694 The national leadership of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) directed all majority Members of Parliament (MP) to abstain from a scheduled vote of censure targeted at embattled Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta. Thus, the party has ordered the majority whips to ensure that no caucus member participates in the exercise expected to take place […]
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First In History: UK Nurses To Strike Over Pay
929 Nurses in UK will be embarking on a strike for the first time in history, to press home their demand for better pay as the cost of living soars in the European country. Their trade union said on Wednesday, November 9, that the majority of state-run National Health Service (NHS) employers across Britain have […]
20,000 teachers needed for key subjects-CODE President
886The country needs 20,000 teachers to handle some critical subjects at the basic educational level for effective teaching and learning. They are Ghanaian languages, Pre-Technical Skills, French, Physical Education and Health, as well as Information and Communications Technology (ICT). “Each of these subjects requires over 4,000 teachers across the country. We believe this has a […]
GPAA mounts pressure on GMA President to resign for describing them as disappointed Chameleons
781Emmanuel Yaw Appian, President of Ghana Physician Assistants Association (GPAA) has descend heavily on the Dr. Frank Serebour, president of Ghana Medical Association (GMA)to resign from his post as the president of GMA for describing the GPA as disappointed chameleons and others assist in slumber to bring peaceful coexistence among health professionals and the labour […]
The colourful literature on Danquah-Busiah-Dombo tradition & NPP will be incomplete without a space for Nana Obiri Boahene
589 The colorful literature on the Danquah – Busiah-Dombo (DBD) tradition and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will be incomplete without a space for Nana Obiri Boahen (NOB), said Opanin Yaw Baah,former MP ,Kumawu constituency in the Ashanti Region and Senior Fellow,Danquah institute CONTEMPORARIES Of our generational group of men of history in NPP like […]
Adultery Leading To Increase In Divorce In East Of Zambia
803 Divorce in Zambia’s eastern province – the country’s main agricultural hub is on course to rise for a second year, reports the state-owned Zambia Daily Mail newspaper. In the last eight months close to 3,400 couples in the east filed for divorce, it reports. The cases were filed between January and August – with […]
Uganda President Condemns Europe’s ‘Hypocrisy’ On Climate Goals
1,031 Ugandan’s President Yoweri Museveni has said Europe’s return to coal-powered plants amid a biting energy shortage makes a mockery of its commitments to climate change targets. The veteran leader also criticized new conditions that allow for Western investment in African fossil fuel – but only if the oil and gas is being exported to […]
Public Whipping Of Nigerian TikTok Stars Condemned
751 Amnesty International has condemned the sentencing of two TikTok stars in the northern Nigerian state of Kano for defaming the state governor Abdullahi Ganduje. The TikTokers, Mubarak Muhammad alias Unique Pikin and Nazifi Muhammad, had pleaded guilty and asked for leniency. But the judge ordered them to be given 20 lashes each, to pay […]
Gov’t Not Training Mercenaries – Nitiwul
720 The Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, has rubbished allegations made by the Minority in Parliament that the government is training mercenaries at the Presidency to disrupt 2024 polls. This follows allegation first made by social media commentator, Kelvin Taylor, that some mercenaries were being trained by a top security officer at the seat of government. […]
Economic Hardship: Gov’t urged to cushion citizens with affordable transport services
661 Dr Priscilla Twumasi Baffour, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Economics, University of Ghana (UG), has asked the Government to retool various State transport systems to lessen the economic burden on the travelling public. In October alone, drivers increased transportation fares three times to a cumulative 39 per cent after separate announcements in hikes […]