Two people have sued the Attorney General and the Ministry of Interior over government’s decision to host two ex-detainees from Guantanamo Bay Camp. The plaintiffs, Margaret Banful, a former staff at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Henry Nana Boakye filed the suit on Monday at the Supreme Court. The two are praying the court among […]
There was a serious altercation on Kumasi based Nhyira FM over the claim that head potters all over the country contributed GHC5,000 to the NPP. The NPP held a fundraiser last Saturday towards the party’s campaign during which it was reported that the head potters known popularly as kayayes, donated GHC5,000.00 to the cause. One Adisa also called Zongo Pioneer claimed to
Minister for Education, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has challenged her fellow Ministers for Education around the globe to take advantage of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to rethink education. By so doing, she believes that world would be able to find the most cost effective ways of fulfilling Goals 4 of the SDGs which specifically
The Headmaster of Opoku Ware Senior High School (OWASS), Kumasi in the Ashanti Region, Dr Alexis Frimpong Nimoh has stated that the school sacked its students involved in homosexuality in the interest of other students. Authorities of OWASS last week indefinitely suspended 3 students for allegedly indulging in homosexuality. Speaking to Isaac Justice Bediako, Dr.
In an agreement that seems to have been sprung up on Ghanaians, the country has taken custody of 2 former detainees of the notorious Guantanamo Bay Prison who are being freed by the US under President Obama’s plan to shut down the prison. Ghanaians expressed different shades of opinion but what was markedly obvious was the
The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has said President John Mahama should have consulted his predecessors JJ Rawlings and John Kufuor before allowing the GITMO ex-detainees into Ghana.He described the ongoing saga involving the two Guantanamo Bay detainees as yet another example of the failure of leadership on the part
Three students of the Opoku Ware Senior High School in the Ashanti region who were suspended for allegedly indulging in homosexuality are protesting their suspension.Authorities handed them an indefinite suspension for allegedly indulging in the act.But one of the suspended students who spoke to Isaac Bediako denied being a homosexual but said he only behaves
Exclusive information gathered from the corridors of Manhyia by ghnewsnow indicates that the current Board and management of Asante Kotoko will be dissolved to be replaced by Entrepreneur Dr Kwaku Frimpong (Champion Divine) in the course of this week. The source revealed that the board and management led by Lawyer Paul Adu Gyamfi and Opoku Nti
The Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) Kojo Bonsu has denied media reports that he has duped the assembly using the construction of the Rattray Park. He however admits that he spent more than the budgeted amount for the construction of the ultra modern recreational centre which has become a major
The Ministry of Mines and Natural Resources has called for calm amid rising tension over demands that AngloGold Ashanti, cede part of its mining concession to artisanal miners for their operation. Nii Osah Mills, the Sector Minister, made the call after he met separately with the management of the global mining company, the leadership of
