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Ken Ofori-Atta’s US immigration case adjourned to April 27
Posted on with No CommentThe hearing of the case involving former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has been adjourned to April 27, 2026. Mr Ofori-Atta appeared before a United States immigration court in Virginia on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, as proceedings continue over his immigration … Read more →
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Ghana to host AfCFTA Confab
Posted on | CommentGhana is scheduled to hold a maiden national conference on the implementation of the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement, AfCFTA. Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo is to open the three-day conference on Monday, August 19, 2019, in Accra. The President is … Read more →
GES trains 152,000 Teachers on new curriculum
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Education Service (GES) says a total of 152,000 Kindergarten to Primary 6 teachers have been trained on the new standards based curriculum. A statement issued by the Public Relations Unit of GES stated that management of GES was … Read more →
JHS 2 Student escapes attempted kidnapping in Takoradi
Posted on | CommentA Junior High School (JHS) Student of All Saint Anglican JHS, whose name is given as Benedict Quaicoe escaped an attempted kidnapping at Race Course in Takoradi on 15th August, 2019 around 5 pm. According to Benedict who spoke to … Read more →
Savannah Region: 1 dead, 4 injured after communal violence
Posted on | CommentAt least one persDetails of the violent disturbance were still unfolding but multiple sources told Joy News that, shootings started after some young men transporting blocks to the village for the mosque project were resisted. Three of the injured victims … Read more →
Come out with better alternative policy for double track – Bawumia to Mahama
Posted on | CommentVice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Thursday threw a challenge to former President John Mahama to come out with a better alternative education policy for the double track system under the Free Senior High School (FSHS) Policy. He said former … Read more →
BECE to be scrapped soon – NaCCA boss
Posted on | CommentThe Executive Secretary of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) has said the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) has outlived its usefulness and will soon be scrapped from the educational system. Dr Prince Hamid Armah says the final West Africa … Read more →
Gov’t pays GH¢198.2m Nurses’ Trainee allowance
Posted on | CommentGovernment through the Ministry of Health (MoH) has released a total amount of GH¢198,200,000.00 for the payment allowances for trainee nurses. The amount is the final part of the payment of the nurses’ allowance from September 2018 to June 2019, … Read more →
We should have killed the kidnapper – Families of 3 kidnapped Taadi Girls
Posted on | CommentThe families of the three Takoradi kidnapped girls say the greatest mistake they’ve made is not killing the Nigerian suspected kidnapper believed to be the brain behind the kidnapping of the girls when he was arrested. According to them, being … Read more →
Kidnapped Taadi girls: Experts begin DNA tests
Posted on | CommentA two-member medical team from the Police Hospital in Accra yesterday arrived at the Western Regional Police Headquarters in Sekondi, Western Region to collect DNA samples from the families of the four kidnapped girls in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis. The team … Read more →
BoG outlaws deposit mobilisation fees, threatens to sanction erring banks
Posted on | CommentThe Bank of Ghana (BoG) has directed banks and other specialised deposit-taking institutions (SDIs) to stop paying fees and commissions to agents in return for the mobilisation of wholesale deposits from the general public. It said the practice had the … Read more →
The devil tempted me to finger her – Convict
Posted on | CommentA 28-year-old carpenter, who was sentenced by an Accra Circuit Court for indecent assault, said it was the devil that tempted him to finger the girl, aged eight. “I did not even know what my fingers were doing under the … Read more →
Why Acting IGP visited families of the missing Takoradi girls
Posted on | CommentThe Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), James Oppong Boanuh, on Tuesday visited the families of the missing Takoradi girls. The development comes at a time the families are preparing to offer blood samples to the investigative team validating the … Read more →
DNA sampling starts today: Missing Taadi girls’ families can witness tests
Posted on | CommentThe Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr James Oppong-Boanuh, has acceded to the request of the families of the four girls who have been missing in Takoradi since last year, to have their representatives witness the DNA and forensic tests … Read more →
DVLA bags GH¢226,000 from fake DV plate fines
Posted on | CommentThe Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has raised over GH¢226,000 from spot fines from motorists who use fake Defective Vehicle (DV) number plates in random operations undertaken in the city of Accra in the first half of this year. … Read more →
We are not recruiting – GIS warns
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) says reports that it is recruiting personnel into the Service are false. The GIS, in a statement, said it has not embarked on any recruitment exercise, “accordingly, the said publications are false and should be … Read more →
Kidnapped Taadi girls: This is kidnapper’s confession to BNI
Posted on | CommentDetails are emerging about the investigations conducted by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) into the saga involving the Takoradi missing girls. According to BNI sources, the outcome of the investigations paints a different picture from the recent revelations at … Read more →
VIDEO: Former Skyy Power FM Journalist ambushed by son for an interview
Posted on | CommentHard-nosed reporters and journalists are the ones that usually find it necessary to ambush someone else for a much-needed interview. But the role was painfully reversed for Joy FM’s former Western Regional Correspondent, Phillip Nyakpo. While visiting Ghana, his six-year-old … Read more →
Karpowership Ghana shuts down for relocation to Sekondi
Posted on | CommentKarpowership Ghana Company Limited had announced that its 470MW Karadeniz Powership Osman Khan will be off the grid on Tuesday, August 13, 2019 in preparation for relocation to the Western Region. A statement signed by Ms Sandra Amarquaye, Corporate Communications … Read more →
Father arrested for sleeping with 13yr old daughter
Posted on | CommentA 31-year-old father who allegedly had sexual intercourse with his 13-year-old daughter has been arrested by the Swedru Divisional Command of the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU). Frank Quainoo, also known as Kofi Amakye, was nabbed by the … Read more →
Saudi King to support Ghana with Medical University, 42 SHS blocks – Veep
Posted on | CommentVice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha celebration, announced that the Saudi King, Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, had promised to finance the construction of a medical university in the northern part of Ghana. Additionally, the Saudi … Read more →
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