The National Teaching Council (NTC) says Ghana will be able to fully export professional teachers to countries where their services are needed after the teacher licensure exam certificate takes full shape. In November last year, the Ministry of Education, disclosed that Ghana had begun processes to export trained teachers to …

Teacher Unions of the country have called for the immediate suspension of the policy for the payment of GH¢200.00 each by the In-Service Teachers to secure Teacher Professional Licences. They also requested that the payment of GH¢100.00 Renewal Fees of the licence for every two years should be deferred. They …

Former Chairperson of the Electoral Commission Dr. Kwadwo Afari Gyan says he expects ‘yes’ votes to win the day in the December 17 referendum on political party participation in local level elections. Dr. Afari Gyan, who was part of the consultative council which drafted the constitutional provision, which bars political …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has asked Ghanaians to turnout in their numbers on 17th December, and vote ‘Yes’ in the Referendum to elect their own Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives. Speaking at the 30th anniversary celebration of the Akatsi District Assembly, on Monday, 4th November, 2019, at the …

The government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is expected to provide some medical camps in Ghana. The Ambassador of Pakistan to Ghana, Major General Waqar Ahmad Kingravi (RTD), made this known on Tuesday, 29 October 2019, in Accra, when he paid a courtesy call on Ghana’s Minister of Foreign …

Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has made serious allegations against the Bank of Ghana-appointed receiver for defunct financial institutions, Eric Nana Nipah of Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC), MyNewsGh.com has filed. The NPP MP is of the firm conviction that Eric Nipa is working in the interest …

The Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament (MPs) have called on government to cancel the ongoing secret recruitment exercise of personnel into the Police Service, Prisons Service and Immigration Service with immediate effect. In a release signed by James Agalga, MP, Builsa North and Ranking Member, Defence and …

The violent demonstration that hit the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) campus in October last year, leading to the destruction of properties worth several millions of cedis, is now history, but the fallout has now become a herculean task the security agencies and the university authorities have …

The Takoradi Constituency Treasurer of the ruling NPP, Mark Ofori, has been shot dead. Mr. Ofori was shot in his house at Fijai, a suburb of Sekondi in the Western region by some unknown assailants. The development has thrown the party into a state of shock, grief and mourning as …

Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has slammed the Chief Justice and the General Legal Council for recent scuffles on legal education in the country. The veteran lawmaker says the regulators’ handling of the law students’ complaints about the challenges with legal education shows that they are clearly out …

Members of Parliament are demanding legislation to end ‘monetization of politics’ as they speculate that Ghana may soon run out of competent lawmakers. MPs from both sides today, during proceedings, in unison, demanded a legislation to end what they term as excessive influence of money in Ghana’s politics. According to …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that pupils in primary school will not attend school on today, October 30, as the day has been set aside for the Continuous Professional Development (CPD) of teachers. The GES says the CPD has been adopted into the academic calendar to allow teachers …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that pupils in primary school will not attend school on today, October 30, as the day has been set aside for the Continuous Professional Development (CPD) of teachers. The GES says the CPD has been adopted into the academic calendar to allow teachers …

Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has revealed he played a significant role in John Mahama’s ascent to the Jubilee House. According to the Nadowli Kaleo MP, he convinced the former President of his chances at the top job at a time when he [Mahama] himself wasn’t keen. “I …

Lawyers of businessman, Ibrahim Mahama, who won a defamation case against Communications Director of the Ghana National Gas Company, Ernest Owusu Bempah and the Despite Group, are getting ready to get the GH¢300,000 awarded him. The court presided by Justice Georgina Mensah Datsa (High Court, Accra) granted all the reliefs, …

Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin II, has launched the Asona Family Educational Foundation and Scholarship to assist members of the Asona clan to get a good tertiary education. At a durbar of all the Asona Chiefs in Ghana at Kyebi, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin II said the fund seeks to …

Former President John Dramani Mahama has told party members that he is on a mission to rescue Ghana from the abysmal performance of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. According to the former President, Ghanaians are “disillusioned” under the direction of the Akufo-Addo led government. “I think that Ghanaians are more …

While various campaigns are being waged to promote civil discourse in Ghana politics, newly-appointed Executive Director of Danquah Institute, Mr. Richard Ahiagbah has started his new job with a direct attack on the person of former President John Mahama calling him senseless and without shame. Mr. Ahiagbah in an interview …

Former President John Dramani Mahama has commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for completing the Adaklu Senior High School at Adaklu-Waya in the Adaklu District of the Volta region. He said education remained the key to opening up societies for rapid development and praised the government highly for finishing construction …

The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies. It’s extremely surprising how most times the people you’d take a bullet for, are the ones behind the trigger. This is exactly the case of a Staunch member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), T.K. Aboagye …

Former President John Mahama has called for a fair and universal application of the Representation of People’s Act (ROPAL). Speaking at the 40th Anniversary Dinner Dance of Ghana Union UK, the former President who is also the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress stated that, if the law is to …

MP for Ellembelle Constituency, Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah has threatened to place an injunction on the upcoming district level elections and referendum for the election of MMDCEs. The MP indicated that the EC has no business conducting any form of elections in the country until it resolves challenges associated with …

The Ministry of Education has begun consultations with the National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) to spell out implications of a new policy for admissions to universities and other tertiary institutions that introduces some flexibility in the consideration of non-credit passes. Under the new policy, the status of grades such …

The opposition NDC in the Karaga constituency continues to lose its members to the ruling NPP with a little over a year to elections 2020. The defectors claim the recent increase in development projects in the area since the NPP assumed power is their reason for defecting. They announced their …

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) branch in Jomoro Constituency of Western Region has suspended its Communicators. They have been barred from appearing on radio to defend the party and the Akufo-Addo-led government. This harsh decision was unanimously taken by the Constituency Executive Committee of the party. This Reporter contacted the …

Broadcast journalism students of the National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI) were the toast of the audience on Wednesday, 23 October 2019, as they trashed graduate students from the University of Ghana, Legon and their undergraduate counterparts from the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ), African University College of Communications (AUCC), …

Former President JJ Rawlings has waded in the impasse between authorities of the University of Education-Winneba and Professor Mawutor Avoke saying there is a “clear case of injustice”. The former President’s position comes after the former Vice Chancellor of the school petitioned him over his removal by the council of …

The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana has scheduled Friday, 25 October 2019 to Monday, 4 November 2019 to receive applications for transfer of votes, as well as special and proxy-voting. The exercise will be undertaken at the district offices of the EC across the country. The election-conducting body made the …

Founder and leader of the Glorious Word and Power Ministry International (GWPMI), Rev. Dr. Isaac Owusu Bempah, has sought to quash reports that the “horn of unicorn” he presented to Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, a few months after his inauguration as President, has brought untold hardships on Ghanaians. According to …

The Tertiary Education Institutions Network (TEIN) of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has expressed discontent at the utterances of the Director of Political Affairs at the office of the Chief of Staff, Frank Asiedu Bekoe. The Mr Bekoe speaking at the NPP’s Tertiary Education Students Confederacy Network (TESCON) handing ceremony …