President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed his support for the expansion of opportunities for legal education to produce more lawyers, but not at the expense of quality legal education. In line with that, he said, he had tasked the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice to fast-track the balance of consultations on the Legal Profession […]
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Climate change adaptability, food security, youth employment: B-BOVID ticks all boxes
The Climate Change Conference that was recently organised by the United Nations in Glasgow, Scotland, is a reminder to world leaders and indeed everyone that unless a concerted, systematic, global action is adopted to stop negative human activities that destroy our planet, human survival could be at risk. Rising desert conditions and extreme heat waves, […]
BOST takes delivery of 5,400 pipes for expansion
The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) is set to commence rehabilitation and expansion works on its petroleum transmission lines from Tema to Akosombo. This follows the delivery of 5,400 pieces of 12-inch pipes from the Unites States of America. The pipes, procured in 2009 for $63.2 million through a US Eximbank facility […]
$19 Million lost to cybercriminals in 2020; $239,609,224 million in 5 years
An amount of USD $19 Million was lost to cyber crooks in 1,097 cases reported at the Cybercrime Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in 2020. The figure excludes cybercrime-related cases being investigated in other police jurisdictions countrywide. In the last five years, a whopping $239,609,224.01 million has been stolen by cyberpunks under numerous […]
Teach human rights in schools – Akoto Ampaw
A lawyer and human rights activist, Mr Anthony Akoto Ampaw, says it has become imperative to include the teaching of human rights in the country’s educational curricula. He said inculcating the values and tenets of human rights at all levels of education would make people aware of their rights and make them respect the rights […]
GH¢10 billion package earmarked to support entrepreneurship – Finance Minister
The government is rolling out a GH¢10-billion package over three years as support for start-up businesses and youth entrepreneurship ventures in the country. In line with this, the government, through the E-Levy, proposes to use GH¢1 billion each year to catalyse an ecosystem to create one million jobs. In partnership with its development partners, the […]
GIJ to start MPhil, PhD programmes
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) will start a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) programme next academic year to help train more lecturers for teaching and research in media studies. The institute also intends to add a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programme once the MPhil programme gets underway. The Deputy Rector of GIJ, […]
Venture into own businesses – Dr Bawumia to graduates
Employment opportunities still exist in the public sector for graduates, the Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said. However, he has advised graduates to venture into entrepreneurship, where they can develop their own businesses to enable them to build a sound future for themselves and also contribute to the development of the country. Dr Bawumia gave […]
Dr. Bawumia is right; The poor and vulnerable are exempted from E-levy: Razak Kojo Opoku asserts
After Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta’s 2022 Budget presentation, as usual, some critics by every means want to engage in vile propaganda against Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. This time around, these critics are using a suggestion by Dr. Bawumia. It would be recalled that in an interview with Kwame Sefa Kayi, Dr. Bawumia said that […]
Cost of poor governance can be enormous – Prez Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo has said that everyone should be concerned about governance infractions as when they arise, they exact enormous costs that affect the entire society. “The cost of poor governance can be enormous,” he stressed in remarks presented on his behalf by Minister of State at the Finance Ministry, Charles Adu Boahen, to the Institute […]
Decongesting prisons: Alternative bills go to Parliament – Attorney-General
The Attorney-General (A-G) and Minister of Justice, Mr Godfred Yeboah Dame, will soon lay before Parliament two bills that will provide alternative sentencing other than imprisonment for accused persons and convicts. The two bills are the Plea Bargaining Bill and the Alternative Sentencing Bill. Plea bargaining is where an accused person makes some concessions, either […]
2022 Budget is a Masterclass for Wealth and Job Creation-says Razak Kojo Opoku
The 2022 Budget aims at empowering Ghanaians to be self-reliance and self-creating. That is, creating the enabling environment for Ghanaians to set up their own businesses, expand to employ more hands thereby reducing the rate of youth unemployment and generally contribute to the growth of the economy. The sustainability of every economy largely depends on […]