The National Service Scheme (NSS) has with immediate effect suspended its Ashanti Regional Director, Mr. Alex Opoku-Mensah.The suspension comes after Mr Opoku-Mensah stormed the Manhyia Hospital in the Ashanti Region and abused a nurse who allegedly mistreated his daughter, a Junior Doctor at the facility.“The Management’s decision is to allow …

Kwahu Tafo Senior High School emerges as the best School farm of the year in the SHS category as Adoe Basic School also wins the JHS category as the best School farm of the year in the 2022 Blue Skies School Farm of the year. The 2022 Blues Skies School …

The world’s longest-serving president has won re-election in Equatorial Guinea to continue presiding over his authoritarian regime. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, 80, secured almost 95% of votes, officials announced six days after the vote. “The results prove us right again,” Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, the president’s son, said. “We …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has challenged the Accra Initiative to pursue a comprehensive programme that will promote social intervention initiatives in member states.That, he said, was to help address development gaps in vulnerable communities within the member states which contributed to insecurity and threats of terrorism in Africa. He …

The Ministry of Works and Housing has constituted a technical working committee to guide it in exploring the possibility of selling the Saglemi Affordable Housing Project.The technical working group, chaired by the Deputy Minister of Works and Housing, Abdulai Abanga, is made up of experts from the built environment, including …

About a dozen Twitter staff based in Ghana, which was the firm’s only office in Africa, have rejected a severance package offered to them and are now considering taking legal action. The staff’s legal firm has told the BBC that Twitter wants to negotiate the severance package and termination process, …

A former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Professor Emeritus Ivan Addae-Mensah, has called on the government to re-examine the implementation of the free senior high school (SHS) policy to ensure its sustainability.He suggested that the government should resort to cost sharing, where parents who could afford it would pay …

The Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Mavis Hawa Koomson, has explained that the stalling of the supply of premix fuel recently was due to the inability of the Bulk Distribution Companies (BDCs) to blend the required quantities for distribution. She reckoned that this had affected premix fuel supply to …

The Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has said that the nation’s better days are ahead and not behind as he urges all to continue working hard for things to change for the better. He explained that, although the nation’s economy is facing some challenges due to the global financial …

A total of 377 road crashes deaths were recorded in the Ashanti region from January to October this year. A total of 3,552 injuries were recorded in the 2,886 road crashes that occurred within the period, involving 4,865 cars. The Regional Director for the Ghana National Road Safety Authority, Madam …