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The Afamase Akotom Basic School in the Prestea Huni Valley Municipality of the Western Region has made it a requirement for parents to buy furniture for their wards before they are granted admission into the school. This development has become necessary because the school has no furniture to accommodate the over 600 pupils from kindergarten to Junior High School. For parents who cannot immediately provide furniture for their wards, they are granted admission on condition that they do so within the shortest possible time while the wards sit on the floor. Our reporter, Stanley Nii Blewu, reports Class One, which…

OmniBank Ghana Limited and Sahel Sahara Bank Ghana Limited have today announced the completion of the merger processes between the two banks, and assured there will be no immediate job losses. The two major banks resolved last year to merge in order to pull resources together to meet the 400 million-cedi new minimum capital requirement by the Bank of Ghana which took effect from December 31, 2018. Bank of Ghana accepts OmniBank, Sahel Sahara Bank merger It will now operate under the name OMNIBSIC Bank Ghana Limited and have “Together we give you more” as its theme. It has Mensan…

The board of governors of Adisadel College has rejected the nomination of a new headmaster for the school. According to the board, the Ghana Education Service (GES) did not consult its members, neither did the Service consult the Anglican Church for the selection of a candidate, contrary to laid-down procedure. This comes in the wake of a tussle between the school and GES over interdicted headmaster William Kusi Yeboah. Already, the Old Boys’ Association of the school has resolved to petition President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to have Mr Kusi Yeboa reinstated. Adisco Old Boys petition Akufo-Addo over interdicted head…

Traditional birth attendants in the Ellembelle district in the Western Region have been asked to desist from delivering pregnant women of their babies in a new move that is geared towards reducing maternal and neonatal deaths in the area. The district health directorate has consequent to that initiated a campaign to educate the various traditional birth attendants of the need to bring due pregnant women to health facilities to be delivered by midwives. “Currently, the campaign is that we don’t want traditional birth attendants to deliver women, but we rather want to partner with them so they can bring the…

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama has explained what the party chairman Samuel Ofosu Ampofo meant when he allegedly called for an attack on the National Peace Council Chairman, Most Reverend Professor Emmanuel Kwaku Asante. According to Mr Mahama, the NDC Chair was not advocating for a physical attack on Prof Asante but for him to be criticised. Last week, an audio recording with a voice alleged to be Mr Ampofo’s which called for an attack on Prof Asante as well as the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Adukwei Mensa. However, Mr Mahama at a…

President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed Michael Ansah as the chief executive of the newly established Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation. Until his appointment, he was Senior Vice President at Dell Corporation. He is an accomplished business executive and leader with significant international experience across varied industry sectors. “It is a great honour and privilege to be given this opportunity to lead a flagship initiative of Government, and a major part of Ghana’s industrial transformation at this time,” Mr Ansah said of his appointment announced Sunday. He said he would through GIADEC, play a pivotal role that will contribute help in…

Mortuary workers across the country have threatened to go on indefinite strike beginning Tuesday due to government’s failure to address their concerns almost five months after the government prevailed on them to put on hold their initial action. In their view, they are “legally and morally justified” to begin a nationwide strike from March 5 to generally push for increment in salaries and better conditions of service. The strike is likely to cripple mortuary services in various public health facilities across the country, which are patronised by many. Without any contingency plan by these institutions, some say, people cannot deposit…

Bauxite bead makers at Abompe in the Fanteakwa South District of the Eastern Region have appealed for modern tools that would take away the laborious processes, make them efficient and help them to produce to meet international standards. Beads from the people in the area are a special kind, different from the usual beads on the market because they are made from local bauxite soil in their community. Local historians say the distinct soil was discovered by some hunters several years ago and developed it into beads in three households at Abompe. “Some hunters saw this kind of bauxite and…

Eighty-nine people within the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abirem municipality of the Central Region have been screened for HIV/AIDs with one person testing positive for the pandemic. This was after they participated in aerobics and games organised by Know Your HIV Status Street Campaign Program funded by the UNAIDS. The initiative was the fourth edition and designed to empower the citizenry to know their status as well as help to minimize the spread of the virus, identify persons living with the virus and to provide them effective counselling and drugs. Programme Coordinator for the Central Region Samuel Nana Effah Obeng said…

An earth tremor with unknown magnitude shook most parts of Accra late Saturday night leaving residents in the affected areas terrified. Unlike the recent tremors which were restricted the western part of Accra known to be the earth-quake prone area of the capital city, Saturday’s is said to be the largest in recent years as it stretched beyond those areas. Within seconds, the earth tremor which was recorded at exactly 11:29pm Saturday rippled through the Weija and McCarthy areas, Ablekuma Kasoa, Madina, Christian Village, Oyarifa, North Kaneshie, Sowutuom, Abelemkpe, and Legon among other surrounding areas. There are no reports of…