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President Nana Akufo-Addo has buoyed candidates sitting for the 2017 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), to grab the opportunity to secure their future. Leaders across the country continue to send goodwill messages to the over 460,000 candidates participating in the exams nationwide and the President, is latest to send a tweet to assure them that the much touted ‘Free SHS’ ...

More than two hundred candidates for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) from four communities at Bindi South in the Bunpkurugu –Yunyoo district of the Northern region failed to sit for the exams which began Monday, June 5, 2017, following a misunderstanding between chiefs and regional education authorities over location of examination centers. The candidates; 70 from Kanbatiak Junior ...

Accra Brewery Limited has commemorated World Environment Day, with a call on Ghanaians to desist from practices that degrade and pollute the environment. The high point of the commemoration was a donation of GHC10,000.00 worth of sanitation equipment to the Adabraka community, prior to joining some residents to clean up portions of the Graphic Road in Accra. For three consecutive ...

A member of the Disciplinary Committee of the General Legal Council has justified the three-year ban on a popular Human Rights lawyer Francis Xavier Sosu for breaching professional rules. The legal practitioner was found guilty of four charges – excessive legal fees, an over- estimation of services, failing to appear before the committee and advertising which is against the GLC ...

The Denkyira Traditional Council on Monday June 5, 2017 visited the scene where Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama was lynched to perform some rituals and ask for forgiveness from gods of the land over what they described as sacrilege done by angry residents of Denkyira-Boase. According to them, it was also to ensure that that the area does not incur the ...

THE National Democratic Congress (NDC) has outlined programmes to mark its 25th Anniversary celebration. The year-long celebration is under the theme, ‘Mirroring the Past into the Future’. On 8th June, 2017, the party will hold a panel discussion at party’s national headquarters with Comrade Hudu Yahaya, Comrade Dan Abodakpi, Comrade Alban Bagbin, Second Deputy Speaker, Comrade Ama Benyiwa Doe, a ...

The specialised vehicles ordered by former President John Dramani Mahama before exiting office, and meant to be used by the incoming New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration are ready in Dubai. The new cars were to beef up the presidential fleet and were ordered a few days to the handing over of power to President Akufo-Addo. Per the contractual terms, the ...

DR Mahamudu Bawumia, the Vice-President, has said government has put in place the requisite interventions to help make this year’s Hajj more comfortable to prospective pilgrims. The interventions, he said, would include feeding of pilgrims at Jeddah and transportation of pilgrims from their settlement to the airport. He said as part of the package, text messages would be sent to ...

Legal Aid Ghana has backed Francis Xavier Sosu’s decision to appeal the three-year ban slapped on him by the General Legal Council. The Executive Director of Legal Aid, Yahaya Alhassan Seini has pleaded on the human rights lawyer’s behalf. “There are some parts that we want to plead on his behalf, for some aspects of the matter I should think ...

The Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the National Youth Authority says the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) cannot continue to be relevant only during periods of election. Richard Obeng says the Commission has a constitutional mandate to educate Ghanaians about their civic rights and responsibilities all year round. He has therefore called upon government to adequately fund the activities ...