The incoming President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Angel Carbonu, has criticized government’s plan to set up a fund to receive voluntary contributions to support its free Senior High School programme, saying “I can assure you that it will not solve the problem for which it was established.” Speaking on Citi FM’s news ...
Zimbabwe’s embattled leader Robert Mugabe has vowed to stay in power for several weeks, despite intensifying pressure on him to stand down. In a live TV address, Mr Mugabe said he would preside over the ruling party’s congress in December. The Zanu-PF earlier sacked him as party leader, and gave him less than 24 hours ...
President Akudo-Addo will this evening [Sunday], leave Ghana for the United Kingdom (UK) on a 3-day working visit to that country. While in the UK, he will hold talks with British Prime Minister, Theresa May, and deliver an address at Cambridge University. The address, which will be held on Monday, November 11, will be on ...
Nine persons suspected to be gun wielding land guards have been arrested at Gomoa Fetteh in the Central Region by the Anti-Land Guards squad from the Police National Headquarters deployed to the Kasoa area. The team, led by Chief Inspector John Danso of the Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT) of the Ghana Police, arrested ...
The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), has said the death of ace broadcaster and host of Asempa FM’s Asempa FM’s late afternoon political show, Eko Sii Sen, Kwadwo Asare-Baffour Acheampong, popularly known as KABA, is a big blow to the Association and the country. “It is in such sense of irredeemable loss that the GJA expresses ...
Garry Monk’s return to Elland Road as Middlesbrough manager ended in defeat by his former club Leeds United. Monk, who left his job as Leeds boss in May before taking charge on Teesside, watched his old side move level on points with Boro in the table. Pablo Hernandez turned in Leeds’ opener from Kalvin Phillips’ ...
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, joined by other government officials has reopened the Kintampo Waterfalls. He said that tourism was a very important industry in the country, and the Kintampo waterfalls was one of the very important natural attractions of great benefit to the country. He therefore called on stakeholders in the industry to harness ...
Health officials in the Ashanti Region have intensified campaigns aimed at eliminating preterm deaths in hospitals across the region and the country as a whole. Preterm birth, also known as premature birth, is the birth of a baby at fewer than 37 weeks gestational age. These babies are known as preemies or premmies. Symptoms of ...
Turning Point Advocacy, a non-governmental organization that focuses on child literacy, STEM education for girls, and women economic empowerment in the Tarkwa Nsueam Municipality of the Western Region, is admonishing final year Junior High School(JHS) girls in the municipality to take up careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. This, according to the Founder of ...
Parliament is expected to start debating the 2018 budget statement on Tuesday, November 21, after the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta presented the document to the House last Wednesday. The Speaker of Parliament, Prof Mike Oquaye, has thus urged parliamentarians to gear up for a dispassionate debate of the budget. According to the Speaker, a ...
The National Identification Authority (NIA), is likely to extend the timeline set for it to begin registration of Ghanaians onto its database, and the instant issuance of the newly revamped National Identification card also known as Ghana card. The project, which started under the Mahama government, was re-launched by President Akufo-Addo in September 2018, and ...
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has seized 524,191 capsules, and 3,001 vials of Tramadol over the past eleven months. Vial is a small glass or plastic vessel or bottle, often used to store medication in the form of liquids, powder or capsules. The FDA said about 85 per cent of the seized drugs were ...
Teachers at the Parkoso Community Day Senior High School in the Asokore Mampong Municipality of the Ashanti Region, are struggling to assess the performance of first-year students. This is because most of the students sit on the bare floor for class work, and the few desks available, are shared by students in pairs, does not ...
Former The Partridge Family star and singer David Cassidy, 67, is ill in hospital but is reported to be conscious, after suffering multiple organ failure earlier this week. A spokeswoman said he was admitted to hospital in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday after suffering pain. He is reportedly suffering kidney failure and needs a liver transplant. ...
Freight forwarders operating at the Tema Port are lamenting over what they call a return of the manual clearing system at the ports. The concerns by the businesses come barely three months into the start of the paperless clearing system. Citi Business News’ Tema correspondent, Elvis Washington, reports that many of the clearing agents and ...
Zimbabwe ruling party sacks Robert Mugabe as party leader, appoints former vice-president Mnangagwa in his place. More soon. – Source: BBC
Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho hailed Paul Pogba’s comeback display and described Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s return to action as “very emotional” after a 4-1 win over Newcastle. Pogba came into the starting line-up for the match after two months out with a hamstring problem and produced an excellent performance, in which he created one goal and ...
Some financial observers have advised government to reconsider the decision to launch a National Development bank next year. According to them, the move will be a duplication since government already controls majority shares in some banks that have a focus on the intended reason for setting up the national development bank. The Finance Minister Ken ...
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe is to meet army chiefs amid intense pressure for him to step down. Mediation will be led by a Catholic priest, state TV said. Mr Mugabe has largely been confined to his house since the army took over on Wednesday. The governing Zanu-PF party is also meeting to discuss whether to ...
Apple is delaying the release of its HomePod smart speaker until 2018. The electronics giant said the device, which was due to be released in December this year, still needed development work. It said the HomePod would be ready to go on shop shelves in the US, UK and Australia “early in 2018”. The news ...
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