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File photo[/caption] Research Assistants to Members of Parliament have served notice they will protest next week because they have not been paid for almost a year. The intended action would be at the forecourt of Parliament, the precinct of Parliament and the environs of Parliament, the Research Assistants said in a letter addressed to the Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Aaron Oquaye on Friday, June 14, 2019. The demonstration will take place on Thursday, June 20, 2019 “to vent our vexation and frustration”. The notice has been copied to the Clerk-to-Parliament, the Majority Leader, the Minority Leader, Majority Chief Whip,…

The police in Central Region are on a manhunt for a 33-year-old woman, an ex-convict, for allegedly abducting a nine-month-old baby boy from the parents at Agona Swedru. Patricia Gordoh was released from the Nsawam Prison last Saturday having served a year for committing similar offence, and went on to abduct the baby the next day from a church. She was said to have on Sunday morning struck acquaintance with the father of the child, James Ayesu, who is the head pastor of the Salvation House Prayer Ministry. According to Chief inspector Philip Arthur of the Domestic Violence and Victims…

If you knew how a flock of chickens would aggressively prey on a helpless lizard, you probably would have had sympathy on the President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. From all directions, women – the likes that Reggae legend, Culture, described in one of his songs as seeing them go fight for their right – ‘pounced’ on the president who presumably appeared helpless. Indeed, Nana Akufo-Addo was rendered helpless after continuously receiving the missiles of criticisms right from Canada – where he made a said unsavory comment – to his own country Ghana. “The other day…

Education Minister Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh says government has no intention whatsoever to interfere in the management of tertiary institutions in the country. He said issues raised by some stakeholders that government intends to use the newly drafted Public Universities bill to take center stage in managing the affairs of public tertiary institutions, do not hold. Speaking at a forum on tertiary education reforms, Dr. Opoku Prempeh said government through the Ministry of Education is only seeking to rope in all universities under one policy to properly regulate the tertiary education sector. Government was criticised for trying to hide behind…

Winner of the 2018 Ghana’s Most Beautiful pageant, Abena will on Saturday, June 15 hold a football gala in Accra at the Polo Park in Alajo to preach about HIV/AIDS. Participating in the tournament are Abena 11, Malaga FC, Abelemkpe 11, Tsatsu 11, Soccer Brains Academy, Champion FC, Bisa Keep Fit and Church of Christ. The Eastern regional representative in the competition is seeking to use the football gala as an opportunity to reach out to young people and educate them on HIV/AIDS issues. The programme is an initiative of ‘Obaa Nao’ Foundation, established by the beauty queen to run…

Winner of the 2018 Ghana’s Most Beautiful pageant, Abena will on Saturday, June 15 hold a football gala in Accra at the Polo Park in Alajo to preach about HIV/AIDS. Participating in the tournament are Abena 11, Malaga FC, Abelemkpe 11, Tsatsu 11, Soccer Brains Academy, Champion FC, Bisa Keep Fit and Church of Christ. The Eastern regional representative in the competition is seeking to use the football gala as an opportunity to reach out to young people and educate them on HIV/AIDS issues. The programme is an initiative of ‘Obaa Nao’ Foundation, established by the beauty queen to run…

Three more persons have been arrested by the Ashanti Regional Police in connection with the kidnapping of the two Canadian women in Kumasi last week. They are Masaud Ibrahim, Moro Issaka and Yusif Mohammed. This brings to 11 the number of persons arrested in connection with the crime. Eight of the suspects, made up of five Ghanaians and three Nigerians, were arrested on Wednesday were Friday arraigned before court on charges of kidnapping. The Police have named the eight suspects as, Yusif Yakubu, 28 years; Seidu Abubakari, 32 years; Abdul Rahaman, 30 years; Sulemana Abdul Nasiri Ahmed, Sefiano, 32 years;  Abubakari…

President Nana Akufo-Addo has called on the people of Trinidad and Tobago to come over to Ghana to join in the celebration of the 400th anniversary of the start of the Trans-Atlantic Slavery. Dubbed “The Year of Return,” the celebration is to demonstrate to the rest of the world that Africans on the continent and in the Americas have overcome slavery. The President made the call when he addressed a joint press conference with the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Keith Rowley, at the Diplomatic Center in the capital city, Port of Spain. “The commemoration should enable us and…

President Nana Akufo-Addo has called on the people of Trinidad and Tobago to come over to Ghana to join in the celebration of the 400th anniversary of the start of the Trans-Atlantic Slavery. Dubbed “The Year of Return,” the celebration is to demonstrate to the rest of the world that Africans on the continent and in the Americas have overcome slavery. The President made the call when he addressed a joint press conference with the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Keith Rowley, at the Diplomatic Center in the capital city, Port of Spain. “The commemoration should enable us and…

GOIL Company Limited has rectified the issue of under-delivering of products at two of its fuel service stations in Accra. A recent routine checks by the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) revealed 10 fuel service stations in Greater Accra were under-delivering petroleum products from their pumps to customers, and consequently fined each of them 5,000 cedis. Shell, Motorway Extension; Total, McCarthyHill; GOIL Mile 11; Frimps Oil, Tetegu junction; GOIL, Galilea; Frimps Oil, Spintex Road; Glory Oil, Spintex Road; Allied Oil, Sakaman; Shell, Amanfrom West and Goodness Energy, Kasoa were named by the GSA as the stations cheating customers. OMCs to introduce…