Politics

One trillion cedis GDP is a meaningless metric – Dr. Theo Acheampong

200  Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, while delivering the 2024 budget statement, on Wednesday, on the floor of Parliament revealed that Ghana is set to hit one trillion Ghana cedis gross domestic product (GDP). This, he said, is a marked improvement from the GH¢219.5 billion the Akufo-Addo government inherited in 2016. However, reacting to this figure, […]

Politics

I will scrap licensure exams – Mahama

444  Former President and flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama has vowed to discontinue the teacher’s licensure examination if voted into power come 2024. According to him, the concept surrounding the entire licensure examination was not well thought through which raises some concerns. Speaking in local parlance at a campaign in the […]

Politics

Ashanti Regional Chief Imam Apologizes To John Mahama over unfair comment

421  A delegation from the Ashanti Regional Muslim leadership have apologized to former president John Dramani Mahama over a recent accusation of religious impropriety on his part. In a widely circulated interview with GHOne TV, the Ashanti Regional Chief Imam, Sheikh Abdul Mumin Haroun, alleged that Mahama had recently entered a mosque with his shoes. […]

Politics

Mahama likely to win 2024 election – EIU, Fitch Solutions predict

514  Two UK-based research firms are predicting a win for former President John Mahama in the upcoming 2024 Presidential elections. The firms making this projection are the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and Fitch Solutions. According to the EIU, Ghana is likely to experience a transfer of power from the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to […]

Education

Chief Nurudeen joins calls for the election of Ms. Zulfawu as National Research and Education officer for GNUTS

836  A Journalist and youth activist, Chief Nurudeen Ibrahim has appealed to the students front of the Technical Universities in the country to elect Ms. Apeba Issahaku Zulfawu as the GNUTS Research and Education officer. According to him, Ms. Zulfawu is a true definition of a good leader who has demonstrated her commitment in championing […]

Business

College Of Health Sciences-KNUST Confers Degree On 14 MTN Bright Scholarship Beneficiaries

379  The College of Health Sciences of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has conferred degrees on 14 beneficiaries of the MTN Bright Scholarship. They (beneficiaries) were part of a total number of 1,279 undergraduate students of the School of Medicine and Dentistry, School of Public Health and School of Vertinary Medicine, […]