A deputy minister of Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says the Ghana Education Service is surprised at the posture of NAGRAT following their strike action over unpaid salary arrears. The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) declared an indefinite strike Wednesday, April 4, 2018. The action is in protest of government’s continuous refusal to pay six years salaries in arrears owed ...

The Koforidua Police are looking for Master Philip Asare, a pupil of Ellen White SDA School at Soredae and his friend who pulled a dagger and a pistol on their headteacher and a female teacher of the school. Speaking to the Ghana News Agency in an interview, Mr Boakye Acheampong, Headteacher of the school said Philip and the friend who ...

YEN.com.gh has sighted a new post by singer Becca in which she seems to hint of exiting her record label, Zylofon Music. Checks by YEN.com.gh revealed that Becca made that post shortly after reports went viral that she had unfollowed some people and groups on social media following her “bleach” accusation. In the post, she indicated that she always ends ...

President Akufo-Addo has for the first time since assuming office sworn into office five Justices to the Superior Court Of Judicature specifically, the Court of Appeal, charging the new Judges to respect and defend the liberties of every Ghanaian. Addressing attendees of the ceremony held at the banquet hall of the Jubilee House, President Akufo-Addo said the Judiciary remains the ...

Highlife musician Kwame Anokye, widely known as Daddy Lumba Junior, has changed his name following a recent suit filed by Daddy Lumba against him for impersonation. According to the young artiste who has always taken inspiration from Daddy Lumba, he decided to change his name to save him the wrath of his ‘godfather.’ “I have now chosen Kwame Supremo. I ...

All is set for the establishment of a US$2.2million pepper processing factory under the auspices of the ‘1D1F’ initiative at Tuobodom, the district capital of Techiman North in the Brong Ahafo Region. To that effect, the Techiman North District Assembly has allocated a ten-acre parcel of land to host the agro-processing factory. The enterprise will be constructed and managed by ...

The Mayor of Tema, Felix Nii Annang Mensah-La, has denied claims that he requested a bribe from a waste management company of 10 percent of the proceeds from a contract it had bid for from the TMA. The Mayor was heavily criticized last week when a waste management firm accused him of requesting a 10 percent cut, before signing the ...

Two teacher associations have been condemned over their lack of outrage in the Ejisuman SHS sex scandal that has indicted eight teachers. The National Youth Authority in a statement Wednesday described the posture of Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) and National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) as “defensive” and ” protectionist” while showing no support for the victimised girls. ...

Congolese opposition leader Moise Katumbi held Italian citizenship from October 2000 until January 2017, the Italian town where he was a resident said on Wednesday, jeopardising his hopes of contesting a presidential election later this year. Democratic Republic of Congo’s attorney general said last week he had opened an investigation into allegations about Katumbi’s Italian nationality, first reported by Paris-based ...

The Inspector General of Police [IGP], David Asante Apeatu, has ordered the Police Professional and Standards Bureau (PIPS), to begin investigations into the death of 34-year old Prince Kobina Kumi, an aeronautic engineer with the African World Airlines. The directive follows a petition sent to the IGP by family members of the deceased. The family of the deceased accused the ...