A group known as Disappointed Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana has expressed its disappointment in the Akufo-Addo administration over what it claims is the government’s deceitful posture with regards to the restoration and payment of allowances for students of the country’s colleges of education. Famous Tumi Acquah, the Western Regional Communications Officer for the Association, … Read more
The incident at the Abelenkpe branch of Marwako Fast Food where Evelyn Boakye, a Ghanaian kitchen staffer’s face, was dipped into a paste of pepper by her Lebanese supervisor, Jihad Chaaban, will be investigated and the perpetrator punished severely, Fred Oware, Chief Executive Officer of the Bui Power Authority, has said. According to him, the … Read more
The Free Senior High School policy proposed by the Akufo-Addo-led government may not be sustainable, KB Asante, a retired diplomat, has said. Although he expressed optimism about the proposed implementation of the policy, he doubted the government would be able to sustain it. President Nana Akufo-Addo on Saturday, 11 February announced that the Free Senior … Read more
A special service will be held on Thursday, 9 February 2017 at the Ridge Church, Accra, to mark a year’s anniversary of the murder of former Abuakwa North MP JB Danquah-Adu. The MP died in his room at Shiashie at Accra from stab wounds allegedly inflicted by then-19-year-old Daniel Asiedu, who is in police grips … Read more
The Ghana Meteorological Agency has competent personnel to carry out its duties but lacks the resources to effectively discharge its mandate, Felicity Ahafianyo, a meteorologist, has said. Her comment follows Tuesday night’s heavy rainstorm that blew away the roof of Ghana’s legislature with portions of the floor being soaked in rain. The leakages disrupted parliamentary … Read more
It would be too early for the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to take charge of investigations into the alleged bribery scandal involving the leadership of the Appointments Committee of Parliament and Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko, Dr Eric Oduro Osae, Dean of Graduate Studies, Institute of Local Government Studies, has said. … Read more
President Nana Akufo-Addo must be the one to occupy the state property currently being occupied by former president John Mahama and his family in the event that the latter moves out, rather than give it to vice president Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia, … Read more
The almost one million votes’ margin between the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Ghana’s 2016 presidential elections would have been more had the incumbent not rigged the polls in some areas, Maxwell Kofi Jumah, a former chief executive of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, has claimed. The December … Read more
In the wake of IMANI Ghana’s grading of the governing National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) fulfilment of its 2012 manifesto, the Deputy General Secretary of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen, has said he will give the Mahama administration only 10 per cent. IMANI, at a programme called Final Report Card on the … Read more
On the occasion of the Muslim feast of Eid ul-Adha, Muslims and other Ghanaians have been urged by the Deputy General Secretary of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Koku Anyidoho, to say special prayers for Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) so he could stop “lying”. Mr. Anyidoho, who had … Read more