GENERAL NEWS

A Ghanaian US-based Medical Doctor, Dr. Arthur Kennedy says there is no problem with people living in the diaspora seeking to participate in the affairs of their home country. He said the phenomenon is an ancient practice, citing as an example that leaders who have plunged Ghana into economic distress …

David Nwamini, the would-be kidney donor in the organ trafficking case that sent Nigerian Senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, to jail, has said he wants to remain and work in the UK, as “they could arrest me or kill me in Nigeria”. His impact statement was read in court, at the …

A former Member of Parliament for Assin South and former Minister of Education, Professor Dominic Fobih, has denied claims that he has recently married for the ninth time.     Videos of the colourful marriage ceremony of the 80-year old former Member of Parliament for Assin South went viral on …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has reinstated the interdicted headmaster of Ghana Senior High School (GHANASCO) with immediate effect. Doughlas Haruna was interdicted after a video surfaced on social media showing some students of the school using toilet cubicles allegedly as dormitories. The GES in a statement issued dated April …

A high court in Malawi has ordered education authorities to admit learners with dreadlocks in public schools across the country.   The court, sitting in the eastern city of Zomba, was ruling on a petition brought by two Rastafarian children who were refused admission to public schools in 2016 and …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has reinstated the interdicted headmaster of Fijai Senior High School in Sekondi following the outcome of a committee’s report on the allegations levelled against him. He was interdicted over alleged collection of illegal levies. The headmaster, Mr. Kenneth Agbomadzi’s reinstatement took effect on May 8, …

A flagbearer hopeful of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr Kwabena Duffuor has asked the party to postpone its upcoming presidential and parliamentary primaries scheduled for Saturday, May 13. His call, he said, follows some discrepancies his team has identified in the party’s voters register to be used for …

Former Parliamentary Candidate for Kpone Katamanso on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Hopeson Adorye says he is still a loyalist of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo but has decided to support Former Trade Minister, Mr Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen. This is despite the fact that his appointment …

Pupils of St. Immaculate R/C in Nandom in the Upper West Region have benefitted from the benevolence of a Ghanaian professional teacher at Aboabo Presby Primary School at Akim Oda in the Eastern Region. The philanthropist, madam Janet Asibi, also known as Ama Val, donated 108 sets of school uniforms, …

    Below are the major news headlines captured on the frontpages of the various news papers in Ghana on Tuesday, May 9, 2023.     The Chronicle             The Finder               The Anchor            …