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This was disclosed during the announcement of the revised guidelines for the selection of schools for candidates preparing to write the upcoming Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Under the new guidelines, candidates will now be allowed to select seven schools, up from the previous six choices. The selection process is …
Read More »BECE candidates to now select their choice of SHS before writing exams
Candidates sitting for this year’s BECE will now be required to select seven schools for placement before they write the exams. According to the Free SHS Secretariat, the move is aimed at easing the pressure on parents and pupils during the placement process. National Free SHS Coordinator Okiti Duah announced …
Read More »Ghana’s debt has been reduced by GH₵150bn in 5 months as Cedi strengthens — Mahama
President John Dramani Mahama has revealed that Ghana’s total debt burden has dropped by nearly GH₵150 billion over the past five months, attributing the reduction to the cedi’s appreciation and strategic fiscal and monetary policies implemented by his administration. Speaking at the African Development Bank’s Annual Meeting in Abidjan, President …
Read More »Parliament must not be a theatre for ‘showmanship’; no misconduct will go unpunished – Bagbin cautions MPs
Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has served a warning to members of Parliament who may misconduct themselves in the course of their duties. During sitting in January 2025, before the House went on recess, some incidents of chaos and disorderliness were recorded, which brought the House into disrepute. Alban Bagbin …
Read More »Woman who stole church TV at Military barracks jailed 12 months
An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 24-year-old woman to 12 months’ imprisonment for stealing a 50-inch television (TV) at Teshie Military Barracks in Accra. Mawuena Tamakloe was convicted and sentenced after she pleaded guilty to charges of unlawful entry and stealing a TV valued at GH¢8,900. The court …
Read More »Wontumi picked up by EOCO on his way from CID interrogation
New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as “Wontumi,” has been arrested by officials from the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO). This came shortly after leaving the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) headquarters in Accra. Chairman Wontumi had been at the CID headquarters for further questioning …
Read More »Petitions to remove CJ: Supreme Court to hear Torkornoo’s injunction application on May 28
The Supreme Court has set Wednesday, May 28, to hear the injunction application filed by suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Esaaba Araba Sackey Torkornoo against the Committee of Inquiry probing the petitions seeking her removal. The interlocutory injunction filed on May 21, 2025, seeks, among other things, to restrain the five-member …
Read More »SkyTrain case: Prof Ameyaw-Akumfi pleads not guilty, granted million bail
Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi, a former Board Chairperson of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF), was this morning hauled before the High Court in Accra in a wheelchair for his plea to be taken in the case in which he has been accused of conspiring with the fund’s CEO to cause …
Read More »Anti-galamsey swoop in Samreboi nabs 17, including 7 Chinese nationals
17 Suspects, including 7 Chinese nationals, were arrested in the Samreboi anti-galamsey operation The Ghana Police Service has confirmed the arrest of 17 individuals, including seven Chinese nationals and ten Ghanaians, in connection with illegal mining activities (galamsey) in Samreboi, located in the Western Region. The arrests were made …
Read More »Supreme Court throws out another injunction against CJ’s impeachment process
The Supreme Court has thrown out another injunction application that sought to halt the impeachment process against the Chief Justice, Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo. In a 4-1 majority decision today, the court presided over by the Acting Chief Justice, Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, held that the application by the Centre for …
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