The Ghana Education Service (GES) has dismissed claims on some social media that it has prescribed uniforms for teachers in the country. Social media especially Facebook is replete with pictures of people posing as teachers wearing what appears as a new uniform for staff of the service. But speaking to …

Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong has fired a salvo at North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, over the latter’s attacks on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s luxurious private jet trips overseas. Agyapong stressed that Ablakwa was not as clean as he was putting himself out because he had …

A Member of the Finance Committee of Parliament, Isaac Adongo, has described the economic lectures presented by the Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as one bordering on intellectual dishonesty. According to him, the vice president, whom he christened “Walewale Adam Smith”, has refused to take “wise counsel” on how he can be assisted …

Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta has said that the Vice President of Ghana Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has proven beyond reasonable doubt that he is the type of person who can lead if Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo leaves. The Finance Minister made this known when he spoke to Accra-based Metro TV on the sidelines of …

More than a thousand students at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology will likely have to defer their courses due to their inability to pay their tuition fees by the stipulated deadline. The deadline for the payment of fees was extended from March 24, 2022, to April 7, …

School feeding caterers in the Eastern region are demanding increment in the school feeding grants following skyrocketing prices of food items. According to the caterers, food prices have increased multiple times but the government still pays Ghc1 per plate of meal making it extremely difficult to improve the quality of …

Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong, has announced that he is donating GHC2.7 million towards the party’s upcoming constituency elections. The vocal lawmaker said he had cashed the amount which he wants to be shared in portions of GHC10,000 to each of the 275 constituencies across the country. Speaking …

Screenshots of social media posts and old videos of politicians making pronouncements have become topical in recent politics. Such materials are employed largely to expose a ‘lack of principles,’ or a drastic change of stance by politicians. They have also been used to highlight how politicians only criticize for convenience’s …

Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has raised concerns about the government’s continued lack of respect for Article 252 of the 1992 constitution. He claimed that the government has mortgaged and borrowed against statutory funds and constitutional funds. According to him, the move by the government to set aside one billion Ghana cedis …

The former Finance Minister under the late President John Atta Mills  Dr. Kwabena Duffuor has stated Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia and the NPP government cannot match the economic records of the NDC. According to him, Ghana’s economic gains under his stewardship as Finance Minister are unmatched adding that the NDC’s …

It seems the recent comments of the former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana on educational matters, most especially the Free SHS, is becoming one too many recipes to satisfy his disenchantment with the program. Not only that, but he has also taken contentment in factoid submissions, even in the …

And also education is a backbone of any country that aims at achieving greater things in the future with its youths, by giving them proper educational background and the needed tools that will aid them in learning. But Kobeda No 1, a farming community under the Kintampo North Municipality is …

Three Junior High School (JHS) final year students and one teacher of Abbey Kopey DA Basic School in the Ningo-Prampram District of Greater Accra Region have sustained injuries as a result of a heavy rainfall that collapsed part of a poor structure school building on the students and the teacher …

A leading member of the opposition NDC, Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah has applauded the efforts of former Finance Minister, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor in leading the charge to change the anti-business image of the party. According to him, Dr. Duffuor’s Ahot) project tailored to establish 275 startups for the benefit of the …

The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, NDC, Johnson Aseidu Nketia, has stated that the party is ready to contest a by-election in Assin North Constituency. The NDC scribe, popularly referred to as General Mosquito, revealed that the current Member of Parliament, Jame Gyakye Quayson, will be the party’s …

The Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Forestry Commission, Iddrisu Musah Superior, has hinted that the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) is in serious crisis. Speaking in an exclusive interview on ‘Dwene Ho Biom’ a political talk show hosted by Agya Wusu on Accra-based Hot 93.9FM, Musah Superior stated without …

The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation Dr Kwaku Afriyie has called on Ghanaians to stop purchasing food wrapped in plastic in order to avoid the risk it poses to one’s health. The Minister also wants laws to be put in place banning the use of plastics for selling …

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has served notice to the president and the government of his intention to stage what he calls the biggest demonstration to ever hit a government. This, he explained, would come about if President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo abandons the presidential jet of the …

The Private Health Facilities Association of Ghana has threatened an industrial action due to government’s failure to pay claims for National Health Insurance Scheme. According to the General Secretary of the association, Frank Torblu Richard, health care delivery is being compromised due to arrears dating as far back as nine …

The star girl of the 2021 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ), Francisca Lamini, is on her way to the Harvard Medical School. This was announced by the American Chamber of Commerce in Ghana through its LinkedIn page. Francisca Lamini caught the attention of the nation with her sterling performance …

The Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNCOP), has called for an independent probe into the marking of scripts of Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates from private schools. Candidates in private schools often do much better than their counterparts in public schools, but the Council argued that private school …

A member of the Privileges Committee of Parliament has called on Member (MP) for Dome-Kwabenya Constituency Sarah Adwoa Safo to personally take a decision to resign from the legislature. Michael Okyere Baafi said the embattled lawmaker should not force the Majority Caucus in Parliament to table a motion for her expulsion as most …

The Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) has served notice to embark on a nationwide strike from April 21 over non implementation of Neutrality Allowance. According to the group payment of the Neutrality Allowance has not been effected as agreed in spite of official reminders and follow …

The Minority Chief Whip has stated that Sarah Adwoa Safo, Dome-Kwabenya MP gave official reasons for an extended leave of absence but the Majority Leadership refused for it to be granted. According to Alhaji Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka, the reason for her absence has got to do with her children and with her …

The Sunyani Senior High School Old Students Association (SOSA) have rejected the appointment of a new Headmaster for the school, Gordon Osei Marfo. Reasons for the rejection of the new Headmaster, Gordon Ose Marfo who took office in February 2022 is not known. However, this portal has sighted a letter …

The National Women’s Organizer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Dr. Hanna Louisa Bissiw has served notice to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) that since the security agencies have refused to offer them protection during elections, the militants on their side will rise to the occasion. According to …

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has advanced the view that there are currently 274 Members of Parliament in the lawmaking chamber. According to him, the people of Assin North Constituency in the Central Region are without a representative after the courts asked their Member of Parliament, …

When Parliament commenced business on Monday, April 4, 2022, a concern raised by the Adentan Member of Parliament, Mohammed Adamu Ramadan, led to a moment of controversy. The MP, during the process of correcting Votes and Proceedings, pointed out that Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo, per the …

The Ningo Senior High School (SHS) in the Ningo-Prampram District’s computer laboratory and the staff common room have been destroyed by torrential rain that ripped off the roofing of the structures of some of the buildings in the school. The computer lab and staff common room were temporarily turned into …

North East Regional Minister, Yidana Zakaria, has disclosed that five students who led a riot in Wulugu Senior High School, which happened in March 2022, have been ejected from the boarding house of the school. Zakaria also said that all the other students, who were involved in the riot, have …