Ghana Gov’t has not approved the guidelines for the CSE -Education Minister re-emphasized
The Minister of Education, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh has reiterated that neither the Ministry of Education or Government has approved the guidelines for the Comprehensive Sexual Education in the country. According to him, though a new curriculum is being started this year, the CSE is not part of the new curriculum. Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh […]
AOP launches Africa investment reports in Cape Town
Ministers from South Africa, Senegal, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea will present the country-specific investment reports throughout the three-day conference; all delegates attending AOP 2019 will receive a copy of the AES reports. Nelisiwe Magubane, Chairman, Matleng Energy Solutions, Power Africa Increasing Electricity Access, Gas Mega Hub Equatorial Guinea, Standard Bank Mozambique LNG FID and Adewale […]
NIA apologizes to residents of the three Northern regions for slow start of mass registration
The National Identification Authority, (NIA), has apologized to residents of Tamale, Nalerugu, Damango as well as other communities in the three Northern regions for a slow start to the mass registration exercise. A statement signed and issued by the Authority’s Head of Corporate Affairs, ACI Francis Palmdeti and copied to gbcghanaonline on Saturday, October 5, […]
Suspected robber trapped to death Kumasi
A suspected robber, believed to be a member of a gang terrorizing residents of Anomangye in the Suame Municipality of the Ashanti Region, has met his untimely death in one of his robbery sprees. Khalipha Frafra, said to be in his mid-twenties, was trapped to death by the metal gate of the shop he attempted […]
UK-Ghana Business Council to enhance strategic partnership for job creation
The third meeting of the United Kingdom-Ghana Business Council held in Accra on Friday committed to taking a deeper and more strategic bilateral partnership, to enhance economic development, job creation and trade and investments opportunities. The Council was established 12 months ago as a high-level forum to promote bilateral relations and strategic partnerships between Ghanaian […]
President Akufo-Addo inaugurates Minerals Income Investment Fund Board
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Friday inaugurated the board of the newly established Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF), with a charge on the body to leverage its financial might to raise strong local players in the mining sector. He said that it was not encouraging that after a century of mining in the […]
Ghana School of Law is to be expanded
The Ghana School of Law is to be expanded in order to increase admissions, the Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo has said. The Chief Justice said the expansion will be captured in the 2020 budget to be presented in Parliament. Speaking at the enrollment of 305 newly trained lawyers at the auditorium of the Economics Department, […]
Minority NDC ready to resist CSE policy
The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, on Friday said the National Democratic Congress, (NDC), would fight any attempt to introduce the Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) in basic schools. At a press conference at the Parliament House, Mr. Iddrisu said the CSE was being championed by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community and encouraged Ghanaians […]
Palmer to appeal NC’s decision
A disqualified Ghana Football Association, (GFA), presidential aspirant, Wilfred Osei Kweku Palmer, has said he will appeal the decision by the Normalization Committee (NC) to disqualify him from the upcoming elections. The NC said in an earlier statement on Friday that, it arrived at their decision after recommendations from the Vetting Committee. The former Executive […]
About 1.1 million unregistered firearms in circulation in Ghana
The National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons, (NACSA), has revealed that about 2.3 million small arms are in civilian hands, according to a survey conducted by the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) in 2014. It said out of the figure, 1.1 million remained unregistered, with 1.2 million registered with the Criminal […]
