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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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Zuckerberg ‘not holding breath’ over Musk cage fight
Posted on | CommentMeta boss Mark Zuckerberg has said he is “not holding his breath” over a proposed cage fight with rival Elon Musk. In a post on the new social media app Threads, Mr Zuckerberg said he had proposed 26 August for … Read more →
Niger coup: Junta shuts airspace citing military intervention threat
Posted on | CommentNiger’s coup leaders have closed the country’s airspace until further notice, citing the threat of military intervention from their neighbours. Flight tracking website Flightradar24 is showing that there are currently no aircraft in Niger’s skies. The West African group of … Read more →
Immigration Service interdicts 27 Officers
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has announced the interdiction of 27 officers, including three senior officers and 24 junior officers. This action is a result of their involvement in various offenses that have allegedly tarnished the reputation of the Service.In … Read more →
3 Bolga Regional Hospital staff arrested for stealing medicines
Posted on | CommentThree persons have been arrested by police through an intelligence led operation for stealing some boxes of medicines at the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital. According to police statement, suspect Raymond Asoke, a driver at the Regional Hospital Bolgatanga was also arrested … Read more →
UK interest rates expected to rise for 14th time in a row
Posted on | CommentInterest rates are expected to rise for the 14th time in row as the Bank of England continues its battle to control stubbornly high price rises. Most economists have predicted the Bank will increase rates to 5.25% from its current … Read more →
Tech shares fall as China mulls child smartphone limits
Posted on | CommentChinese technology shares fell after the country’s cyberspace regulator recommended limiting smartphone usage of children under 18. Shares of firms like Alibaba and video-sharing site Bilibili fell on Wednesday and saw more losses early on Thursday. The proposed law would … Read more →
Travis King: North Korea confirms custody of US soldier
Posted on | CommentNorth Korea has confirmed custody of Travis King in its first response to requests for information on the US soldier’s whereabouts, the UN Command has said. The 23-year-old private dashed across the border from South Korea on 18 July while … Read more →
Gov’t releases GH¢50.5million to WAEC for 2023 BECE and WASSCE
Posted on | CommentThe government has released GH¢50.5 million to the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to conduct the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Out of the figure, GH¢40 million is towards the successful … Read more →
Theft in Cecilia Dapaah’s house: 2 more suspects arrested
Posted on | CommentTwo more suspects have been arrested in connection with the case in which monies and items worth millions of cedis were allegedly stolen from the residence of former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, and her husband, … Read more →
37 Military Hospital to hold mass burial for unclaimed bodies on September 1
Posted on | CommentThe 37 Military Hospital has issued a public service announcement regarding a forthcoming mass burial exercise for unidentified and unclaimed bodies in its morgue. The hospital authorities highlighted the need to address the issue as the accumulation of these bodies … Read more →
Let strategy determine relationships – Mensa Otabil challenges African nations
Posted on | CommentThe General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Pastor Mensa Otabil, has challenged African nations and their peoples to let strategy rather than proximity define their relationships. He stressed that a person’s best friend, national ally or church … Read more →
19,764 Recruited in 4 security agencies
Posted on | CommentMinister of Interior, Ambrose Dery, has disclosed that a total of 19,764 people have been recruited into the four main security agencies, namely the Ghana Police Service, Ghana Prisons Service, Ghana Immigration Service and the Ghana National Fire Service. He … Read more →
Investigate ownership of Cecilia Dapaah’s stolen cash- AG to Police
Posted on | CommentThe Attorney-General, Godfred Yeboah Dame has tasked the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ghana Police Service to investigate the ownership of the US$200,000 and €300,000 stolen from the home of the Former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena … Read more →
NSS pin codes for 2023/2024 general enrollment out; 142,381 students eligible
Posted on | CommentThe National Service Scheme, NSS, has released pin codes for the next batch of Service Personnel to enrolled onto the scheme for the 2023/2024 service year. In a press release signed by the Acting Director of Corporate Affairs, Ambrose Entsiwah … Read more →
Uber aims to be wider travel app as it turns first profit
Posted on | CommentTour operators in the UK are on notice: Uber wants to take your business. The ride-hailing company, famous for upending the global taxi business, wants to do the same for holiday travel, by expanding the services available on its app. … Read more →
Trump charged with plotting to overturn election defeat
Posted on | CommentDonald Trump, who lost the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden, has been charged with plotting to overturn his defeat. He is accused of four counts: conspiracy to defraud the US conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding obstruction of an … Read more →
Akufo-Addo worried over West Africa coups
Posted on | CommentPresident Akufo-Addo has expressed deep-seated concern about the increasing spate of military takeovers in the West African sub-region. He believes that is affecting the growth and development of the sub -regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). … Read more →
How Apple AirPods led to the conviction of a thief
Posted on | CommentThe Police had an easy task of locating an unwitty thief with the aid of an embedded tracking device in an Apple AirPods he stole in a solo burglary. Isaac Bortey Borteye, 30, unemployed who broke into the house of … Read more →
Twitter accused of bullying anti-hate campaigners
Posted on | CommentThe owners of Twitter have been accused of trying to “bully” anti-hate campaigners into silence with letters threatening legal action. The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) said X Corp accused it of making “troubling and baseless claims” in its … Read more →
Students of Ahantaman Girls’ SHS appeal for library complex
Posted on | CommentStudents of Ahantaman Girls’ Senior High School (SHS) in the Western Region have called on the government and corporate bodies to assist them to construct a modern library complex with adequate books. Ms Sheridan Sam Onuawontoh, the Head Girl of … Read more →
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