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The modus operandi of solving challenges in the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is conflict among others, according to one time Vice presidential candidate of the party, Martin Amidu “Any person casually acquainted with the theories of conflict studies and research knows that”, he stated. “When individuals or groups in conflict do not have credible facts to defend their side ...

Businessman Alhaji Asoma Banda has laughed off rumours about his death indicating that it is very typical of some Ghanaians to “kill” people before their time. There were reports in sections of the media on Monday August 14, 2017 that the former Member of Council of State is dead but his nephew Abu Banda, who spoke exclusively to mynewsgh.com, discounted ...

The National Teachers Council (NTC) of the Ministry of Education has announced that teachers will now have to pass a special examination before being granted the licence to teach. The move, according to the NTC, is to enforce discipline and eliminate non-performing teachers from the system, in accordance with the new Teachers Licencing Policy under the Education Act 778 (2008). ...

Vice Chancellor, University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), Professor Abednego Feehi Okoe Amartey, has appealed to the government to allow public universities to keep the entire 100 per cent of their internally generated funds (IGF). He explained that this would facilitate the smooth functioning of the universities in order to produce the needed manpower for the nation’s socio-economic development. Prof ...

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said with a stable political climate, sustained macroeconomic indicators, an advantageous geographical positioning, and strengthened local banks, the country can become an international financial centre, in sub-Saharan Africa. “There is an opening for an international financial services centre in sub-Saharan Africa and north of South Africa and we have every opportunity to do that. Let ...

Security Expert, Dr. Kwesi Aning, says the government must demonstrate the capacity to deal decisively with resistance to the anti-galamsey campaign. The Director of Academic Affairs at the Kofi Anan International Peace Keeping Training Centre sees the pockets of resistance to the fight against illegal mining as a possible threat to security if not handled properly. “We need to demonstrate ...

As part of his Corporate Social Responsibility, the president of Groupe Ideal, Nii Kotei Dzani has promised to award 10 scholarships to some deserving students. Speaking at the 9th Congregation of the University of Professional Studies (UPSA), the entrepreneur also announced to give automatic employment to 10 brilliant graduates in Business. The Council of State member has also promised to ...

Minister of Defence, Dominic Nitiwul has revealed that the anti-illegal mining Taskforce “Operation Vanguard” is facing a lot of provocation from illegal miners, making their work extremely difficult. According to him, some of the illegal miners have adopted a strategy whereby they remove the control board of the excuvators they use at the end of their mining activity, making the ...

The University of Ghana Admission for the 2017/2018 undergraduate list is out. The first batch is published on the University website and can be view with either the Serial number or the Surname of the Student. Also one can follow the steps below to view the list: Click here: http://admission.ug.edu.gh/ugadmitted After viewing the list, you can also check the link ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that Ghana’s oil revenue will be used to fund the Free Senior High School (SHS) program when it takes off next academic year. He stated that so long as he remained as the President, funds from the oil production would not go into few individual pockets, but it will be used to finance ...