After months of preparatory works, the reconstruction of Appiatse in the Western Region has taken off. A four-member team from the Architectural and Engineering Services Limited (AESL), the consultants for the project, is in Appiatse supervising the reconstruction. The team, made up of consulting architects, civil, structural, electrical and mechanical engineers, is led by a […]
The High Court, Accra, has quashed the decision of the National Communications Authority (NCA) to introduce conditional access for free-to-air (FTA) television. That followed an application filed by the Ghana Independent Broadcasters’ Association (GIBA), which sought to quash NCA’s decision on grounds that the introduction of the conditional access system will block the content of […]
The Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has said the docket on the prosecution of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the defunct Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah, is almost ready. “I’m happy to say that after painstaking investigations, the docket on that financial crime is almost ready for prosecution to commence,” he said. […]
The Old Vandals Association in North America (OVA-NA), has condemned the University of Ghana authorities for applying a “kangaroo court” process to deal with the recent disturbances on campus between some students of Commonwealth and Mensah Sarbah halls. In a communiqué issued by the Old Vandals Association in North America (OVA-NA) at the end of their […]
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) is dealing with 10 cases regarding examination malpractice. According to WAEC, the cases, which span from 2020 through to this year, are part of a total of an initial 13 cases, three of which have been dealt with. The Head of Legal of WAEC, Rev. Victor Brew, said this […]
The Auditor-General has asked the Head of the Plant Protection and Regulatory Services Directorate to recover an outstanding debt of GH₵1,350,252 from the Cocoa Marketing Company. The amount was owed the Directorate between February 2019 and December 2020 for the risk-based inspection and phytosanitary certification of cocoa beans in the Western, Greater Accra and Ashanti […]
The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is losing some of its sensitive installations in Accra, including cables used to direct pilots during landing and take-off. This is due to increasing attacks on the authority’s properties in the La Nkwantanang and the La Dadekotopon municipalities. Among the installations are the main signal-receiving station near Madina and […]
The Auditor-General’s 2021 report has revealed that 374 academic programmes at the University of Ghana are unaccredited. Out of the 374 courses, 14 of them are Diploma programmes, 80 out of the 374 programmes are Undergraduate courses, Post-Graduate unaccredited courses are 213, and 67 PhD courses. According to the Auditors, “We noted that the University […]
The opening of the flood gates of the Bagre and Kompienga dams in Burkina Faso will commence on Thursday, September 1, 2022. This is following the rapid rising of the upstream level of the two dams in Burkina Faso. Graphic Online’s Mohammed Fugu reports that as of Wednesday (August 31, 2022), the water level of […]
In a response to calls to review the Free Senior High School (FSHS) Education policy, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said the country needs a broader conversation on education and national development. “One of the things people are calling for is, and some say the government has to organise itself to respond to it… they talk […]
President Akufo-Addo has reinstated the suspended Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE). Abdul Mumin Issah was reinstated on Monday, August 29. This was contained in a letter signed by the Local Government Minister, Daniel Botwe sighted by JoyNews. According to the letter, his reinstatement followed a recommendation by the Western Regional Coordinating Council. “I wish to inform […]
The Auditor-General has uncovered financial irregularities amounting to about GH¢17.5 billion in the 2021 audit report of public boards and corporations and other statutory institutions. It represents a 36 per cent jump from the 2020 figure of GH¢12.85 billion. In the last five years, financial irregularities in public boards and corporations have hit over GH¢50.8 […]
