President Donald Trump on Wednesday was met with silence when he congratulated the leaders of African countries on the continent’s economic progress, telling them, “I’ve so many friends going to your countries, trying to get rich. I congratulate you. They’re spending a lot of money.” Trump delivered the remark at a luncheon he hosted with the leaders of many…
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, together with eight other African Heads of State,, on Wednesday, at the side-lines of the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly, held talks with the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, on US-African relations. The 8 Heads of State present at the meeting were President Muhammadu Buhari of…
Today is Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day, a day set aside to remember and honor Ghana’s first President. In the past the celebration of the day had been marked with some controversy in the , and today’s celebration is no different. While many are of the view that Dr Nkrumah is the sole founder of the nation, others think there…
Ghana U17 coach Paa Kwesi Fabin has named a strong final 21-man squad for next month’s World Cup in India, dropping seven players who were part of the squad for the African championship. According to the squad released by the Ghana FA on Thursday morning, all the key players who thrilled fans at the U17 Africa Cup of Nations…
An image has gone viral on social media of some teenagers including girls at waterworks forest within the Tamale Metropolis in the Northern Region seen smoking dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp. In the said image, there are sachets of an unknown alcoholic beverage on display on the ground alongside the suspected dried leaves some of which are…
The opposition National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) celebration of the now Kwame Nkrumah Memorial day on September 21, will include a protest march to register its displeasure with the New Patriotic Party government’s proposal to make August 4 Founders Day. The NDC feels this is an attempt to distort history and force on Ghanaians “some founders.” Adom-Otchere clashes with Pratt…
Many first-year students of Senior High Schools (SHS) in the Ashanti region have been left on their own in private hostels after they failed to secure boarding status. Joy News’ Erastus Asare Donkor reports that school authorities are also denying some of them access to school facilities for evening preps on grounds they are day students. School heads say…
President Nana Akufo-Addo is proposing legislation to Parliament to designate August 4 as Founders Day, ditching September 21 as the commemorative day for Ghana’s liberation and independence fighters. However, September 21 will be observed as ‘Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day’. Both days – August 4 and September 21 — will be observed as public holidays, according to a statement signed…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has received his National Identification Card, dubbed the new “Ghana Card”, at a ceremony held at the premises of the National Identification Authority on Friday. According to President Akufo-Addo, the new identification card signals the dawn of a new day in biometric identity management in Ghana, and the virtues of a public-private partnership arrangement…
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has started cracking the whip with the demotion of at least two headmasters who are said to have flouted the guidelines on the implementation of the government’s free senior high school programme. They are said to have demanded school fees from some first year students under the program. Some others, numbering seven have also…
