AG, Achimota School drag Rastafarian students back to Court on appeal

The Achimota School and the Attorney-General have gone back to court to contest the ruling of the High Court that some two Rastafarian students, Tyrone Iras Marhguy and Oheneba Kwaku Nkrabea, be admitted. The boys had sued the Achimota School Board of Governors, the Minister of Education, Ghana Education Service, and the Attorney General for […]

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Postings delayed by UTAG strike – NSS

The Management of the National Service Scheme (NSS) has blamed delays in postings of prospective service prospective on the recent strike by the University Teachers Association (UTAG). According to the Deputy Executive Director at the National Service Secretariat, Gifty Oware Aboagye, the protracted UTAG strike made it impossible for next batch of graduates to complete […]

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Owusu Bempah arrested for storming Agradaa’s home with armed men

Founder and Leader of the Glorious Word Power Ministries International, Reverend Isaac Owusu-Bempah is in police custody waiting to be put before Court Monday, September 13, for allegedly storming the home of converted fetish priestess Nana Agradaa. He was reportedly picked up at his home Sunday evening. In a video gone viral, the preacher was […]

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Gov’t petitioned to ban trade in dog and cat meat

Miss Natasha Choolun, an International Animal Rights Activist, has petitioned the Government of Ghana to ban the trade in cat and dog meat for human consumption. “Dogs and cats are not food, but loyal companion animals that should be treated with kindness and respect, not brutalised and eaten,” she said in a petition. The petition […]

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How to know someone wants to commit suicide – psychologist

A Clinical Psychologist has revealed that an overly happy or sad person has the tendency of exhibiting desires to commit suicide. Reverend Father Anthony Afriyie Amponsah, who is also a Lecturer at the University of Ghana, has been explaining that for every disease a person faces comes with its attendant behavioural manifestation and that one […]

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Corruption reporting app launched by GII

The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has developed an app which could be used for anonymous reporting of corruption. The app is called “Eye on Corruption App.” The with funding support from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). The app was developed under the program they call Advocacy and Legal Advice Centre (ALAC). Ghana Integrity […]

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Failed backflip kills UEW graduate in celebration of final exam

A final year student of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has died after a bizarre turn of events on Tuesday, September 7. Abdul Majeed Sani suffered severe injury to his spine while celebrating the completion of his undergraduate programme on campus. Sani was a known gymnast with the Department of Health, Physical Education, Recreation […]

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Suspected terrorists arrested by National Security

Officials of the National Security have arrested 33 suspects believed to have links with terrorist organizations in Burkina Faso and Mali at Nambahala, in the Savelugu Municipality. JoyNews reporter, Illiasu Tanko, reported that, the suspects were all airlifted to Accra over the weekend. He noted that, the National Security claims it has evidence indicating that five […]

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Pay Private Sch Teachers Allowance for Continuous Professional Development – NCOPST Boss

Private Schools must give Teachers allowance for Continuous Professional Development (CPD). The Executive Director of the National Council of Private School Teachers (NCOPST) has called on all private schools to pay private school teacher allowances toward their Continuous Professional Development Trainings. According to NCOPST Director, Ackon K. James the Continuous Professional Development is a mandatory […]

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One Teacher One Laptop: Arrangement, Distribution and Payment

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has issued a press release dated 9th September 2021 to update teachers and the general public on the details of the One Teacher One Laptop initiative. Arrangement The GES has stated the the initiative was actually conceived by the teacher unions at the pre-tertiary level, namely Ghana National Association of […]

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