Executive Council Member Frederick Acheampong has retained his position as Chairman of the Black Meteors Management Committee. The former AshantiGold CEO, will lead Ghana’s African Games campaign and also ensure that the national Olympic team qualifies for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France. Executive Council member, Samuel Anim Addo has also been named on the Committee as Vice Chairman. ...

Three persons have been injured in explosive waste disposal incident at Asaman in the Okere District of the Eastern Region. The victims were blasters who were disposing of the explosive items. The incident which occurred on Sunday April 25, 2021 at about 11:55 am also affected dozens of buildings in Asaman and another community, Okwenya, which falls under the Yilo ...

The Western Regional Branch of the Electricity Company of Ghana has joined their colleagues nationwide in protest against the Managing Director of the company Kwame Agyeman Budu. At the Regional Office in Takoradi where the protest took place, a significant number of the workers were clad in red armbands amidst hoisting of red flags and drumming and dancing. Some of ...

The office of former President John Mahama has dismissed reports that Mr Mahama is in connivance with some state agencies to scuttle the Free SHS policy. According to a statement signed by Joyce Bawa Mogtari, an aide to the former President, “A government-sponsored attack has been launched on HE John Dramani Mahama, former President of the Republic of Ghana, based ...

Interplast boss (3rd L) with the finalists, Aboagye Duah (R) and Peter Annan, Tournament Coordinator Atomic Tennis Club’s Samuel Antwi stunned Winneba-based Japheth Bagerbaseh to win the second edition of Interplast Top 16 tournament. Antwi played magnificently in a 6-4, 6-0 victory at Accra Tennis Club on Saturday. 2015 Davis Cup Star, Japheth, had been a strong favourite to finally ...

Communications Minister Ursula Owusu-Ekuful and Ningo Prampram lawmaker are trading words on social media over the acquisition of AirtelTigo by the government of Ghana. The Ningo lawmaker has raised issues with the Communications minister’s claim that government purchased the telecommunication company for $1. He is demanding details on the sale price. “I side with most Ghanaians who are requesting assurances ...

FORMER PRESIDENT John Dramani Mahama has caused a stir as he has attributed his successive 2016 and 2020 electoral defeats to superstition. He said he was very sure that the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) caused his rejection by the electorate through spiritual means. According to him, he did everything possible to transform the country during his one term as ...

Introduction Policy evaluation is an integral part of the policy formulation process. Summative evaluation of policies and programmes occurs at the end of the policy implementation process. In Ghana, the Free SHS policy can be said to have run its full course after three years (2017-2020) of implementation. Throughout the implementation phase, one issue that gained traction and is still ...

The National Women’s Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kate Gyamfua has accused the Minister of Roads and Highways Kwasi Amoako Atta of constructing and tarring roads in his Constituency leaving other deplorable roads in other parts of the country. According to Kate Gyamfua, the sector Minister should not only be fixated on roads in his area. “Tell Amoako ...

Quality of education at the basic school level in the New Juaben South Municipality in the Eastern Region has drastically declined raising concerns among stakeholders. Analysis of performance of candidates in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) over the last six years shows a worrying trend of consistent abysmal performance particularly among those in public basic schools. The data shows ...