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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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Load-shedding (dumsor dumsor) to end this month
Posted on | CommentThe Volta River Authority (VRA) has assured the public that the current load management will be over within the next two weeks. That is when the two faulty thermal plants in Takoradi, belonging to the VRA and TICO, restart operations. … Read more →
October: Samsung Galaxy Note 4 comes to Ghana
Posted on | CommentSamsung Ghana Director of Handhed Device, Jaspreet Singh has hinted that the new Galaxy Note 4 will come to Ghana on the same day it is launched globally next month, and when it does, it would be differentiated from all others on … Read more →
Electricity tariffs to go up – VRA
Posted on | CommentThe Volta River Authority (VRA) has hinted that electricity tariffs are likely to go up again between October and December. Barely three months ago, electricity tariffs went up 12 percent and 6 percent for water. According to the Chief Executive of VRA … Read more →
No fuel for Ghana Fire Service
Posted on | CommentThe lives of hundreds of Ghanaians and property are in grave danger should a fire disaster strike a home, a market place, a state institution or a corporate entity in any part of the country. This is because since January … Read more →
Ex-Police officer escapes from psychiatric hospital
Posted on | CommentAn ex-police officer, Lance Corporal Paapa Nyaba, who was accused of kissing an eight-year-old girl at Pokuase, is said to have escaped from the Accra Psychiatric Hospital, where he had been sent for examination. The prosecutor on the case, Detective … Read more →
Facebook to spend billions to bring whole world online – Mark Zuckerberg
Posted on | CommentFacebook is prepared to spend billions of dollars to reach its goal of bringing the Internet to everyone on the planet, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Friday. “What we really care about is connecting everyone in the world,” Zuckerberg said … Read more →
Details: GES releases approved fees for 2014/15 academic year for SHS Students
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Education Service (GES) has released the approved fees for the 2014/2015 academic year for students in all government-assisted senior high and technical schools (SHSs). Fresh/Continuing students Fresh students in boarding houses will pay GH¢668.50 each, while their day … Read more →
PHOTO: Gun makers arrested
Posted on | CommentTWO PEOPLE, Kwasi David and Kwabena Acheampong, aka IK, have been apprehended by the police for allegedly manufacturing guns. They are said to be supplying guns to hardened criminals who use them to rob innocent people of their valuables. The … Read more →
Legon students to fill Ebola forms for hall admission
Posted on | CommentThe University of Ghana (UG) will not allow students who refuse to fill an e-risk assessment form into its halls of residence. The online form is meant to collect data on the Ebola epidemic on students and staff for surveillance … Read more →
PHOTO: Police grab 4 men in Ashanti for supplying guns to robbers
Posted on | CommentThe Ashanti Regional Police Command has in separate operations arrested four men suspected to be supplying guns to armed robbers. They were found in possession of some guns and tools believed to have been used for the manufacture of some … Read more →
PHOTO: 8 galamseyers grabbed at Bui Dam
Posted on | CommentEight persons have been busted for allegedly engaging in illegal mining activities, popularly called galamsey, within the banks of the Black Volta near the Bui Dam in the Brong-Ahafo Region. The joint operation, which was carried out at Dokakyina on … Read more →
PHOTO: GH¢5,000 ransom on Journalist’s shooter
Posted on | CommentNotorious Criminal, Baba Musah, who has been on the police wanted list for some time now, has been identified as one of the six blood-thirsty gangsters that shot broadcast journalist Kwadwo Marfo during a robbery operation in a house at Nkoranza near Kumasi, recently. The Ashanti Regional Police Command has consequently placed … Read more →
Utility providers want upward adjustment
Posted on | CommentUtility Providers in the country have called for an upward revision in tariffs owing to the rising cost of their operations. The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) would be reviewing tariffs next month. According to some service providers, the rapid depreciation of the cedi against major currencies had … Read more →
How small businesses can benefit from good PR
Posted on | Comment“PR is extremely important, and being able to use it in the right way means everything. You have to market your success.” – Lee Haney, bodybuilder and former Mr. Olympia All organisations big or small, local or international, private … Read more →
PHOTO: Suspected witch confesses
Posted on | 1 CommentA rare incident occurred at Akyem Ajobue in the Akyemmansa District of the Eastern Region last Friday when one Prophet Owusu Agyemang Prempeh cast out the demon of a 67-year-old self-confessed witch, Madam Abena Gyisiwaa, aka Alaba, before a large … Read more →
30,000 WASSCE candidates cannot get admission to UCC, KNUST
Posted on | CommentMore than 30,000 candidates who were successful in the 2014 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) may not be able to access university education in the 2014/2015 academic year. This is because two major public universities – the Kwame … Read more →
Court threatens to free Rosemond ‘killer’
Posted on | CommentThe Tema Magistrate Court has threatened to acquit and discharge Abraham Kwame Oyoko Baah, the 27-year-old auto-electrician who is standing trial for allegedly murdering Rosemond Nyampong, a 32- year-old staff of the Stanbic Bank who was killed in her residence at Baatsona, off the Spintex Road, Accra, last year. … Read more →
4 spiritualists arrested for Gh¢86,394 Fraud
Posted on | CommentFour Spiritualists in the Eastern Region who allegedly defrauded some unsuspecting persons of various sums of money totalling Gh¢86,394.00 under the guise of multiplying their money for Orem, have been arrested by the police. They are Nana Yaw Sofehu, 32, … Read more →
Founding member of Christ Embassy explains why Pastor Chris’ wife must divorce him
Posted on | CommentRev. Anita Oyakhilome’s friend and founding member of Christ Embassy, Cyla Simpson, has taken to Facebook to explain the circumstances surrounding Pastor Chris and Anita Oyakhilome’s misunderstanding and why Rev. Anita must proceed with the divorce. “I am writing this … Read more →
PHOTO: 5 Notorious robbers grabbed
Posted on | CommentThe Accra Regional Police Command has arrested five notorious robbers suspected to be behind a series of robberies in East Legon and its environs. The suspects are Padi Hanson, aka Miss Call, 21-year-old trader; William Gbeku, aka Minister, 34, taxi … Read more →
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