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Large volumes of documents have been evacuated from the Ghana Revenue Authority head office annex along the Ring Road Central in Accra, where fire fighters battling fire that engulfed the building Sunday morning. Raging fire swept through the top floor of the two-storey building destroying various items, mainly files and tax documentations belonging to the country’s major revenue authority. The building, located at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle and next to Busy Internet, is the Large Taxpayer Unit of the GRA in Accra. For five hours, seven fire tenders and personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service and the Ghana Armed…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says his government is confronting the inherent challenges that have been associated with the implementation of the Free Senior High School Policy. With some 1.2 million children currently enrolled in Senior High Schools, the highest such enrolment in the country’s history, Nana Akufo-Addo stated that sufficient provision has been made in the 2020 budget for the continued construction of facilities Speaking at the 70th anniversary celebration of Prempeh College in Kumasi, on Saturday he indicated that Government, this year, commenced the construction of 962 structures, comprising classrooms, dining halls, assembly halls, sanitary facilities, and dormitories,…

Rivalry dancehall artistes Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy shared one stage Saturday night as the two performed at the annual Ashaiman to da World Concert held by the latter at the Sakasaka Park. The two, who have been at loggerheads for years, but recently made up, were seen on stage Saturday chit-chatting and making fun of each other when they performed to thousands of fans who gathered for the concert. They seem to have had a very good relationship since they both called a truce months ago after the nasty VGMA incident that caused charges to be proffered against them by…

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has tasked management of KNUST and government to take urgent steps to provide more residential facilities on campus to accommodate the increasing number of students. Otumfuo said even though the university’s management has provided additional classroom blocks to enable the institution admit more students, not much has been done in terms of residential facilities. “There is a looming crisis with respect to accommodation for students. I’m told about 22 private entities have contacted the university for the purpose of constructing students’ accommodation on campus. Unfortunately, not much has been seen in terms of actual…

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has tasked management of KNUST and government to take urgent steps to provide more residential facilities on campus to accommodate the increasing number of students. Otumfuo said even though the university’s management has provided additional classroom blocks to enable the institution admit more students, not much has been done in terms of residential facilities. “There is a looming crisis with respect to accommodation for students. I’m told about 22 private entities have contacted the university for the purpose of constructing students’ accommodation on campus. Unfortunately, not much has been seen in terms of actual…

Fire has swept through a part of the Ghana Revenue Authority head office annex building along the Ring Road Central in Accra Sunday morning. Personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service are currently at the scene struggling to fight the fire which started from the last floor of the two-storey building, from spreading to other parts of the office complex. The building, located at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle and next to Busy Internet, is the Large Taxpayer Unit of the GRA in Accra. An eyewitness told our correspondent Nuong Faalong that the fire started very early in the morning, but…

Fire has swept through a part of the Ghana Revenue Authority head office annex building along the Ring Road Central in Accra Sunday morning. Personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service are currently at the scene struggling to fight the fire which started from the last floor of the two-storey building, from spreading to other parts of the office complex. The building, located at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle and next to Busy Internet, is the Large Taxpayer Unit of the GRA in Accra. An eyewitness told our correspondent Nuong Faalong that the fire started very early in the morning, but…

Photos of a man allegedly masturbating in a car outside a high school in Tunisia have prompted an outpouring of stories by women about the sexual abuse and harassment they have experienced. They are being shared under the hashtag #EnaZeda, which means “MeToo” in Tunisian Arabic. The man in the photos is a recently elected MP, Zouheir Makhlouf, who denies the allegations – saying he was about to urinate into a bottle as he is a diabetic. Women, wearing #EnaZeda T-shirts, gathered outside parliament earlier this month when MPs were being sworn in, demanding the case be investigated. The MP…

Namibia’s President Hage Geingob has been re-elected for a second term, the country’s electoral commission says. Mr Geingob polled 56.3% in Wednesday’s election, well ahead of his nearest rival Panduleni Itula with 29.4%. However, Mr Geingob’s tally was well down from the 87% with which he won his first term in 2014. He went on social media to thank Namibians for returning him to office, promising to bring tangible improvements to their lives. His Swapo party has ruled Namibia for nearly three decades since it gained independence from South Africa. The sparsely-populated country has suffered from economic recession, hit by…

A record overcrowding at the Accident and Emergency Centre (A&E) of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra Saturday forced authorities to keep patients requiring emergency healthcare in ambulances for hours. Patients who arrived in ambulances from across the country with different trauma cases could not get beds at the A&E Centre, and had to stay in their respective ambulances for at least four hours. As at 2:00 p.m., seven ambulances from SSNIT Hospital, 37 Military Hospital, Koforidua, Kokurantumi and Nkroanza among other areas with patients and paramedics had formed a long queue in front of the arrival bay at the…