The Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has stressed the importance of teachers throughout his academic journey, “I am eternally grateful to them all,” he said in a July social media post. He mentioned the specific case of two of his teachers who he met recently, one during a …
Read More »Apremdo community discovers strange substance beneath soil suspected of being crude oil
The Apremdo community in Effia Kwesimintsim Municipality in Western Region, has discovered an unknown substance beneath the soil, and suspected of being crude oil. Although the discovery of the substance has caused anxiety in the community, the traditional ruler in the area, Nana Egya Kwamena Xl, has taken up the …
Read More »IMF team to arrive in Ghana today; bailout talks begin on Wednesday
A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is set to arrive in Ghana today, Tuesday, July 5, 2022, ahead of a discussion with the government of Ghana on a bail-out request made to the fund. Negotiations will begin on Wednesday, July 6, 2022. President Nana Akufo-Addo on Friday, July …
Read More »Let’s find money to complete National Cathedral to avoid shame – Catholic Bishop
Most Reverend Gabriel Kumordzi, the Bishop of Keta-Akatsi Diocese of the Catholic Church has stated that it was imperative to find funds to complete the National Cathedral of Ghana project. He observed that it would be a shame that the project is abandoned and for people to be pointed in …
Read More »C/R: Assembly member allegedly pockets GHC64,000 compensation meant for farmers
A section of rice farmers in the Assin North District of the Central Region of Ghana have accused a former Assemblyman of Assin Breku, Mr. Ampem Darkoh of allegedly pocketing GH¢64,880 compensation given them after 400 bags of rice belonging to the farmers were destroyed a s a result of …
Read More »Five severely injured in accident at Gomoa Okyereko
Five persons are severely injured and receiving Treatment at Winneba Trauma and Specialist Hospital after a GMC private car collided with a Toyota Hiace bus transporting food items from Accra to Ajumako Mando Senior High School in the Central Region. The accident occured at Gomoa Okyereko on the Kasoa Cape-Coast …
Read More »Umaro Embalo elected new ECOWAS chair
Guinea Bissau President Umaro Embalo has been elected new chair of the ECOWAS for the next one year. He was elected at Sunday’s Summit [3 July 2022] to succeed Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo, who held the position for almost two years. Gambia’s Omar Alieu Touray was also introduced as the …
Read More »Galamsey pit kills man at Nweneso No1
A 35-year-old man, Kwame Antwi, has died after a galamsey pit caved on him at Nweneso No1 in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti region. The deceased also known as Romeo had gone to mine on Sunday, July 3, 2022. The pit, however, collapsed on him in the process, …
Read More »The body of a woman mistakenly buried during a mass burial exhumed after a court order
Environmental officials in the Kwahu West Municipality of the Eastern Region have exhumed the corpse of a woman they mistakenly buried during a mass burial exercise. The body was mistakenly buried along with some other bodies at the Nkawkaw-Trafford cemetery in January, this year. However, the family displeased by the …
Read More »We were forced to go to IMF – Gabby Otchere-Darko
New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has said that the government was compelled to seek a bailout at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). According to him, the government was left with no choice as policies it proposed, including the E-Levy that could possibly have brought practical solutions to the country’s …
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