Former Minister of Education, Prof. Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang has expressed fears that the double tracking system for students who will be admitted into SHS1 in September for the 2018/2019 academic year may not yield positive results as it’s likely to impact negatively on the students education. Government has announced that it is set to roll out a double Tracking ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has eulogised the late former vice president Kwesi Amissah-Arthur describing him as a “true son of Ghana”. Mr Rawlings said, as an economist, Mr Amissah-Arthur exercised his duties with dignity and a good sense of humility. Mr Rawlings in a tribute said he realised Mr Amissah-Arthur was not a person to be regarded lightly when ...

President of Groupe Nduom, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, is calling on Ghanaians to help grow the economy by banking with indigenous banks such as GN Bank. The Business magnate made this appeal in his Facebook post, adding that shareholders of GN Bank are “long-term investors” who are into banking to support “Ghana’s development”. He confirmed that shareholders of GN Bank ...

The remains of the late Vice President Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur will finally be laid to rest today at the Military Cemetery at Burma Camp. Family, friends, dignitaries, as well as members of the general public, are attending the burial service for the late statesman. After the service which is expected to end around midday, the funeral cortege would go through ...

The Privileges Committee of Parliament has recommended sanctions against the Assin Central Member of Parliament Kennedy Agyapong over his claims that Parliament is cheap. The committee in its report after the public hearing of the member last week said: “ The committee has carefully considered the matter in the light of the totality of the evidence gathered and in accordance ...

The Executive Secretary of the Africa Center for Energy Policy has given a damning verdict of government review agreement of the controversial AMERI deal. Ben Boakye, whose think tank was vehement in criticizing the original AMERI deal signed in 2015 by the Mahama led administration, told Joy News’ Emefa Apawu the new deal entered into by the Akufo-Addo led government ...

CHELSEA star Willian may yet join Manchester United this summer, according to reports. Chelsea star Willian is on Manchester United’s list of transfer targets with the Red Devils primed to miss out on Real Madrid’s Gareth Bale. Bale was initially earmarked as a priority target, but Express Sport understands the Wales international is now expected to stay at Real Madrid. ...

MANCHESTER UNITED face heartache in their pursuit of Bayern Munich star Arturo Vidal, according to reports. Manchester United have been heavily linked with Bayern Munich star Vidal despite having six midfielders on the books already. The Chile international’s agent, Fernando Felicevich, has supposedly been locked in talks over a move that would see Vidal become United’s fourth signing of the ...

Violence in Nigeria between semi-nomadic cattle herders and settled farmers has killed around six times more people than deaths related to the Boko Haram insurgency in the first half of 2018, and poses a major threat to the country’s stability, the International Crisis Group (ICG) said on Thursday. The think-tank said in a report the violence, concentrated in central states ...

Google launched a network of free Wi-Fi hotspots in Nigeria on Thursday, part of its effort to increase its presence in Africa’s most populous nation. The U.S. technology firm owned by Alphabet Inc has partnered with Nigerian fibre cable network provider 21st Century to provide its public Wi-Fi service, Google Station, in six places in the commercial capital Lagos, including ...