The government has rubbished reports that it is planning to abolish single-sex education system in Ghana. According to the Ministry of Education, such reports are false. “…This statement is false and must be treated with the contempt it deserves,” a … Read more →
Menzgold Ghana Limited has been asked to suspend its gold trading operations by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). According to the SEC, Menzgold has been dealing in the purchase and deposit of gold collectibles from the public and issuing contracts with … Read more →
The government has slashed the allowances of the staff of the Youth in Afforestation program in order to accommodate the cost involved in paying workers of the newly introduced Nation Builders Corps (NABCo). The allowance for supervisors, according to sources, … Read more →
Liberia president George Weah played in an international friendly for his country on Tuesday – at the age of 51. Weah, the first African footballer to win Fifa’s World Player of the Year award, featured for 79 minutes of a … Read more →
The Second Lady Samira Bawumia has donated books to schools in the Wenchi and Techiman Municipalities in the Brong Ahafo region. Ten schools benefited from her benevolence under the auspices of her not-for-profit organization – the Samira Empowerment and Humanitarian … Read more →
Real Madrid and Brazil star Marcelo Vieira has accepted a four-month suspended jail term and a €750,000 fine after admitting fraud in Spain. The 30-year-old football player defrauded the Spanish authorities in 2013 of €490,000 (£436,000; $576,000) by using foreign firms to handle … Read more →
The double-track system of the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy took off yesterday with mixed reactions from parents and students. Although the registration of students was mostly smooth, there were some hiccups that frustrated parents and their children. Early in … Read more →
A heartbroken nation yesterday began an elaborate programme to say a final goodbye to the late Kofi Annan with hundreds of mourners turning up at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) to pay their last respects to the man who … Read more →
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has stepped up its supply of United States (US) dollars to meet daily demands for foreign exchange as global pressures and the exit of investors from emerging markets cause the cedi to depreciate. According to a … Read more →