Primary schoolchildren have used their desks to block a major road in Kenya’s capital Nairobi after their school was demolished. The Kenyatta Golf Course Academy was knocked down at the weekend following a land dispute. They were joined by their parents and teachers as they chanted: “We want our school, we need to study in school.” <script async src=”//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js”></script> <!– ...

Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah, a justice of the Supreme Court, has decried the upsurge of telenovelas on television channels in the country. He stated that the dumping of telenovelas and the decline of standards on Ghana’s screens deserve urgent attention. According to the justice of the apex court, the voice-overs in the local languages increase the insidious appeal for such ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama’s intention of contesting for the presidency again on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in 2020 is gathering momentum, even though it is shrouded in secrecy. The ex-president went to Kumasi, in the Ashanti Regional capital, in a private jet last Sunday where he is alleged to have held secret meetings with several ...

The Christian Council of Ghana and the Ghana Catholic Bishops conference have called on managers of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to pay the Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG) monies owed it. According to Rev Dr Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, the NHIS owes CHAG in excess of GHS200million. He noted that several ...

The advent of social media has made the celebrity space in Ghana a very cheap one and for this reason any individual could be made a star in just a twinkle of an eye regardless of whether what the individual did is for public good or not. There have been several discussions on how some individuals who are addressed as ...

Chelsea icon John Terry scored in what is likely to be his penultimate game for the newly-crowned champions and suggested unless a good offer came along he might retire after Sunday’s final Premier League match. The 36-year-old — who has spent 22 years at the club winning 15 trophies including this season’s title — opened the scoring in the 4-3 ...

Media personality Nana Aba Anamoah has endorsed Dancehall Artiste, Shatta Wale, saying everything the artiste touches turns to gold. “I love Shatta Wale not because of the controversy but despite controversy and despite the negative title, Shatta Wale is rising above them. He is riding in the clouds. That is what I love about him.” “Everything he touches turns to ...

Over 8000 members of the National Association of Graduate Teachers have been left unpaid following the decision by the finance ministry not pay workers who have not registered with SSNIT. According to the President of NAGRAT, Angel Karbonu, although the affected individuals are already registered with the Social Security and National Insurance Trust, their salaries were not paid. “Some of ...

Despite her claim of “standing on high moral grounds” and upholding the tenets of “Probity, Accountability and Social Justice”, founder of the National Democratic Party, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings, is deeply enmeshed in corruption as those she persistently accuse, a research has revealed Records show that while Mrs Rawlings has accused officials of the NDC of corruption, the former first ...

Osama bin Laden’s son has vowed revenge on the west for killing his father and is set to become the next leader of al-Qaeda, a former FBI agent has warned. Ali Soufan, who was the FBI’s lead investigator of al-Qaeda after the 9/11 terror attacks, examined documents seized from bin Laden’s Pakistan compound when he was killed by US Navy ...