A former Deputy Minister of Education Samuel Okudzeto-Ablakwa has pleaded with Teacher Trainees in the country not to go ahead with their planned picket at the Ministry to demand unpaid feeding grants. Leadership of the Teacher-Trainees Association of Ghana (TTAG) has served notice to besiege the Education Ministry, after efforts to get the funds released went unheeded by government. An ...

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has been tasked to lead the fight against illegal mining popularly known as galamsey. Speaking at the presentation of colours to the Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment (Recce) of the Ghana Armed Forces in Accra yesterday, President Akufo-Addo stated, “As government intensifies its efforts to curb the illegal mining phenomenon, otherwise referred to as ‘galamsey,’ that is ...

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is a man in demand and the Swede’s agent will soon discuss the forward’s future with Manchester United as his contract nears an end. Mino Raiola claims the 35-year-old, who has been sidelined with a knee injury since last month, is wanted by “many clubs”, although the prolific striker would only consider a move within Europe. Ibrahimovic defied the doubters to score ...

First Lady Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo has called on all individuals and institutions to contribute whatever they can to help build a new mother and child unit for Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in the Ashanti Region to help “save the lives of our mothers and children in the region and beyond.” The First Lady made this call at the Kumasi ...

Stonebwoy has revealed he has not made a dime from royalties since he started his career in 2009. The BET Award winning Dancehall act says he is yet to receive some funds from GHAMRO. “I’m a member of MUSIGHA but I haven’t received royalties before.” Stonebwoy told JOY FM. “It’s rather unfortunate but who do I talk to. I haven’t ...

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg returned to Harvard University—the school he dropped out of to start the pioneering social network—to urge its graduating class to help create a new social safety net in order to allow creative risk-taking. The 33-year-old tech founder of the world’s largest social networking company said he would never have been able to risk leaving the elite ...

With a Champions League campaign to come next season, Manchester United will target quality over quantity in its summer transfer dealings. That’s according to a BBC report that claims manager Jose Mourinho will make “three or four” summer signings including a world-class striker, as he attempts to make United a viable challenger for the Premier League title once again. Here’s ...

As Nigeria faces an economic malaise and President Muhammadu Buhari is out of the country on sick leave, the country’s vice-president has a clear message for civil servants: Stop praying and start working. Yemi Osinbajo, is a Christian pastor himself, and currently the acting president of Africa’s most populous country while Buhari recovers from illness in the U.K. In an ...

Nigerian police are searching for six children abducted from their school on the outskirts of the main city, Lagos. The abductors freed four other children after “profiling” their parents, police said, apparently referring to the fact that they were not regarded as wealthy. The men came through a swampy forest bordering the state-run Model College school, and cut a hole ...

British Ghanaian media entrepreneur Peace Hyde has been named in the top 100 UN list of “Most Influential Persons of African Descent” 2017. The Forbes Africa correspondent joins the likes of Lewis Hamilton, Trevor Noah, Oprah Winfrey and TD Jakes at the inaugural event in New York at the United Nations in September 2017. Hyde is joining the list of ...