Following her win of Citi FM’s Literacy Challenge, 2017 edition, Christ the King School’s Krystyn Naa Adoley Bruce, has been honoured with a colourful reception by students and teachers of the school during mass on Tuesday. She displayed her medals and GHc 10,000 in winnings from the competition before the school to rapturous applause. The Assistant ...

Ghana and Ivory Coast have adopted a common framework to protect the cocoa sector and forest reserves in both countries. The move will now allow the two countries to enact common laws and use workable strategies to improve cocoa yields. In order to ensure a much better involvement in the international pricing of cocoa, the ...

A suspect has been arrested in New York after people were reportedly shot by the driver of a car. Police said they made the arrest after responding to “reports of shots fired” near the West Side Highway in Lower Manhattan. They urged people to avoid the area as a major emergency services operation was under ...

Number of casualties reported after an apparent shooting incident in New York’s Lower Manhattan. More soon… – By: BBC

A national petroleum safety campaign to help curb petroleum-related-accidents has been launched by the National Petroleum Authority. The event which was held in Accra on Tuesday was themed ‘People Safety First’. Speaking at the launch the Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority Hassan Tampuli said the national safety campaign is intended to raise ...

The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG), is threatening to embark on strike on Thursday November 2, 2017, if government fails to pay salary arrears owed it members since October 2016. CETAG lamented that despite a directive by the National Labour Commission (NLC), asking the Ministry of Finance to pay the arrears within ...

The acting Managing Director of Ghana Post, Mr. James Kwofie, has asked Ghanaians and the media to focus on the massive benefits that will accrue to the government, the business community and Ghanaians at large, with the introduction of the new digital property addressing system. Mr. James Kwofie was speaking to the press at the ...

The Governing Council of the University of Education, Winneba, has asked its Vice Chancellor and four other top officials to step aside, after it emerged that some vital documents at some offices at the centre of an ongoing investigation had been removed at night. The school is currently under investigation after a complaint was filed ...

The Governing Council of the University of Education, Winneba, has asked its Vice Chancellor and four other top officials to step aside, after it emerged that some vital documents at some offices at the centre of an ongoing investigation had been removed at night. The school is currently under investigation after a complaint was filed ...

The National Youth Authority (NYA) says they are collaborating with Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies to find jobs for some New Patriotic Party youth who have gone on rampage over lack of jobs. This, the Authority hopes, will put to an end to recent acts of vandalism by the youth who are demanding jobs from their ...

Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko, wants Parliament to review the terms of the controversial AMERI power deal. Testifying before the Mines and Energy Committee of Parliament, Boakye Agyarko said immediately after the ratification of the deal by Parliament in August 2015, some already agreed terms were changed which should have gone back to Parliament. He thus supports ...

Nollywood actor, Jim Iyke has accused the founder and General Overseer of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet T.B Joshua of taking advantage of him during his mother’s ailment. Jim Iyke said he took his late Mum to the Synagogue Church for deliverance after someone advised him to do so. According to the actor, ...

Kumasi Asante Kotoko players, on Tuesday, received the GH¢5000 winners’ package promised them by the club’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr. Kwame Kyei after their FA Cup final victory over Hearts of Oak. Kotoko defeated Hearts 3-1, courtesy a first-half from striker Saddick Adams, to clinch their second FA Cup title in 4 years. CEO ...

Ghana’s High Commissioner to South Africa, George Ayisi Boateng’s pledge to prioritize the welfare of New Patriotic Party (NPP) members before considering other Ghanaians, has been met with outrage and calls for his dismissal from some sections of the public. He made these remarks at a ceremony over the weekend to welcome fresh members of the tertiary wing of ...

Amnesty International has condemned the decision of a military court in Cameroon to sentence an opposition leader to 25 years in prison. Aboubakar Siddiki was arrested in 2014, accused of plotting to destabilise President Paul Biya’s government. He is “the latest victim of the Cameroonian authorities’ strangling of opposition voices”, the UK-based human rights group ...

The embattled Ghanaian High Commissioner to South Africa, George Ayisi Boateng, has said he still stands by his pledge to prioritize members of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and its tertiary education wing, Tertiary Students’ Confederacy Network (TESCON) in his dealings with Ghanaians as a High Commissioner. In justifying his comment, he gave the ...

Telecom operator, Tigo Ghana, at the weekend won the ‘CSR Award for Education and ‘CSR Partnership Initiative of the Year at the 7th Ghana CSR Excellence Awards held in Accra. This marks the second straight year that the company has won the education category for its unique approach to improving education in communities. Over the ...

The 26 Togolese nationals arrested for attempting to stage an unlawful demonstration in Accra, have pleaded not guilty to the charges brought against them in court today [Tuesday]. The Togolese nationals who were arraigned, have been charged with offensive conduct, conspiracy to commit crime and failure to notify police. The 26 have thus been granted bail ...

Acting National Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Freddie Blay, has warned vigilante groups aligned to the party to desist from violent acts or face the full rigorous of the law. “Law is law, and it must be enforced in this country. So I will ask that if they [vigilante groups] are our ...

The court of appeal has dismissed a stay of proceedings application by International Finance Corporation (IFC) which sought to put on hold an ongoing case with Quantum Oil Terminals Limited at the High Court over a breach of a contract. According to the ruling of the court, it found no reason to stay proceedings at ...