TOP STORIES

MASLOC Assures Youth Of Loans For Startups

October 17, 2022

Hajia Abibata Shanni Mahama Zakariah, the chief executive officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), has assured young entrepreneurs of the centre’s firm commitment to providing small loans to startups and small businesses in the country. She said the MASLOC is committed to supporting SMEs and start-ups to grow their businesses in the […]Continue Reading

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Private Lotto Operators To Pay 20% Commission

October 17, 2022

Private Lotto Operators (PLOs) across the country are expected to pay a 20 percent commission to the National Lottery Authority (NLA). This directive, slated to take effect last Friday, October 14, was determined by the Board of the NLA and agreed by the PLOs, pursuant to Section 28 of the National Lotto Act, 2006 (Act […]Continue Reading

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Vicious Attack To Scuttle Galamsey Fight Out

October 13, 2022

It has emerged that the ongoing attack on the Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, George Mireku Duker, was deliberately orchestrated by some angry illegal mining kingpins, whose concessions were raided by the government’s anti-galamsey taskforce and their equipment decommissioned recently. The kingpins also include some vicious small-scale mining operators Continue Reading

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Review Free SHS To Share Cost

October 13, 2022

A coalition of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in the education sector has joined growing calls on government to review its flagship Free Senior High School (FSHS) policy, suggesting a cost-sharing argument. Speaking under the umbrella name ‘National Education Campaign Coalition,’ the coalition said it is the most prudent way for government to ease the financial […]Continue Reading

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NDC Communication Porous, Remove Sammy Gyamfi

October 13, 2022

A Communication Officer-hopeful of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has argued that the party’s communication system is porous and needs to be handled in a different way to help the party win back power. Godwin Kwasi Ametowogo, who is promising the incumbent Communication Officer, Sammy Gyamfi, a good run for his money in the […]Continue Reading

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2 Illegal Miners Jailed 20 Years At Tarkwa

October 13, 2022

A Tarkwa Circuit Court has sentenced two Nigerians to 20-year prison terms for engaging in illegal mining, commonly known as galamsey. The convicts, Ayodele Jackson and Benjamin Obin, were arrested at Bepoase, near Prestea, in the Western Region. The two men, who were sentenced last Friday October 7, pleaded guilty to the charges, with the […]Continue Reading

SPORTS

UCL Matchday 4 Wednesday: Game-by-game preview

October 12, 2022

There is no let-up in the 2022/23 Uefa Champions League group stage schedule; get abreast of the second batch of fixtures coming up on Matchday 4. Napoli v Ajax (16:45 GMT) The 6-1 victory in Amsterdam was Napoli’s biggest ever European away win (and matched their biggest Uefa margin of victory, home or away). “Divine” […]Continue Reading

POLITICS

‘NPP can’t break the eight after breaking the economy’ – Afriyie Ankrah

October 12, 2022

The Director of Elections of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Elvis Afriyie Ankrah does not think the governing New Patriotic Patriotic Party (NPP) deserves another chance. He said the governing party has “done enough breaking already and should not be allowed to break the eight.” “They have broken the country, the economy, infrastructure, the educational […]Continue Reading

NEWS

Metro Mass workers on sit down strike over unpaid salaries, other issues

October 12, 2022

Workers of Metro Mass Transit Limited are embarking on a sit down strike over their two months unpaid salaries. The workers also say that the nationwide strike action is as a result of five years of incompetent administration by the management of the company. They want the immediate removal of the management team. Anthony Secretary […]Continue Reading

EDUCATION

Let’s avoid politicization of education, Director advises Ghanaians

October 12, 2022

The Director of the Kintampo College of Health and Well-being (CoHK) in the Bono East Region, Dr. Kwabena Opoku-Adusei, has called on Ghanaians to refrain from unnecessary politicization of education in the country. He said he was unhappy about the admission of students on “protocol basis” saying if not stopped such attitude would adversely impact the nation’s […]Continue Reading