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Authorities of the St. Peters R/C Basic School in Sabronum in the Ashanti Region want government to resume work on a classroom block project which has been abandoned for over a decade.     Students of the school are forced to study in a dilapidated structure put up by the …

State prosecutors have indicated to an Accra High Court they will call 19 witnesses in the case in which ACP Benjamin Agordzor and nine others are standing trail for high treason. At a case management conference, the presiding judge, Justice Afia Serwah Asare Botwe fixed June 8 for the commencement …

The Minister for Education, Dr. Yaw Adutwum has asked the governing board of Achimota Senior High School to hasten slowly in its move to appeal the case the Rastafarian students who dragged the school to court and won. He said it not right that the board will decide by itself …

  Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, the former education minister alleges the 2020 WASSCE papers were leaked to students   The Ghana Education Service (GES) has described as “unfortunate” attempt by Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, the former education minister to attribute the excellent ‘Free SHS’ WASSCE results to leaked papers.   …

The governing board of Achimota School says that it will appeal against a ruling by the Human Rights Court in Accra which ordered officials of the school to admit a young Rastafarian student, Tyron Iras Marhguy. In a statement issued on Tuesday (1 June) the board said that “the School Board disagrees with …

President Nana Akufo-Addo says critiques by citizens and officialdom on the work done undertaking by the media can in no way be described as “an attack on media freedom”. Speaking at the African Journalists’ Leaders Conference on Tuesday, he said when journalists are physically attacked or prevented from doing their …

The Northern Regional Police Command has placed a Gh¢ 10,000 reward to any individual or groups who would give police reliable information which will lead to the arrest of suspects in connection with the killing of the driver of the Karaga District Chief Executive. “We are offering a cash reward …

Information received indicates that at about 311930 UTC, the Ghanaian registered purse seine Tuna-fishing vessel IRIS-S (IMO: 8210493) was attacked at position 04 33.8N, 002 23.2 E approximately 104NM south of Cotonou, Benin Republic. This is second Ghanaian registered vessel attacked in less than two weeks. The vessel has been …

An alleged military assault on some civilians in Damongo in the West Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region has left one person in critical condition, and 17 others including a military officer with minor injuries. Sources close to JoyNews indicated that the military personnel after the attack went to town …

The Ghana cedi lost grounds against the three major trading currencies on the international currency market. The US dollar advanced on the international currency market buoyed by chains of upbeat economic data from the US economy which are likely to compel the Fed to reconsider its position of leaving interest …