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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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How El Chapo’s sons built a Fentanyl Empire poisoning America
Posted on | CommentIn January 2017, days after Mexico extradited the notorious drug trafficker Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán to the United States, local cops in his home state of Sinaloa fell under attack. Some were shot dead in broad daylight. Others vanished and … Read more →
5 Muslim students sue schools for $300k over veil discrimination
Posted on | CommentFemale Muslim students from five schools in The Gambia have taken legal action against their schools at the high court in Banjul, after accusing them of “forcefully” removing their veils. Some of the schools in the lawsuit are Christian but … Read more →
Ghana Highway Authority to close portions of Agona-Ahanta highway for maintenance
Posted on | CommentThe Ministry of Roads and Highways in collaboration with Ghana Highway Authority, has announced that the Ewusiejoe section of the Takoradi-Agona-Ahanta highway in the Western Region would be closed to traffic on Saturday, May 13, 2023. The closure which would … Read more →
LinkedIn cuts 700 jobs and closes China app
Posted on | CommentLinkedIn has become the latest tech firm to axe jobs, closing 716 roles out of a 20,000 workforce. The social media network which focuses on business professionals will also phase out its local jobs app in China. In a letter … Read more →
Ekweremadu: ‘I’m scared, can’t return to Nigeria’, Victim begs for stay in UK
Posted on | CommentDavid Nwamini, the would-be kidney donor in the organ trafficking case that sent Nigerian Senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, to jail, has said he wants to remain and work in the UK, as “they could arrest me or kill me in … Read more →
GHANASCO Headmaster reinstated after interdiction over ‘toilet cubicles’
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Education Service (GES) has reinstated the interdicted headmaster of Ghana Senior High School (GHANASCO) with immediate effect. Doughlas Haruna was interdicted after a video surfaced on social media showing some students of the school using toilet cubicles allegedly as … Read more →
Mason gets 24 years for defiling his 12-year-old daughter twice
Posted on | CommentAn Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 56-year-old mason to 24 years imprisonment for having sex with his 12-year-old daughter twice. Joseph Amon Neequaye is said to have had sex with his daughter after assisting her to do her homework. The accused … Read more →
Fijai SHS Headmaster reinstated after investigations
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Education Service (GES) has written to the Headmaster of Fijai Senior High School, Kenneth Agbomadze, to return to office. Mr Agbomadze was interdicted in April after the Service alleged that he was charging illegal fees. A committee was … Read more →
Eric Antwi must answer on galamsey at Akufo-Addo’s house claim- Frimpong-Boateng
Posted on | CommentFormer Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng has said that he does not want to quarrel with the chiefs and elders of Kyebi, the hometown of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over the claim that illegal … Read more →
T-bills auction: Gov’t to borrow ¢3.33bn this week
Posted on | CommentThe government will borrow ¢3.33 billion from the treasury market on Friday May 12, 2023, to partly refinance maturities worth ¢2.31 billion. Joy Business understands that part of the ¢3.33 billion will be used to settle coupon payments of the … Read more →
UDS: Storey building under construction on campus collapse
Posted on | CommentA storey building under construction at the city campus of the University for Development Studies (UDS) in Tamale collapsed last Saturday during a rainstorm. There was no casualty. The incident happened at night, at a time there were no workers … Read more →
King Charles III crowned at London’s Westminster Abbey
Posted on | CommentKing Charles III was crowned on Saturday in Britain’s biggest ceremonial event for seven decades, a sumptuous display of pageantry dating back 1,000 years. In front of a congregation of about 100 world leaders and a television audience of millions, … Read more →
Landlord’s son allegedly butchers toddler after argument with father
Posted on | CommentPolice in Atwima Nwabiagya North District of the Ashanti region have arrested the suspect accused of killing a one-year-old toddler. The suspect, who has only been identified as Emmanuel, also inflicted machete wounds on the deceased’s father and sister, who … Read more →
Gallery: Former Shama MP Hon. Dr Ato Panford laid to rest
Posted on | CommentThe funeral of the former Member of Parliament (MP) for the Shama Constituency Dr Ato Panford was held on Saturday, May 5 2023. He was laid in state at the Aboadze Methodist Park in the Shama District. The family, friends … Read more →
Fante language goes live on Wikipedia
Posted on | CommentFante, one of the spoken languages in Ghana, has been approved on Wikipedia, joining four other Ghanaian languages with their own Wikipedia pages. This approval signifies a great achievement for the Fante Wikimedians Community, who started the process in March … Read more →
Pensioner Bondholders Forum to picket Finance Ministry beginning May 8
Posted on | CommentMembers of the Pensioner Bondholders Forum say they will resume their picketing at the Ministry of Finance on May 8, 2023, to further press home their demand for the payment of all their outstanding coupons and principals. According to the … Read more →
2.5m youth were not in employment, training or education by 3rd quarter of 2022 – GSS
Posted on | CommentAbout a quarter of the population aged between 15 to 35 years, representing 2.5 million persons were not in employment, education or training across the country by the third quarter of 2022, according to the latest labour statistics report from … Read more →
$1.3bn Gas fertiliser plant takes shape in Takoradi
Posted on | CommentThe government and a Moroccan company, the OCP Group, have completed the front end engineering design (FEED) for a $1.3 billion fertiliser complex in Takoradi in the Western Region towards the production of fertiliser from Ghana’s natural gas. The project … Read more →
Two-thirds of Ghana’s unemployed are women – Statistical Service report
Posted on | CommentAccording to the 2022 Annual Household Income and Expenditure Survey Third Quarter Labour Statistics Report launched in Accra today, females make up two-thirds of the unemployed individuals in the country. The Government Statistician, Professor Samuel Kobina Annim, emphasized at the … Read more →
Ajay Banga elected World Bank boss
Posted on | CommentFormer Mastercard boss Ajay Banga has been elected to lead the World Bank as it strives to help low-income countries overcome debt and combat climate change. Mr Banga, nominated by President Joe Biden for the post, is the first-ever Indian … Read more →
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