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The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has condemned the alleged assault of some students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) by the school’s security squad and some police personnel. The students, 10 in number with one alumnus, were arrested by the police on Friday, 19 October 2018, for holding a vigil on campus without authorisation. ...

The Chief Executive officer (CEO) of Zoomlion, Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong has said when given total control of Agbogbloshie market within sixty days he would transform the place and clear it of its current filth. According to Dr. Agyepong he would use the people in Agbogbloshie to change the system, again human beings are very easy to manage. “If they ...

Two Chinese nationals were on Saturday, October 20, 2018, shot dead at Wassa Akropong in the Western region after a misunderstanding with their fellow nationals. The incident occurred at the Philip hotel where they are lodging. The cause of the misunderstanding is not yet known to the police due to language barrier, according to a police source. One of the ...

Demonstrating students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have burned down the official vehicle of the Dean of Students and reportedly ransacked the Vice Chancellor’s office. The angered students have also ransacked the security post on the school premises, where all security personnel have fled, in a demonstration that has turned chaotic. The students claim the ...

The Executive Director of the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG) Dr. Emmanuel Akwetey has challenged President Akufo-Addo to show Ghanaians the achievements of his 110 ministers that justify his decision to keep the number. The President despite criticisms from Ghanaians and civil society groups maintained that he needed the huge number of appointees to deliver on the promises he made ...

Some students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) are staging a demonstration on campus against what they say is brutalities at the university. At least one student was injured and 11 others were arrested after students clashed with internal security personnel of the school Sunday. The melee started after the school authorities accused the students of ...

The Institute for Energy Security (IES) has once again been vindicated over its warning last week that fuel prices could increase marginally in its projection for this month’s second pricing window, spanning October 16-31 2018. The Institute had attributed the expected increase to a rise in the average Brent crude price by 5.7 percent with a corresponding increment in the ...

Sierra Leonean leader Julius Maada Bio, is to pay a two-day official visit to Ghana beginning Monday, October 22, 2018. The visit is to strengthen and deepen the ties of friendship and co-operation between Ghana and Sierra Leone, as well as explore other areas of co-operation between the two countries. President Maada Bio would on his arrival call on President ...

Joy News investigation has revealed index numbers of hundreds of teachers on study leave have been used by fraudsters to enroll onto the National Service Scheme. The investigation also points to the Ghana National Association of Teachers on Campus as the possible source through which details of teachers on study leave were leaked to fraudulent persons to enroll on the ...

Policy think IMANI Africa has denied claims that they have been bribed out of their opposition against the Kelni GVG contract with the Government of Ghana. Kelni GVG, a Haitian originated company, IS awarded a contract by the government for design, development and implementation of a common platform for traffic monitoring, revenue assurance, and mobile money monitoring and fraud management—a ...