Professor Kwesi Yankah, the Minister of State in-charge of Tertiary Education, has outlined some measures government is putting in place to lessen the plight of private universities. He said government would help address challenges that private universities face in relation to the acquisition of presidential charter and affiliation. The university named one of the blocks at the main campus in ...
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‘I won’t step down for Wontumi’ – Robert Asare-Bediako
Robert Asare-Bediako, an aspiring Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti Region, has said he is resolute in his decision to contest in the upcoming primaries of the party. Mr Asare-Bediako said he will not step down from the race in spite of pressure being mounted on him by some leading figures of the party to do ...
Read More »Commonwealth Games: Over 50 Ghanaian ‘Journalists’ Deported
The Government of Ghana has stated that it would probe the deportation of some Ghanaians from Australia who claimed to be journalists for the commonwealth games. At least 50 Ghanaians who were in Australia for the upcoming commonwealth games which starts Wednesday April 4, are being deported. According to Australian authorities, they are not convinced by their reasons for traveling ...
Read More »Go ahead and ‘make noise’; we recruit only by merit – GAF replies Ken Agyapong
The Ghana Armed Forces has given Member of Parliament for Assin Central Kennedy Agyapong the greenlight to make all the noise he can muster as they are not going to give any protocol slots to him, and for that matter any politician. The Ghana Armed Forces, through its Public Relations Officer (PRO) Colonel Aggrey Quashie, assured the general public that ...
Read More »Akufo-Addo appointed ex-girlfriends to key positions – Asiedu Nketia alleges
General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, Johnson Asiedu Nketia has accused President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of reducing the presidency to a family and friends affair to the extent of appointing ex-girlfriends to high positions. Speaking on 3FM’s Sunrise show, Johnson Asiedu Nketia cited a Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana to sort of buttress his claims. “There ...
Read More »Teachers kick against scrapping Agriculture as major teaching subject
Some teachers in Lawra Municipal and Nandom District of the Upper West Region have kicked against the decision by authorities to scrap Agriculture Science as a major teaching subject in Junior High School (JHS). The teachers who described the decision as a bad one said even though a few topics had been added to integrated science, it was not enough ...
Read More »Economy Is Getting Stronger – Hamid
The Minister for Information, Dr. Mustapha Hamid is optimistic of a brighter future as the economy reacts positively to government policies and initiatives. Dr. Hamid said the records clearly show that the economy is getting stronger, despite government inheriting a wobbling situation from the previous Mahama administration. In a post on his facebook to mark the full 12-month cycle of ...
Read More »Ghana needs God’s mercy, grace to progress – Bishop Heward-Mills
Presiding Bishop of the United Denominations of the Lighthouse Group of Churches, Bishop Dag Heward-Mills, has said Ghana needs the mercy and grace of God more than anything else to make progress. He noted that in spite of several efforts and policies by successive governments since independence in 1957, the country does not seem to have made any significant progress ...
Read More »Brong Ahafo NPP condemns attack on NDC MP
The Asunafo South branch of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has condemned an attack on Member of Parliament (MP) for Asunafo South Constituency, Eric Opoku. Some unidentified thugs allegedly assaulted the National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP and vandalised his property, including vehicles, on Sunday, 1 April 2018. The armed men also inflicted machete wounds on three other persons believed ...
Read More »Thugs beat up police, seize patrol vehicle for robbery at Sankore
Seven armed men on Friday evening overpowered a police patrol team at Sankore, in the Brong Ahafo Region, and seized their vehicle. The thugs, according to the police, later used the seized vehicle to undertake series of robberies at targeted locations, including the residence of the Member of Parliament (MP) of the area. Four people, including a police officer, are ...
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