A former Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the University of Developmental Studies Prof David Miller has called on authorities to be lenient in disciplining students who engaged in violence in the ongoing WASSCE. On Thursday, a reporter with the Daily Graphic in Koforidua, Damalie Emmanuel Pacome, was attacked by students of Bright Senior High School in Akyem Kukurantumi. The students holding knives, cutlasses, ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has filed a complaint of ethnic profiling against the Akufo-Addo administration at the United Nations (UN), General Secretary of the party, Johnson Asiedu Nketia has revealed. According to the NDC, Ewes in border towns across the country have been denied access to register in the ongoing voters registration exercise on the basis that they ...

President Donald Trump has told US firms they have 45 days to stop doing business with TikTok and WeChat, claiming the Chinese apps are a threat to national security. Mr Trump signed two executive orders targeting two of China’s biggest apps. It is a major escalation in Washington’s stand-off with Beijing over its power in global technology. The announcement comes ...

He made a promise, took steps to construct a 5,000-seater interdenominational cathedral with a baptistery, a music school, an art gallery, and a Bible museum. A promise which booked him a free ticket to becoming a friend of the church and most pastors. A president after God’s own heart it seemed. Ghana’s “King Solomon” maybe? And the stone! that particular ...

Seven more Ghanaians have died of COVID-19 since Thursday bringing the country’s total death toll to 206. Active cases stand at 3,253. Confirmed cases of the virus in Ghana stand at 40,049 with 36,638 recoveries. Below is the regional breakdown of cases Greater Accra Region – 20,300 Ashanti Region – 9,972 Western Region – 2,766 Eastern Region – 1,809 Central ...

Paul Adom-Otchere says Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang’s speech during her introduction by the NDC was intended for “a populist reaction”, “disingenuous” and should not have been made by a professor and former education minister. During her formal unveiling at University for Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) on 6 July 2020, Prof. Naana Opoku-Agyemang stated: “…and everyone’s ancestor has been a worthy ...

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, says the banking sector reforms undertaken by government in 2017 and 2018, has strengthened local banks, making them more resilient to shocks. Assessing the balance sheets of local banks currently, the Finance Minister argued that the financial health of Ghanaian-owned banks are stronger compared to the period before the cleanup exercise. Mr. Ofori-Atta, who made ...

President Akufo-Addo has nominated a former Takoradi Constituency chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Abdul Mumin Issah as the new Metropolitan Chief Executive for Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly. The nomination of Chairman Mun, as he is affectionately called, comes following the unfortunate demise of the late mayor Anthony KK Sam. In a statement, local government minister Hajia Alima Mahama ...

Dr Nii Moi Thompson, one of the people tipped to be named as the running mate to John Dramani Mahama, has stated that some people started sending requests to him demanding things they wanted to be done for them if he became a vice-presidential nominee for the opposition NDC. According to Dr Thompson, even though his name came up as one ...

Richmond Baidoo is a young talented sign language interpreter, who resides in Tarkwa in the Western Region of Ghana, who is gradually taking the airwaves with his sign language skills. He has introduced a new face in sign language, of which he uses songs to sign for the benefits of our beloved deaf folks. He came out with SIGN LANGUAGE ...