The yet-to-be sworn in Special Prosecutor Martin ABK Amidu has promised to respect the rights of citizens when he assumes office and will not abuse his powers. In his last letter as ‘Citizen Vigilante’ of which he dubbed: “Parting thoughts as Citizen Vigilante”, the former deputy attorney general said no one must harbour fear over his approval “so long as ...
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Opposition to GLC mounts as MPs collect signatures to throw out LI
There is a growing opposition to the General Legal Council (GLC)’s Legislative Instrument (LI) seeking to legitimise the entrance exams and interviews which are part of the admission processes at the Ghana School of Law. With barely a month to the maturity of the LI, Myjoyonline.com has learnt some Members of Parliament (MPs) are gathering signatures to throw it out. ...
Read More »ECOWAS Must Achieve Single Currency By 2020 – Akufo-Addo
The implementation of the Single Currency for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) targeted for the year 2020 must be met without fail, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said. Delivering his welcome address at the 5th meeting of the Presidential Task Force on the ECOWAS Single Currency Programme held at the Accra International Conference Centre, President Akufo ...
Read More »Late Prof. Atta Mills believed in UG Medical Center – Prof. Aryeetey
Former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Prof. Ernest Aryeetey has shared how Late Former President of Ghana, Professor John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills was determined to see the University of Ghana Medical Center (UGMC) project come to fruition saying they were ‘lucky’ the President defied odds to make it happen. The idea of having an ultra-modern hospital facility ...
Read More »Afoko ‘exposes’ Majority Leader on allegations he frustrated Nana Addo
Suspended National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Paul Awentami Afoko has reacted to an interview by the Majority Leader and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu over claims that Mr Afoko disliked and deliberately frustrated then-candidate Nana Akufo Addo. In a statement signed by his spokesperson Nana Yaw Osei, Mr Paul Afoko questioned why the ...
Read More »19, 900 Jobs Created – YEA
The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has disclosed it created 19,900 jobs in 2017 through strategic partnership agreements with some public institutions. Addressing the media in Accra on Wednesday, February 21, 2018, the CEO of YEA Justin Koduah Frimpong said the Agency is hoping to create 50,000 jobs for the youth. Giving a breakdown of the jobs created, he said 15,000 ...
Read More »Otiko Djaba fights American couple
The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Otiko Afisa Djaba, has filed an application for stay of execution pending appeal of an order by an Accra high court which granted an American couple the chance to travel out of the country with a 4-year-old girl they adopted. The couple, Ethan Michael Ram and Hilary Holt Ram, in February, 2017 ...
Read More »TTH CEO Didn’t Report Scandal – BNI Report
More details have begun to emerge about the ongoing investigation into the theft scandal at the Tamale Teaching Hospital after the Northern regional State Prosecutor threatened on Monday to subpoena the police investigator for undue delay in prosecuting the suspects. A report by the Bureau of National Investigations which uncovered the crime, said the Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Daniel Akolibilah ...
Read More »Farmer on the run after murdering friend
The Juaso police have launched a massive manhunt for a farmer alleged to have murdered another person at Sekyerekrom, a farming community near Komeso, in the Asante-Akim Municipality. Kwaku Afriyie is said to have hit the head of the deceased with an object, during a heated argument over an undisclosed amount of missing money, leading to his death. Deputy Superintendent ...
Read More »WAEC moves WASSCE to April to aid students’ preparations
Final year SHS students will henceforth write the West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in April. Speaking today [Tuesday] at a seminar for journalists, Head of the West African Examination Council (WAEC), Rev. Samuel Ollennu said the move will guarantee that the nine terms allocated to teaching and learning in second cycle schools are fully exhausted by students ...
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