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The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) has given the government up to January 31and April 30, 2018 to respectively inaugurate the governing council of Colleges of Education and implement their market premium or face their wrath. The Association described as discriminatory the non-enjoyment of market premium by teachers of Colleges of Education. “Tutors in Colleges of Education remain the only category of teachers in the education tertiary fraternity in Ghana who do not enjoy market premium. The College of Education tutor can no longer accept this form of discrimination”, CETAG secretary Prince Obeng-Himah said. The Association is…

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) is set to embark on a decongestion exercise to rid pavements, footbridges, ceremonial routes and other open spaces of traders and hawkers who crowd these places. Traders and hawkers are expected to vacate these places before Monday, January 8, when the Assembly will hit the streets to clear the metropolis of these encroachers. “We wish to bring to the fore that, Christmas activities are over and their continuous activities are a contributory factor to heaps of garbage deposited along the roads,” the AMA said in a statement. The planned decongestion exercise will be carried out…

Two lions, two tigers and a jaguar that escaped their enclosures at a zoo in western Germany have been recaptured. The animals were found inside the zoo compound in Lünebach after a search involving a drone, officials told German media. Local residents had earlier been told to stay indoors. A bear also escaped from the privately owned Eifel zoo, but was shot dead, a local official told AFP. The animals broke out after flooding from a storm damaged their enclosures. A massive search was then launched involving police, firefighters and veterinarians. Local authorities did not give further details of the…

Almost nowhere on earth is football followed as passionately as in Africa. It is loved by Africans from all walks of life across the continent. This week, I am giving the opening address at the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Awards in Accra, Ghana. This has afforded me a good opportunity to reflect on Africa’s relationship with football and how it can help deliver a brighter future for our young people. I believe we need only look to the Liberian presidential election for a fine example of the transformative power of football. Against the odds, football legend and opposition candidate,…

2017 was the safest year in history for commercial airlines, according to industry research. There were no passenger jets crashes anywhere in the world, separate reports by Dutch consultancy To70 and The Aviation Safety Network found. This was despite more flights being made than ever before. But To70 warned that despite high safety levels on passenger planes, the “extraordinarily” low accident rate must be seen as “good fortune”. Cargo plane crash A report by the Airline Safety Network said there were a total of ten fatal accidents, resulting in 79 deaths last year. That compared with 16 accidents and 303…

2017 was the safest year in history for commercial airlines, according to industry research. There were no passenger jets crashes anywhere in the world, separate reports by Dutch consultancy To70 and The Aviation Safety Network found. This was despite more flights being made than ever before. But To70 warned that despite high safety levels on passenger planes, the “extraordinarily” low accident rate must be seen as “good fortune”. Cargo plane crash A report by the Airline Safety Network said there were a total of ten fatal accidents, resulting in 79 deaths last year. That compared with 16 accidents and 303…

Organizers of the annual Vodafone Ghana Music Awards Festival Charterhouse Productions Limited have opened nominations for the 19th edition of the award. Musicians and industry practitioners are expected to pick nomination forms from offices of Charterhouse Productions Limited and partner radio and television stations across the country. Hand filled completed forms are to be submitted with copies of CDs, Videos and Promotional pictures to the offices of Charterhouse located at B824/10 Feo Eyeo street, Industrial Area not later than January 31, 2018. Forms can also be filled and submitted online with soft copies of works and images sent via entry.ghanamusicawards.com…

The Nigerian army says more than 700 people held by Boko Haram militants in the north-east of the country have escaped captivity. An army spokesperson, Col Timothy Antigha, said they had fled several islands in Lake Chad and arrived in the town of Monguno, in Borno state. There has been no independent verification of the army’s claim. A BBC correspondent says the escapes are likely to have happened over a period of time, not in one go. The military says a recent armed forces operation, Deep Punch II, has weakened Boko Haram. In his New Year address, President Muhammadu Buhari…

A kaleidoscope of firecrackers, loud music and rapturous cheers went up the Johannesburg skyline when the clock struck midnight on Monday, January 1, 2018. The huge number of revelers who had turned up at Constitution Hill, Braamfontein, Johannesburg earlier in the day and had waited for that moment at the Afropunk Fest Jo’burg cheered, hugged, kissed, danced and cartwheeled in celebration of New Year. It was the second day of the international music festival that was debuting in Africa – and Johannesburg in particular – and the scores of people who had attended and had enjoyed themselves at all that…

Acting Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Freddie Blay, has asked party members and Ghanaians whose expectations of the Akufo-Addo government have not been met yet to remain hopeful in the year 2018. In a statement to wish Ghanaians, especially party faithfuls a prosperous new year, the chairman said: “All our expectations may not have been met yet but let’s remain hopeful in the great leader we fought to serve.”He assured party faithfuls of greater opportunities in 2018, which he said would not only better their lives but that of Ghanaians as a whole, as despite the challenges, President Nana…