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Students of the Ghana School of Law and their peers from the various law faculties in the country have initiated a fresh campaign to push authorities to open up Ghana’s legal education, which many are struggling to easily access. On the back of the mass failure in the Ghana School of Law entrance exams that saw only 128 of the total 1,820 candidates pass, many critics have chastised the General Legal Council of a deliberate ploy to deny students with LLB degrees the opportunity to do the professional course. A statement issued by the executive council of the Ghana School…

A senior military officer and one more civilian have been charged in the alleged “elaborate plot” to topple Ghana’s presidency and destabilise the peaceful West African nation. Police prosecutors on Friday arraigned Colonel Samuel kojo Gameli and a civilian employee of the Ghana Armed Forces, Gershon Akpa, on charges of possession of explosives, arms and ammunition without lawful excuse. Three persons were on Tuesday remanded by a District Court in Accra after they were slapped with five counts of conspiracy to manufacture arms and ammunition without lawful authority and possession of explosives and firearms without lawful excuse. Their names were…

Former Chief Executive Officer of defunct Capital Bank Ato Essien says he was shocked when the public narrative was turned against him following the dissolution of his former bank. He said it was unthinkable to spend monies of an institution he nurtured from an unregulated venture to a regulated venture. According to him, he has accounted for every money to the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), which investigated him after the collapse of the bank in 2017. Mr Essien made this known in an interview on Metro TV’s Good Evening Ghana on Thursday, September 26. It was the first…

Ghana has called on the Non-Align Movement (NAM) to ensure universal adherence to principles and rules of international law. Foreign Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey made the call in a speech read on her behalf by Deputy Foreign Minister, Charles Owiredu, at the ministerial meeting of the NAM. The meeting was held on Thursday, September 26, 2019, in New York, USA, on the margins of the UN General Assembly. It was under the theme: “Upholding the Principles of Sovereignty and Political Independence as a Means to Maintain International Peace and Security and Foster Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States”. According to…

Basic school children in the Greater Accra region, who reported at school for the first time in this academic year, have been urged to adopt a reading culture to help them excel in their studies. Vivo Energy Ghana, the exclusive marketers and distributors of Shell branded products and services, as part of ‘My First Day at School’, supported the Ghana Education Service with education materials to aid teaching and learning at various schools across the region. This also forms part of Vivo Energy Ghana’s broader sustainability programme, dubbed ‘Energy for Education’, aimed at supporting government’s efforts in achieving the Sustainable…

Former Chief Executive Officer of defunct Capital Bank Ato Essien says he was shocked when the public narrative was turned against him following the dissolution of his former bank. He said it was unthinkable to spend monies of an institution he nurtured from an unregulated venture to a regulated venture. According to him, he has accounted for every money to the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), which investigated him after the collapse of the bank in 2017. Mr Essien made this known in an interview on Metro TV’s Good Evening Ghana on Thursday, September 26. It was the first…

Basic school children in the Greater Accra region, who reported at school for the first time in this academic year, have been urged to adopt a reading culture to help them excel in their studies. Vivo Energy Ghana, the exclusive marketers and distributors of Shell branded products and services, as part of ‘My First Day at School’, supported the Ghana Education Service with education materials to aid teaching and learning at various schools across the region. This also forms part of Vivo Energy Ghana’s broader sustainability programme, dubbed ‘Energy for Education’, aimed at supporting government’s efforts in achieving the Sustainable…

Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) has served notice of its intention to withdraw from the controversial Power Distribution Services (PDS) concession deal with the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). The Filipino company is blaming unfavourable political situation in Ghana for its decision. Meralco president and CEO Ray Espinosa was reported to have said the company was planning to pull out its investment in Ghana’s power distribution utility if the political situation does not improve. Meralco has 48 percent stake in PDS that was contracted by the government of Ghana to manage the operations of the ECG for 20 years starting from…

Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) has served notice of its intention to withdraw from the controversial Power Distribution Services (PDS) concession deal with the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). The Filipino company is blaming unfavourable political situation in Ghana for its decision. Meralco president and CEO Ray Espinosa was reported to have said the company was planning to pull out its investment in Ghana’s power distribution utility if the political situation does not improve. Meralco has 48 percent stake in PDS that was contracted by the government of Ghana to manage the operations of the ECG for 20 years starting from…

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has been accused of flouting a Ghana Education Service (GES) directive banning political activities on campuses of Senior High Schools across the country. Executives of the National Democratic Congress in the Savannah Region say despite the October 2018 ban, the NPP has branded the entire Damongo Senior High School ahead of the hosting of the party’s constituency primary this Saturday, September 28. The GES last year warned against using second cycle students in partisan politics and using their facilities for political activities, noting the state institution is non-political. It thus directed all Regional and District…