – CEO

Mining giant Gold Fields will not be rushing to join AngloGold Ashanti in exiting South Africa after its last mine in the country returned to profit last year. The South Deep operation generated US$15 million of net cash in 2019 after a decade of losses. Profitability will improve this year …

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5 sexual things your woman likes but may be too shy to ask

Communication is great. As much as many people know this, however, opening up about certain things remain a little difficult. Ask women for instance, especially those who were born and bred in a sexual-instinct-stifling society like ours; where women are subtly and even expressly asked to not rein in their …

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