The National Service Authority (NSA) has officially released PIN codes for 132,393 prospective national service personnel from 100 accredited tertiary institutions across Ghana, ahead of the 2025/2026 service year. This announcement was made in a press release issued by the Authority on Tuesday, June 17, which also highlighted a marked improvement in data integrity. The […]
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State media eye financial relief – Minister appeals to Parliament for tax exemptions
The Minister of State for Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has called on the Ministry of Finance and the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to heed the request for tax exemptions for state media houses to enable them to continue providing essential public services. He also appealed to Parliament to support the granting of tax waivers […]
Investigators find cockpit voice recorder from crashed Air India flight
Investigators have recovered the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from the crashed Air India flight, a key step in uncovering what caused last week’s deadly accident. The London-bound Air India aircraft, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, crashed soon after taking off on Thursday from the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. At least 270 people have been killed, most […]
US orders 500,000 citizens of four countries to leave
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants who were given special permission to come to the US will be told that they must leave the country immediately. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a statement Thursday that Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans who were previously temporarily shielded from deportation will be emailed notices telling them […]
NSS ghost names saga: Investigative report fingers 22 with over ¢560m set for recovery
The Deputy Attorney General has revealed that investigators probing ghost names in the National Service Scheme (NSS) have submitted a damning report identifying 22 individuals responsible for the alleged theft of over GH¢560 million. Dr Justice Srem Sai, speaking on JoyNews’ PM Express on Wednesday, disclosed that this is just one part of a broader […]
Kumasi Central Prisons presents five inmates to participate in 2025 BECE
The Kumasi Central Prisons, as part of its reformation process, presented five male inmates to participate in the 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) which commenced on Wednesday, June 11. The inmates, aged between 20 and 25 years, are writing their exams at the Bantama exam Centre. Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive, Richard Ofori Agyeman Boadi, […]
‘Godfather of AI’ now fears it’s unsafe. He has a plan to rein it in
This week the US Federal Bureau of Investigation revealed two men suspected of bombing a fertility clinic in California last month allegedly used artificial intelligence (AI) to obtain bomb-making instructions. The FBI did not disclose the name of the AI program in question. This brings into sharp focus the urgent need to make AI safer. Currently […]
All is set for 2025 BECE, more than 600,000 to sit – GES
Professor Ernest Kofi Davis, the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Monday said all is set for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) across the country. He said the Service, in collaboration with the West African Examination Council (WEAC), has put in place all the necessary logistics to ensure a successful examination. Prof […]
Ghana faces EU ban on fish importation if space not sanitised
Ghana risk a European Union (EU) ban on fish importation if the country does not take the necessary steps to sanitise its fishing space. Already, the country has received two yellow cards from the EU -one in 2013 and another in 2021- and should the problem persist by 2026, the country will receive a red […]
Ace Ankomah advocates establishment of Independent Natural Resources Commission
A legal practitioner and senior partner of Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah, Ace Anan Ankomah, has called for the establishment of an Independent Natural Resources Commission to serve as a one-stop shop for regulating the country’s natural resource sector. He also proposed the Independent National Prosecutions Authority to be a merger of the Office of the […]
APSU-USA urges government to restore Catholic Church’s role in school management
The USA chapter of the St. Augustine’s Past Students Union (APSU-USA) is calling on the government of Ghana to take immediate and decisive steps to restore and reinforce the Catholic Church’s historic role in the management of Catholic schools across the country. This passionate appeal was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of […]
Freedom at last: Court of appeal acquits Ataa Ayi’s alleged accomplice after 23 years in prison
The Court of Appeal in Accra has acquitted and discharged Yaw Asante Agyekum, who was convicted in 2002 as an alleged accomplice of Ghana’s most notorious armed robber, Ataa Ayi. Agyekum had served 23 years of a 35-year sentence for conspiracy to commit robbery before the court ruled that he had been wrongfully convicted. The […]