The University of Ghana Council has appointed Prof Nana Aba Appiah Amfo to act as the Vice-Chancellor of the University. Prof Nana Aba Appiah Amfo’s acting tenure will begin on August 1, 2021. She is expected to act as the Vice-Chancellor until the time that the University Council will announce a substantive Vice Chancellor for the school. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo takes over from Prof Ebenezer Oduro Owusu whose tenure as Vice-Chancellor comes to an end and becomes the first female Vice-Chancellor although in an acting position. Prof Nana Aba Appiah Amfo has occupied several roles in the University Community…
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A Researcher Oliver Barker-Vormawor has stated that the bill before Parliament seeking to make the practice of homosexuality an illegal act would make the practice of sex in its entirety, illegal when passed According to the Cambridge researcher, the bill, which he said was poorly written, will make sex between a man and a woman as illegal as it seeks to do for those involved in same-sex affairs. He explained that without knowing or intending it, the authors of the bill will cause a lot of problems in areas they didn’t even intend to, should the bill receive the…
Four kidnappers have been killed at Kidendilenpa a suburb of Busunu in the West Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region by a search party from the community. Five armed Fulani kidnappers succeeded in kidnapping a young Fulani girl of about five years and demanded for ransom from his parents. The parents of the girl sort for support from members of the community who mobilised and traced the kidnappers who opened fire on them on seeing the search group. The kidnappers were outnumbered and four killed in an ensuing fire for fire but one managed to escape. The bodies of…
The Eastern Regional Manager of Glo Ghana has been arrested for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old Junior High School student in Koforidua. The accused, Awoseni Akinyemi, 30, a Nigerian, allegedly defiled the JHS2 student three times in his house at Abrewa-Nkwata, a suburb of Koforidua, and gave her contraceptive each time he had sex with her. The suspect married with children in Nigeria was put before Koforidua Circuit Court “B” Monday, July 19, 2021. The Prosecuting Officer Chief Inspector Bernard Annor told the court that the victim stays with the mother in Koforidua while the father works as a Manager…
An Appeal Court has thrown out the case by the former spouse of Ghanaian football great, Nii Odartey Lamptey to posses his seven-bedroom East Legon mansion. According to media reports an appeal filed by Gloria Appiah to own the former Aston Villa and Black Stars striker’s plush residence as part of her divorce settlement has been quashed by a Court of Appeal. Mr Odartey speaking in an interview with Journalists after the court proceedings, stated after the ruling : “it’s been eight years of litigation but I am grateful to God for always being there for me. Few people survive…
The Chief Executive Officer of the National Identification Authority, Professor Kenneth Attafuah has hinted that Ghana is expected to switch from a passport to the Ghana card as a means of traveling soon. He noted that plans are far advanced between all the major stakeholders to make that switch. Professor Attafuah made this disclosure In an interview on Accra based Asaase Radio. He stated if the transition plan complete, the card can be used to travel to any part of the world. “We had a beautiful meeting with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs last Friday. We are talking about the…
I’ll Refund GH¢900,000 I Received Since 2017 – Rebecca Akufo-Addo First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo has reacted to the prof Yaa Ntiamoa-Baidu committee report, rejecting Salary Payment . She hinted that she had decided to waive the privilege of payments attached to her office The First Lady will refund close to GH¢900,000 paid her since 2017 First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo disclosed how much money had been paid to her by the state by way of informal allowances since she became First Lady in 2017. According to her office, since the assumption of office by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, she had…
The Kotoka International Airport, KIA, on Wednesday (July 7) had a huge visitor when the Antonov An-225 Mriya was given clearance to land. The Antonov An-225 Mriya, a strategic cargo flight, arrived at the KIA for a stop over . The plane reputed as one of the world’s largest aircrafts did not take too long to be back on the runway and heading further down the continent. According to details via AviationGhana.com, the aircraft landed successfully in Ghana at around 4:00pm from Leipzig in Germany. Why Ghana and for what purpose? Sources at the Ghana Airports Company Limited said…
The Government of Ghana is set to pay 60% of the loan facility brought before Parliament for the purchases of vehicles for Members of the 8th Parliament and members of the Council of State. According to the report 60% of the principal sum would be borne by government and all the interests that would be accrued on the loan, while Members of the 8th Parliament and Council of State Members would also pay the remaining 40% of the loan facility. This was contained in a document issued and copied to the media. Per the arrangement, the state will absorb…
The Bono Regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kwame Baffoe Abronye, popularly known as Abronye DC, has sued the government over moves to start paying the First and Second Ladies salaries. Two other opposition MPs – Rockson Dafeamakpor (South Dayi constituency) and Clement Apaak (Builsa South) – and a Ghanaian citizen Frederick Nii Commey have also filed a suit at the Supreme Court in connection with the same issue. On his part, Abronye DC prayed the apex court to rule that the decision is “null and void”. “A declaration that the approval by Parliament to pay salaries…