CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Police arrest suspected Aputuogya armed robbers (Demon Town)

  The two suspected thieves, identified as “Demon Town” and his accomplice, have been arrested. They were seen in a widely shared video threatening to stab, shoot, and kill anyone who opposed their attempt to steal goods from them. They are alleged to have come from Aputuogya in the Bosomtwe …

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ROPEC GHANA Private Schools to hold 2023 Summit in Kumasi

The Royal Priesthood Educational Consult (ROPEC GHANA), a private organisation that runs special consultation services for private schools in Ghana is set to hold the 2023 Summit in the Ashanti region of Ghana. ROPEC Ghana this year’s forthcoming Summit is dubbed ” Transformation of Private Schools, through National Dialogue; The …

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2024 budget must include provision of textbooks in basic schools- Kofi Asare

Mr Kofi Asare who is the Executive Director of the Africa Education  Watch, has indicated that, 2024 budget statement to be read by the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta must see the need providing textbook in junior high schools. Mr Asare disclosed that some basic schools in the country are lacking textbooks to make teaching and learning profitable, …

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Free SHS policy without basic infrastructure is bogus-Dr Adu Sarkodie

A renowned Lecturer at the Department of Economics of the University of Ghana has said the flagship SHS policy without adequate infrastructure is not free education. Dr Sarkodie proposed that the current Free SHS education policy ought be reviewed to cater the need of quality, equity, inclusivity, among others. In his view.without the aforementioned ingredients,one cannot say …

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Babdaman Islamic School gets Desktop Computers from their DCE.

  The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Banda, in the Bono region, Hon. Akone Emmanuel, has presented 10 desktop computers, a projector, and 2 ceiling fans to the Bandaman Islamic School at Banda Kanka Saase, a suburb of Banda Ahenkro. The gesture was to enhance teaching and learning of ICT …

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A 35-year-old man shoots himself dead at Offinso-Abofour

  According to reports, a 35-year-old man in the Ashanti Region at OOffinso–Abofourshot himself to death. On Monday, November 6, 2023, the deceased, identified as Peter Boakye Yiadom, also known as KK.T. a beer bar operator, reportedly shot himself inside his drinking spot. It is reported that the deceased, a …

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Put a little extra effort into providing thorough district-wide sanitation services. Minister of Sanitation to stakeholders

  The sanitation minister Freda Prempeh has tasked WASH stakeholders to focus a bit more on delivering comprehensive district-wide sanitation services to meet the set targets. According to the Minister, meeting these set targets will require coordinated, cost-effective, and inclusive efforts by all. The recently launched Ghana WASH Sector Development …

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The 2023 Statsbank Hackathon was won by University of Cape Coast (UCC).

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) emerged the winner in the 2023 Statsbank Hackathon, after beating the University of Ghana(UG), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), University for Development Studies (UDS) and the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) in the final last Thursday. In a thrilling …

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Ghana, Rwanda tops health insurance coverage in Africa

Professor Edwine Barasa, Deputy Executive Director, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Program has mentioned Rwanda, Ghana, Gabon and Burundi as the only four African countries with over 20 per cent coverage levels with any type of health insurance even though the overall health insurance coverage in Africa is low. “Only four countries …

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