President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo has terminated the appointment of the Chief Executive Officer of the National Youth Authority (NYA) Emmanuel Asigri. A letter dated September 3 2019 and signed by the Minister for Youth and Sports, Isaac Kwame Asiamah read in part that Mr. Asigri should vacate post and hand over to the […]
The first ever astro turf pitch in Walewale in the West Mamprusi District of the North East Region is near completion, MyNewsGh.com has confirmed. The project under the auspices of the Ministry of Inner City and Zongo Development is the first of its kind in the hometown of Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia after several decades of […]
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) plans to channel funds, set aside for its Farmers Scholarship Trust for beneficiaries entering senior high schools (SHS), into developing school infrastructure for needy communities. For almost 50 years, the COCOBOD, through its scholarship scheme, has provided scholarship for children of cocoa farmers in SHS, primarily paying for their tuition, […]
The Bureau of National Investigations, BNI, has commenced investigations into an alleged hoarding of rooms by some students and authorities at the University of Ghana, Legon. This, according to the Head of Halls at the university, Dr. Wiafe-Akenten Brenya, has been necessary following series of reports that some nine thousand newly admitted students have been […]
Despite several appeals to public institutions not to reject National Service personnel posted to them, the practice is rife this year. Some National Service personnel posted for 2019/2020 service year to state institutions from some public tertiary institutions have been rejected. The personnel were turned away primarily because of lack of space to accommodate them […]
Prospective Senior High School (SHS) students can check their school placements by close of day Friday, September 6, 2019. According to the Director of Communications at the Ministry of Education, Mr Vincent Ekow Assafuah, iterations are being done ahead of the release of the placements. According to him, a 10% quota had been reserved for […]
The South Tongu District Director of Agriculture, Ernest Quansah, is pushing for an outright ban on the sale of lands along river banks in the country. According to him, government must urgently ban the reckless acquisition of lands along river banks by private investors to ensure water bodies are secured and protected. He said this […]
Deputy Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Dr. Eric Bossman Asare has assured ghanaians that it will deliver very fair elections at all levels. Dr. Bossman Asare in an interview gave assurance that transparent elections would be conducted in the country to ensure that those that are voted for are those who get the lead. His […]
The first batch of Ghanaian pilgrims have returned to Accra after partaking in this year’s Hajj in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Flynas Boeing 747-400 flight which carried the 472 pilgrims from Jeddah touched down at 2.55am Sunday dawn at the Kotoka International Airport. The visibly exhausted but excited pilgrims then proceeded to the […]
The Clerk-elect of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG), Rev. Dr Godwin Nii Noi Odonkor, has said it is just and fair for the government to tax churches on the businesses they do. Churches, he argued, were not islands in the running of the State and once they engaged in profit-making […]
A new concept in public libraries in Ghana, e-Ananse Libraries, which is the initiative of WestBlue Consulting, a world-class business and IT-consulting and technology firm, has opened a branch at the University of Ghana-Legon. This makes it two as the first library was opened at Osu in Accra. The company, through its corporate social responsibility […]
The National Identification Authority (NIA) has designated a total of 143 centres for the mop-up registration exercise across the Volta Region. The Volta Mop-up registration exercise starts on September 02 to 14. Assistant Commissioner of Immigration (ACOI) Francis Palmdeti, Head of Corporate Affairs at NIA said the mop-up registration centres, which were crafted alongside the […]
