Two Chinese and a Ghanaian are in the grip of the National Security Secretariat (NSS) in Accra over the movement of 21 gold bars from Gbane in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region to the national capital. The three, Rayn Lee, Goa and Michael Atta, were picked up at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) […]
It has now been confirmed that nine dead bodies have been retrieved from the flooded mining pit at Moabok, a community near Gbane in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region. This follows several hours of rescue operations carried out by personnel of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), the Ghana Police Service and […]
A legal action by the Attorney-General (A-G) has saved the state from paying more than GH¢1.2billion in judgment debt which was being claimed by NDK Financial Services. The company went to court compel the government to pay GH¢1.273 billion it claimed was outstanding balance and interests on a judgment debt. Instead, the financial services company […]
The management of Achimota School says it will appeal the High Court’s decision ordering the school to admit two Rastafarian students who were denied admission because of their hairstyle. The Human Rights Division of the Accra High Court on Monday ordered the school to admit Tyron Iras Marhguy and Oheneba Nkrabea on the basis that […]
The Ministry of Education has rolled out two ranking schemes for all senior high schools (SHSs) in the country to place each institution in its proper perspective and to fully assess the free SHS policy. The first, which is to be the national ranking, is expected to rank each school on the scale of one […]
The Human Rights Division of the Accra High Court has ordered Achimota Senior High School to admit the Rastafarian students, Tyron Iras Marhguy and Oheneba Nkrabea, who were denied admission by the school because of their dreadlocks. In a ruling Monday afternoon, the Human Rights Court One, presided over by Justice Gifty Adjei Addo, held […]
The National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) has set up sentinel sites at selected locations around the country to monitor the resistance of mosquitoes to insecticides. An epidemiologist with the NMCP, Dr Nana Yaw Peprah, has revealed that insecticide resistance in mosquitoes had emerged not only in Ghana but in other malaria-endemic areas of the world. […]
The only pontoon on the Volta Lake serving communities in the Kwahu Afram Plains in the Eastern Region has been running on one engine instead of two for the past one year. The pontoon serves residents in and around Ekye Amanfrom and Adawso, and has remained a risk as it operates on a single engine […]
Gold Track senior high school form two students are to begin their end-of- semester vacation today, May 28, 2021 to pave the way for the Green Track Form Two students to report to school on June 1, 2021. A statement signed and issued by the Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES) in charge […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday reaffirmed his determination to root out illegal mining and stated that the burning of equipment used for the pollution of water bodies and forest reserves will not cease till the criminal acts are halted. He has therefore challenged those who think otherwise to go to the court of […]
Aligned to the KGL Group’s core tenet of social accountability and responsibility across all facets of its subsidiary operations, the Board and Management of the Group through its CSR wing, KGL Foundation, has made overtures to foster mutual relations with established charity organizations. KGL Foundation remains passionate about working closely with established organizations across Ghana […]
The Central Regional Department of Gender has initiated moves to improve parental skills in a bid to enhance parent-adolescent relationships and reduce adolescent pregnancies in the region. Last year alone, the region recorded 10,301 adolescent pregnancies. The Regional Director of the Department of Gender, Ms Richlove Amamoo, said the large number was bad news for […]
