Court dismisses injunction to force Achimota School to admit Rasta students
The Human Rights Division of the Accra High Court presided over by Justice Gifty Agyei Addo has dismissed an exparte injunction application from one of the Rastafarian students who were denied admission by the Achimota Senior High School. The interlocutory injunction filed on the sixth of this month was for enforcement of the fundamental human […]
Twitter begins hiring as it sets up operations in Ghana
Twitter’s mission is to serve the public conversation, and it’s essential, for the world and for Twitter, to increase the number of people who feel comfortable participating in it. To do this, we need to make it easier for everyone to join in and provide more relevant experiences for people across the world. Today, in […]
Video footage of Major Mahama’s murder played in High Court
The Criminal Division of the Accra High Court has been shown two video recordings on what led to the death of the Major Maxwell Mahama at Denkyira Obuasi in the Central Region in May 2017. The videos are part of evidence by the prosecution, to prove its case against the fourteen accused persons charged with […]
Buffer Stock Company denies substituting mackerel for eggs in feeding SHS students
The National Food Buffer Stock Company has debunked claims that it is substituting mackerel for locally produced eggs in its supplies to Senior High Schools across the country. NGO Africa Education Watch had claimed that the National Food Buffer Stock Company had increased its supply of Chinese imported mackerel to schools ignoring eggs from poultry […]
Asiedu-Nketiah expresses concern over delay in completion of abandoned CHPS Compound
General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu-Nketiah has expressed concern about delay in the completion of an abandoned CHPS Compound Project meant to address the health challenges of the people of Atomfourso near Seikwa in the Tain District of the Bono Region. He has therefore assured the chiefs and people in the […]
Daunte Wright shooting by police in Minnesota ‘accidental’
The fatal shooting of a black man by a police officer in the US city of Brooklyn Center in Minnesota was an accident, the police chief has said. Daunte Wright, 20, was shot after the officer meant to use a Taser, but mistakenly drew her gun instead, Chief Tim Gannon told reporters. The officer was […]
GSA establishes systems to ensure specific standards are adopted under AFCFTA
The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), has established systems to ensure that specific standards are adopted to suit certain products under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, AFCFTA. The move is to ensure that participants under the trade agreement have an enabling environment to trade unrestricted by certain standards that is foreign to them. Speaking on […]
IMF projects Ghana’s debt to hit 81.5%, 86.6% of GDP in 2021, 2025
Ghana’s public debt stock is expected to hit 81.5% of GDP by the end of this year. This means the country’s debt will go above GHC300 billion before the end of 2021. This was contained in the International Monetary Fund, IMF April 2021 Fiscal Monitor report. Per the IMF data on low-income developing countries, Ghana’s […]
Mayor of Accra calls for collaboration to address issues posing risks to road users
The Chief Executive of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Mohammed Adjei Sowah has called for closer collaboration between the Police and other stakeholders in the road safety sector to help address the risks that confront road users. According to him, these issues if properly addressed would help deal with concerns about safety on our roads and […]
Bolga: Over 6,000 farmers benefit from Rearing for Food and Jobs Programme
About 50 women will be selected for support under the government flagship programme “Rearing for Food and Jobs” this year. This is as a result of improvement in Agriculture productivity in the Municipality following the Planting for Food and Jobs Programme (PFJP), which led many young people venturing into the sector which hitherto was unattractive. […]
