The 2020 WASSCE time table released by WAEC finds that Seventh-Day Adventist students in Ghana will write some papers on Saturdays. This is the first time WAEC is compelling students to write exams on Saturdays. Seventh-Day Adventists are known for their strict observance of Saturday as the Sabbath day of the Lord, for their emphasis on maintaining health as…
Former President John Mahama has settled on former Education Minister Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang as his running mate for the 2020 elections. The Council of Elders and Founder of the National Democratic Congress ( NDC) have approved the choice of the candidate. She prevailed after stiff competition from former finance minister and governor of the Central Bank Dr. Kwabena…
The Deputy Trade Minister, Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah has resigned Friday after he breached Covid-19 protocols. In a statement from the presidency, president Nana Akufo-Addo acknowledged accepting the Tema West MP’s resignation from office with immediate effect. Mr Carlos Ahenkorah admitted on Asempa FM Thursday that he visited voter registration centres with full knowledge that he had tested positive for…
The campaign manager for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Peter Mac Manu is reported to be at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital after he tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease. Also on admission to the Unit is the Deputy Trade Minister, Carlos Ahenkorah. There are reports that two other Deputy Ministers who have tested positive for the…
Former General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, popularly known as Sir John, is dead. He is reported to have died in Accra after a short illness. Until his death, Sir John was the CEO of the Forestry Commission. He died after testing positive for Covid-19. He succumbed to complications of the disease while…
