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Maverick politician and Member of Parliament for Assin South, Ken Agyapong has said he believes some officers of the Police Service have an agenda and are inciting the public against him by putting out false information. According to him, the unnamed police officers are feeding the public with false information that suggest he’s given evidence of corruption against the two ...

The Minister for Communications Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has strongly refuted allegations of corruption in relation to the award of the contract for the production of national identification cards. The corruption allegations were levelled against her by Assin Central MP Kennedy Agyepong but in a statement, Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful described the allegations as scurrilous. She challenged the controversial NPP member to provide evidence ...

A ruling by Kenya’s Supreme Court yesterday – which annulled the results of last month’s presidential election due to irregularities – has undoubtedly cast doubt on the credibility of key observers of the Kenyan polls, including former Presidents John Dramani Mahama of Ghana and Thabo Mbeki of South Africa. The observers had praised the conduct of the Kenyan election, held ...

The Integrated Youth Needs and Welfare (INTYON), a crusader for maternal and infant health in the Upper East region, has strongly petitioned the Ghana Education Service (GES) to extend maternity leave for teachers from 3 months to 6 months to enable them breastfeed their babies thoroughly. The meeting which was held at Bongo-Soe, in the Bongo District was meant to ...

MANCHESTER UNITED would prefer to sign Gareth Bale over Antoine Griezmann, reports say. Manchester United tried to sign Griezmann from La Liga giants Atletico Madrid earlier this summer. However, Atletico’s transfer ban ultimately saw the France international commit to one more year in Spain. The Red Devils have also been tipped to sign Gareth Bale regularly throughout the summer despite ...

Government has unveiled a logo for its much touted Free Senior High School Education policy. The logo was unveiled by President Nana Akufo-Addo, during a ceremony at the Flagstaff House on Thursday. The logo for the Free SHS programme features two students celebrating because they are beneficiaries of the policy. Underneath the symbol are three words; access, equity and quality ...

The relationship between Nana Akufo-Addo and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, The Herald, has gathered has deteriorated beyond repairs with the President, unwilling to even set eyes on the man the New Patriotic Party (NPP) once held to be a maverick politician. With his entire access rout blocked and unable to see the President, Mr. ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has said that the United States of America, which is a world super power, is reaping the benefits of free senior high school implemented about a century ago, and Ghana must embrace government’s free SHS policy for future development. According to him, “The first country in the world, in modern times anyway, to institute the system of ...

With a superb start to their World Cup qualifying campaign putting Egypt in a good position to end a lengthy drought in the football’s most prestigious showpiece, coach Hector Cuper said his team must keep their feet on the ground if they are to overcome Uganda in a crucial double-header. The Pharaohs face the Cranes away from home on Thursday(today) ...

Education Minister Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh has described as “fake news”, reports that he intends licensing teachers before they become eligible to teach. “Since I became a Minister, I have not on any public platform spoken anything about teacher licensing,” Dr Opoku Prempeh told the leadership of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) at its 12th National Delegates Conference ...