Education General News

Uaddara Basic School is the winnner of the maiden GSTEP competition

1,947  The Uaddara Basic School in Kumasi on Wednesday emerged winners of the maiden edition of the Ghana Science and Technology Explorer Prize ceremony (GSTEP) held in Accra. For emerging winners, each team member of the Uaddara Basic School team will receive Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) materials and devices valued at GHS 4,000, […]

General News Politics

Be Circumspect- NDC’s Council Of Elders To Party Members On Leadership Changes

2,177  The Council of Elders of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has urged all party faithful, including Members of Parliament (Mps) to be circumspect on their utterances concerning the recent changes to the party’s leadership in parliament. It will be recalled that following the recent changes to the leadership of the Minority side in […]

Crime General News

Police Officer Interdicted For Leaving Rifle In ‘Trotro’

2,512  The Police Administration has interdicted a police Inspector for negligently leaving a service rifle in a commercial vehicle. The rifle has since been returned by the driver of the said vehicle who alleged that the Inspector had extorted money from him. The interdicted officer, Inspector Sulemana Adam, stationed with the Rapid Deployment Force, Takoradi […]

Education General News

Relevance of STEM education in 21st century, Ghana in retrospective- by Ernest Akosah

2,730  Mr Ernest Akosah, Deputy Public Relation Officer (PRO) of the Ghana Education Service make a case on the Relevance of STEM Education in 21st Century, Ghana in retrospect. According to him, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of the republic of Ghana while addressing the parliament on the eve of our independence on March […]

General News Sanitation

Fight Against Illegal Mining In Forest Reserves Unabated — Forestry Commission

1,977  The Forestry Services Division (FSD) of the Forestry Commission says it will forcefully implement the ban on mining in the country’s forest reserves as directed, to protect the environment. It has therefore, cautioned persons who under the cover of darkness continue to flaunt the directive that they would be made to pay the price […]

Business General News

Ghana’s balance of payments deficit worsens to $3.64 billion

1,730  Ghana’s balance of payments further deteriorated to a deficit of $3.64 billion in December from a $3.4 billion deficit the previous quarter, central bank data showed on Saturday. The West African nation is facing an economic crisis that saw consumer inflation rise to 54.1% last month. The cedi currency has depreciated around 50% annually, […]

Business General News

Analysis: Ghana’s GDP growth for 2022 lags behind other African countries – AfDB

1,969 The African Development Bank (AfDB) has released its latest economic report, which shows that Ghana’s GDP growth for 2022 was 3.6%, 1.8 percentage points below what was secured in 2021 (5.4%). While this is still positive growth, it is lower than the average for other African countries. According to the report, several countries on […]