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Prof Stephen Adei dismisses grading system as cause of poor WASSCE results
Former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Prof Stephen Adei, has urged stakeholders in Ghana’s education sector to look beyond the WASSCE grading…
Ghana to charge TV stations $7,000 monthly for DTT access from 2027
Broadcasters operating on Ghana’s National Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) network will be required to pay a monthly fee of $7,000 (£5,300) from January 2027, the government has announced.…
Food vendor jailed seven years over human trafficking, prostitution
The Accra Circuit Court Four has sentenced a food vendor to seven years’ imprisonment in hard labour for human trafficking and prostitution. Gift Chinyere Aminu, 36, a commercial…
NPP must unite to reclaim lost seats in Ashanti – Afoko
Aspiring National Chairperson of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Paul Afoko, has called for greater unity within the party as part of efforts to rebuild its structures and…
Anti-galamsey campaigner found dead at Assin Amoabeng as police investigate
A 52-year-old anti-illegal mining campaigner and spiritualist has been found dead in a suspected suicide incident at Assin Amoabeng, a community near Nyankumase Ahenkuro in the Assin South…
Biometric SIM verification to begin before end of 2026 – Sam George
Ghana is preparing to introduce biometric verification for SIM card registration by the end of 2026, in a move aimed at strengthening the identification of mobile subscribers and…
Over 54,000 BECE candidates affected by self-placement due to Grade 9 in English or Maths
A different angle would be to focus on the government’s growing reliance on short-term domestic borrowing and what is driving the shift, rather than simply reporting the GH¢57…
12 suspected illegal miners arrested in Atewa Forest crackdown
The Forestry Commission has arrested 12 suspected illegal miners during a dawn operation targeting illegal mining activities within the Atewa Range Forest Reserve. The arrests were made on…
Canoe accident on Volta Lake leaves one dead, six rescued at Yeji
One person has died after a canoe accident on the Volta Lake at Isaka Kura, a suburb of Yeji in the Pru East District of the The incident…
Family of law student killed in hit-and-run offers GH¢50,000 reward for information on driver
The family of Ivan Baidoo, a Level 200 law student of Central University is appealing to the public for information following his death in an alleged hit-and-run accident…