The Police in the Eastern Region have arrested two septuagenarians believed to be involved in the manufacture and sale of locally made pistols to criminals. The two, Richard Kwame Asare, 76 and Kojo Tetteh, 74, are both professional blacksmiths and residents of Pakro near Adawso in the Akuapem North Municipality of the Eastern Region. The […]
Five high-yielding yam varieties have been developed by the Savanna Agricultural Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-SARI) to help boost yam production in the country. The improved varieties, which are high-yielding, disease-resistant and more nutritious, are SDr1403004, SDr1403003, SDr1403005, SDr1403031 and SDr1403074. They have since been approved by the National […]
The government has described the demands and the posture of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) as unfair to students and parents. It emphasised that on June 16, last year, the government and UTAG signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) satisfactorily resolving issues relating to the conditions of service (CoS) of university teachers, and […]
Foreigners living in Ghana or who intend to be in the country for more than 90 days are required to register their SIM cards for their mobile phones to be able to keep their numbers. As mandated by the National Communications Authority (NCA), such foreigners also have up to March 31, 2022 to have their […]
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has said it is ready to negotiate, but the posturing of the employer is not welcoming. The President of UTAG, Professor Solomon Nunoo said even though the university teachers had heard the calls to return to the lecture theatres, there were no concrete milestones on the table towards […]
The government will put into use five day senior high school (SHS) blocks, popularly known as E-Blocks, starting this year. The E-Blocks are among those started under the previous government but not completed. It brings to 21, the number of E-Blocks operationalised by the government, out of the 23 earmarked for completion under the current […]
Parliament has constituted a four-member ad hoc committee for the recommendation of an auditor to audit and report on the accounts of the Office of the Auditor General. This followed the adoption of a motion moved by the Majority Leader, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu. The committee The committee is chaired by Mr James Klutse Avedzi, Member […]
The annual New Year School and Conference opens at the Great Hall and the Cedi Conference Centre at the University of Ghana (UG), Legon, today Monday, January 24, 2021. Organised by the School of Continuing and Distance Education of the College of Education of the university, this year’s school and conference, the 73rd edition, is […]
Victims of the Apiate tragedy are appealing for support to enable them to meet their basic needs. The victims who are currently housed at the Parish Hall of the Catholic Church at Bogoso, in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality say they are yet to come to terms with their loss. When the Graphiconline team arrived at […]
The country has received enough doses of COVID-19 vaccines to fully vaccinate about 17 million people as efforts are made to deliver the herd immunity target of 20 million people, according to data from the Ghana Health Service (GHS). The data show that Ghana had taken delivery of 25,458,290 doses of the five approved COVID-19 […]
Ghana has taken full ownership of the 250-megawatt (MW) power production plant from the African and Middle East Resources Investment Group, otherwise known as AMERI Energy. The 10-unit barge, with capacity to generate 25MW each, totaling 250MW, which is commissioned on natural gas, is set to be moved to Anwomaso in Kumasi in the Ashanti […]
The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Mr Henry Quartey, has charged metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) to ensure the enforcement of the Operation clean your frontage bye-law, beginning February 1, 2022. He also urged them to intensify sensitisation on the initiative by involving workers, national service persons, market women and other stakeholders to support them […]
