The Ghana Education Service (GES) has issued a directive to all heads of public Senior High Schools (SHSs) to reduce fees to be paid by final-year students in the third term by 50 per cent. A memo dated Friday, March 30, 2018 issued by the Director-General of the GES, Prof. Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, to all regional directors of education said the ...

Former Minister of Roads and Highways, Alhaji Innusah Fuseini has revealed the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and its functionaries are prepared to fight any individual or group that attempts to overthrow the government of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo through a coup d’état. “Anybody whether it is Koku or anybody who attempts to overthrow or disturb the political establishment we ...

Ghanaian Dancehall musician Shatta Wale has implied that his fellow dance-hall artistes Samini, Stonebwoy and seasoned rapper Yaa Pono are poor despite their claim of supremacy in the Ghanaian music industry. Speaking to his fans during his performance at the Zylofon Cash Activation Concert in Aflao, he said that majority of Ghanaian musicians are poor and that is the main ...

Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra, the Most Reverend Charles Palmer-Buckle, has taken a swipe at the two leading political parties in the country for putting their parties’ interest ahead of the nation. They (NPP/NDC) should overcome the animosity to inspire “humble service” among the civil and public servants, church and traditional leaders and the private sector. Speaking to the media ...

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu in the Volta region Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has questioned what he says is the unusual silence of President Akufo-Addo over the military pact between Ghana and United States. “Sir, your decision to strangely adopt a silent posture on the outside while there was a lot of activity behind the scenes to hurriedly negotiate ...

Professor Kwesi Yankah, the Minister of State in-charge of Tertiary Education, has outlined some measures government is putting in place to lessen the plight of private universities. He said government would help address challenges that private universities face in relation to the acquisition of presidential charter and affiliation. The university named one of the blocks at the main campus in ...

Robert Asare-Bediako, an aspiring Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti Region, has said he is resolute in his decision to contest in the upcoming primaries of the party. Mr Asare-Bediako said he will not step down from the race in spite of pressure being mounted on him by some leading figures of the party to do ...

The Government of Ghana has stated that it would probe the deportation of some Ghanaians from Australia who claimed to be journalists for the commonwealth games. At least 50 Ghanaians who were in Australia for the upcoming commonwealth games which starts Wednesday April 4, are being deported. According to Australian authorities, they are not convinced by their reasons for traveling ...

Ghana’s favorite rap King Sarkodie, who recently released a song titled ‘Wake Up Call’ campaigning against road accident in Ghana, has been involved in an accident in the Ashanti Region. . The Ghanaian rapper, was on his way to Asante Agyem Agogo for a show on Easter Monday when the unfortunate happened. With him, when the incident occurred, was the ...

The Ghana Armed Forces has given Member of Parliament for Assin Central Kennedy Agyapong the greenlight to make all the noise he can muster as they are not going to give any protocol slots to him, and for that matter any politician. The Ghana Armed Forces, through its Public Relations Officer (PRO) Colonel Aggrey Quashie, assured the general public that ...