Former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Martey has slammed the Akufo-Addo administration, describing it as full of mistakes in less than 100 days in office. Addressing a graduation ceremony of the Christ Apostolic University College in Kumasi, the outspoken man of God bewailed the widespread report that some political functionaries […]
Mar. 27, 2017 (GIN) – Officials of South Africa’s Dept. of Basic Education told Parliament this week that it’s time to decolonize the school curriculum. Suren Govender, the chief director for curriculum, said the subject came up during a review of the schools’ progress report. “For example, the way in which history has been written
A former Member of Parliament (MP) for Bantama in the Ashanti Region, Henry Kwabena Kokofu has indicated that he is not disappointed a post he was penciled to be assigned has been given to Lawyer Kwadwo Owusu-Afriyie. The former lawmaker last month was reportedly appointed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as the Chief Executive
The hostess of the defunct popular women TV programme, Mmaa Nkommo, Madam Afia Ansaa Ampene, and her son have been dragged before the Accra Circuit Court for allegedly defrauding a woman of GH¢265,988. In 2016, the TV host and her son, Stephen Kwabena, were alleged to have collected goods from a dealer of Nestle and
The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Hon. Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has made strong case for development partners and the private sector to continue to invest in Ghana’s agricultural sector. Hon. Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto says Ghana’s agricultural sector has lots of potentials which he said have been left untapped, particularly by development partners and
The Ashanti regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Bernard Antwi-Boasiako popularly called ‘Chairman Wontumi’ has accused officials of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) of trying to sabotage the government with its continuous power cuts in the region. According to him, the ECG is attempting to make the government look bad in
Ghana’s Human Rights record has taken a dip as a new report by Amnesty International identifies prayer camps and police misconduct among leading causes of human rights abuses in the country. The rapid surge in the number of unregistered prayer camps purporting to treat mental ailments contributed to the dip in Ghana’s Human Rights record.
The police in Tamale are hunting for a group of attackers suspected to have strangled to death a 12-year-old class five schoolchild of a Nigerian couple after gang raping her on Tuesday at Ggblo-Kpalsi – a waterlogged suburb of the Northern regional capital. According to the police, the victim was going to her parents’ store
Hospitals in the Ashanti region are calling for a review of the capitation system of payment under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The region began the payment system in 2012 when NHIS card holders were asked to choose a primary health care provider for an upfront payment of predetermined amount of claims. But the
