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Fresh revelations suggest there was sufficient intelligence pointing to a pre-meditated attempt to kill the leader of a military detachment stationed in Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central region. According to the host of late afternoon political talk show host Kwadwo Asare Baffour Acheampong (KABA), sources within the military have provided fresh information which goes against the official narrative that the killing ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has described a group of persons who participated in the lynching of a military officer at Denkyira Obuasi in the Central Region as uncivilized, cruel and irresponsible people whose behavior must not be tolerated in society. According to the former President who was once a military officer himself, the mob action by the residents must ...

The disaster which occurred at the Kintampo Waterfalls claiming several lives in March this year has been described as an “Act of God”, a report presented to Parliament has revealed. Twenty people mostly students lost their lives while over 21 others also sustained injuries after trees crashed on them following a heavy storm on Sunday, March 19, 2017. Most of ...

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has described as ‘unfortunate’ a comment by the President that the country’s educational curricula are to blame for graduate joblessness. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo told a gathering at the 50th Anniversary of the Association of African Universities in Accra, a university education in the country no longer guarantees a job. He said ...

The anti-illegal mining taskforce has seized and destroyed several mining equipment from some communities in the Ashanti region. The taskforce set up by the Ghana Association of Small Scale Miners stormed some mining communities in Achiase in the Atwima Mponua District in the Ashanti region to clamp down on the activities of illegal miners. Speaking to Ultimate News’ Barima Kwabena ...

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has accused his party of not being ‘tolerant’. According to him, if the party was tolerant, it would have taken his criticisms in good faith instead of threatening him. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has warned that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to be careful of how it handles ...

The Ghana Education Service (GES) is unaware that at least 200 candidates sitting for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) failed to sit for the exams on Monday, the PRO of the Service has stated. The candidates from four communities at Bindi South in the Bunpkurugu-Yunyoo District of the Northern region failed to sit the exams Monday June 5, ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has challenged African governments not to rely on the World Bank and other institutions to decide on the choices they have to make concerning policies and the funding of education on the continent. “We should not get into arguments with foreign agencies about our priorities. We must set our own priorities and we must accept ...

The Leader and Founder of the All People’s Congress (APR), Mr Hassan Ayariga, has asked President Akufo-Addo to concentrate his efforts first on strengthening security at home. “Instead of traveling outside the country, the President as commander in chief ought to concentrate his efforts first on strengthening security at home,” he stated. Sharing his thoughts on the governance process and ...

The Deputy Minister for Health, Tina Naa Ayeley Mensah, has commended Janet Opokua, a pregnant student who is sitting the 2017 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) at New Gbawe Experimental School near Accra for her confidence. “I am not happy that you are pregnant because our society abhors premarital sex among young boys and girls however my joy lies in ...