A former education minister under the Rawlings regime, Dr. Spio Garbrah mocked the government’s much touted “Free SHS policy” arguing that it is not achievable. “There can never be free education because parents must have some responsibility for their children’s education. Total freedom is not desirable and that explains the NDC, the NPP and the ...

Cyber-thieves are believed to have stolen about $500,000 (£390,000) in the Ethereum crypto-currency, with an investment scam. The thieves hijacked the website of finance security start-up Enigma and posted messages saying it was about to launch its own currency. Many people keen to cash in transferred ethereum to the thieves’ account. In response, Enigma shut ...

Uganda police say they have arrested a number of suspects over a recent spate of killings of women near the capital, Kampala. The Inspector General of Police, Kale Kayihura, said that a suspect had confessed to killing eight women on the orders of businessmen. The murders were for ritual sacrifices, Gen Kayihura told residents of ...

Ajax Cape Town say they have agreed to sell South Africa defender Rivaldo Coetzee to Celtic. The 20-year-old centre-back will need to pass a medical and receive a work permit ahead of concluding his move to Glasgow. Coetzee became the youngest player to represent his country and has earned 16 international caps. He also played ...

Donald Trump has vowed to close down government if that is what it takes to build his wall along the Mexico border. The US president told supporters at a “Make America Great Again” rally in Phoenix, Arizona, that the opposition Democrats were being “obstructionist”. During the 80-minute speech, he also took aim at the media, ...

The leadership of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) says it will punish aspiring candidates who use this weekend’s national delegate’s conference to campaign. The party is yet to open nominations for persons who wish to contest for positions from constituency to national levels. Speaking to Citi News, acting General Secretary of the NPP John ...

Government’s indebtedness to the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) stood at 560 million cedis as at December 2015. This represents of the total indebtedness to the pensions scheme which is estimated at 640 million cedis. Although the figure is an improvement from the 2014 amount of 1.15 billion cedis, the managers of the ...

It has emerged that between May and July 2017 some three top Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) in Ghana namely Goil, Vivo Energy-Shell and Total sold their fuel at higher prices as compared to other OMCs in the country. According to a recent report released by the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors (CBOD), despite the increase ...

It has emerged that between May and July 2017 some three top Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) in Ghana namely Goil, Vivo Energy-Shell and Total sold their fuel at higher prices as compared to other OMCs in the country. According to a recent report released by the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors (CBOD), despite the increase ...