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Parents must not pay any fees demanded by heads of senior high schools since the government is taking care of all such expenses beginning this September as part of the Free SHS policy, Deputy Minister of Education Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has said. “Students are not supposed to pay any fees”, he told journalists at a press conference on Monday, ...

Some lecturers of the University of Education, Winneba, are calling on the Campus branch of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) to call off their strike action as it is affecting admissions at the school. The aggrieved lecturers argue that UTAG’s decision not to call off the strike is causing students to stay at home even though lectures are ...

Martin Amidu has claimed that former President John Mahama’s advice to Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga following his defeat in the country’s election was cynical. Mr. Mahama advised aggrieved Odinga and his party to go to court for justice after they raised concerns over the results of the elections which declared victory for President Uhuru Kenyatta. Kenya’s Supreme Court has ...

Effective Today, September 4, 2017, all agencies at the country’s ports will use the paperless clearing process after a month of piloting. The move to start a paperless regime at the ports follows a directive from the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia in May this year. According to the Vice President, this will curb corruption and reduce the turnaround time ...

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced the extension of the deadline for placement of BECE candidates in the various senior high schools in the country. The deadline for candidates to check their results and placement online expired on Saturday, however, the GES said it has extended the deadline following reports that many candidates have not been able to access ...

Former school prefect of Achimota School has left Ghana to marry his gay lover in the US. Stephen Kabutey Ofoi Ceasar’s bold decision follows moves by parliament to impose stricter laws against homosexuality in Ghana. The overall hatred against the gay community in Ghana has seen most of them crawl into the closet, living a secret life. But this scorching ...

Disappointed Ghana fans booed West Ham United player Andre Ayew during Ghana’s unimpressive stalemate with Congo in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Kumasi on Friday afternoon. Fans at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium were obviously underwhelmed by the performance of the 26-year-old and booed him when he was being replaced by Miami FC’s Kwadwo Poku in the 68th minute. ...

The Communications Minister Ursula Owusu Ekuful has described as “scurrilous and unwarranted” allegations of bribery and corruption levelled against her by Assin Central MP Kennedy Agyepong. In a statement released Friday, the minister challenged her accuser to produce evidence of his allegations, adding the allegations are born of ignorance. Ursula Owusu stands accused of collecting bribes as a condition for ...

Criminologist and acting Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority has broken his long silence over the controversial contract that appears to be tearing members of the New Patriotic Party apart. Prof Ken Attafuah insists the allegations of wrong doing by Assin Central MP Kennedy Agyepong leveled against him and Communications Minister Ursula Owusu were not only baseless but untrue. ...

Former presidential staffer under the President John Mahama led administration, Dr. Clement Apaak is upset with persons blaming and trolling the former President for the annulment of Kenya’s presidential polls. “What nonsense, did JDM [John Dramani Mahama] write the constitution of Kenya? Is he the Kenya’s EC! Focus your attention on fighting the army worm infestation”, Builsa North lawmaker took ...