The 2021 Auditor General’s Report has revealed that the University of Ghana, Legon, is running 371 unaccredited programmes, including 80 undergraduate courses. The unaccredited programmes also include 213 postgraduate and 67 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) courses. Similarly, officials of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) also appeared before the Public Accounts Committee of […]
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has urged the government to demonstrate a high level of transparency with the citizenry on the economic situation of the country to win their trust and confidence. He said being candid with the people in the difficult times would produce outcomes that would be in the best interest of […]
The Auditor-General’s report for 2021 has revealed that some academic programmes offered by the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have not been accredited. The report dated June 1, 2022, is addressed to the Speaker of Parliament, Mr. Alban Bagbin. According to details of the report, “out of the 360 programmes run by […]
The Asokore Mampong Magistrate Court has issued a warrant for the arrest of 61 persons suspected to be involved in last week’s violence on the campus of KNUST. This comes after two people, arrested in connection with the incident, were denied bail by the court. Three suspects are currently in Police custody. The two suspects […]
One Student of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been remanded in police custody for threatening to stab some students to death. The student, named as Elvis Nsiah, is in level 200 at the KNUST. He is said to be one of the perpetrators of last week’s hooliganism on the KNUST campus. […]
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has called on all labour unions and civil society at large to be measured in their demands on the government. In the same vein, he has asked the government to ensure equity in its dealings with the labour unions to give assurance to the citizenry. Speaking at a special […]
About six thousand students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have been forced by the University to defer their courses. This was after KNUST issued a release notifying students who owe more than 70 per cent of school fees by April 7 would be deferred automatically. But the warning did not […]
Dr Wilberforce Aggrey, the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) lecturer, who is currently in police custody following a new evidence allegedly linking him to the disappearance of his wife, Rhodaline Amoah-Darko has been denied bail by the Kumasi High Court. Dr Aggrey was last Friday (November 12) remanded in police custody by the […]
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), in collaboration with the International Vaccine Institute (IVI), has begun the trial of a vaccine for typhoid fever in Agogo in the Asante Akyem North District in the Ashanti Region. The trial of the vaccine, which is already in use in some countries in Asia, will […]
Students of the University Hall, popularly called Katanga, and their counterparts of Unity Hall (Conti) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), in the early hours of Sunday, clashed at the vetting of candidates for the Students Representative Council (SRC) elections. The clash, which was characterised by the throwing of chairs and […]
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has appointed its first female Vice-Chancellor. Professor Rita Akosua Dickson was appointed on June 25, for a four-year term by the University’s Council at its 258th Special meeting. She commences her term on August 1, 2020 till July 31, 2024. Until her appointment, Prof. Rita Dickson […]
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has eulogized the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and Incas Diagnostics for the breakthrough in developing a Rapid Diagnostic Test. KNUST and Incas yesterday Monday April 27, 2020 announced the development and optimization of Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDT) for COVID-19 testing. A statement under the hand […]
