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The late broadcaster Kwadwo Asare Baffour Acheampong (KABA) was a talented man. He switched from teaching to broadcasting and won the hearts of his audience as tributes to him has shown. The ease with which he made the switch speaks volumes about his talents. But one talent of his which may have remained unknown to many is the fact he ...

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), has said inasmuch as it is concerned about inadequate toilet facilities in a lot of public basic schools, this does not fall within its remit. NAGRAT’s response follows a report suggesting that 36% of public basic schools are without toilets. About 7,332 out of the 20,738 public basic schools in the country, do ...

I want to make it clear at the beginning that it is my cherished principle never to defend the indefensible at anytime or anywhere, and it is just to tell the truth, without concealing the part which may hurt. Having said thus, I am making the claim that Brantuo’s understanding of vandalism is myopic; that he does not understand the ...

The Minority in Parliament is putting pressure on the Ministry of Trade to refund $100,000 collected from expatriate business owners to gain access to the President during an award ceremony in Accra. The statement comes on the back of claims contained in a leak document that business owners were charged as much as $100,000 to sit close to the president ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said internal wrangling in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) helped his 2016 presidential victory. According to him, there is no denying fact that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) worked tirelessly to defeat the then ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC). President Akufo-Addo, who was being frank, however, disclosed that internal wrangling and factions in the ...

A Human Rights High Court has ordered the Electoral Commission to take all necessary steps to enable Ghanaians living abroad to vote in the 2020 elections. The Representation of the People Amendment Act 2006, (Act 699) was passed into law 11 years ago, during the Kufuor Administration, but has since not been implemented. The court presided over by Justice Anthony ...

Lawyer and former High Commissioner to India Sam Pee Yalley suspects the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) wants the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission to be impeached ‘just to ensure Akufo-Addo’s victory in 2020′. According to him, he knows the President to be an upholder of the rule of law and that “he will be disappointed if the president uses ...

A contingent of the police last Saturday morning arrested the Chairman of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Bernard Mornah, and 18 others at Kawo Kudi, near the Accra Girls’ Senior High School (SHS) in Accra, after dispersing their planned demonstration against the Togolese government. Also arrested was a spokesperson for the pro-Togolese opposition solidarity movement in Ghana, Irbad Ibrahim. Notice ...

The Upper East region has lost a third final-year student in a week in a suspected meningitis attack at the Zuarungu Senior High School (ZUSHS). Pretty-looking Rukaya Ibrahimah, a General Arts student, died Sunday aged 19 years inside an isolation room (also called the “darkroom”) at the Upper East Regional Hospital. Five more students from the same school are also ...

A Whatsapp video of four teenage boys allegedly gang-raping a young girl has sparked outrage on social media with many Ghanaians calling on the security agencies to crack the whip. The about five minutes video shows an underage girl pinned to a mattress by one of her abusers while his accomplices take turns to perform sexual acts on her. The ...