The Ghana Education Service (GES) has released the postings for teachers who have returned from their study leave. Those teachers who were on leave with pay are supposed to log-on to http://gespromotions.gov.gh, to access their various postings. A release, signed by Mrs Adwoa Van-Vicker the Director for Human Resource and …
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GFA Elections: Normalization Committee notifies court to throw out injunction request by Roy Arthur
The Normalization Committee (NC) of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has notified the Accra High Court to ignore a request from Roy Arthur seeking to place an injunction on the upcoming elections. Mr. Arthur is one of the aspirants who filed nominations to contest for the chairmanship position for the …
Read More »Video of UG student slapping ‘boyfriend’ for ‘cheating’ goes viral
A video has gone viral of a man being physically assaulted for “cheating”. The 22 seconds video shows the man being repeatedly slapped with flipflops. The young man believed to be a student makes no retaliation He is seated in the chair with his head slumped into his hands while at least three other …
Read More »Free SHS will increase women participation in Assembly polls – Minister
The Eastern Regional Minister Eric Kwakye Darfuor has asserted the Free Senior High School Policy will increase women participation in future District Level elections. Available statistics indicate since 1994 the participation of women in local governance has been less than 10% at the national level in spite of women constituting …
Read More »Mampong: Akufo-Addo opens 2nd medical drone delivery base
President Nana Akufo-Addo on Thursday, 10 October 2019 officially launched Ghana’s newest medical drone delivery base at Mampong during a tour of the Ashanti Region. This is the second of four medical drone delivery bases earmarked for construction to help expand access to critical and life-saving medicines for patients across …
Read More »Hermaphrodite narrates her ordeal – The trauma of living with two sex organs
When people started seeing it and asked, why is your clitoris so big? It is then I realized mine was different,” these are the words of a 32-year-old hermaphrodite. Depression, mockery and embarrassment are just a fragment of the trauma Pokuaa (not real name) went through growing up, having been …
Read More »Raphael Dwamena suffers heart problem, ruled out of football indefinitely
Ghana striker Raphael Dwamena has suffered a fresh heartbreaking setback to his career as Spanish club Zaragaoza have detected an unknown heart problem during a routine medical check, Ghanasoccernet.com can exclusively reveal. The 24-year-old has been ruled out of action indefinitely for the Spanish second tier side following the unspecified …
Read More »University of Ghana lecturers sacked over ‘sex-for-grades’ – Dean of Students
The Dean of Student Affairs of the University of Ghana, Professor Godfred Alufar Bokpin, has said the institution frowns on ‘sex-for-grades’, a reason it has in the last three years dismissed lecturers who have been found guilty in that regard. Prof. Bokpin in an interview with GhanaWeb on the heels …
Read More »Committee probing ‘sex for grades’ to start work next week – Audrey Gadzekpo
An Associate Professor and the Dean of the School of Information and Communications Studies at the University of Ghana, Professor Audrey Gadzekpo has said that the committee set up to probe the sexual misconduct allegations leveled against some lecturers of the university will start its work early next week. She …
Read More »Asante Kotoko set to part ways with Muntari Tagoe & Abass Mohammed
Asante Kotoko are set to part ways with certain fringe players in their quest to build a formidable side ahead of the Caf Confederation Cup final playoffs. According to reports, the list include players like Muntari Tagoe, Abass Mohammed, Prince Acquah and a few others. Muntari Tagoe, who joined the …
Read More »Osei Palmer drags NC Boss Kofi Amoah to FIFA
Bankroller of lower tier side Tema Youth, Wilfred Osei Kwaku ‘Palmer’ and his legal team has dragged president of the Normalization Committee (NC), Dr Kofi Amoah to the FIFA Ethics Committee according to Kumasi-based Oyerepa FM after his appeal was turned down. Palmer, who was nursing the ambitions of becoming …
Read More »GFA Elections: Complete list of vetted and successful candidates
The Elections Committee of the GFA NC wishes to inform the football community and the general public that the vetting process initiated to vet interested aspirants for the various advertised vacant positions came to an end on Tuesday, October 8, 2019, at 4 p.m. These are the fully vetted and …
Read More »‘Hold my breast’ – Lecturer recounts seduction attempt by student at AUCC
The art of seduction has been a widely used technique or weapon by many to achieve desirable results when the quest seems unsurmountable. It is especially adopted when the subject of interest has a reputation to uphold at all costs. Throughout history, many male leaders have fallen prey and had …
Read More »GNAT urges GES to provide logistics for new curriculum implementation
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has urged the Ghana Education Service (GES) to make sure teachers get appropriate logistics to facilitate implementation of the new standard-based curriculum introduced into public basic schools. It said teachers across the 260 districts nationwide had been trained on the curriculum introduced this …
Read More »Frequent SEX prevent HEART ATTACKS according to Science
We already know that having sex not only feels spectacular, but it’s ridiculously good for your health, too. It boosts your immune system, protects from certain cancers, relieves stress, improves your mood, and helps you sleep better. And now, thanks to a new study, we also know that it protects …
Read More »GFA race: Palmer losses appeal
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) Normalisation Committee has thrown out an appeal by renowned football administrator Wilfred Kwaku Osei concerning his disqualification from the GFA presidential race. The Tema Youth FC president submitted a protest in hopes of overturning a Vetting Committee recommendation for his elimination. The disqualification was based …
Read More »Suspend education bills immediately – Teacher unions tell Parliament
Some teacher unions are demanding that Parliament suspends three educational bills which the Ministry of Education (MoE) has laid before the House. The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGR AT), Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) and Coalition of Concerned Teachers Ghana (CCT-GH) say …
Read More »I almost left Barcelona five years ago – Messi
Lionel Messi has revealed that he almost left Barcelona in 2014 after he and his father were charged with tax fraud. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner was alleged to have used tax havens in Belize and Uruguay to conceal earnings from image rights, and as such defrauded Spain of €4.1 …
Read More »Five former Ghanaian players who are coaches abroad
More often than not, many footballers enter into coaching after they hang their boots and even with some of them, they undertake coaching courses getting to the twilight of their careers so that when they retire, they start their new adventure. Coaches like Zidane, Laurent Blanc, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard …
Read More »FIFA extends mandate of Normalisation Committee
FIFA has extended the mandate of the Normalisation Committee set up to run the Ghana Football Association (GFA) for a second time. The second mandate of the Normalisation Committee expired on September 30, 2019. However, in view of the upcoming GFA elections, FIFA has extended the Normalisation Committee’s mandate to …
Read More »Mumuni hat-trick fires Ghana past Ivory Coast into WAFU Cup final
Hat-trick hero Shafiu Mumuni fired Ghana into the final of the 2019 WAFU Cup of Nations after beating Ivory Coast 3-1 in the semifinal at the Stade Lat Dior in Thies, Senegal on Tuesday. The Black Stars had the first chance on goal in the 10th minute, but Joseph Esso …
Read More »11 Fumbisi SHS girls collapse after ‘strange’ events; school closed down
Fumbisi Senior High School in the Builsa South District of Upper East Region has been closed down following a series of strange incidents on the school’s campus. At least 11 female students were rushed to the hospital on Monday after falling down and becoming unconscious. The school’s management has sent …
Read More »University of Ghana interdicts Ransford Gyampo, Paul Butakor
Professor Ransford Gyampo and Professor Paul Kwame Butakor have been interdicted by the University of Ghana following the BBC’s “Sex for Grades” documentary. A press statement copied to Ghanaweb states that two lecturers will be invited by the Anti-Sexual Harassment Committee for investigations. “Given that commitment, the Business and Executive …
Read More »Messi breaks another Ronaldo record
With a swish of his magic left boot, Lionel Messi broke yet another record as his stunning trademark free-kick sealed a comprehensive win against Sevilla. The strike was his 420th in La Liga, breaking Cristiano Ronaldo’s record of 419 goals scored in Europe’s ‘top five’ leagues — Spain, England, Germany, …
Read More »Ayew hits back at critics
Jordan Ayew thinks he has shown enough quality to make his critics eat their words. The Ghana international scored the winner late on in Crystal Palace’s 2-1 victory at West Ham United on Saturday, needing the intervention of VAR after it was initially ruled out for offside by the referee. …
Read More »Student demonstration turns nasty
The demonstration embarked by National Association of Law Students turned nasty when the police fired live cartridges and sprayed water on the demonstrators, who sat in the middle of the road creating traffic jam. This compelled the students to run helter-skelter for their dear lives with some seeking asylum in …
Read More »Sex for grade: Gyampo is disciplined, BBC was unfair – Legon student
A student of Professor Yaw Gyampo says the under-fire lecturer is well behaved and very respected by his students. According to Enam, the lecturer who stands accused of sexual harassment in the BBC’s latest investigative piece – Sex for Grades- is very much liked by all those he teachers now. …
Read More »‘I didn’t touch her; sit up or you’re useless’ – Gyampo to BBC as he threatens to sue
The Head of European Studies at the University of Ghana (UG), Professor Ransford Edward Gyampo, who has been implicated in the latest ‘Sex for grades’ investigative documentary of the BBC Africa Eye has hinted at suing the British media house. Prof Gyampo was seen making what the documentary described as …
Read More »[VIDEO]: Professor Gyampo implicated in BBC’s ‘Sex for Grades’ exposé
A political science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Edward Gyampo has been caught up in the “sex for grades” investigations carried out by BBC Africa Eye. Professor Gyampo, who is also the Head of European Studies at the University of Ghana, in the compromising video was seen …
Read More »[VIDEO]: Legon Lecturer caught in sex for grade scandal
Academic institutions in West Africa have increasingly been facing allegations of sexual harassment by lecturers. This type of abuse is said to be endemic, but it’s almost never proven. After gathering dozens of testimonies, BBC Africa Eye sent undercover journalists posing as students inside the University of Lagos and the …
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