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NAGRAT says NaCCA knew of LGBTQ content before public outcry
Posted on with No CommentThe President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) says the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) knew about the controversial content in a Senior High School teacher manual long before public outrage forced its withdrawal. Jacob Anaba … Read more →
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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 →
‘Where do we go?’ – Nowhere safe in Gaza as Israeli strikes intensify
Posted on | Comment“Where do we go? Is there a safe place left in this neighbourhood, which was so quiet and beautiful?” residents of an apartment block in Rimal asked me, with heavy sarcasm. I had just spent the most difficult seven hours … Read more →
Ghana Water disconnects Takoradi Library Complex over GH¢2k debt
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has cut off water supply to the Takoradi Library Complex over non-payment of bill. The GH¢5.1 million donor-funded public library and office complex was built to address the educational and entrepreneurial needs of the … Read more →
E.T. Mensah’s remains back in Ghana from South Africa
Posted on | CommentThe remains of the late former Member of Parliament for the Ningo-Prampram constituency, E.T. Mensah has been received in Ghana from South Africa. It was conveyed to the morgue after a brief ceremony. Council of State member and former Member … Read more →
Over 900 Ghana School of Law students pass 2023 exams
Posted on | CommentThe leadership of the 2023 batch of students of the Ghana School of Law has expressed satisfaction with the pass rate for this year’s call to the bar. Over 900 persons are reported to have been passed by the Independent … Read more →
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