Former President Jerry John Rawlings is advocating for the use of external examiners [markers] in institutions of higher learning in Ghana as part of efforts to help address the sex-for-grade menace between some lecturers and their students. According to him, many brilliant students, particularly girls who refuse succumb to their lecturers’ sexual demands end up […]
The first-ever female contestant for the Ghana Football Association (GFA) presidency, Ms Amanda Akuokor Clinton, has said that she is unperturbed about her loss since she did not engage in unethical conduct in order to win the race by any means necessary. Ms Clinton, who had zero at the poll, explained that several factors accounted […]
Some armed robbers have killed a security officer stationed at E-zwich, Zenith Bank, GCB bank and Barclays bank ATM posts at Sunyani Technical University (STU). The dead security personnel identified as Dabila Sumaila who was in his 50s is believed to have been killed by the suspected robbers when they raided the ATMs. According to Sunyani […]
Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has made serious allegations against the Bank of Ghana-appointed receiver for defunct financial institutions, Eric Nana Nipah of Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC), MyNewsGh.com has filed. The NPP MP is of the firm conviction that Eric Nipa is working in the interest of the opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC) and […]
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has said it will add $1 billion to the country’s reserves by the end of this year to stabilise the cedi against major international currencies. According to the Governor of the BoG, Dr Ernest Addison, the accumulation of more dollars is to help increase the net international reserve and also […]
A Deputy Minister of Health (MoH), Mr Alexander Kojo Kom Abban, has accused the erstwhile Mahama administration of being the cause of the graduate nurse unemployment situation that is confronting the current administration. Mr Abban has laid the blame at the doorsteps of the past Mahama administration of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), insisting that: […]
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has announced plans to launch a passion-igniting campaign for the Black Stars’ African Cup qualifying campaign. The campaign hash tagged #BringBackTheLove is aimed at igniting passion and galvanising support for the Black Stars as they seek to redeem themselves after their disappointing Afcon 2019 campaign in Egypt. A statement from […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged African governments to urgently integrate the issues of infertility and its treatment in the maternal and reproductive health care policies of their respective countries. This, he said, would help in the fight against the stigmatization of women with fertility issues, insisting that the economic, psychological and socio-cultural burden […]
The violent demonstration that hit the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) campus in October last year, leading to the destruction of properties worth several millions of cedis, is now history, but the fallout has now become a herculean task the security agencies and the university authorities have to deal with. A planned […]
Head of Communications at Ghana National Gas Company, Ernest Owusu Bempah has appealed against a High Court ruling in the case between him and Mr Ibrahim Mahama. Mr. Owusu Bempah is seeking among other things, an order reversing the judgement of the High Court. A notice of appeal filed at the Appeals Court by his […]
Parts of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) and surrounding communities are flooded following an all-night downpour, causing early Wednesday morning academic work to be halted. The UCC Students’ Representative Council has asked students to stay safe indoors irrespective of their academic schedules. Flood waters are overflowing in hostels, roads and gutters in the university […]
The Chief of Akyem Manso in the Eastern Region, Obrempong Sintim Poku II, has lauded President Akufo-Addo for his implementation of the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy. The Chief joked that he is even tempted to father more children so that they can also “enjoy” the Free SHS programme. He said education is one […]
