The government has pledged to give strong support to technical universities and polytechnics – to raise the quality of their training, to drive the nation’s industrialization. Deputy Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, said: “we cannot underestimate the place of technical university and polytechnic training in the country’s onward march towards prosperity”. It was on the basis of this that […]

Members of non-partisan group, Coalition for Democratic Governance (CDG) have condemned government for restoring the Nurses and Midwife Trainee allowances which was canceled during the previous administration, saying the decision was not well thought through. This comes as a response to the reintroduction of the Nurses and Midwife trainee allowances which was restored early this month in a brief ceremony […]

The Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, COP Bright Oduro, has been removed from office. His ouster from the Ghana Police Service is contained in a subtle order to him to proceed on his terminal leave, pending his retirement in January next year. The sudden action, according to DAILY GUIDE sources, was in connection […]

Ghana is losing at least one billion dollars every year from the declining prices of cocoa on the international market. The development is also said to be impacting on projected revenue from the cash crop to improve operations in the sub-sector. This notwithstanding, the government has maintained the producer price of cocoa for farmers.  Checks by Citi Business News have shown that, the price of […]

The Volta Regional Minister, Dr Archibald Letsa, has announced that sod would soon be cut for the construction of a starch factory in the Adaklu District under the New Patriotic Party government’s industrialisation program dubbed ‘One District, One Factory’. He added that five starch factories and two alcohol factories would also be established at various locations across the region under […]

MD of Tigo Roshi Motman has been named as the new CEO of merged telecommunication entities Airtel and Tigo. The announcement follows the resignation of the MD of Airtel Lucy Quist early this week. Citi Business News earlier reported that Madam Roshi Motman would be named as the MD of the new entity to be created following the merger of […]

Some owners of private Senior High Schools in the Upper East Region, say they will soon lay off some of their teaching and non-teaching staff, following a successful implementation of the Free Senior High School policy, which has drastically reduced  the intake in their schools. According to authorities of some of these private SHSs in the region, the implementation of the […]

A former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Professor Stephen Adei, has threatened to start a campaign against state officials including Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, to force them to reduce the number of cars in their convoys. According to Professor Adei, although he is impressed with the initial performance of the government, the large numbers […]

Staff at Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), could not hide their excitement over the sacking of the Executive Sectary, after a prolonged battle to kick him out succeeded. “Hip, hip, hip! hurray!”, some of the staff cheered at the premises of the utility regulator after singing victory songs and thanking “Jesus”. An over-excited Union Secretary, Pamela Brown told Joy News’ […]

Acting Communications Director for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Yaw Adomako Baafi, has accused the National Democratic Congress (NDC) of throwing dust into the eyes of Ghanaians in their quest to get re-elected in the 2016 elections. According to him, the party’s popular ‘Green Book’ which highlighted the so-called numerous achievements of former President John Mahama was completely […]