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Popular author and educationist Professor Ama Ata Aidoo has set the stage for a national debate by calling for the scrapping of the boarding component in state-owned senior high schools (SHSs). “Ghana has never been able to afford boarding as a major component of its state-owned education system. We cannot afford it, and not wanting to admit this puts us ...

The Ghana Health Service says it has begun investigations to ascertain the identity of the mortuary attendant allegedly seen fondling the bodies of late dancehall artiste Ebony Reigns and her friend Franca Kuri in a video. There was widespread contempt from Ghanaians over the week after the video, reportedly capturing a mortuary attendant touching and examining the badly injured bodies ...

A woman has been arrested for allegedly filming an altercation between a police officer and dancehall artiste Shatta Wale. The woman, whose identity has been withheld was picked up and later granted bail for allegedly capturing the video of Shatta gesturing and swearing at a Police Officer. The dancehall artiste was said to be driving an unregistered vehicle and was ...

Representatives from various civil society organisations have re-iterated their call for a revision of the “UPOV-compliant” Plant Breeders Bill. They called for a “sui generis” plant variety protection system as demanded under the WTO TRIPS Agreement. The representatives included Food Sovereignty Ghana (FSG), Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), General Agricultural Workers Union – GAWU of TUC Ghana, Centre for Indigenous ...

Four suspected armed robbers on Friday attacked a total fuel station at Bosofour, a suburb of Asante Mampong and stole an amount of GHc9,000 from the station. The robbers also stole GHc3,000 from a mobile money vendor nearby. According to the police the incident occurred around 6:45pm on Friday. “On 02/03/18 at 1845hrs four suspected arm robbers with three wielding ...

The Akufo-Addo administration has been criticised for the initiatives they are taking in the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) as well as other agencies which aim at solving the issues of unemployment in the country. On the floor of Parliament, Thursday March 1, Ras Mubarak, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kumbungu challenged the purpose of the National Service Secretariat (NSS) ...

The Concerned Law Students have described the passage of the controversial legal profession regulation Bill 2018 as “sad”. Parliament Friday passed the bill despite strong protest from both the Minority and Majority side of the House. The bill among other things, states that the General Legal Council will conduct an entrance exam for the admission of students to the school. ...

A Deputy Interior Minister has described as sound judgment the decision by the police not to engage the Royal Motors armed robbers in a bloody shoot-out early this week. Henry Quartey, who is also a Member of Parliament of Ayawaso Central says there would have been a bloodbath on the streets of Accra if the police had decided otherwise. The ...

The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has bemoaned that the alarming spate of robberies being witnessed recently have the potential to undermine the country’s democracy. Hence, it charged the country’s security chiefs to nip it in the bud “with all the necessary force at the command of the state.” Consequently, the Bar entreated the Minister of Interior Ambrose Dery and the ...

Government is taking decisive steps to address the recent spate of armed robberies and other security breaches in the country. These measures include greater collaboration between the security agencies in order to aid intelligence gathering and crime prevention, while manpower challenges are being addressed. The general public has therefore been urged to play a watchdog role and report any suspicious ...