GENERAL NEWS

The education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has revealed that government will operationalise four (4) E-block schools by the end of this year. Speaking at a press conference on Sunday, the Minister debunked claims that the government has abandoned the E-blocks project which began under the erstwhile John Mahama administration. …

Information reaching MyGhanaMedia.com indicates that the Ghana Commercial Bank branch in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti Region was on fire from unknown sources.   The incident occurred at Sunday noon when most of the residents closer to the bank had gone to church.   The fire was reported …

“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade” is a proverbial phrase used to encourage optimism and a positive can-do attitude in the face of adversity or misfortune. Lemons suggest sourness or difficulty in life; making lemonade is turning them into something positive or desirable.       Meet Akorfa, The …

Former Ghana international Sulley Muntari has reportedly joined Hearts of Oak.   Muntari was spotted training with the Ghanaian champions last week and it is said he has signed a one-year deal.     The 37-year-old has been without a club since 2019 when he left Spanish second-tier side Albacete. …

Mobile money operators are unhappy with government over its insistence on implementing the electronic transactions levy (E-Levy).   They have argued that the passage of the bill will lead to over a million job losses since it will discourage the usage of their services.   Reacting to their concerns on …

A fruit processing factory under government’s One District One Factory (1D1F) programme, Nano Foods, has made its first shipment of processed fruits to the Canary Islands in Spain.     This was revealed in a tweet by the Nsawam-Adoagyiri MP, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, on Sunday. The pineapple juice processing factory was …

The Director of the Faculty of Academic Affairs and Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), Prof. Kwesi Aning, is predicting a couple of coup d’etats in the West African Region. He said if the regional bloc, ECOWAS and the African Union (AU) does not urgently resolve …

Deputy Finance Minister, John Ampontuah Kumah, says government is expecting about a 24 per cent drop in Mobile Money transactions after the introduction of the Electronic Transfer Levy, aka E-Levy. “The research we did also told us that there will be about 24 per cent attrition rate in the three …

A student of the University of Ghana has reportedly drowned following an unsuccessful attempt to swim in the university’s swimming pool. According to Radio Univers, the university’s radio station, the incident occurred on Saturday, January 29, 2022. Radio Univers reported that the deceased was a male student at level 100 …

The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II must intervene to help resolve the impasse in Parliament in passing the E-Levy bill, a private legal practitioner and member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Nii Kpakpo Samoa Addo has said.     The Minority in Parliament on Friday rejected a reduction …