The 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 →
China’s largest car manufacturer SAIC Motor says it will build its first factory in Europe, after sales of its vehicles on the continent jumped. The state-controlled company – which owns the iconic MG brand – says the new plant will … Read more →
The Kwesimintsim Member of Parliament (MP) Dr Prince Hamid Armah has distributed Smart Classroom equipment to two Basic Schools in the Effia-Kwesiminstim Municipality of the Western Region. The two schools that were privileged to receive this modern equipment were the … Read more →
Mr Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, the Minister for Transport has said the sector remains a major source of green gas emissions, slowing down the nation’s effort to achieve the global target of net-zero emissions by 2025. He said this was due … Read more →
A total of 1,160 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) from 23 Junior High Schools (JHS) in Sekondi-Takoradi from Monday June 26 to Friday June 30, 2023 received pep-talk on how to fight examination fright, how to answer the BECE questions … Read more →
Ukraine has launched a drone attack on Moscow, the Russian defence ministry says, forcing flights to be diverted from Vnukovo International Airport. Five drones were reportedly used in Tuesday’s attack, which also targeted locations in the wider region around the … Read more →
One of the surviving sons of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has reportedly been moved from a Lebanese prison, where he has been on a hunger strike, to hospital in “critical condition” The Reuters news agency quotes the Dubai-based … Read more →
South Africa’s Zulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini has denied allegations that he may have been poisoned, saying in a video that he was in good health. It comes amid conflicting concerns after the Zulu traditional prime minister said over the weekend … Read more →
The renovated and redeveloped Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park will be re-opened to the public today July 4, 2023. This is after President Nana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo commissions it. The park is a significant monument dedicated to the memory of … Read more →
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has concluded investigations into allegations of corruption against a former Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance, Charles Adu Boahen, and three other high-profile suspected corruption cases. These are besides nine other … Read more →
In a devastating report, we are saddened to report the passing of James Lutterodt, a prominent member of the history-making Keta Senior High Technical School (Keta SHTS) team that participated in the renowned National Maths and Science Quiz (NSMQ) competition … Read more →
More people from Iran than ever before are using fake passports or fake visas to get to the UK, an Iranian asylum seeker has told Sky News. “Boats are dangerous. It’s really dangerous to cross the Channel,” says 43-year-old Erfan, … Read more →
In Sekondi-Takoradi it is common to observe quite a lot of mentally challenged people on the streets and many are of the view that it poses a threat to society. In August 2022, a young man was stoned to death … Read more →
The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development has performed a colourful ceremony to commence this year’s ‘Close Season’ for fishing spanning, Saturday, July 1, to Tuesday, August 31, at Elmina in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem Municipality of the Central Region. While canoe … Read more →
Passengers in Shama in the Western Region were left stranded Monday morning as the Ghana Road Transport Union parked their vehicles to demonstrate the poor nature of roads in the constituency. Traditional authorities who are unhappy with the state of … Read more →
Kenya’s President William Ruto has lifted a ban on logging imposed six years ago. The president said the move was “overdue” citing the need to create jobs and open up sectors in the economy that depend on forest products. Concerns … Read more →
Two of the world’s most high-profile technology billionaires – Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg – have agreed to fight each other in a cage match. Mr Musk posted a message on his social media platform Twitter that he was “up … Read more →
Two Ghanaian female students identified as Abena Gyamfua Ofori, 31-year-old, and Alberta Oduraa Quartey, 23-year-old have met their untimely death in a fatal car crash that occurred on Highway 11 near Elizabeth Drive, South Carolina United States of America. The … Read more →
A police officer has been killed during an attack on a bullivon van in Ablekuma Fanmilk, a suburb of Accra. Videos circulating on social media show the incident show some members of the public coming to the aid of the fatally … Read more →
A man reported to be in his seventies (70s) has been hospitalised after getting run over by a taxi vehicle at Effiakuma on Thursday, June 22. The incident happened in the early hours of the said date when the vehicle, … Read more →
A total of 6,451 (83.5%) teachers failed the 2023 Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination conducted in May 2023. The results were released by the National Teaching Council after the teachers wrote the re-sit papers. Giving a statistical breakdown of the results … Read more →