The Ghana Education Service (GES) has meted out the strongest punishment yet to 14 students of four senior high schools for various offences related to the ongoing West Africa Senior Schools Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). Among these students is the Senior Prefect of Tweneboah Koduah Senior High School, Simon Ameyibor. Some of the students were seen […]
The proprietor of Bright Senior High School in Kukurantumi, Bright Amponsah, who allegedly instigated final-year students to assault four officials of the West African Examination Council (WAEC), was picked up by the New Tafo Police to assist investigations. He was picked up Friday morning together with four of his teachers. In the presence of their […]
Leader of the COVID-19 burial team, Inspector Joseph Asitanga, has described as, overwhelming the number of bodies they have in the morgues awaiting burial. According to him, a lot more bodies are still in waiting after some 97 have already been buried. Updates on the Ghana Health Service websites puts Ghana’s Covid-19 death toll at […]
The Minister for Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has disclosed that the controversial Kelni GvG contract has so far saved Ghana some 327.3 million cedis. Mrs Owusu-Ekuful made the revelation when she appeared before parliament to provide answers in relation to the work of Kelni GVG, a company that was awarded an $89m contract to independently monitor […]
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has relocated the WASSCE centre for candidates of Bright Senior High School to Ofori Panin Senior High School (OPASS) in Kukurantumi. This follows unrests in the school after the examinations on Thursday, August 6. The students, said to have been instigated by the proprietor of the school, attacked invigilators […]
66 Ivorian nationals who reportedly crossed to Ghana illegally have been arrested by the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) at the Dorbor border checkpoint in the Bono Region. They had all registered for the Ghanaian voters ID cards in the Electoral Commission’s just ended registration exercise, an act which is against the laws of Ghana. Upon […]
The 2019/20 football season for Ghanaians abroad was one filled with ups and downs. Some players had the best season of their careers while others didn’t even make a single appearance. Today, we give a brief review of the performance of some Stars in Europe. Jordan Ayew has an absolutely blinding season for Crystal Palace; […]
The official announcement of Nana Yaw Amponsah (NYA) as Asante Kotoko’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the next three years in Kumasi, marked the first important step by the Kwame Kyei-led Board of Directors to fulfill the “ambitious task” handed them to “rebuild the Kotoko brand not only for its performance on the sporting […]
The Chief Executive Officer of the Mental Health Authority, Dr Akwasi Osei, has described Ghana’s pension scheme as a state-sponsored theft against the people of Ghana. He told Alfred Ocansey on the Sunrise morning show on 3FM on Thursday, August 6 that people work hard for several years and are only given paltry amount of […]
Ghana Premier League club Asante Kotoko have unveiled Nana Yaw Amponsah as the club’s CEO at a press conference Friday, August 7 at the Sports Hotel in Kumasi. He takes over from Joseph Yaw Adu, who is the acting Chief Executive Officer of the club. He brings to the role a vast experience from mainstream […]
Many continue to modify their lifestyles following the phased easing of COVID-19 restrictions by President Akufo-Addo. ‘This is the new, second phase we are entering and it requires responsible behavior, continuing state support and living in Grace,’ the president said during his fourteenth address to the nation. With churches and other social gatherings gradually opening […]
3FM in collaboration with victims of medical negligence will on August 21 stage a peaceful walk aimed at creating awareness and attracting attention to the canker of medical negligence. The station has for the past two months been running a campaign on its morning show, 3FM SUNRISE to mitigate and ultimately eliminate the incidents of […]
Chairman for National Peace Council Most Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Asante has condemned acts of violence perpetrated by some Senior High School (SHS) students, participating in the ongoing West African Senior Schools Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Students of Tweneboa Kodua SHS in the Ashanti Region, Bright SHS at Akyem Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region, and Ndewura Jakpa […]
The fastest growing Ghanaian local language television channel, Onua TV, is set to celebrate its first anniversary this month. Onua TV is a subsidiary of Ghana’s leading media company Media General and positioned to project Ghanaian values and culture. Onua TV was launched on August 10, 2019 in the Ashanti Region during the Media General’s […]
As of Thursday, August 6, the total number of persons who have registered to vote in the December 7 elections is 16,663,669, the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has said. These are provisional figures, a Deputy Chair of the EC insisted, and it comes ahead of a two-day mop-up exercise starting Saturday, August 8. Addressing journalists […]
Former Member of Parliament for Tain Constituency Joe Danquah has alleged that the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is not a Ghanaian. He says Johnson Asiedu Nketia hails from Ivory Coast, where he has external family relations and a mansion. He said it is by the “grace of God” that Mr Asiedu […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has nominated Abdul-Mumin Issah as the new Chief Executive of the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA). This comes almost two months after the death of Anthony KK Sam. Mr Sam died at the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) from Covid-19 complications. In a statement issued by the Minister of Local […]
Ecobank Group on Thursday announced the finalists from the 2020 Ecobank Fintech Challenge. The challenge, in its third edition, is designed to deepen collaboration between Ecobank and Fintechs with Africa focused products. The 10 finalists Fintechs from 7 different countries, who emerged from a competitive pool of over 600 fintechs, will participate in an online Finale […]
The Western Region Director of the Ministry of Children, Gender and Social Protection is encouraging parents to make time to meet the needs of their wards. Faustina Yorke Awotwi was reacting to the news of a 14-year-old girl committing suicide at Dwomo in the Shama District of the Western Region. The sad incident occurred on […]
English Premier League side Southampton completed the signing of defender Mohamed Salisu from Real Valladolid for a fee of £10.9m. He penned down a four-year contract that will keep him at St Mary’s Stadium until 2024. He joins a few list of Ghanaians to look out for in the upcoming season. Salisu has been one […]
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