The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, is urging government to give Science and Technology programmes special funding dispensations as the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and other tertiary institutions crave and cry for public funding. He said in this way, the universities would be able to increase access and offer relevant and […]
The acting Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Mr. Freddie Blay, says the John Mahama-led National Democratic Congress government has set up a slush fund, with the sole purpose of fomenting trouble in the NPP, to damage the party’s image ahead of the 2016 election.According to Mr. Blay, with President Mahama desperate to hang
The infighting in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is not only blown out of proportion, but also planned and executed by forces outside the Danquah-Busia-Dombo family, the party’s flagbearer, Nana Akufo-Addo, has said.Mr Akufo-Addo told party supporters at a fundraising dinner in London that: “We now have good reason to believe that some of these
Egex, a group by some engineering students at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology is set to introduce a project called Pogex which aims at generating electricity and gas for cooking. This project when fully materialized could help reduce the energy crisis the country is facing and would also improve sanitation situation in
President John Dramani Mahama has nominated some Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executives for various districts across the country. A statement by the Local Government ministry stated that the nominations were made in accordance with article 243(1) of the 1992 constitution and section 10(1) of the Local Government Act, Act 462. The nominees are; Paul
The illegal mining or ‘Galamsey’ menace is compelling authorities to take drastic measures to address it. “About nineteen water bodies have been polluted in communities in the Obuasi Municipality,” Chief Executive, Richmond Ofori Agyemang Boadi, reveals. The Ministerial Task Force made up of both military and police has often raided mining areas like Obuasi in
Astute football administrator Herbert Mensah has resorted to the court to have access to his two kids with Dr Zanetor Agyeman Rawlings, a daughter of former president Rawlings.According to the former Asante Kotoko boss, he wants to know the state of the two children – Zethe Maia Mensah and Rhia Lyza Mensah.He has filed a
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, Mr. Sulemanu Koney, has stated that despite the plethora of challenges bedevilling the mining industry, players continue to brave the odds and therefore deserve recognition for their support to the Ghanaian economy. Mr. Koney made this remark following the first meeting of the adjudicating board
President John Dramani Mahama is in Malta for the 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM Malta 2015).He is being accompanied by the First Lady, Mrs. Lordina Dramani Mahama and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hanna S. Tetteh (MP), an official statement from the Flagstaff House announced.The theme for CHOGM Malta 2015 is “Adding Global
The Asantehene Otumfour Osei Tutu II has charged new Sports Writers Association Of Ghana’s( SWAG) President Kwabena Yeboah to help resurrect the falling standard of sports in the country. According to His Royal Majesty, sports can never be without the contribution of the sports writers and so the president should bring all on board to
