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President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers [NAGRAT], Angel Carbonu, has said NAGRAT will not call off its strike despite government’s assurances that teachers owed salary arrears will be paid by Friday, April 6. The Finance Ministry had indicated that it had planned to pay the teachers who were owed the arrears by April 6, 2018. This only comes ...

President Akufo-Addo is set to speak on the controversial military agreement between Ghana and the United States today Thursday April 5, 2018. The address which will be broadcast live on various local media platforms at 8pm, will be the president’s first commentary on the matter since it became public. It comes as the Minority continues to question the President’s silence ...

Information Minister Mustapha Abdul-Hamid has scoffed at warnings by groups and individuals opposed to a recent military cooperation pact between the governments of Ghana and the US, saying no amount of demonstrations will change anything. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid says to start with, those demonstrating against the deal are wrong to insist that the agreement is to allow the US set up ...

The brewing tension between men of God, Prophet Nigel Gaisie and Rev. Owusu Bempah is heightening as the younger preacher has threatened to make a shocking revelation about Pastor Owusu Bempah. The two who have recently being in disagreement over who will win the 2020 general elections in Ghana have been throwing subliminal shots at each other. Founder and leader ...

A deputy minister of Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says the Ghana Education Service is surprised at the posture of NAGRAT following their strike action over unpaid salary arrears. The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) declared an indefinite strike Wednesday, April 4, 2018. The action is in protest of government’s continuous refusal to pay six years salaries in arrears owed ...

The Koforidua Police are looking for Master Philip Asare, a pupil of Ellen White SDA School at Soredae and his friend who pulled a dagger and a pistol on their headteacher and a female teacher of the school. Speaking to the Ghana News Agency in an interview, Mr Boakye Acheampong, Headteacher of the school said Philip and the friend who ...

President Akufo-Addo has for the first time since assuming office sworn into office five Justices to the Superior Court Of Judicature specifically, the Court of Appeal, charging the new Judges to respect and defend the liberties of every Ghanaian. Addressing attendees of the ceremony held at the banquet hall of the Jubilee House, President Akufo-Addo said the Judiciary remains the ...

All is set for the establishment of a US$2.2million pepper processing factory under the auspices of the ‘1D1F’ initiative at Tuobodom, the district capital of Techiman North in the Brong Ahafo Region. To that effect, the Techiman North District Assembly has allocated a ten-acre parcel of land to host the agro-processing factory. The enterprise will be constructed and managed by ...

Two teacher associations have been condemned over their lack of outrage in the Ejisuman SHS sex scandal that has indicted eight teachers. The National Youth Authority in a statement Wednesday described the posture of Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) and National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) as “defensive” and ” protectionist” while showing no support for the victimised girls. ...

The Inspector General of Police [IGP], David Asante Apeatu, has ordered the Police Professional and Standards Bureau (PIPS), to begin investigations into the death of 34-year old Prince Kobina Kumi, an aeronautic engineer with the African World Airlines. The directive follows a petition sent to the IGP by family members of the deceased. The family of the deceased accused the ...