Ghana’s Covid-19 deaths have gone beyond the 1,000 mark as the country battles a third wave of the outbreak of the disease. By the official case count released by the Disease Surveillance Department of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Friday, August 27, a total of 1,001 fatalities have been recorded since the disease hit […]
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A 27-year-old man, Agya Asuo, has been arrested with a human skull by the Police at Assin-Praso in the Assin North District of the Central Region. Chief Superintendent Isaac Tetteh, Assin-Praso District Commander who confirmed the arrest to the Ghana News Agency, said the suspect was a well known mentally deranged person. According to him, […]
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The Ghana Education Service (GES) has deferred the implementation of the Common Core Programme (CCP), the new curriculum developed for the junior high school. The new curriculum would rather be implemented next academic year, after enough sensitisation, the GES stated, and therefore requested teachers to continue to use the old curriculum to teach. Training The […]
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The Ghana Education Service (GES), says the pre-tertiary teacher unions have no basis to embark on industrial action. The unions, the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) are unhappy over what they claim are inadequate teaching and learning resources, contact and […]
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Nigeria’s state oil company has made a profit for the first time in its 44-year history, the government has announced. President Muhammadu Buhari, who is also the senior petroleum minister, said this was in line with the “prudent management of resources”. The 2020 profit of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) was recorded as $700m […]
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The Volta Region branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on its supporters to join Friday’s demonstration planned to impress upon government to open the country’s land borders. The demonstration, to be led by Ketu South Member of Parliament Abla Dzifa Gomashie, will be staged in Aflao. But before then, the MP for […]
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Encouraging Single Parents Although incredibly rewarding, rearing a child can be one of the most challenging tasks on earth. As a single parent, those challenges increase. But with God’s help and wisdom from His Word, you can be the parent He’s called you to be! What Are You Saying? If you’ve ever thought you weren’t […]
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MTTD Traffic Monitoring and Surveillance Centre Impounds 31 Vehicles for Various Traffic Offences on the East Legon (Underbridge) Road The Motor Transport and Traffic Department’s Monitoring and Surveillance Centre has impounded 31 vehicles for various traffic offences on the East Legon (Underbridge) road during a special exercise conducted in partnership with Citi FM/TV on Wednesday, […]
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The Nkawkaw District Police Command in the Eastern Region is investigating circumstances that led to the alleged stabbing to death of a Senior High School graduate by his friend. The suspect, 22-year-old Yakubu Sharifu, is said to have stabbed his friend, Umar Lawah, with a knife during a quarrel over a Bluetooth speaker on Monday, […]
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The Koforidua Circuit Court B has sentenced Daniel Ofori, the taxi driver, who drove a police officer on his bonnet for 300 metres, to two years imprisonment. 37-year-old Daniel Ofori was convicted to serve six months on count 1 for dangerous driving contrary to Section 1 of Road Traffic Act, 683, and convicted to serve […]
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