The Dynamic Youth Movement of Ghana (DYMOG) says Ghana’s democracy, peace and stability are “highly at risk” if the controversies brewing from the nomination of Jean Mensa are not managed properly. President Akufo-Addo on July 19 announced Mrs Mensa who is the Executive Director of the Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA) as the chairperson-nominee of the EC. She is to ...

The Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Education Ekow Vincent Assafuah has stated the government will not relent on its effort to “enlighten” the public more about the double intake system at the Senior High School level from September 2018. Reacting to former Education Minister Prof. Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang’s assertion that government should make documents covering the semester ...

The 1st Camp Triathlon West Africa Championship hosted by Modern Pentathlon Association of Ghana ended on Saturday 21st July 2018 which saw Rauf Zakaria winning the gold medal and setting a historic record for the 2018 edition. Rauf out ran his other competitors from the 7 West African Countries to emerge the winner made a time of 20min 39.15sec ahead ...

The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Assin South Constituency, Rev. Ntim Fordjour, has rejected claims by fellow MP, for Tamale North Constituency, Alhaji Suhuyini Alhassan, that the newly adopted double-intake system for the Free SHS programme is the same as a shift system. Rev. Ntim Fordjour said the Dual-Intake system is not in any way the same as the ...

A 32- year- old Daniel Arkom has raped a goat at Anomabo ketewa near Nyankomasi Ahenkro in Ajumako district in the Central Region. He was caught in the act of having sexual inter-coarse with a born one female goat. Information gathered so far indicated that, he is an ex- convict whose name is on wanted list, because of his immoral ...

Government has come under pressure barely 18 months into its implementation of free SHS as cracks surface over a policy preached for eight years whilst in opposition. After a rare admission by the Finance minister welcoming a debate over the viability of the president’s flagship policy, former Education minister has in an even rarer interview told the government it was ...

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Assin South District, Hon. Derrick Owusu Ambrose, has stated that the Nana Akufo-Addo-led government is focused on improving the livelihood of People living With Disabilities (PWDs) in the country, as he believes disability is not inability. The DCE said this at the first-ever presentation of economic tools to the PWDs at a ceremony at ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has described as “senseless” and “indecent” the nomination of the Executive Director of the Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA) to chair the Electoral Commission. “We are shocked because until this appointment the president had given assurance to the nation that the persons to be appointed into the Commission would be persons whose integrity and political ...

A 75-year-old farmer, Emmanuel Dadzie, who laced the soup set aside for his wife and children with a highly poisonous pesticide at Assin Andoe has been jailed four months, by a Circuit Court in Cape Coast. The aged man who appeared pale, was bemused by his wife’s claims, pleaded not guilty to the charge of attempting to intentionally cause harm. ...

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, appears to be in agreement with the suggestion that the Free Senior High School programme may have to be targeted at persons with genuine need and not made to benefit everyone. Using himself as an example, the Minister said someone in his economic bracket should not be enjoying such a policy. “True, it may be that ...