Managing Director of the Intercity STC Company, Nana Akomea, has refuted reports attributed to him that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s promise to reduce fuel prices was only a campaign talk. According to a publication, Nana Akomea said the President’s promise should not be held against him emphasizing it was borne out of excitement …
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Sam George To Gabby: Eurobond Woes Caused By Akufo-Addo’s Abysmal Performance, Not Anti-gay Bill
Ningo Member of Parliament Samuel Nartey George, has told Gabby Otchere Darko, a leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NDC) that the failure of the Eurobond should not be blamed on the anti-gay bill that is currently before Parliament. In the view of Sam George, the problems with the …
Read More »Enough Of The Promises; Take Action – Tidal Wave Victims To Government
Victims of the recent destruction caused by tidal waves along several coastal communities in the Volta Region have expressed disquiet about the many unfulfilled promises to curb the yearly devastation by the ocean. According to the victims who span three districts; it was clear that the government was not interested …
Read More »Social Studies Has Not Been Removed From Ghana’s Curriculum – NaCCA
The Chairman of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) Prof Kwame Osei Kwarteng, has rejected claims that social studies as a subject have been removed from Ghana’s curriculum. The claim was reiterated by the Chairperson of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), Josephine Nkrumah where she called …
Read More »Court Orders Police To Release Mobile Phones Of Shatta Wale, Accomplices
The Accra Circuit Court 4 has ordered the release of mobile phones belonging to Shatta Wale and his teammates, which are still in police possession. The lawyer for both the dancehall artiste and his team members, Jerry Avenorgbo, told judge Emmanuel Essandor that the items were confiscated upon his clients’ …
Read More »A/R: Journalist Chase Gov’t; Demands Fair Share Of National Cake For His Community
The residents of Atwima Asamang, a community based in the Atwima Mponua district of the Ashanti region have petitioned their member of parliament, Isaac Kwame Asiamah, Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Atta and their DCE, Isaac Marfo over their poor road networks as well as lack of good social …
Read More »It Is Time To End Bullying In SHS – Education Minister
Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, the Minister of Education, has stressed that bullying in schools belongs to the past and has no place in modern day. He strongly condemned the manner in which second and third-year students in some senior high schools bullied the freshers, known in local parlance as “Homo”. …
Read More »Tertiary Education Should Not Be Made Free – Prof Adei
Professor Stephen Adei, an educationist and economist has said no government should ever consider making tertiary education free in the country. Speaking with Nana Yaa Mensah on Sunday Night, he said, “When it comes to secondary school and below in this modern world it is a necessary condition for anyone …
Read More »Monday’s Major Power Outage Due To “System Disturbance” – GRIDCo
The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has said the power outage experienced in parts of Accra, Western, the middle and Northern parts of the country on Monday was as a result of disturbance in its power system. A statement issued by GRIDCo on Tuesday (9 November) said power has …
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