The Shai Osudoku District Assembly is to re- introduce the best teacher awards scheme for the area. The scheme will reward schools and pupils that excel at the Basic Entrance Certificate Examination (BECE) and other activities that promote education in the district. The District Chief Executive, Mr Daniel Akuffo, said this after touring some public schools in the district last [...] The post Shai
The five commitment areas chosen by the Open Governance Partnership (OGP) team has been given an overwhelming endorsement by selected groups within the Sekondi /Takoradi metropolis at a validation workshop. The commitments looked at transparency and accountability in public infrastructure delivery, sanitation, public finance and billings, technology and innovation. The validation of the Assembly’s Open Government Partnership draft commitments for [...] The post Stakeholders
The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has called on government to adopt the state farms model introduced by the CPP government with the use of prison labour force to revive agriculture in the country. It said if the government had adopted the state farm model within the 21 months it has been in office the nation would have been able to [...] The post CPP urges govt to adopt state farm model
The Omanhene of Himan in the Prestea Huni-Valley constituency, Nana Nteboa Pra IV, has appealed to Ghanaians to give the Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, all the support that he needs as he aspires to be the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). According to him, Mr Bagbin with all his contributions to the country had made [...] The post Bagbin
President of policy think-tank, IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe has asked Ghanaians to look out for a comprehensive business plan of aspirants contesting for the presidential primaries of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). “We need to know what their business plan is and be able to subject it to proper scrutiny, we need to know exactly how much money they [...] The post IMANI
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has turned down a petition to open criminal investigation against former President John Mahama over his role in alleged payments made from the Bulk Oil Storage Transportation (BOST) to his government. A pressure group, ‘Centre for National Affairs’ (CAN), has sent a petition to the Office of the Special Prosecutor to investigate former President [...] The post Amidu
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday that President Donald Trump was prepared to meet the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)’s top leader Kim Jong Un again, hopefully in the “not-too-distant future.” “President Trump very much is prepared to meet with Chairman Kim at the right time, and we hope that’ll happen in the not-too-distant future,” [...] The post Mike
Ebola prevention activities have been suspended in the Democratic Republic of Congo city of Beni after a deadly rebel attack. Treatment centres will stay open but vaccinations and the tracing of people who have been in contact with suspected Ebola patients have stopped for now. One hundred people have died in the current outbreak in the east of the country, [...] The post Rebel attack halts
Tanzanian Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said yesterday more bodies could be trapped inside the ferry that capsized in Lake Victoria on Thursday, killing at least 226 people. “Work to pull the ill-fated ferry out of the lake started yesterday (Sunday) and one more body of a child has been recovered this morning (Monday morning),” said Majaliwa in his public [...] The post ‘More
Kenyan governor Okoth Obado has been charged in court with aiding and abetting the brutal murder of his ex-girlfriend, a pregnant student. The married governor pleaded not guilty to the charge. Mr Obado’s arrest followed weeks of public anger after the body of Sharon Otieno, 26, was found in a forest. A post-mortem revealed she had possibly been raped, and [...] The post Governor ‘ordered
Government is seeking parliamentary approval to contract five separate loans totaling US$235 million to finance some developmental projects. The loans are a US$40 million facility for a proposed tourism development project, US$50 million to finance the Ghana Commercial Agriculture Project and a 1,680,816,000 Japanese Yen (equivalent to US$15 million) for the construction of Advanced Research Centre for Infectious Diseases at [...] The post Govt
ON either side of the human spine; below the ribs and behind the belly, is a pair of a bean-shaped organ, called the Kidney. Each one is about four or five inches long, roughly the size of a large fist. Its function is to filter the blood by removing the wastes, controlling the body’s fluid balance, amongst others. All of [...] The post KIDNEY RELATED DISEASE ALARMING; WE NEED
A dispatch rider of Ghana Post, head office, who allegedly stole the company’s motorcycle, has been granted GH¢10,000 bail with two sureties by an Accra circuit court. Dizaogl Renius pleaded not guilty to a charge of stealing, and would appear again on October 15. Sergeant Jonas Lawer, who presented the fact of the case, said, on January 27, 2017, the [...] The post Ghana Post
A Ho circuit court has sentenced a 46-year-old securityman to three years imprisonment in hard labour for demolishing property worth GH¢3,500.00. The court presided over by Madam Pricilla Dikro charged James Yao Adzormani, with stealing, causing unlawful damage and threat of death. Prosecuting, Corporal (Cpl) Priscilla Sowah told the court that the complainant, Elorm Sidza, asked the convict [...] The post Securityman
A pregnant woman, Nyame Ye, 28, was found dead at Shama Bentsir, in the Central Region. The deceased, who according to sources was expected to go for caesarian section at Effia Nkwsnta Regional Hospital on Monday, was allegedly clubbed to death by an unknown assassin. The body has been conveyed to the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital mortuary awaiting postmortem, and [...] The post Pregnant
A 35-year-old businessman and a former staff of Golden Link Savings and Loans Limited in Accra, has been granted GH¢300,000.00 bail with four sureties by the Accra Circuit Court “4”, for allegedly engaging in electronic fraud. Mr. Annybert Affum Larbi, who was in charge of Electronic Banking (E-Banking) Unit of the savings and loans company, allegedly falsely created two [...] The post Businessman
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