The National Labour Commission (NLC) has ordered the leadership of Colleges of Education Non-Teaching Staff Association of Ghana (CENTSAG) to call off their strike and return to engage with their employer, Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) on their concerns. The NLC ruled that CENTSAG did not follow due process before …
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NPP lifts indefinite suspension slapped on Ekow Ewusi in 2019
The National Executive Committee of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has lifted the indefinite suspension slapped on the First Vice Chairman of the party in the Central Region, Mr. Horace Ekow Ewusi. His suspension has been converted to definite suspension which will be in coterminous with the tenure of …
Read More »Gyakye Quayson breaks silence after Supreme Court stopped him from performing MP duties
Embattled Member of Parliament for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson, has broken his silence following an injunction granted against him by the Supreme Court on Wednesday, April 13. A seven-member Supreme Court panel by a majority decision ruled in favour of an application to bar James Gyakye Quayson from holding himself as a …
Read More »It’s yet another sad day in our democracy – Amaliba reacts to Supreme Court ruling
The Director of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) legal team, Abraham Amaliba, has described the ruling by the Supreme Court on the matter of an application for an injunction to stop James Gyakye Quayson from holding himself as a Member of Parliament for Assin North, as another sad day in Ghana’s democracy. He explained that …
Read More »NPP Council of Elders summons Wontumi, others over election disputes in Ashanti Region
Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Wontumi), and other party executives are expected to hold an emergency meeting with the Council of Elders of the party as it takes steps to resolve all election-related disputes in the region. The elders were at the Asokwa Magistrate …
Read More »NPP office closed down, landlord seizes property
The Ashanti Regional office of the New Patriotic Party, (NPP) at Krofrom has been locked up by the owner of the property. It will be recalled that the landlady and some family members stormed the party office some months ago to lock it up over the failure of the party …
Read More »Lead NSMQ stars for Prempeh, PRESEC and Keta get admission into world’s top universities
The flag of Ghana has been raised high in the top educational echelons in the U.S. as the star performers of the three competing schools in the 2021 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ), gear up for their next challenges. Eden Nana Obeng Kyei of team Prempeh College, Prince Debrah …
Read More »John Mahama would have lost election petition even if his wife presided – Manasseh
Investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni, has become one of many popular Ghanaians who have waded into the conversations around justice delivery in the country, following a recent statement by the Minister for National Security, Albert Kan-Dapaah. Addressing a meeting with some members of the judiciary last week, the national security minister …
Read More »‘Hooo, shame on you; corrupt state looters’ — Kumasi traders ‘hoot’ at Alan supporters
Traders at Kumasi PZ, a famous commercial downtown within the CBD of the metropolis have hooted supporters of NPP’s Alan Kyeremateng. In the early hours of Tuesday as Alan Kyeremateng’s group called “Asanteman Nkosuo-NPP Mpuntuo” as part of a protest staged against the candidature of Vice President Bawumia walked pass …
Read More »Election 2024: Ofori-Atta’s Bawumia endorsement worrying – KNUST Political scientist
A political science lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has described Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta’s endorsement of Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia as a capable leader of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), as worrying for the party going into the 2024 general elections. Dr Amakye Boateng …
Read More »University of Ghana owes GH¢33m in power debts, ECG threatens to cut supply
The Electricity Company of Ghana has issued a disconnection notice to Ghana’s premier university, the University of Ghana, UG, over power debts to the tune of GH¢33 million. The power distributor issued a 72-hour ultimatum for the university to settle the bill or face disconnection from the national grid. Reports …
Read More »64-year-old woman gains admission to SHS
Rita Offin, a 64-year-old mother of seven, is among hundreds of pupils who have gained admission to various Senior High Schools (SHS) across Ghana. The sexagenarian, who has secured admission at Christ The King Senior High School (CKC) at Obuasi, commenced her studies on Monday, April 11, 2022. Madam Offin sat …
Read More »UG faces disconnection from power grid over GH¢33M debt it owes ECG
The University of Ghana, risks being disconnected from the national power grid if it fails to pay a GH¢33 million debt it owes the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) within the next 72 hours. A disconnection notice has been served on the university, and any further delay will leave the …
Read More »NDC turned Jubilee House into a drinking spot before Akufo-Addo took over – Kusi Boafo
The Chief Executive Officer of the government’s Public Sector Reforms, Thomas Kusi Boafo, has accused the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) government of sleeping on the job during their tenure. According to Kusi Boafo, it had to take the coming to power of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for Ghana …
Read More »Mahama as president chose slay queens over party – NDC executives
As the National Democratic Congress inches close to the holding of elections for its executives and next flagbearer, an executive of the Tema East Constituency branch of the party is reminding executives of a ‘monkey dey work, baboon dey chop,’ injustice they suffered when former President Mahama was in power. …
Read More »Scientists want me dead for discovering HIV/AIDS cure – COA FS CEO
The Chief Executive Officer of the Awareness Healthcare Centre in Ghana, Dr. Samuel Ato Duncan, has revealed that some influential people in the country and some Scientists want him dead for discovering a cure for HIV/AIDS. According to him, people are hunting him to stop him from making public the …
Read More »Extend deadline for payment of fees – KNUST SRC appeals to management
The Students’ Representative Council of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) says it would engage management of the university to seek an extension of the deadline for students who are yet to pay their fees. This comes after management announced that students, who could not pay 70% …
Read More »We’ve not prescribed uniforms for teachers – GES
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 …
Read More »Ken Agyapong cites 2010 documents exposing Ablakwa’s private jet trips as Deputy Minister
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 …
Read More »Who am I to advice Walewale Adam Smith? – Adongo quizzes
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 …
Read More »Bawumia has proven he can lead Ghana after Akufo-Addo – Ken Ofori-Atta
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 …
Read More »More than 1000 KNUST students likely to defer courses due to inability to settle fees
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, …
Read More »School feeding caterers demand increment of grant as food prices soar
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 …
Read More »Why I am donating GHC10,000 each to all 275 constituencies – Ken Agyapong
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 …
Read More »VIDEO: 2016 tweet of Bawumia slamming Mahama’s ‘economic excuses’ pops up
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 …
Read More »Haruna Iddrisu lists the number of funds used as security for loans by Akufo-Addo
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 …
Read More »You just don’t know how to handle the economy – Duffuor to Bawumia
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 …
Read More »Free SHS hasn’t lowered standard of education – Yaw Opoku Mensah
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 …
Read More »Our lives are in danger – Headmistress cries out
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 …
Read More »3 students, 1 teacher sustain injuries after school building collapse at Abbey Kopey Dawhenya
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 …
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