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Trump says King will be ‘very safe’ during US visit after security talks
Posted on with No CommentDonald Trump has said King Charles III will “be very safe” during his state visit to the US, which is due to begin later on Monday. Further security talks took place between the White House and Buckingham Palace after a … Read more →
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Unemployed Youth Protest Over Joblessness
Posted on | CommentUnemployed youth on Tuesday, September 4, besieged the streets of Accra to protest continued joblessness as they demand immediate intervention from government The demonstration is part of moves by the Economic Fighters League to pressurize the Akufo-Addo led government to … Read more →
Unemployed in court for swindling ECG official
Posted on | CommentKofi Nkansah, unemployed, on Monday appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly stealing a Hyundai Elantra saloon car belonging to an official of Electricity Company of Ghana. Nkansah is said to have requested to test-drive the car and when … Read more →
Court remands two farmers for possessing 3 bags of Cannabis
Posted on | CommentAn Accra Circuit Court has remanded two farmers into police custody for allegedly possessing three travelling bags containing compressed leaves believed to be Indian hemp without authority. The pleas of Frank Yeoda and Michael Namekor were not taken and they … Read more →
Include children with disability in education – Deputy Gender Minister
Posted on | CommentThree years after the launch of the Inclusive Education Policy, there are still challenges with the education of children with disability in Ghana. In 2014, the Ghana Statistical Service reported that 3% of the country’s population, based on the 2010 … Read more →
Gov’t assures small scale miners of transparency in vetting process
Posted on | CommentGovernment has assured that it will be transparent in the nationwide vetting of small scale miners. Government on Monday September 3, 2018, began the vetting of small scale miners as part of a road-map towards the lifting of the ban on all … Read more →
China-Africa summit: Xi denies money being spent on vanity projects
Posted on | CommentChina does not invest in “vanity projects” in Africa and is helping the continent build its infrastructure, President Xi Jinping has said. He pledged an extra $60bn (£42bn) for the continent’s development, as he opened a summit with African leaders … Read more →
Brazil museum fire: Funding sought to rebuild collection
Posted on | CommentBrazilian President Michel Temer says the government is seeking funding from companies and banks to help rebuild the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro after it was destroyed by fire. Education Minister Rossieli Soares said international help was also being … Read more →
Businessman jailed for breaking into vehicle
Posted on | CommentDaniel Deku, a businessman accused of breaking into cars and making away with monies and other valuables, was on Monday sentenced to 24 months’ imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court. This was after Daniel Deku has been found guilty on … Read more →
Nursing and Midwifery Council conducts online students’ examination
Posted on | CommentThe Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana has conducted the first Licensing Examination for student nurses and midwives using Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The four-year project, which was initiated in collaboration with CINOP Global and Advisory Services, a consortium … Read more →
Double track SHS: Over 60,000 students not placed under CSSPS
Posted on | CommentSixty-seven thousand three hundred and eighty two (67,382) students who have qualified to senior high schools (SHS) could not be placed under the computerised school selection placement system (CSSPS). This is because they could not be matched with any of … Read more →
‘Drowsy’ Bus Driver Crashes Vehicle, 2 Dead, 30 Injured
Posted on | CommentAn Accra-bound bus traveling from Tachiman in the Brong Ahafo region with registration number GT 4243-16 has been involved in a fatal accident at Apeatu, a community near Suhum on the Accra-Kumasi Highway . Two passengers, a male and Female, … Read more →
I’m working to make KG to university compulsory – Akufo-Addo
Posted on | CommentPresident Nana Akufo-Addo has his sights set on making education compulsory from the kindergarten up to the university level. The Akufo-Addo administration’s Free SHS is entering its second academic year, amid the growing pains of infrastructure and funding challenges, among … Read more →
NTC extends registration of licensure exams to Friday
Posted on | CommentThe National Teachers Council (NTC), has extended the registration of the teachers licensure exams to Friday September 7, 2018. Registration for the exams was expected to end on September 4, 2018. The council said the extension has become necessary to … Read more →
NaBCo applicants engaged; 5 modules to start Oct. 1
Posted on | CommentAbout 54,500 applicants of the Nation Builders Corps (NaBCo) programme have been notified of their placement in five modules of the programme. 49,642 out of the 54,481 successful applicants have accepted their placements and subsequently submitted their letters of acceptance … Read more →
NSS to weed out national service dodgers
Posted on | CommentThe National Service Scheme is set to deploy an enforcement team to all private and public organizations across the country to weed out workers who have not undertaken their mandatory national service. This is to uphold the NSS Act 426 (1980), … Read more →
I.T Administrator, student before court for stealing
Posted on | CommentAn Information Technology (I.T) Administrator and a student have been granted bail of GH¢40,100.00 with three sureties by an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly stealing from the mobile wallet of GT-Bank, Ring Road West Branch, Accra. Cyril Michael Pentil, I.T … Read more →
Ex-UBS Trader Adoboli To Be Deported To Ghana By Sept 10
Posted on | CommentKweku Adoboli, a former trader convicted of fraud in 2012, is facing deportation to Ghana after being detained at Livingston police station. He served four years of a seven-year sentence for a £1.4bn fraud at Swiss bank UBS. He was … Read more →
3 Forestry Commission guards, 2 others dead in accident at Juaso
Posted on | CommentFive people including three guards from the Juaso office of the Forestry Commission in the Ashanti Region, have died in a car accident. The incident occurred after an STC bus collided head-on with a taxi cab which had overtaken another … Read more →
Small-scale miners calls for transparency in vetting process
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana National Association of Small-scale Miners wants the government to be transparent as the vetting of all small-scale miners in the country begins. The exercise is part of a roadmap that culminates in the lifting of the ban on all forms … Read more →
Musama Disco Church Members In Car Crash; One Dead, 30 Injured
Posted on | CommentA passenger bus carrying members of Musama Disco Christo church has been involved in a fatal accident resulting in the death of one person at Yawkro near Nsawam in the Eastern region. Thirty other members reportedly sustained varied degrees of … Read more →
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