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Over 24,000 teachers have failed their promotional exam – GES

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that 55,917 (69%) out of 80,810 teachers due for promotion in 2023 passed the promotional examination taken in February 2023. This means that 24,000 teachers, representing 31% of the teachers due to be promoted to the various grades, including Deputy Director, Assistant Director …

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Gyakye Quayson drags Godfred Dame to GLC over professional misconduct

The Member of Parliament for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson, has dragged the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Dame, to the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council (GLC). In his letter to the GLC, the MP explained that the actions of the minister are contrary to the rules of …

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US$81.8m now hitting over US$250m – Ablakwa blows alarm on BoG Head Office ‘mystery’

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has published documents suggesting that the original value of the Bank of Ghana’s new offices was a little over US$81m but is now likely to exceed the US$250m tag given by the Minority in Parliament. The MP, in a publication dated …

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NIA sacks 10 staff over extortion from Ghana card applicants

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has dismissed 10 staff after they were found guilty of misconduct and unauthorised collection of monies from some Ghana Card applicants. According to a news report by asaaseradio.com, the staff were indicted after an investigation conducted by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police …

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Energy Ministry staff slapped with 100 counts for allegedly stealing over GHc287K from ADB staff

A Secretary at the Ministry of Energy, Regina Abanga has been arraigned at the Circuit Court in Accra and slapped with 116 counts of stealing totalling GHc287,775.47. Abanga, 44, is said to have manipulated Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) Automated Teller Machine (ATM) and succeeded in stealing the said sim belonging …

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Otumfuo destools Aduamoahene over alleged land guard use

The Asantehene His Royal Majesty Nana Otumfuo Osei Tutu has destooled Nana Osei Tiri Ababio, the chief of Aduamoa who also doubles as the Nkonsonhene. The destoolment took place on Monday, August 14, 2023, at the Manhyia Palace Court after Nana Osei Tiri Ababio was summoned before Asantehene’s court and …

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Woman bathed with hot soup over GH¢20.00 at Assin Asamankese

A 48-year-old woman has been bathed with hot soup over GH¢20 debt at Assin Asamankese in the Assin South District of the Central Region. According to the victim, Adwoa Ketsewa, she borrowed GH¢20 worth of fish on credit from a fish seller to prepare food for her family. Three days …

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Father beats son to unconsciousness for choosing football over ‘Makaranta’

A young promising and talented juvenile player of Soccer Heroes Fc at Bole by name Alhassan Abdul- Rauf has been hospitalised and currently receiving treatment after he was taken out of a field of play by his father and beaten terribly. According to an eye witness, Alhassan Abdul- Rauf is …

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Tension at Kumasi Technical University as over two thousand students sacked over delay payments of fees

Kumasi Technical University (KsTU.) in the Ashanti Regional capital has sacked over two thousand students following their inability to pay their school fees in full on time. The students could not comprehend why the authorities to such a decision described the action as harsh have therefore, threatened showdown with the …

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Pentecost elder ‘cries’ over plan to demolish his school, 4 others for Agenda 111 project

An elder of the Pentecost church in the Ashanti Region is pleading with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to intervene in the plan by the Asokore-Mampong Municipal District Assembly to demolish some properties on a piece of land belonging to the government for an Agenda 111 project. According to Elder …

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