POLITICS

The government has decided to increase its spending on research at the tertiary level from the current 0.3 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) to 1.0 per cent. The move is expected to be in conformity with the request by the African Union (AU) to its member countries to increase research funding, the Senior Minister, Mr Yaw Osafo-Maafo, has ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings on Saturday, 11 August 2018 joined hundreds of mourners to bid farewell to the late Alhaji Gado Sulemana, a leading member of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) at a ceremony in Asawase, Kumasi. Alhaji Gado Sulemana, until his demise on 23 July 2018, played various roles in the NDC, including being Asawase Constituency ...

PRESIDENT Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says he has braved the ultimate hell of criticism and doubtfulness for the implementation of the Free Senior High School (SHS) programme, demonstrating a toughness that has put many of his detractors and critics to shame. Speaking at a durbar held in his honour at Beposo in the Sekyere Central District on day two of ...

Lawyers for Ibrahim Mahama have dismissed reports suggesting that his transactions with the defunct UT Bank contributed to the collapse of the bank. A leaked report allegedly prepared by the Central Bank attributes the collapse of UT bank, among others, to the refusal of Mr Mahama to pay back a GHC 302 million loan he took from the firm. According ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo exchanging pleasantries with the people of Beposo in the Ashanti region President Nana Akufo-Addo has hinted of plans to introduce a new legislation that would ensure that every Ghanaian child acquires at least senior high education. He explained the move is aimed at ending school dropouts at the basic level as well as ensuring that ...

As today 12th August 2018 marks international youth day with the Theme safe spaces for the youth. Youth need safe spaces where they can come together , engage in activities related to their diverse needs and interests, participate in decision making processes and freely express themselves. While ther are many types of spaces, safe spaces ensure the dignity and safety ...

Vice-President of IMANI Africa and private legal practitioner, Kofi Bentil, has said although the renegotiated Ameri deal done by the Akufo-Addo government was questionable, it did not make the original deal signed by the John Mahama administration any sacrosanct. According to him, the original deal was bloated by $150 million by the Mahama administration, and, so, said the opposition had ...

Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo has urged contractors undertaking various Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) to consider other sources of funding in the open market to complete abandoned projects at the University of Energy and Natural Resources in Sunyani and other parts of the country. “There are a number of GETFund uncompleted projects dotted all over the country. Government has ...

Former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, Professor Stephen Adei believes the time has come for former heads of state found culpable of corrupt dealings during their tenure to be jailed. Reaffirming the general speculations of corruption in public institutions and politics, he stressed the need for some former Presidents to be incarcerated after their three ...

The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has begun an operation to clamp down on quarry companies that have been evading payment of taxes and royalties to the government. The Ministry has, therefore, commissioned the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) and National Security to undertake both operational and financial audits of the defaulting quarry companies in order to sanction ...