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University of Ghana reopens after strike
Posted on with No CommentThe University of Ghana (UG) has announced the commencement of the 2024/2025 academic year, following a prolonged strike by teaching staff that disrupted academic activities. In a notice dated October 29, 2024, the university’s Registrar, Emelia Agyei-Mensah, confirmed that lectures … Read more →
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Is AI about to transform the legal profession?
Posted on | CommentIf there was a court case on whether society should embrace artificial intelligence (AI) or reject it, there would likely be a hung jury. No-one, it seems, can decide whether the benefits – such as automating written tasks, and sifting … Read more →
Nokia to axe up to 14,000 jobs to cut costs
Posted on | CommentFinnish telecoms giant Nokia is to axe between 9,000 and 14,000 jobs by the end of 2026 to cut costs. The announcement was made as the company reported a 20% drop in sales between July and September. The company blamed … Read more →
‘UK stands with you’ – Prime Minister to Israel
Posted on | CommentBritish Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday Britain was standing with Israel “unequivocally” following the attacks by Hamas and that London was working to ensure the world speaks in one voice. Israel bombarded Gaza … Read more →
Liberia election results: George Weah and Joseph Boakai set for run-off
Posted on | CommentWith almost all votes counted in Liberia’s election, President George Weah and his main rival Joseph Boakai are still running neck and neck, meaning they are set for a run-off. Mr Weah currently has 43.8% of the vote with Mr … Read more →
5 Nigerians jailed for exhuming skull ‘to get rich’
Posted on | CommentFive men have been jailed for 12 years each in Nigeria after they were convicted of exhuming a human skull. They had planned to take it to a traditional doctor who said it was needed for rituals that would make … Read more →
Rolls-Royce to cut up to 2,500 jobs in bid to cut costs
Posted on | CommentRolls-Royce has announced plans to axe up to 2,500 jobs globally to create a “more efficient and effective” company. It is the first major move by Tufan Erginbilgic who, on becoming chief executive in January, described Rolls-Royce as a “burning platform.” … Read more →
Western Region: 31 alleged prostitutes, human traffickers arrested by GIS (PHOTOS)
Posted on | CommentThe Western Regional Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), through its Axim Sector Command, has rounded up 31 people for their alleged involvement in prostitution and Human trafficking within and around a notorious brothel known as Bafana Bafana Resort, … Read more →
2024 budget: Govt commits to more expenditure cuts, aggressive growth, jobs
Posted on | CommentThe government has assured Ghanaians that it will safeguard current economic gains, and make it reflect in the living conditions of everyone in the coming months. To this end, there would be more expenditure reduction measures in the 2024 budget, … Read more →
Total membership of SSNIT Scheme is 1.8 million — Baffour Awuah
Posted on | CommentAs of March 2023, the total membership of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) Scheme was estimated at 1.8 million, Mr Ignatius Baffour Awuah, the Minister of Employment, Labour Relations and Pensions, has disclosed. This, he said means … Read more →
IMF: Ghana has fulfilled obligations, awaiting creditor action on debt restructuring
Posted on | CommentThe Director of the African Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Abebe Aemro Selassie, has confirmed that Ghana has taken the required steps to secure the long-awaited financing assurance from its external creditors. He added that the IMF is … Read more →
Prez. Akufo-Addo to tour areas affected by Akosombo dam spillage today
Posted on | CommentPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is today, Monday, October 16, 2023, expected to tour affected communities devastated by the spillage of excess water from the Akosombo dam. The tour comes after the President set up a nine-member inter-ministerial committee headed by the Chief of Staff, Akosua … Read more →
Now X posts can lock replies to only allow comment from verified accounts
Posted on | CommentThe latest turn in the Elon Musk-directed platform X, previously known as Twitter, is that users can now block unverified accounts from replying to their posts. This change arrives about 11 months after Musk launched paid verification for Twitter Blue, apportioning … Read more →
ADC, US-DFC sign MoU to build Data Centre
Posted on | CommentTHE AFRICA Data Centres (ADC) a pan African technology group, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) for the establishment of a data center in Ghana. The MoU reaffirms their shared … Read more →
Journalist fined for insulting Italian PM Giorgia Meloni
Posted on | CommentA prominent Italian journalist has been found guilty of libel after insulting Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in a television interview. Roberto Saviano used a swear word to describe Ms Meloni while attacking her stance on migration in December 2020. He … Read more →
UK hits back at World Bank criticism over aid cuts
Posted on | CommentDevelopment minister Andrew Mitchell has hit back at criticism over aid cuts for the world’s poorest, saying the UK was still a “very dominant force”. Mr Mitchell said that the UK was the third-biggest donor to the World Bank’s fund … Read more →
NPP’s presidential primaries to be held in all constituencies on Nov. 4
Posted on | CommentThe Presidential Elections Committee of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) says the November 4th Presidential Primaries will be conducted in the party’s constituencies across the country. Chairman of the Committee, Professor Michael Oquaye, says every constituency will have a polling … Read more →
We’ll still pursue Ato Essien for GH¢53m debt – Deputy AG
Posted on | CommentDeputy Attorney-General, Alfred Tuah-Yeboah, has confirmed that the state will continue to pursue the former CEO of the defunct Capital Bank, Ato Essien, even after he was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Mr. Tuah-Yeboah emphasized that the state intends … Read more →
How Former Capital Bank CEO Ato Essien got jailed 15 years
Posted on | CommentFormer Chief Executive Officer of defunct Capital Bank, Ato Essien has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment with hard labour. This follows his failure to pay in full an amount of GH¢90 million he agreed to pay the state despite … Read more →
Israel’s Information Minister resigns
Posted on | CommentIsrael’s information minister, Galit Distel Atbaryan, resigned on Thursday, and asked for her ministry’s funds to be directed instead to citizens in southern Israel. Her department’s role was to explain Israel to the world and did not wield much power … Read more →
IMF defends gloomy UK forecast after government criticism
Posted on | CommentThe International Monetary Fund has rejected government suggestions that its latest assessment of the UK economy is too gloomy. The influential global group forecasts the UK will have the highest inflation and slowest growth next year of any G7 economy, … Read more →
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