A-Plus’ corruption allegations against two presidential staffers are unfounded, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has said. A statement from the CID said: “the allegation of corruption was found to be baseless, unsubstantiated and without credibility.” A-Plus, real name Kwame Asare Obeng, had taken to Facebook to accuse President Akufo-Addo’s two Deputy Chiefs of Staff, Francis Asenso-Boakye and Abu Jinapor of being corrupt, […]

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has commended President Nana Akufo-Addo for implementing the Free SHS policy and has promised to support the landmark education policy. “This is the most important social intervention programme that has been implemented in our country since independence. We believe it is the most equitable way to distribute the country’s resources to all Ghanaians regardless of […]

Senior research fellow at the Institute of African Studies, Dr Kojo Opoku Aiddo, says Ghana’s past achievements and ongoing development cannot be attributed to any singular person or group. He notes that one of the best ways to resolve the ongoing debate about Dr Kwame Nkrumah’s status as the founder of Ghana is to acknowledge that the country’s liberation efforts […]

The Member of Parliament for Pru East, Kwabena Donkor, has said Sammy Awuku does not qualify to be appointed Chair of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) and will therefore petition President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to revoke his appointment. Mr Awuku, who happens to be the National Youth Organiser of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), was sworn in as […]

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has directed its members nationwide to withdraw their teaching services from today in solidarity with their counterparts at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW). “It is our firm belief that the issue at the UEW is an attack on academic freedom and thus affects all public universities […]

The District Chief Executive (DCE) of Dadieso in Western Region, Samuel Baah, has caused the arrest of a mathematics teacher at Dadieso Senior High School for charging unapproved fees. Last week eleven Senior High School heads were sanctioned over a similar incident. The accused, Akpor Adjei, is also reported to have been selling mathematical sets, sandals and other learning materials to […]

President Nana Akufo-Addo is proposing legislation to Parliament to designate August 4 as Founders Day, ditching September 21 as the commemorative day for Ghana’s liberation and independence fighters. However, September 21 will be observed as ‘Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day’. Both days – August 4 and September 21 — will be observed as public holidays, according to a statement signed by […]

The Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, has asked heads of second cycle schools to visit the GES website and constantly update their lists of fresh students. He said the heads should not depend on printouts of lists of students to turn away candidates who presented to them their admission letters even if their names were […]

President Akufo-Addo has said the commencement of the production and distribution of the Ghana Card, an instant, free National ID card for all Ghanaians, is yet another indication that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is committed to their manifesto promises. Speaking at the test registration today [Friday] to officially outdoor the ID card, the President said :”The NPP government under […]

President Nana Akufo-Addo has become the first recipient of the new national ID card to signal the start of a massive registration process to capture the biometric data of more than 27million Ghanaians. The Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia also becomes the second to receive the “Ghana card” seen as an important jigsaw in the puzzle to formalise the economy. At […]