General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), says the party will now take disciplinary action against members who take to social media and other platforms to disrespect party executives and leadership. John Boadu who has been a victim of social media slander said the practice is unhealthy and not …
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25% of newly trained teachers not qualified – National Teaching Council
The Executive Secretary of the National Teaching Council (NTC), Christian Addai-Poku, has said about 25 per cent of newly trained teachers are not qualified to be in the classroom. This comes as a result of the average pass rate in the past three Ghana Teacher Licensure Examinations (GLTE) written by …
Read More »Audio: Akufo-Addo mocks Mahama
President Akufo-Addo is wondering how the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) will conduct its campaign in next year’s elections given what he says is their poor track record in government. According to him, the party former President John Mahama is leading into the 2020 elections has no record to defend …
Read More »NPP holds congress today
The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) will hold its annual delegates conference today, Sunday, December 22. Delegates of the party from across the country are expected to converge at the Fantasy Dome of the Trade Fair Site at La, Accra. Yaw Buaben Asamoah, Communications Director of the NPP, made this …
Read More »Political parties must desist from announcing election results – NCCE
The Inter- Party Dialogue Committee , a unifying body which seeks to promote peace and resolve conflicts before, during and after general elections has been inaugurated in the Central Region with a call on political parties to desist from announcing election results. Mr. Samue Asarel Akuamoah, Deputy Chairperson, Operations of …
Read More »Ankaful Hospital accounts safe missing
A metal safe securely locked with some unspecified amount of money, fixed into a concrete wall at the Account Office of the Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital is missing. Dr Kwadwo Obeng, Acting Director of the hospital who suspects that it was stolen, said the thieves broke into the general and accounts …
Read More »TEWU members demonstrate on KNUST campus
Members of the Teachers and Education Workers Union (TEWU) are demonstrating on the KNUST campus. The workers who form the largest union on campus are angry over the delay of swearing in their nominee onto the university’s new council and threatened to match into an ongoing council meeting on the …
Read More »Educate children on sex – Gender Minister
Cynthia Morrison, Minister for Gender, Children and Social protection has called on parents and guardians to talk to their children about their sexual orientations to enable them identify persons with bad intentions. She said it was vital for them to teach the children to know that their bodies belonged to …
Read More »Minority makes u-turn, agrees to vet Chief Justice nominee
The Minority in Parliament has made a U-turn on its earlier decision to boycott the vetting of the Chief Justice nominee, Justice Anin Yeboah. This follows parliament’s decision to reschedule the vetting to Monday, 23rd December 2019. The Minority had said its decision to boycott the vetting was among other …
Read More »Akufo-Addo’s foreign trips, hotel bills swallow GHC70m in 9 months – Ato Forson
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has spent in excess of GHC70 million on foreign trips and hotels in the past nine months, Mr Cassiel Ato Forson, the Minority spokesperson on finance has revealed. The Ejumako Enyam Essiam MP said on Thursday, December 19, 2019 that speculations about the president’s travel …
Read More »Mahama promises to bridge gap between Article 71 office holders and workers
Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, says the next NDC administration will establish an Independent Emoluments Commission that will ensure fairness in remunerations and compensation. The former President has also pledged to work to complete the processes already begun to review and bridge the remuneration and …
Read More »Reinstate Ogyeahoho – Western chiefs to Nat’l House of Chiefs
The Western Regional House of Chiefs (WRHC) is demanding the reinstatement of the Paramount Chief of the Sefwi-Anhwianso traditional area, Ogyeahoho Yaw Gyebi II, as the Chair of the Governance and Development Committee of the National House of Chiefs. The chiefs, at a press conference, said the removal of Ogyeahoho …
Read More »New curriculum bars some pupils in Savannah Region from writing end of term exam
Public primary schools in the Savannah Region of Ghana could not write end of term examination due to a new curriculum introduced by the government. The pupils will be vacating today, Thursday, December 19, ahead of the festive holidays despite failure to write first term examination. A visit to some …
Read More »CHASS demands arrears of Mahama’s Progressive Free SHS funds
The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools(CHASS) has written to Management of Ghana Education Service demanding payment of outstanding arrears of subsidies for the last batch of Fee-Paying Senior High School Students who completed School in June this year. A letter signed by President of CHASS, Alhaji Yakub.A.B Abubakar, …
Read More »Jean Mensa re-elected AAEA President
Mrs Jean Mensa, the Chairperson of Ghana’s Electoral Commission, has been re-elected as the President of the Association of African Electoral Authorities (AAEA), a body made up of Election Management Bodies (EMBs) in Africa. She was elected at the Sixth Continental Forum of EMBs recently held jointly by the AAEA …
Read More »Sport Betting In Ghana, The Dangers On Child Education
It is no secret that sport betting is a growing phenomenon which appears to be a profitable business venture in Ghana. Sport betting is a form of gambling that entails placing a wager, also known as a bet, on the outcome of a sporting event. The most common sporting event …
Read More »GH¢400m not for equipment only – EC justifies budget for new voters’ register
The Electoral Commission (EC) is defending the GH¢444,846,663 it is requesting for the compilation of a new voters’ register ahead of the 2020 general elections. The Commission is seeking budgetary approval from Parliament to enable it undertake its activities for the election period over claims that the existing register is …
Read More »Chaplain caught raping blind student in classroom
Tension is mounting between students and authorities at the Akropong School for the blind after a chaplain at the school was caught molesting a blind female student in a classroom. The students are angry at what they say is an attempt by the authorities to cover up the incident which …
Read More »I want Atuguba to preside over my case – Aponkye demands
Defeated Assembly Member aspirant of the Adukrom Nima Electoral Area Ibrahim Adabor Isa Ampem says he already has a foot in the Supreme Court as he intends to challenge his electoral loss. According to the national sensation who was massively beaten in the elections, he and his management team are …
Read More »90% of Aponkye’s followers voted for me – Assembly Member Elect boasts.
The Assembly Member Elect who sent Ibrahim Adabor Isa Ampem a.k.a. Aponkye packing with a paltry 19% share of votes is making claims to the effect that the huge crowds that heralded Aponkye’s campaigns were actually his loyalists. It came as a huge shocker to Aponkye’s huge number of admirers …
Read More »You could be jailed for discriminating against a person living with HIV/AIDS
Discriminating against a person living with HIV or AIDS could land one in jail for up to three years. This is contained in the Ghana AIDS Commission Act 2016, Act 938 which was passed by Parliament and assented by former President John Dramani Mahama on December 30, 2016. The Act, …
Read More »EC finalized timetable for 2020 polls
The Electoral Commission has concluded its timetable for the 2020 general elections and will soon make it available to the various political parties. According to Dr. Serebuor Quaicoo, Director of Elections at the Electoral Commission,the EC will soon commence the compilation of the voters roll for next year’s elections. Dr. …
Read More »VIDEO: How ‘Aponkye’ misled Ghanaians to believe he had won assembly elections
Popular candidate for the assembly membership election in the Adukrom Nima Electoral Area in the Ashanti Region, Nana Adabor Ibrahim Isaah Ampim (alias Aponkye) who paraded himself as the winner of the election actually lost miserably. Results show that he came last of the four candidates who contested, managing an …
Read More »Effiduase-Asokore DCE in fresh trouble
The District Chief Executive [DCE] of Effiduase-Asokore has become a ‘thorn in the flesh’ for the people of her district with her activities which has been highly condemned by chiefs of the twin-towns including the Member of Parliament for the area. Madam Mary Boatemaa Marfo is in the hot waters …
Read More »KNUST to establish Science, Technology University in The Gambia
The Gambian government and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have signed an agreement for the establishment of a Science, Technology and Engineering University in The Gambia, Gbcghanaonline.com reports. This came to light when the President of The Gambia, Mr Adama Barrow, received a delegation from KNUST …
Read More »I will go to court if EC dares me – Hon. Aponkye warns
The whole of the Adukrom electoral area and its surrounding communities is currently lit with the triumphant procession of Nana Isa Adabor Ampem A.K.A. Aponkye. Even before the Electoral Commission announces the final results, the aspirant who has become a media sensation for his full bouquet of manifesto freebees is …
Read More »Headmaster withholds Students’ results over failed promise
Authorities of Owerriman Senior Technical School in the Asante Akim North Municipality of the Ashanti Region have withheld results of close to fifty students who sat for the last year’s West Africa Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) over their indebtedness, according to reports. This is after the New Patriotic Party …
Read More »How social media reacted to Hon Aponkye’s loss
Some Ghanaians have reacted to the defeat of Nana Adabor Ibrahim Isaah Ampim popularly known as Hon Aponkye in the recent District Assembly and Unit Committee elections. The man who became social media sensation after an interview on television prior to the election was vying for the Assemblyman in the …
Read More »CONFIRMED: ‘Hon Aponkye’ loses Assembly Elections
Official results from the Adukrom Nima electoral area indicate that Nana Adabor Ibrahim Isaah Ampim popularly known as Hon Aponkye has lost the District Assembly and Unit Committee elections in that area. He was vying for Assemblyman of the area but at the end of counting, the man who has …
Read More »5 arrested for fighting at Towobotom polling station
Five persons are in the grips of the Akyem Oda police command for engaging in a free for all fight at the Towobotom polling station in the ongoing district assembly elections. The incident at Akyem Oda in the Eastern region left scores of voters injured. Although the election is not …
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