President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has directed the Minister for Education, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, to engage the Ghana Education Service (GES) to reconsider its decision to ban some fourteen (14) dismissed final year senior high school students from taking the ongoing West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). A statement signed by the […]
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New voter roll: EC registers 16.6 Million Ghanaians
The Electoral Commission (EC) has registered a total of 16,663,699 voters as of Thursday, August 6, 2020. The old voters register had a total of 16,845,420 registered voters. The commission on Friday, August 7, 2020 made this known at its 8th edition of the Let the Citizens Know series, a platform created by the EC […]
President Akufo-Addo swears in six new Justices of the Court of Appeal
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Friday, 7th August 2020, swore into office six (6) Justices of the Court of Appeal, at a ceremony at Jubilee House, the seat of the nation’s presidency. The newly appointed Justices, comprising four men and two women, are Justice George Koomson, Justice Edward Amoako Asante, […]
GES expels 14 SHS students over indiscipline
A total of fourteen (14) students have been dismissed by the Ghana Education Service (GES) for acts of indiscipline in the ongoing West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE). A statement issued by the Service and signed by the Director-General, Professor Akwasi Opoku-Amankwa said the affected students are also barred from writing their remaining papers […]
President Akufo-Addo commissions University of Environment and Sustainable Development
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has commissioned the University of Environment and Sustainable Development, in Somanya, in the Eastern Region, and cut the sod for the commencement of construction of Phase Two of the University. At the ceremony, on Wednesday, 5th August 2020, at Somanya, President Akufo-Addo stated that the University […]
How Afari-Gyan was ‘discovered’ at a drinking spot at Achimota Forest- Kwamena Ahwoi
Former Local Government Minister, Prof. Kwamena Ahwoi has revealed how he discovered the former Electoral Commissioner (EC), Dr. Afari-Gyan at a drinking spot. He made this revelation in his latest book titled working with Rawlings which has received opposition from some persons mentioned in there. The Professor said he had been sent on a mission […]
UPSA Governing Council re-appoints Prof Okoe Amartey as Vice-Chancellor
The Governing Council of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) has announced the reappointment of Professor Abednego Feehi Okoe Amartey as Vice-Chancellor at a special meeting of the Council of the University held on Monday, August 3, 2020. Members of the Council unanimously approved a second term for the Vice-Chancellor from January 1, 2021 […]
Free SHS saved Akosombo Textile Limited from collapse – Manager
Factory Manager of the Akosombo Textile Limited (ATL), Ing. Kenneth Asare says the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy saved the indigenous printing company from collapse. Revealing how the Akufo-Addo-led government’s flagship programme saved the company, Ing. Asare said the company was almost folding up when the President approached them with new measures and plans […]
President Akufo-Addo lauds Awuku, Kodua for transformational leadership at YEA
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has eulogized the Board Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) Messrs Sammi Awuku and Justin Kodua Frimpong for their transformational leadership at the Agency. The president is particularly happy with new course the two leaders have charted for the Agency in terms of relevance, […]
YEA commences construction of brand new Regional office in North East Region
The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has commenced the construction of an ultra-modern office complex in the newly created North East Region. The office is one of four to be constructed in the newly created regions. Sod for the construction of the one-storey edifice was cut by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at the North East […]
Allow tenants to use water for free-GWCL to landlords
The Ghana Water Company Limited (GCWL) has asked landlords and landladies to desist from selling water for the next three months (July, August and September, 2020). The GWCL in a statement issued today said the the Government of Ghana will be absorbing the domestic water bills of citizens for three months as part of reliefs announced in […]
Abling Disability-James Kwabena Bomfeh Jnr. writes
Disability is a dynamic, contested, and complex human condition which is also socially constructed. It is a cross-cutting inter-sectional phenomenon which requires humility to appreciate. Every human being experiences disability one way or the other from the stage of foetus formation in the womb to expiration of life in death if one lives long enough. Yet, […]












