Former President Mahama’s security detail 'assaults' journalist
A member of former President John Mahama’s security detail is reported to have assaulted a journalist from the Multimedia Group. The journalist, Parker Wilson, was “assaulted” when he was covering former President Mahama’s campaign at the Pentecost University College, at Sowutuom in Accra. Parker Wilson who is with an Accra based Radio “Joy FM” reports […]
Hundreds of witches paddle down Oregon river
Hundreds of witches traded in their brooms for paddles and took to an Oregon river for the second annual Stand Up Paddleboard Witch Paddle. The witches, along with some wizards and warlocks, donned their black robes and pointy hats before climbing aboard their paddleboards and traveling on the Willamette River from Willamette Park to Tom […]
Government to recruit 40,000 nurses in 2019
The Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has announced government, will in February 2019, recruit 40,000 nurses to help deliver quality health care to all. He said this year the government did not recruit even a single nurse because of constraints and budgetary concerns, adding, it was working to ensure that financial clearance was given for […]
184 Ghanaian youngters receive Duke of Edinburgh International Award
One hundred and eighty four youngsters have been honored with the Gold Award Achievers at the 13th Duke of Edinburgh International Awards. The award which has been christened the Head of State Awards Scheme in Ghana is aimed at recognising adolescents and young adults who have devoted their time to serve voluntarily in various fields. […]
Third Meeting of Parliament expected to be demanding
Parliament on Tuesday resumed from recess for the Third Meeting of the Second Session of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic and are expected to tackle a number of bills and issues before the end of the year. “It is therefore hoped that members have returned well invigorated for the business ahead of us, […]
Pakistan Christian woman wins death sentence appeal
A Christian woman who was sentenced to death in Pakistan for blasphemy has won her appeal and been acquitted in a landmark ruling. Asia Bibi was convicted in 2010 after being accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad in a row with her neighbours. She always maintained her innocence, but has spent most of the past […]
Pittsburgh shooting: Protests as Trump visits massacre scene
US President Donald Trump has offered condolences at the Pennsylvania synagogue where 11 Jewish worshippers were shot dead at the weekend. He was joined by First Lady Melania Trump, his daughter and son-in-law at the Tree of Life temple in Pittsburgh. Hundreds of protesters gathered on the street chanting slogans against the president. The visit […]
Security Council urges responder-safety focus, as DR Congo Ebola outbreak worsens
The United Nations Security Council has voiced “serious concern” over the impact of deteriorating security situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on the response to the deadly Ebola outbreak and fears that the virus could spread further into the country and the wider region. A large country in central Africa, DRC has […]
Some 80,000 youngsters at risk in DRC after forcible expulsion from Angola – UNICEF
Tens of thousands of children who have been forcibly returned from Angola to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) need help urgently, UN Children’s Fund UNICEF said on Tuesday. The warning concerns at least 80,000 youngsters who are part of a more than 300,000-strong wave of people who have mostly arrived in DRC’s troubled […]
OccupyGhana describes dissolution of KNUST Governing Council as illegal
A pressure group, OccupyGhana, has registered its strong aversion to attempts by the authorities to replace the duly-constituted Governing Council of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), describing the action as an illegality. It condemned the National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) “that seeks to recognise a so-called Interim Council and further direct […]
Gov't dissolves interim KNUST council, requests Chancellor to set up new body Friday
The government has requested the Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, (KNUST), the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu ll, to constitute a University Governing Council, in accordance with the university’s statute and relevant laws. At a media briefing after a crunch meeting with the leadership of the University Teachers Association of Ghana […]
UTAG lauds gov’t decision to reinstate KNUST Vice Chancellor
The University Teachers Association of Ghana, (UTAG) says it is satisfied with current development by government requesting the Chancellor of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, (KNUST), Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, to reconstitute the Governing Council of the university. The President, UTAG, Dr. Opoku Mensah in an interview with Ibrahim Oppong Kwarteng on GBC’s […]
GBC-URA Radio Ag. Accountant, Elijah Wuni Daanyaya dies @57
The Acting Accountant of GBC-URA Radio in the Upper East Region, Elijah Wuni Daanyaya, has passed on. He died after a short illness on Saturday night at the Afrikids hospital in Bolgatanga. Mr. Wuni Daanyaya was employed at the Ghana Broadcasting Cooperation, (GBC), as a Store-Keeper in 1982. He rose through the ranks and became […]
Ignore reports about hike in transport fares – GPRTU/GRTCC
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) and the Ghana Road Coordinating Council (GRTCC) have urged the public to disregard report circulating that transport fares have been increased by 20 per cent. A statement issued jointly by the transport bodies and signed by the National Chairman of GPRTU Kwame Kuma, and the National Chairman of […]
