Over 7000 jobs will be created with the coming on board of the Komenda Sugar Factory in the Central region. Commissioning the refurbished factory on Monday, President John Mahama said more direct and indirect jobs will be created as part of the transforming lives agenda. “It’s a great joy to be back after two years … Read more
One of the several youth who announced their decision to join the terrorist group, Islamic State, is facing prosecution. Eliasu Alhassan was arrested upon his return to Ghana recently and has been detained by national security operatives. The national security has been on high alert after declaring that Ghana was vulnerable to terrorist attacks in … Read more
Two students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology are on admission at the university’s hospital in Kumasi after they were stabbed in a clash between students of the Katanga and Unity halls of the university. Twenty others also sustained varied degrees of injuries in the Sunday show of power feud on campus. … Read more
The 25-year-old graduate of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Nazir Nortei Alema, who left home to join the swelling ranks of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq and Syria, a terrorist organization, has sent a message via Facebook to greet friends and family according to information reaching us from CitiFm, Accra. … Read more
A suspected Ebola case at the University Hospital of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is causing fear and panic at the hospital and among the university community. The suspect, a man believed to be in his 70s from Sierra Leone, who was rushed to the University Hospital in the late hours … Read more
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology says measures are in place to protect the university community from the Ebola virus, as students arrive for the new academic year. The university re-opens on Monday after the University Teachers Association of Ghana ended a one-month strike over book and research allowances. The Education Ministry asked … Read more
In 1957, Ghana became the first country in Sub-Sahara Africa to gain independence from colonial rule. The euphoria that accompanied the event was non like ever experienced on African soil. It culminated into a massive wave that swept through the rest of the African continent and brought freedom to many. It was a symbol of … Read more
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has announced an indefinite suspension of reopening of the 2014/2015 academic year of the university. A statement signed by the Registrar, Kobby Yebo-Okrah, on Monday, August 11 said: “The suspension is to enable the University to prepare adequately for reopening in view of the University Teachers’ Association … Read more
Ghanaian workers on Jack Ryan rig on the Jubilee Oil Field are on a sit down strike in protest of poor salaries. The rig does exploratory work for Lukoil, the same company whose local and expatriate staff recently died in a helicopter crash at sea recently. The riggers, numbering about 43 have laid down their tools and … Read more