The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) is accusing Nigeria of unfair trade practices calling on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission to intervene. GUTA in a statement signed and issued in Accra yesterday by the the National Organiser, Mr
The Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has admonished the country’s universities to devise innovative ways of catering for large number of students likely to be enrolled next academic year. According to him, it was imperative for tertiary institutions in the country to appreciate the implications of the large number of students likely to … The post Education
The 1988 year group of Ghana Senior High (GHANASS) has presented five brand new Dell desk top computers and accessories worth GH¢16,000 to their alma matter. According to the President of GHANASS Old Students Association, Mr E.Poku-Sarkodee,
The Ghana Education Service has encouraged all parents to enroll their children in schools at the age of four years. “GES is determined that no child is left behind in the nation’s effort to mobilise her human resources for accelerated development,” it said.
The University of Professional Studies Accra, (UPSA) is to construct two major students’ hostel to address accommodation challenges confronting the students. The facilities are to be constructed from the Internally Generated Fund of the University, the Vice Chancellor, Professor Abednego Okoe Amartey said at the 2019 matriculation of over 5,957 fresh students into the university … The post UPSA
The Wesley Grammar Senior High School (SHS) has emerged winners of the 2019 edition of the Model Dam contest, a civil engineering challenge organised by Knight Piesold (KP) Consulting. Saint Thomas Aquinas, St Margaret Mary and La Presbyterian SHS placed second, third and fourth respectively. The competition, dubbed: “KP Consulting Schools Initiative Programme (SIP)”, seeks … The post proof’d
A Deputy Chief of Staff, Abu Jinapor has urged agitating law students pushing for reforms in the nation’s legal education to be measured in their expectations from the president. He explained that although the executive power that President Nana Akufo-Addo wielded was influential, the law of the country
The Electoral Commission (EC) has stated that feedback from the electoral areas at the opening of nominations indicates that more people are showing interest in the election of members of the district assemblies and unit committees. It said many candidates responded positively by picking the nomination
Former President John Mahama has expressed misgivings that the justice system is facing deficiencies and needed reforms to enhance the effective and efficient dispensation of justice to make legal services accessible to the citizenry. “We need to focus on the need to carry out reforms
Cocoa derivatives contributed $785million to the Ghanaian economy last year. They include cocoa paste, cocoa cake, cocoa butter and cocoa powder which represented a 10 per cent growth over the 2017 revenue figures of non-traditional exports. Mr Carlos Ahenkorah, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industries made the revelation at the opening of the maiden edition … The post Cocoa
Voluntary blood donation across the country is less than 40 per cent, a situation Major Oko-Bensa-Agyekum of the 37 Military Hospital blood bank has described as worrying. This, he said, could lead to shortage at the blood
Coastal Conservancy Organisation (CCO), a non-governmental organisation (NGO), on Thursday, launched the Clean Coast/Beach Project (CCBP) to embark on more regular and sustainable clean-up exercise to rid the coastline of Ghana of marine filth. The phase one of the project which started in August this year, had focused on ten beaches stretching from Tema Newtown … The post CCO launches
Masked rioters went on violent acts in Hong Kong on Monday, the third consecutive day after an anti-mask regulation was enacted, while many groups in Hong Kong condemned the continued violence and called to strictly enforce the
A No 10 source has said a Brexit deal is “essentially impossible” after a call between the Prime Minister (PM) and Angela Merkel. Boris Johnson and the German chancellor spoke earlier about the proposals he put forward to the European Union
The Trump administration has blocked the US ambassador to the European Union from appearing before a congressional impeachment investigation. Gordon Sondland was due to meet behind closed doors on Tuesday with staff from three Democratic-led House committees.
The Ethiopian President Sahle-Work Zewde on Monday disclosed that Ethiopia’s first-ever satellite will be launched into space in December this year with support from the Chinese government. “The first Ethiopian satellite will be launched in December this year from a centre in China,” said Zewde, while addressing the new parliamentary session of the Ethiopian House … The post ‘Ethiopia
An American preacher who was arrested on Monday in Rwanda for holding an “illegal meeting with journalists” has been deported, New Times of Rwanda newspaper reports. Rwandan Directorate General for Immigration and Emigration Regis Gatarayiha is quoted by the paper as saying evangelist
The US recently reopened its embassy in Somalia after 28 years, citing security improvements in the East African nation blighted by conflict for many years. The announcement came days after a US military base about 90km outside Mogadishu and an European
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