The Greater Accra Regional branch of Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) is threatening to close down schools Senior High Schools (SHS) following the government’s delay in paying subsidies. CHASS says it is struggling to effectively manage the affairs of Senior High Schools (SHS) across the country due to the delay in the payment ...
The members of the Railway Workers Union of the Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC) have called off their indefinite strike which began Monday July 21. The decision was arrived at following a meeting with the President, John Mahama on Monday. The indefinite strike was to demand better conditions of service and an increment in their ...
The Ministry of the Interior has declared Monday, July 28, 2014 as a Public Holiday. A statement signed by Kwesi Ahwoi, Minister for the Interior on Monday said the day marks the celebration of Eidul Fitr. “The general public is hereby reminded that Monday 28 July, 2014, which marks the celebration of Eidul-Fitr is a ...
More than 20 companies in the Tema Metropolis are due to close down by October due to the country’s economic decline, Solomon Kotei, General Secretary, Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU), announced on Monday. According to him, “more than 20 companies in Tema are threatened to close down by the end of October if things ...
The Supreme Court will on July 24, begin hearing the case in which Abu Ramadan, the National Youth Organizer of the People’s National Convention (PNC), and another are seeking an injunction against the Electoral Commission over the voter’s registration exercise. The Court has further directed parties to file their responses to the statement of cases ...
Ghana’s Andre Ayew’s goal against the United States in the 2014 World Cup failed in its bid to get the Best Goal Award of the Tournament as the gong went to James Rodriguez of Colomiba The goal, Ayew’s first of his two in the competition, was scored in the 82nd minute from an Asamoah Gyan ...
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has launched a criminal investigation into allegations of price rigging in the £3tn-a-day foreign exchange market. The probe will look into allegations of “fraudulent conduct”, the director of the SFO said in a statement. Around 15 international agencies are investigating allegations of collusion and price manipulation. It is alleged that traders ...
Nigeria’s militant Islamists are in control of the key town of Damboa in north-eastern Nigeria, a local vigilante leader has told the BBC. The vigilante force defending the town fled on Sunday, and Islamist group Boko Haram’s black flag is now flying over Damboa, he said. At least 40 people were killed when Boko Haram ...
Some workers who frequently commute by train to Accra were stranded for a few hours following the strike by railway workers. The Railway Workers Union began their strike today due to the delay in the increase in their salary which has been going back and forth for some time. A visit to some of the ...
Two persons have so far been killed by cholera in the La Dadekotopon Municipality in Accra. The Assembly is therefore warning residents in the area to take precautionary measures to guard against a cholera epidemic in the area. According to the assembly, several cases of cholera have been recorded over the past week at the ...
The traders in the burnt Kumasi Central market have defied orders of the Ashanti Regional Minister, Samuel Sarpong over the reconstruction of the new stalls at the burnt section of the market. The Regional Minister had, on Friday, announced that the traders would not be allowed back into the market until the work was done to calling them ...
A frustrated husband who created a spreadsheet charting the excuses his wife was using for not having sex saw his plan backfire when she posted it online. The man spent a month compiling the list of reasons, which included “I’m watching a show” – which was a re-run of a Friends episode. Other excuses from ...
In a busy Mozambique clinic, a 25-year-old mother says she won’t tell her estranged husband she has HIV for fear she will be blamed and beaten. “Very often here women won’t tell their partners or ex-partners that they’re HIV-infected,†said Sifronia Filipe, an educator at the clinic where the mom is being treated for AIDS. “She is ...
President Vladimir Putin defied international anger over Russia’s alleged role in the shooting down of a Malaysian jetliner as the U.S. and Europe threaten further sanctions against his increasingly isolated country. As leaders from London to Washington signaled Putin risks becoming a pariah, the Russian leader suggested they were playing politics. At the site of the crash ...
Ghana’s Black Starlets might play Cameroon in the final round of qualifying of the African U-17 Championships after the Young Lions beat Burkina Faso 2-0 over the weekend in Yaounde. The Cameroonians are due to play the return leg in Ouagadougou between the 1st and 3rd of August and should they win, they will face ...
The  thirty-seven year old father who is suspected to have slashed the throat of his three year-old son in a village near Kpeve in the Volta region, will be arraigned before court on Tuesday. The suspect, Gideon Abotsi, who is a farmer, was alleged to have  murdered his son on Friday in the full glare ...
The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) and the Ghana National Union of Polytechnic Students  (GNUPS) are calling for the immediate dismissal of the Minister of Education and her deputy Samuel Okudezeto Ablakwa. The educational sector is currently battling with some challenges, including the prolonged strike by the Polytechnic Teachers Association of Ghana (POTAG), lack ...
Manchester United have confirmed the transfer of Patrice Evra from the club to Juventus in a £1.5 million deal. The 33-year-old, who signed a new one-year contract with United in May, has committed to a two-year deal with the Serie A champions. Evra’s departure leaves £30 million signing Luke Shaw as the only specialist left-back in ...
Citi FM’s award-winning presenter, Jessica Opare Saforo, has been verified by Facebook, the world’s most popular social media site. Jessica, affectionately called the Soul Sister by her fans, has been the leading female voice on urban radio for more than half a decade and has won countless awards to cement her position as the best ...
The National Insurance Commission Ghana on Friday donated an amount of  GH¢100,000 to the Ghana Police Service to boost the service’s effort at enforcing law and order. The Commission further pledged to support the service on monthly basis with GH¢25,000.00 to execute professional duties. Receiving the cheque, Mr Mohammed Ahmed Alhassan, Inspector General of Police (IGP), ...
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