A huge army of boxing fans from Bukom besieged the Kotoka International Airport in Accra yesterday to welcome the history-making national youth boxing team, Black Rockets, from participation in the 2025 African Youth Boxing Championships in Guinea. Mathias Ashitey, George Dowuona and Desmond Pappoe all won gold in the 51 kg, 54 kg and 75…
The National Defence University is for all the security architecture and not for only the military, the Director-General of the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), Professor Ahmed Abdulai Jinapor, has said. He has, therefore, urged the various security bodies applying to GTEC for accreditation to run security related courses to rather host their programmes at…
The Member of Parliament for North Tongu and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has donated laptops to 36 newly posted teachers working in rural communities across his constituency. This initiative is part of a continuing tradition by the MP to support and motivate teachers who accept postings to remote areas. Mr. Ablakwa says the…
The Senior Staff Association of Ghana, in collaboration with the Technical University Administrators Association and the Federation of Universities Senior Staff Association, has declared an indefinite strike effective today, Wednesday, May 21. The unions accuse both the current and previous governments of failing to honour a six-month-old agreement meant to improve their conditions of service….
The Chief Executive officer of the Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF), Dr Saajida Shiraz has announced that reimbursement of fees paid by first year university students will commence in June, 2025. This is contained in a statement issued in Accra on May 12. “In a significant step towards alleviating financial hardships faced by first-year students,…
An economics lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor William Baah Boateng, has issued a direct challenge to Ghanaian importers and traders benefiting from the appreciating cedi. He says they must reflect the gains of the local currency in the prices of goods or risk exposing a double standard. Speaking on Joy News’ PM Express Business…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has announced that UK visa for a medical treatment abroad has been secured for Suzy Adwoa Pinamang, the lady who was accidentally shot in the eye by a classmate. In addition two visas have also been secured for two caregivers accompanying her on her medical trip. Foreign…
Hundreds of newly posted teachers have warned they will not return to classrooms when basic schools reopen on May 6 if their salaries are not paid by then. The teachers, many of whom have not received salaries for over eight months, picketed the Ghana Education Service (GES) headquarters on Wednesday morning to demand urgent action….
Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has revealed that the government’s directive mandating the immediate suspension of all post-retirement contract appointments for retired public service staff across the country does not apply to staff in the education sector. During the inauguration of the University of Ghana (UG) Governing Council on Friday, April 25, Haruna Iddrisu noted…
Manager of Iris Place Rehabilitation Centre, Allan Mends, has called on parents to strike a healthy balance between discipline and emotional connection in raising their children. Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show on Tuesday, April 22, Mr. Mends emphasised that it is possible for parents to adopt a firm, disciplinarian approach while still showing empathy…
