Multimedia entertainment outfit, Zylofon, would officially partner the Chiefs and people of Effutu Traditional area for the 2018 edition of the annual Aboakyere festival scheduled from Saturday April 28 to Sunday May 6. Zylofon, as part of the partnership, has put together a sequence of entertainment events to thrill celebrants and patrons at the festival. … Read more
The University of Education Winneba (UEW) is putting in place practical steps to provide physical infrastructure to enable it to be fully ready to enrol and accommodate many beneficiaries of the free senior high school programme. Reverend Father Professor Anthony Afful-Broni, acting Vice Chancellor, said for the starters, the university was constructing four sets of … Read more
At least six persons were confirmed dead in a motor accident on the Accra-Winneba highway at Gomoa Dominase in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region. The victims who were returning from a funeral met their untimely death when two vehicles smashed into each other. An eyewitness told 3news.com the gory accident happened on Saturday evening around … Read more
UEW -Education is a determinant factor for any society’s growth. For any society to survive in the contemporary world, education is highly essential and necessary, especially at the lower level. This notion and more formed the basis on which the University of Education Winneba (UEW) was founded in the early 90s. To be specific, the … Read more
President Nana Akufo-Addo has charged the governing council of the University of Education, Winneba, to immediately come up with measures that will ensure that all disputes and matters pending in court are dealt with. Despite the contentions with recent court rulings of interest to the school, President Akufo-Addo said the law was to be respected and … Read more
Some members of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), have urged the Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, to probe what happened in court on June 13, 2017 concerning the university to redeem its image. According to them, the recent court injunction slapped on the university was bastardising and … Read more
Vice Chancellors Ghana has charged the new Council of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) to ratify all decisions taken by the previous Council. It maintained in a statement that the previous Council was backed by the then President in all decisions taken after its tenure expired in November, 2013. A Winneba High Court on … Read more
Born Benjamin Paapa Kofi Yankson on June 22, 1944 at Winneba, the Tena Me Nky3n composer passed on after an illness, which has kept him in a wheel-chair for the past months. Paapa Yankson has plenty works to his canon spanning close to four decades. Songs of his like Okukuseku, Show Your Love, Wo Yere … Read more
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has threatened to strike in the next two weeks if the government set up governing councils for the various public universities across the country. Members of the Association say they are not happy at the slow pace attitude adopted by the Akufo-Addo administration in putting in place the … Read more
Founder of E-Crime Bureau, Mr. Albert Antwi Boasiako, has been appointed Cyber Security Advisor to the Communications Ministry. According to a statement from the communication ministry, Mr. Antwi-Boasiako is to support the ministry to implement the National Cyber Security Policy and Strategy (NCSPS) by building a comprehensive cyber security management architecture that will coordinate cybersecurity services whilst … Read more
Motor Traffic and Transport Division (MTTD) Commander of Winneba, DSP Charles Obiri, has advised drivers, especially those who ply the Winneba highway, to reduce speed this rainy season so as to prevent accidents. According to him, the roads have become slippery this season so reducing speed will reduce the likelihood of deaths or serious injuries … Read more
A new governing council is to be constituted at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) within a week, the Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education has stated. “To me, the most important aspect of all this is the need for various councils or governing councils of the university, which have for the past … Read more
The Winneba High Court has fixed 10 July, 2017 to rule on a motion for interlocutory injunction on the Governing Council of the University of Education, Winneba. Defense Counsel for the school Peter Zwennes is praying the court to dismiss the application filed by Supi Kofi Kwayera of Winneba against Governing Council of the University … Read more
A Winneba High Court judge, Justice George Atto Mills-Graves, presiding over the case between Supi Kofi Kwayera and the University of Education, Winneba, has expressed his deep displeasure over how proceedings at the court on Tuesday June 13 was reported in the media. He emphatically stated that he did not order the University of Education, … Read more
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has said, it’s members will not return to work until the law suit challenging the legality of the University Governing Council’s is over. The Local President of UTAG at University of Education Winneba Samuel Ofori Bekoe, reiterated that it wasn’t University management that close the school but members … Read more
The future of some 46,000 students including those doing distance learning is in limbo as all campuses of the University of Education shuts down due to a suit filed against the school at the Winneba High Court. A statement from the university signed by the Registrar, Dr. C. Y Mensah indicated that “In line with … Read more
Authorities at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), have closed down all of the school’s campuses following a court ruling that some actions taken by the school’s council was illegal. According to a press statement signed by the registrar of the school, all of its campuses will remain closed until Friday, June 16, 2017. “In … Read more
Former Donkoryiem Assemblyman, Supi Kofi Kwayera has sued the University of Education, Winneba over the continuous stay of the school’s Council. The Council’s mandatory four year term expired in 2013, but the previous National Democratic Congress (NDC) government directed it to act until a substantive one is appointed. The then Education Minister, Professor Naana Opoku … Read more
Former Kotoko defender Richard Manu is taking a CAF Licence ‘B’ coaching certificate in Ghana. Manu, who is based in Germany, is among 65 participants studying for the certificate at the National Sports College, Winneba. He featured for the Ghanaian giants between 2007-2009. The Ghanaian, who handles German lower side DJK Dillingen, holds a UEFA … Read more
Various stakeholders on Monday 5th June 2017, observed this year’s World Environment Day at Winneba in the Effutu Municipal Assembly of the Central Region, under the theme ‘Connecting People to Nature.’ The gathering was made up of 250 participants, including students, teachers, government officials, opinion leaders and managers of non-governmental organizations. Addressing the gathering, a … Read more