Out of a total number of 460,941 registered candidates who sat for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), 424,092 candidates have qualified to benefit from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government’s flagship ‘Free Senior High School’ policy. The policy takes off by the middle of this month when President Akufo-Addo launches it, possibly at the West Africa Secondary School, ...

The Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful is ready to present herself to the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service to answer to corruption claims leveled against her by the Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong. The allegations were in relation to a contract given to a foreign company for the production of national identification cards. Kennedy Agyapong had claimed that ...

Kwesi Appiah admits Ghana face uphill task to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup after the 1-1 stalemate with Congo though says they will keep going until it becomes impossible. The Black Stars were expected to capitalise on Egypt’s slip to get back in contention for top spot in Group E, which guarantees qualification. But instead they produced a ...

One of Ghana’s celebrated highlife music giants, Abrantie Amakye Dede, has been invited to perform at an event dubbed ‘Da Highest Concert’ in New York, USA, tomorrow. Slated to take place at the Hammerstein Ballroom on 311 W 34 Street, the event will also witness other performances from Sarkodie as well. The ace highlife musician, who has achieved so much ...

Social commentator, Casely Hayford has advised Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu to sue Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong over corruption claims leveled against her. Kennedy Agyapong had alleged that Ursula Owusu-Ekuful disregarded a bid [he had interest in] for a contract to print NIA cards in favour of more expensive bidders who had paid her money. Ursula, in a rebuttal, ...

The Minister of Communications Ursula Owusu-Ekuful says she supports the CID’s investigation in the allegations of corruption levelled against her in the award of the contract for the production of National Identification Cards. “I welcome the investigations by the CID and even though I am yet be contacted, I will cooperate with the law enforcement agencies to ascertain the truth,” ...

A National Democratic Congress (NDC) government has a better record than its New Patriotic Party (NPP) counterpart as regards appointees resigning on principle, Abraham Amaliba has said. Mr Amaliba, a member of the legal team of the NDC, said mention can be made of the likes of Murtala Ibrahim Mohammed, a former Deputy Trades and Industry Minister, and Dzifa Ativor, ...

BARCELONA director Albert Soler has revealed Liverpool wanted €200million (£185m) for Philippe Coutinho. Liverpool managed to keep hold of the talented Brazilian despite the player handing in a transfer request and asking to join Barca. Having managed to keep hold of Coutinho on deadline day in England on Thursday, Liverpool could have still cashed in on him the following day ...

ENGLAND fans were finally treated to five minutes of the sort of free-scoring football Gareth Southgate’s youthful revolution had promised them. Ryan Bertrand, Danny Welbeck and Harry Kane – the last two instinctive strikers’ finishes from international class deliveries – gave England their biggest competitive win for nearly two years. –– ADVERTISEMENT –– What a shame so many of their ...

Controversial Ghanaian musician Nana Akua Amoah, better known as Mzbel has once again reiterated her appetite for dating middle-aged men. According to her she rides on her friendship with ‘big men’ to realize her big dreams and ambitions. Speaking on GHOne TV, Mzbel disclosed that she once genuinely offered to assist a young gifted lady in her career but for ...