The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has called on the Ghana Education Service (GES) to immediately rescind its decision for its members to pay 10 percent of their basic salaries as rent for staying in government bungalows. The GES has directed teachers living in all government bungalows to get …
Read More »Police refusing to release Oliver after court order; activist back on hunger strike – #FixTheCountry
Youth activism group #FixTheCountry Movement has said that the Ashaiman Police Command has refused to release its lead convener, Oliver Mawusi Barker-Vormawor, despite an order issued by a Tema High Court. The Tema High Court, earlier on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, delivered a ruling on a bail application filed by …
Read More »Confirmed: Baba Yara to host Ghana vs Nigeria match
The first leg of the 2022 World Cup play-off between the Black Stars of Ghana and the Super Eagles of Nigeria will be played at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium, GhanaWeb understands. GhanaWeb sources indicate that the team from the Confederations of Africa Football that inspected the stadium on Sunday and Tuesday, …
Read More »The inside story of Samuel Inkoom’s failed return to Asante Kotoko
Former Asante Kotoko defender Samuel Inkoom could have a career with rivals Accra Hearts of Oak if coach Samuel Boadu runs the rule positively on his fitness and ability to play for the for the club. Inkoom as confirmed by the Communications Director of Hearts of Oak is training with the club and could play for …
Read More »Prisoners aren’t little children to spend GHS1.80 per day, it’s inadequate – Former director
A former Director-General of the Ghana Prisons Service, Dr. Richard Kuuire, has described the GHS1.80 feeding grant for prisoners per day as woefully inadequate. According to him, the money given to provide three square meals a day for each prisoner reflects the poor treatment prisoners are subjected to in the …
Read More »Stop work: Gov’t reacts to demolition of Bulgarian Embassy after Ablakwa’s intel
The government has ordered for work to be stopped on the land that once housed the Bulgarian Embassy at 10 Kakramadu Road, East Cantonments, Accra. The decision to stop an ongoing development on the land comes after the MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa blew the whistle that the …
Read More »Cedi to fall by 20% over next 12 months – RMB Markets
The cedi’s woes are set to worsen if current conditions persist, as it is likely to depreciate by more than 20 percent against its major trading counterpart, the dollar, in the next 12 months, RMB – the corporate and investment division of FirstRand Bank – is projecting. This comes as …
Read More »Burkinabe becomes first African to win prestigious architecture award
An African has for the first time won the world’s most prestigious architecture prize, the Pritzker Prize. The winner is Diébédo Francis Kéré, a Burkina Faso-born architect who also holds German nationality. The -year-old Kéré said he was the “happiest man on this planet” to win the award in its …
Read More »Drivers issue one week ultimatum for Gov’t to reduce fuel prices
Concerned Drivers Association of Ghana(C-DAG) has given government a one-week ultimatum to have the price of petrol reduced. The drivers contend the GHC 8.44 mark per litre of petrol is highly abnormal and causing an unbearable hardship on them, hence the call. They have threatened failure to heed to this …
Read More »Tell your father to also die – Afia Schwar teases angry NPP footsoldiers
Radio personality Afia Schwarzenegger has asked people criticizing her over the Chief Of Staff’s donation to her to tell their fathers to also die. Foot soldiers of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) are peeved that the Chief of Staff could donate a whooping GHC 50,000 to Afia Schwarznegger for her father’s …
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