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March 12, 2024March 12, 2024

Attorney General and Minister for Justice Proposes Solar Energy For SHS

Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame has proposed the use of solar energy in Senior High Schools (SHS) across the country as a cheaper and reliable alternative in the face of power challenges facing some schools. According to

March 11, 2024March 11, 2024

Victims Of Ashaiman Military Brutality Demand Adoption Of Committee Report

About 250 victims of the military brutality which occurred in Ashaiman are asking parliament to adopt the report of the Committee on Defence and Interior on the Military operation on March 7, 2023. The attack at Taifa and Tulaku, both suburbs

March 11, 2024March 11, 2024

We’ll Advocate For The Repeal Of Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill If Akufo-Addo Signs It – CDD

The Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has affirmed its commitment to advocating for the repeal of the Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Value Bill, popularly known as the Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill, should President Akufo-Addo sign it into law. Professor Henry Kwasi

March 5, 2024March 5, 2024

Excellent Grades Not Enough, Acquire Skills – President Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged Ghanaian youth, especially students, to bear in mind that formal education is not just about securing excellent academic grades. He said students must additionally acquire skills, values and knowledge that would empower them to

March 5, 2024March 5, 2024

Be Competent, Independent – CJ To Judges

Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo has urged judges to always remember the ethical values with which they are supposed to conduct their work, including the need to work in truth, fairness as well as working in propriety, independence and competence. According to

March 5, 2024March 5, 2024

Tarkwa: Accident Kills School Girl

An accident that happened at Kwabedu in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality of the Western Region on Friday, has led to the death of a school girl, believed to be about 13 years old. The girl, whose name was not immediately known,

March 5, 2024March 5, 2024

Anti-LGBTQI+ Bill: Ghana Will Not Slip From Her Enviable Human Rights Record – Akufo-Addo Assures Diplomats

President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured the diplomatic community in Ghana that despite the passage of the “Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill” (Anti-LGBTQI+ Bill) by the nation’s Parliament on Wednesday, 28 February 2024, the country will not

March 5, 2024March 5, 2024

Anti-LGBTQI+ Bill Yet To Be Submitted To Presidency Says Majority Leader

Majority Leader in Parliament Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has stated that the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, (Anti-LGBTQI+ Bill), has not yet been transmitted from Parliament to the office of the President for assent. The Effutu lawmaker explained that the drafting department

March 5, 2024March 5, 2024

Ignore Challenges Of Free SHS, Focus More On Successes – Deputy Coordinator

Nana Afrah Sika Mensah, the Deputy Coordinator at the Free Senior High School (SHS) Secretariat, has urged the nation to concentrate more on the policy’s successes rather than its challenges. While acknowledging that there are issues such as food shortages in

March 5, 2024March 5, 2024

Report: Burkina Faso Records Highest Impact From Terrorism Globally

At least 1,907 terrorism related deaths were recorded by Burkina Faso in 2023, according to the 2024 Global Terrorism Index. The figure represents a 68 percent increment in terrorism related death in the West African country. The report which was released on Monday (4 March), said a