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NAGRAT says NaCCA knew of LGBTQ content before public outcry
Posted on with No CommentThe President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) says the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) knew about the controversial content in a Senior High School teacher manual long before public outrage forced its withdrawal. Jacob Anaba … Read more →
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Oil soars past $100 after Russia orders troops into Ukraine
Posted on | CommentOil prices have surged past $100 (£74) a barrel after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a “special military operation” in the eastern Donbas region of Ukraine. The price of Brent crude hit $102.30 a barrel at one point, the highest … Read more →
Black History Festival woos US investors to Ghana
Posted on | CommentAs part of the celebration of black history month in the United States of America, organizers of the Black History Festival, YALI TV have wooed investors to consider the viability of investing in Ghana. On the first day of the … Read more →
Over GH¢133m disbursed for running of SHSs
Posted on | CommentThe Ministry of Education has disbursed GH¢133,950,053 to the National Food Buffer Stock Company Limited and the Ghana Education Service to cater for recurrent expenses, including perishables, for senior high schools (SHSs). The money had been disbursed as of February … Read more →
UTAG suspends strike
Posted on | CommentThe National Executive Committee of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has resolved to temporarily suspend its seven weeks strike action to enegage with government. This follows a National Executive Committee (NEC) crunch meeting held on Monday February 21, … Read more →
NCCE boss resigns
Posted on | CommentChairperson of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), Josephine Nkrumah has resigned from her position. She announced the decision to President Akufo-Addo a while ago at the Jubilee House after she tendered her resignation letter which takes effect from … Read more →
Apave Ghana Inspection to bridge oil and gas skills gap with opening of ultra modern training & support centre
Posted on | CommentAPAVE International and its local partners Integrity Logistics and Consult Limited have inaugurated a $6 million state-of-the-art Training and Support Center at Beahu in the Ahanta West Municipality of the Western Region. The Training and Support Center is expected to … Read more →
Ghanaian businesses recovering from COVID-19 shocks – Business Tracker reveals
Posted on | CommentNew data from the COVID-19 Business Tracker survey results has revealed that businesses in Ghana are continuing a recovery from the shocks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The third Wave data show varied levels of improvements across sectors in multiple channels … Read more →
Assembly man charged for stealing relief items
Posted on | CommentThe assembly member for Kedzikope in the Keta municipality, Joseph Quashigah, has been dragged before the Keta Circuit Court for allegedly diverting and selling 110 student mattresses meant for distribution to victims of the recent tidal waves that hit Keta … Read more →
Bleaching amongst pupils in Central Region on the rise
Posted on | CommentYesterday we carried a story in which the Central Regional Minister, Mrs Justina Marigold Assan, was bemoaning the rising incidence of bleaching among young people in senior and junior high schools, as well as primary school, some as young as … Read more →
Meteo staff to embark on strike
Posted on | CommentStaff of the Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) have served notice to embark on an indefinite industrial action from Friday, February 18, 2022 over poor conditions of service. This was made known in a notice endorsed by the Divisional Union Chairman of GMet, Papa … Read more →
Transport fares to go up by 30% today
Posted on | CommentPrivate Commercial Transport Operators say effective Friday, February 18, transport fares will be increased by 30 percent. According to the group, this decision has been taken to save transport businesses from collapsing with the frequent upward adjustments in fuel prices. … Read more →
Dualisation of Accra-Kumasi road begins next month
Posted on | CommentAs part of efforts by government to dualise the Accra–Kumasi road, construction works on four major by-passes will begin from March or latest first week of April. Mr Kennedy Osei Nyarko, Chairman, Roads and Transport Committee of Parliament, said the … Read more →
Malaria tops OPD cases at Appiatse Relief Camp
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed malaria as the leading cause of health reported cases at the Appiatse Relief Camp in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality of the Western Region. According to officials at the health post in the Camp, … Read more →
Court orders UTAG to suspend strike
Posted on | CommentThe Labour Division of the Accra High Court has put an injunction on the strike by the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG). The court, presided over by Justice Frank Aboadwe Rockson, on Tuesday, February 15, 2022 halted the strike which … Read more →
Woman gives birth to baby girl inside courtroom
Posted on | CommentA Harare woman is reported to have given birth to a healthy bouncing baby girl at Harare Magistrate Court. According to Zimmorningpost, 39-year-old Patience Mubaiwa went into labor this afternoon whilst in the waiting hall of Harare Magistrates Court. Mubaiwa … Read more →
Western Region: Couple remanded over alleged murder of daughter
Posted on | CommentA couple who allegedly murdered their four-year-old daughter at Aduoko cottage near Apugya in the Aowin Municipality have been remanded in Police custody by the Enchi District Magistrate court. The suspects, Salomey Oteku, 27 and Effah Donaldson, 34, both farmers, … Read more →
Eardrum of Connect FM Journalist damaged following police assault
Posted on | CommentEffia Nkwanta Regional Hospital in the Western Region indicates that the right eardrum of the Connect FM journalist who was severely assaulted by police has been perforated after medical examination. Eric Nana Gyetuah, the journalist at the centre of this … Read more →
Ukraine crisis: Biden and Johnson say still hope for diplomatic agreement
Posted on | CommentThe US and UK leaders have said not all hope is lost for a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine crisis, but warn that the situation remains fragile. In a 40-minute call, Joe Biden and Boris Johnson agreed a deal was … Read more →
4 Ghanaians jailed for smuggling cocaine to UK
Posted on | CommentFour Ghanaians involved in the trafficking of cocaine from Ghana to the UK have been jailed for a total of 28 and half years. The members of the cocaine smuggling syndicate were sentenced after they were found guilty of the … Read more →
Tanzanian MPs decry rise of emergency contraceptives
Posted on | CommentTanzanian MPs say the use of emergency contraceptives, known as P2, is on the rise to prevent pregnancies among girls and women aged between 14 and 24. A recent report by members of a parliamentary health committee into the rise … Read more →
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