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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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Takoradi: Fire kills family of 4
Posted on | CommentA family of four has been killed in a fire outbreak that engulfed a rented apartment at Effia in the Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipality of the Western Region. Three other tenants of the same apartment sustained various degrees of injuries and have … Read more →
Oti Region tops children’s involvement in economic activities – GSS
Posted on | CommentIt has emerged that the involvement of children in economic activities in the Oti Region is more than six times the national figure. Whereas Oti Region recorded a 20.8 per cent of children’s involvement in economic activities in the 2021 … Read more →
Hoodlums set Obasanjo’s 2, 420 hectares farm on fire
Posted on | CommentAn orchard farm belonging to former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has been burnt down by suspected hoodlums. The manager of the farm, Zubello Muhamed, who made the disclosure, said the incident occurred on Saturday, January 29, when he travelled … Read more →
Woman kills newborn baby to destroy evidence of cheating
Posted on | CommentA cheating wife who fell pregnant while having an adulterous affair has been arrested for strangling her newborn baby. The woman allegedly killed the baby to hide the evidence of her infidelity from her husband, who is based in South … Read more →
McDan ordered to suspend use of KIA’s Terminal 1 for private jet operations
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has ordered McDan Aviation to suspend the Private Jet lounge operations at Terminal 1 of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA). In a letter dated January 31, 2022, signed by the Managing Director of the … Read more →
Nima-Mamobi riot: 8 suspects granted GH¢640K bail, 2 remanded
Posted on | CommentEight out of the 12 suspects arraigned at an Accra Circuit Court in connection with the recent violent clashes between two youth groups at Nima and Mamobi have been granted bail. This was after the prosecution, led by Chief Inspector … Read more →
Mobile money transactions significantly outstrip cheques by ¢770.4bn in 2021
Posted on | CommentMobile money transactions for last year significantly outstripped cheque transactions by a massive ¢770.4 billion, the Summary of Economic and Financial Data from the Bank of Ghana has revealed. This is compared to ¢522.9 billion recorded in the eight months … Read more →
Fuel prices to go up again as NPA restores Price Stabilisation and Recovery Levy
Posted on | CommentThe National Petroleum Authority, NPA, will from today, Tuesday, re-introduce the Price Stabilisation and Recovery Levy, a key component of the Fuel Price Build-Up. This means consumers should expect to pay more at the pumps. The levy was suspended last … Read more →
South Africa’s railways: How thieves have destroyed the network
Posted on | CommentThe dangling cables, crumbling buildings and towering weeds that obscure the tracks give the impression of a place long abandoned. But it is not time that has caused the destruction at this stop east of South Africa’s commercial hub, Johannesburg. … Read more →
Russia-Ukraine tensions: Powers clash at UN Security Council
Posted on | CommentThere have been angry clashes between Russian and US envoys at the UN Security Council, after the US called a meeting to discuss Moscow’s troop build-up on its borders with Ukraine. US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said the mobilisation was the … Read more →
Legon: Investigations underway on how a 1st year student drowned during swimming
Posted on | CommentPolice investigations are underway on how a first-year student of the University of Ghana drowned in the university’s swimming pool last Saturday [Jan 29, 2022]. A statement dated January 30, 2022, signed and issued by the Director of Public Affairs of UG, … Read more →
5 E-Blocks ready for use, 16 already completed – Education Minister
Posted on | CommentThe government will put into use five day senior high school (SHS) blocks, popularly known as E-Blocks, starting this year. The E-Blocks are among those started under the previous government but not completed. It brings to 21, the number of … Read more →
1D1F: £5.17m bamboo toilet paper factory starts production next month
Posted on | CommentWork on the £5.17 million factory which is expected to produce toilet paper from bamboo in Akwamufie in the Eastern Region is 90 per cent complete, with production expected to commence in the third week of February, a Deputy Minister … Read more →
Auditor General’s accounts to be audited
Posted on | CommentParliament has constituted a four-member ad hoc committee for the recommendation of an auditor to audit and report on the accounts of the Office of the Auditor General. This followed the adoption of a motion moved by the Majority Leader, … Read more →
US cancels US$130 million military aid for Egypt over rights concerns
Posted on | CommentThe Biden administration is set to deny US$130 million of military aid to Egypt over human rights concerns, three sources familiar with the decision told Reuters. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said in September that the aid would be withheld … Read more →
Kwabenya: Assailant shot dead by police
Posted on | CommentThe police in Kwabenya on Friday [January 28, 2022] shot dead a suspect who is said to have stabbed some police officers multiple times and also threatened to kill others. The suspect, now deceased, identified only as Hakimi, is said … Read more →
Parliament adjourns E-Levy debate to February 1
Posted on | CommentParliament on Friday adjourned the debate on the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-Levy) Bill to Tuesday, February 1. Mr Joseph Osei-Owusu, the First Deputy Speaker, presiding as Speaker, adjourned the sitting. Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the Majority Leader, had wanted the House … Read more →
Burkina Faso coup: New leader Damiba gives first speech
Posted on | CommentThe new military leader of Burkina Faso has promised a return to the normal constitutional order “when the conditions are right”. Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba led a mutiny that ousted President Roch Kaboré on Monday. He blamed the president for … Read more →
US bans telecom giant China Unicom over spying concerns
Posted on | CommentChina Unicom has become the latest Chinese telecoms giant to be banned from the US over “significant” national security and espionage concerns. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said it had voted unanimously to revoke authorisation for the company’s American unit … Read more →
Ukraine crisis: Biden warns Russia may invade next month
Posted on | CommentUS President Joe Biden has warned there is a “distinct possibility” Russia might invade Ukraine next month, the White House says. Russia meanwhile says it sees “little ground for optimism” in resolving the crisis after the US rejected Russia’s main … Read more →
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