UTAG Legon calls on current UEW Vice Chancellor to resign
President of the Legon branch, University Teachers Association of Ghana, UTAG Dr Harry Agbanu says the appointment of the current Vice Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba was illegal and inappropriate, that noting that what government should have done, was to wait for the Supreme Court’s pronouncement, before taking action. Speaking to Radio Ghana, […]
Internet freedom continues to decline around the world – new report says
Digital authoritarianism is on the rise, according to a new report from a group that monitors internet freedoms. Freedom House, a pro-democracy think tank, said today that governments are seeking more control over users’ data while also using laws nominally intended to address “fake news” to suppress dissent. It marked the eighth consecutive year that […]
Royole could be the first company to release a foldable smartphone
Phones with foldable screens have felt like they’re on the cusp of arriving for years, but outside of a couple of concept designs and trailers, we have yet to see one receive a proper release. However, Royole Corporation could be about to win the race with the FlexPai, a tablet-sized phone that can be bent […]
US missionary Charles Wesco shot dead in Cameroon
A US missionary has been killed in Cameroon about two weeks after moving there with his wife and eight children. Charles Wesco was in a car with his wife, son, another missionary and a driver on their way to a market in the city of Bamenda when he was shot. He was caught in cross-fire […]
Coalition of Concerned Teachers declares strike
The Coalition of Concerned Teachers ,CCT Ghana has declared an indefinite strike effective today, over what it describes as failure by government to pay their salary arrears and the imposition of a life insurance policy on its members. The Coalition stated that salary arrears of more than 30 thousand members from 2013 to 2016 are […]
Heating of Oceans 'underestimated'
The world has seriously underestimated the amount of heat soaked up by our oceans over the past 25 years, researchers say. Their study suggests that the seas have absorbed 60% more than previously thought. They say it means the Earth is more sensitive to fossil fuel emissions than estimated. This could make it much more […]
Google staff walk out over women's treatment
Staff at Google offices around the world are staging an unprecedented series of walkouts in protest at the company’s treatment of women. The employees are demanding several key changes in how sexual misconduct allegations are dealt with at the firm, including a call to end forced arbitration – a move which would make it possible […]
NABCO Trainees to start work Today
All is set for Nation Builders Corps, (NABCO), trainees to start work Today, November 1, 2018. NABCO Secretariat on Friday, October 26, 2018 begun the process of placing trainees to module implementation partners and into institutions and agencies. A total of 44366 have been placed so far across the country. Out of this number, 29407 have […]
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Cost of damage by KNUST students estimated at 1.7 million GHC
The cost of both private and public property destroyed through students vandalism has been put at one point-seven million Ghana Cedis. The estimate does not however include stolen items which were allegedly stolen. The University Relations Officer, Kwame Yeboah Junior, who made this known to journalists in Kumasi, ahead of the arrival of the Chancellor […]
