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The Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku Premeph, should not be selective in his analysis of the legacies of the Mahama administration in the educational sector, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has warned. According to her, the Mahama administration achieved a lot of successes at the Ministry of Education. Her comments come after Dr Opoku Prempeh painted a bleak picture of the Professor Opoku-Agyemang-led education ministry. He described bills left by his predecessor as “huge”. The Manhyia South Member of Parliament told the House on Tuesday, August 11 while presenting a statement on education reforms and teacher education since the New…

General Secretary of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Prosper Harrison Addo has defended the FA’s position on the amount of money to be rewarded to the winners of the upcoming Ghana Premier league season. The FA in a statement last week mentioned that the winners of the league will earn 250,000 Ghana Cedis which is equivalent to $42,000 – a huge improvement on what previous winners have earned after winning the league. Not too far back as 2012, the league winner won a minivan. In 2015 when Ashanti Gold won it, they took home 40,000 Ghana Cedis ($6800) and then…

Lyte from Team Bessa and Rhoy from Team Edem have been evicted from the Mentor reality show. The two were evicted Sunday, November 8. The stakes are higher than ever in the competition as two contestants were bottom-placed after the votes on Sunday. Fourteen contestants thrilled the audience with amazing RnB songs with 12 making it to the next stage of the competition. Sunday night’s performance had an incredible opening as the contestants did ‘Lean On Me’ by Bill Withers. Lyte, from middle zone, performed ‘I Will Always Love You’ by Whitney Houston as she got a standing ovation from…

A member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Otchere-Darko,  has said John Dramani Mahama’s one-term presidency should be big lessons to him and not that of US President Donald Trump, who had just lost in elections to Joe Biden. Mr Mahama had said politicians in Ghana have a lot of lessons to pick from the defeat of President Trump in the just-ended elections in the US. The former president said politicians in Ghana should know that if they abuse their office, a time will come when the governed will rise against the administration and kick it out of office…

GCB Bank Limited has announced the appointment of John Kofi Adomakoh as the Managing Director of the Bank effective Monday, November 9, 2020. He replaces Mr. Anselm Ray Sowah, whose tenure ended in September this year. Mr Adomako, before his appointment, was the Director & Global Head, Project and Asset-Based Finance of the African Export-Import Bank headquartered in Cairo. He brings to this role, over 25 years of banking experience within Africa; 15 of which have been at executive management levels. Kofi has held many leadership roles including Executive Director, Corporate & Institutional Banking at Barclays Bank Ghana Limited (now…

The Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, must also investigate the PDS scandal and make the findings known to the public as he did with the Airbus bribery scandal, Jacob Osei Yeboah, running mate to the 2020 Independent Presidential Candidate, has said. Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta in a letter dated October 18, 2019, to the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) announced the termination of the agreement, which came into effect on March 1, 2019 and saw PDS take over the assets and operations of ECG. However, in a letter addressed to Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta, the Millennium Challenge Corporation acting on behalf…

Former President John Mahama has asked authorities in Ghana to ensure that institutions like the Electoral Commission and the Judiciary are able to work without fear or favor just as what pertains in the United States of America (USA). Mr Mahama noted that during the just-ended elections in the US, despite calls by the sitting president to the electoral institutions to halt vote counting, they were able to ignore him and worked as they should. Ghanaian institutions must be able to work the same way, he told TV3’s Komla Kluste in an interview on Sunday, November 8 regarding the results…

John Dramani Mahama is at the moment frustrated over the very system that he created when he was in office as President of Ghana, Jacob Osei Yeboah, running mate to the Independent Presidential Candidate in the 2020 elections, has said. According to him, the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) superintended an unfair system when he was the first gentleman of the land and is only complaining of the same system after he left office. “Even now Mahama himself is frustrated. The former president, the system that he superintended, the unfairness in our system, now he is fighting…

Ghanaian musician, M.anifest and Actress & TV Host Joselyn Dumas have joined hands with the Mastercard Foundation to drive awareness on COVID-19 as part of the ongoing public awareness campaign dubbed #ItsUpToUs. The Foundation launched the Ghana leg of the #ItsUpToUs campaign in August with radio and social media activations aimed at promoting public safety by encouraging adherence to the World Health Organization and Ghana Health Service safety protocols. The campaign among others encourages the Ghanaian public to wear masks when outside their homes, to practice physical distancing in public spaces, regular handwashing with soap and water and the use…

Besiktas Midfielder Bernard Mensah has decided to take a break from the Black Stars to concentrate on his club football career. The 26-year old made his debut for the Black Stars in a game against Togo where he scored the only goal. He has gone on to make three additional appearances. Bernard was exempted from CK Akonnor’s latest Black Stars squad after contracting Covid-19. Unexpectedly, the former Getefe player posted on his social media accounts his decision to take a break temporarily. “I have decided to take a break from the national team until further notice .. I want to…