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The future of some 46,000 students including those doing distance learning is in limbo as all campuses of the University of Education shuts down due to a suit filed against the school at the Winneba High Court. A statement from the university signed by the Registrar, Dr. C.Y Mensah indicated that “In line with the decision of the court, the members of the University Community, comprising, UTAG executives, Deans, Heads of Department, and representatives of Senior Members have therefore decided to shut down the University until Friday 16th June, 2017 when the substantive case will be heard.” The statement further…

Captain of the Ghana national football team, Asamoah Gyan, popularly known as ‘Baby Jet’ struck his 50th international goal for the country against Ethiopia on Sunday during the 2019 Cup of Nations qualifier at Baba Yara stadium in Kumasi. The venue was apt too. Gyan scored his first goal for Ghana at the same venue as a 17-year old in 2003 against Somalia, making him the youngest player to have scored for the Black Stars. Gyan’s 50 goals have come in 102 matches. There have been tap-ins, near post headers and many blinders. He hit a beauty to send the…

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the National Identification Authority (NIA) will issue the first of the proposed Ghana National Identity Card on September 15, 2017. According to Prof. Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah, Executive Secretary of the NIA, persons living in areas with good internet coverage will get their cards within 10 minutes of their filling the appropriate forms, while those with unreliable or non-existent coverage will have the printing of theirs deferred for a short period. “You can expect to see a card on the 15th of September, 2017, when we roll out” Prof Attafuah assured at a media interaction on Monday…

Child Rights International  (CRI) is demanding the whereabouts of a 12-year-old boy who was arrested in connection with the murder of Major Maxwell Adam Mahama. The boy was arrested at Manso Nkwanta days after the senior military officer was lynched by a mob at Denkyira-Obuasi on May 29. According to the Executive Director of Child Rights International, Mr. Bright Appiah, his investigations indicated that the said boy has not been placed under the Juvenile Justice System, a contravention of the law on juvenile trial. Addressing the media in Accra on Tuesday, Mr. Appiah asked the government and the security agencies…

After just weeks of stepping down as the Chairman of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Legal Committee in London, Dr. Kofi Mbiah, has gracefully bowed out as the Chief Executive of the Ghana Shippers’ Authority after 35 years of service to the Authority and to mother Ghana. Dr. Mbiah first announced his retirement when he addressed the 11th Maritime Law Seminar for Judges of the Superior Courts of Ghana in November 18, 2016. Dr. Mbiah started his working career at Ghana Shippers’ Authority in 1982 as an Assistant Legal Officer and rose through the ranks to become the Chief Executive…

A 78 year old man has been stabbed to death by an unknown assailant at Adiebeba, a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. Mr Anthony Adomako, who is the CEO of Coconut Guest House at Adiebeba, was murdered on Monday, 11th June 2017 at about 11:30pm. According to the receptionist of the guest house, he was with the deceased when they heard a knock on one of the entrances to the place. The deceased asked him, the receptionist, to check who the person was; as soon as he opened the door, a young-looking man pointed a knife at him…

The Center for National Culture, simply known as the arts center, is the main tourists haven for Ghanaian culture. Being the largest open-air craft market in the country, one can find virtually everything that has to do with the Ghanaian culture. These range from carvings, fabric, beads, African masks, and drums among others. The arts center has positioned itself as the must visit destination for tourists who need souvenirs to tell the African story. With this important role, the expectation is that business would be a brisk activity here. But a visit to the place shows the exact opposite. The…

The poor results produced in the past ten years by pupils who sat for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions have been a source of worry to stakeholders in the area. For the 10 year period, the regional league table rankings have shown that the three regions have been competing for the three worst positions – eighth, ninth and tenth out of the ten regions. The falling standards of education in these regions can no longer be swept under the carpet as the league table for academic year keeps revealing the…

On 7th January 2017, RTI advocates, the media and other sympathizers of the age long campaign for the passage of the RTI Bill observed with dismay as the 6th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana dissolved without fulfilling the many promises made on the passage of one of, if not the oldest, Bill in Parliament, the RTI Bill, which was introduced to that August house in December 2013. For those who are familiar with political antics and maneuvering in Ghana, the failure to pass the RTI Bill did not come as a surprise. But it took little time before the expectations of…