Luck failed to smile on Savannah Region’s Abiba this time around as she came up for eviction for the third consecutive week. Unfortunately for her, she could not get saved by the judges this time. She was joined by Bono Region’s Afia as the latest casualties of the 2020 Ghana’s Most Beautiful reality show. More […]
Despite a further reduction in Ghana’s Covid-19 active cases, nine persons have lost the battle to the disease. The number of deaths, therefore, has risen from 206 to 215. This was contained in the latest update released by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Sunday, August 9. There were 470 new cases recorded, taking the […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development to initiate a process to ensure that Santrokofi, Akpafu, Lolobi and Likpe in the Oti Region are joined into a district. The four communities are currently a part of the Jasikan District but following the creation of the Oti Region, […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed the Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, to engage the Ghana Education Service (GES) to reconsider its decision to ban some 14 students from completing their final exams. The GES on Friday, August 7 announced the dismissal of these students, who were engaged in various violations including […]
The line-up for the Champions League ‘final eight’ tournament in Lisbon is complete after wins for Barcelona and Bayern Munich on Saturday. Manchester City are the only Premier League side left in the competition and they play Lyon on Saturday, 15 August. The opening game of the round sees Atalanta take on Paris St-Germain, before […]
Former President John Dramani Mahama says the deployment of the military in the just-ended voter registration exercise was deliberately to intimidate members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). He said the army officers were absent in strongholds of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) but very visible in those of the NDC. “I have seen […]
Executive Director of the Institute of Democratic Governance (IDEG) Dr Emmanuel Akwetey has said he expects shortage of food items including rice and tomatoes because the country is no longer importing these commodities as it used to before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. He, however, suggested that to be able to deal with the […]
Non-governmental organisation Child Rights International (CRI) has appealed to the Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, to intervene in the dismissal of 14 candidates of the ongoing WASSCE by the Ghana Education Service (GES). CRI views the sanctions as “too harsh”. “CRI believes that any disciplinary measure that undermines the best interest and welfare […]
Former President John Dramani Mahama has pointed at the president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, as cause of the recent violence by some final-year students. He says when education is politicised, “the result is what we are seeing”. For him, to refer to the current final-years as ‘Akufo-Addo graduates’ was the beginning of the troubles being […]
International leaders will hold talks on Sunday to raise aid for Beirut after the massive explosion which devastated the Lebanese capital on Tuesday. The virtual conference – set up by France and the United Nations – will begin at 1400 Lebanon time (1100 GMT). US President Donald Trump has said he plans to join the […]
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