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As a matter of policy, I stand for free SHS in public schools for ALL. This is why 1. I have been in this country long enough to know that many policies intended for the poor have generally ended up benefiting a lot of the people but the poor. So …

Tamale, Ghana – Two students of the Tamale Technical University (TaTU) have been sentenced to death by hanging for murdering the Head Pastor of the End Time Believers Bible Fellowship in Tamale last year.The Tamale High Court, presided over by Mr Justice Edward Apenkwah, sentenced the two students, Kwame Dogyi …

Damongo, Ghana – The Overlord of the Gonja Traditional Area, Yagbonwura Tuntumba Boresa Sulemana Jakpa in collaboration with the West Gonja District Assembly has from 30th July, 2018 banned charcoal burning and logging in the West Gonja District for the second time. The Yagbonwura announced this after the Youth of …

Accra, Ghana – President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left Ghana on Sunday, 29 July 2018, to lead the Ghanaian delegation to the 53rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government, which is being held in Lome, Togo.The meeting of the Heads of State will take …

Mamprugu, Ghana – The District Chief Executive for Mamprugu Moigduri in the Northern Region, Abu Adams, has threatened to cause the removal of all police officers in the area over tensions that continue to mount in a village called Kubogu, following the release of a suspect who ambushed and opened …

Wa, Ghana – Board Chairman of the Minerals Commission, S.K. Boafo, has given assurance that government would work to ensure that Azumah Resources overcomes all hurdles in order to start full-scale mining in the Upper West Region soon. Mr S.K. Boafo made the comment during a tour of the company’s …

Accra, Ghana – The Ghana Police Service has fully reinstated DSP Gifty Tehoda and promoted her to the rank of Chief Superintendent, more than a year after a Human Rights Court in Accra, on Friday, 31 March, ordered the Ghana Police Service and the Inspector General of Police to recall …

Tamale, Ghana – The Northern Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has lifted the ban on entertainment activities at the Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium in the Northern Region. The Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) for Tamale, Iddrisu Musah, suspended all musical concerts in the metropolis following the death of eight persons during a …

Cape Coast, Ghana – Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, Spokesperson for the Cape Coast Youth Development Association (CCYDA), is demanding accountability from Kofi Totobi Quakyi, the Chairman of the Committee that supervised the construction of the Atta Mills Presidential Library. Mr Garbrah made the demand when scores of irate youth from Cape Coast …

Amsterdam, Netherlands – To ensure successful implementation of the Universal Access to Healthcare (UHAC) and end AIDS by 2030 using technology and innovation, the government of Ghana will introduce drones in October in transporting essential medicines to inaccessible areas. The drones, which will be used in conveying essential medicines like …