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 …

All students of Wulugu Senior High School in the North East Region, who were involved in the riot that led to the destruction of school property, have been surcharged GH¢76 each. In March 2022, the students protested over the quality of food served to them among other concerns, and vandalised …

A total of 346,120 Ghanaians have been infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS with 66 percent being females while the rest are males, the Ghana AIDS Commission has disclosed. Speaking at a media engagement programme organised by the Christian Health Association of Ghana on Friday, the Senior Programme …

The Ministry of Education says the double-track system will not be implemented this year as first-year Senior High School students report to school today, Monday, April 4, 2022. The double-track system was introduced in 2018 to reduce congestion in schools and create room to accommodate the projected increase in enrolment …

Dr. Kofi Konadu Apraku, a leading member of the governing NPP, has indicated that the implementation of the Electronic Transfer Levy, otherwise known as E-Levy, will go a long way to affect the governing party. Speaking in an interview with Joy News, the former Trade and Industry Minister stated that …

Hassan Ayariga has said that Ghana’s oldest living former president, John Agyekum Kufuor, once described him as the country’s ‘shadow president.’ The founder and leader of the All People’s Congress (APC) explained that the former president made this observation of him because of how impressed he was with his wealth of ideas …

Renowned journalist and Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has commended former President John Kufuor for the level of honesty and respect he had for Ghanaians when he was president. According to Pratt, Kufuor is the only president Ghana has had who consistently admitted his faults and begged …

Editor-in-Chief of Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt, has fired salvoes at the Minority for filing a law suit at the Supreme Court against the passage of the E-Levy Bill. After the Majority in Parliament passed the E-levy Bill, the Minority, who staged a walkout during the proceedings, have dragged the Attorney General to …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo took his mockery of the Minority in Parliament to a new level earlier this week when he delivered the State of the Nation, SoNA, address. One of the contentious issues arising from his address was the claim that in five years, his government has constructed …

A senior member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Abraham Amaliba has served notice that his party is readying pieces of evidence on government’s borrowings and bonds floated in the past five years and what percentages have gone to the Finance Minister alone. Abraham Amaliba, speaking on TV3’s New Day …

Pupils of the Prempeh Primary School risk their lives daily on their way and back from school while crossing the Sofoline-Abuakwa Highway in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti Region. This is due to the faulty traffic lights which have not worked in over two years. Some of the traffic …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has emphasized that there has been no change in the reopening date for Form One Senior High School (SHS) students  First years are therefore to report on Monday, April 4, 2022, as earlier communicated.  Reports have circulated that the date has been shifted following some …

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has apologized to some members of Parliament whose names were marked absent on March 29, 2022. His apologies come after some 8 members of parliament complained about their names being captured as absent when they were actually present in the House the day the E-Levy bill …