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The Ashanti region chapter of the National Association of Graduate Teachers(NAGRAT) says its members in the KNUST Senior High School (SHS) did not act irresponsibly in the case involving the death of a student in that school. The Ghana Education Service has begun investigating claims that teachers and school authorities …

An all-women group in Kwesimintsim, dubbed “Armah Ladies” has been inaugurated in the constituency to champion the cause of women. The group comes barely a month after the Executive Secretary of NaCCA, Dr Prince Armah beat the incumbent Member of Parliament for Kwesimintim in the Western Region in the New Patriotic Party primaries. Armah …

Ghana has recorded 854 new cases of coronavirus pushing the country’s total number of  infections to 22,822 as of Wednesday, July 8, 2020. The latest update as announced by health officials put the number of active cases at 5,129. The number of recovery/discharge cases has also shot up to of …

A COVID-19 patient who contracted the disease in the line of duty at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has revealed she has been abandoned to fend for herself and her family. According to Abena, her husband, mother and nine-month-old baby have not been tested since she tested positive for the …

The Chief Justice, Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, has gone into self-isolation on the advise of his doctors, the Judicial Secretary, Cynthia Pamela Addo has announced. A statement signed by Ms Addo said the 14-day self-isolation is in compliance with COVID-19 protocols. The statement, however, failed to mention if the Chief Justice has …

The Ghana Education Service has suspended the Headteacher of the KNUST Senior High School following the death of a student there. A statement by the GES asked headmistress Felicia Asamoah Dankwaa to hand over to the Ashanti regional Education directorate immediately.   A male student of the school was reportedly …

A number of women said to have been deprived of their livelihoods through an alleged indiscriminate felling of economic trees by the Shaanxi Mining Company Ltd at Gbani, a community in the Talensi District, have been sensitised to issues concerning their rights. A sensitisation session took place Saturday in the …

The Ministry of Aviation has dismissed claims that the Kotoka International Airport is being sold to a foreign company. A statement by the Ministry stated that no such deal has ever been conceived by the government of Ghana adding that the reports are fabricated. According to the ministry, the government …

Ghana’s Communications Minister and Member of Parliament for the Ablekuma West Constituency, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful says though she welcomes the selection of Prof. Jane Naana Opoku Agyeman as the NDC’s Vice Presidential Candidate for the 2020 elections, gender advocates cannot vouch for her contribution to the cause of women empowerment in …

A women group, Gratia Women of Substance Network, has given the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Communications Director Yaw Buaben Asamoah a 48-hour ultimatum to retract comments his Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyeman. The group has vowed to rally against him in the upcoming December polls if he does not take his …