2,257 The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) arrested a Kenyan national for smuggling 11.04 kilogrammes of cocaine worth $309,120 at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) on Saturday, April 15. The Commission in a statement of April 17 noted that the suspect, Njeri Mary, 35, was apprehended by its officials during routine checks at the arrival […]
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UTAG rejects Finance Minister’s alternative debt restructuring for pension funds
1,729 The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has rejected the government’s new proposed debt restructuring offer, which includes pension funds. The Association, in a release issued on April 17, maintains its earlier resistant stance during the implementation of the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme. President of UTAG, Prof Solomon Nunoo “The NEC of UTAG held […]
GES’ decision to interdict GHANASCO headmaster over ‘toilet cubicle’ unwarranted – Dr Apaak
1,927 Builsa South MP Dr Clement Abass Apaak says the Ghana Education Service (GES)’s interdiction of the headmaster of Ghana Senior High School (GHANASCO) is unnecessary. He said the decision over the alleged conversion of a toilet facility into a residential accommodation was a bit rushed. According to the Deputy Ranking Member on Parliament’s Education […]
Ghana will be a better place when we believe in it -COKA
2,979 Chairman Odeneho Kwaku Appiah,former constituency chairman of Afigya Kwabre South on the ticket of the NPP has said that ,Ghana will be a great Country when we all believe in it. He said,traveling outside Ghana to work cannot make one a millionaire. “Look around here in Ghana and tell me the richest people we […]
Akufo-Addo signs 3 new tax bills into law
1,969 President Akufo-Addo has signed into law the three new tax bills recently passed by Parliament. Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah made this revelation on JoyNews’ The Probe. According to him, the document has since been given to the Clerk of Parliament for the rest of the administrated processes to kick in. The three new […]
Ashanti Car Dealers Spit Fire
2,296 THE EXECUTIVE Car Dealers Association in Ashanti Region, have complained bitterly about what they termed as “exorbitant import duties on cars at the port”. The Chairman of the irate group, Prince Kumi aka ‘Maxi the Car Dealer’, lamented that their businesses are on the brink of collapsing due to the ‘ killer’ duty […]
GHANASCO headmaster asked to step aside as GES investigates use of ‘toilet cubicles’ for accommodation
1,797 Ghana Education Service (GES) says it is investigating a video on social media in which some students at Ghana Senior High School (GHANASCO) in Tamale, are using toilet cubicles as dormitories. According to a statement issued dated April 16, the Regional Director of Education has asked both the head and senior housemaster to step […]
The Captor of Ghana’s Most Notorious Armed Robbers ACP Kofi Boakye
2,186 It was late afternoon on 28th February 2005 when Choice FM, then Ghana’s leading talk show station announced that Ghana’s most wanted armed robber,Ataa Ayi, had been nabbed. Instinctively, the question that bugged many was “who achieved such monumental feat?” It was an answer that perhaps, only staff of the station were privy to, […]
Teacher reforms in Ghana, now a model for many African countries- Dr Addai-Poku
1,999 The Registrar of the National Teaching Council (NTC), Dr Christian Addai-Poku, has hinted that teacher reforms in Ghana have now become a model for many African countries. This, according to him is proven by the visitors it has been receiving from other countries to study what the NTC has been doing. Dr Addai-Poku announced […]
You’ll be disappointed if you go into politics because of money – NPP National Youth Organiser
1,835 The New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s National Youth Organiser, has cautioned the youth not to go into politics for material gains. Salam Mustapha who took his turn on Joy FM’s Personality Profile on Thursday told the host Lexis Bill that “politics is hard work.” “If you go into politics because you want to make money, […]









