Justice Dzido

Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang was an “embarrassment” and a “disgrace” as Minister of Education in the John Mahama administration, her successor Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh has said.“Her four-year tenure under John Mahama was an embarrassment,”…
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The government is to set aside GH₵ 480 million in the 2018 Budget for the payment of allowances to teacher and nursing trainees after restoring the allowances for next year. The amount is to be paid to the thousands of nurses and teacher…
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The government plans to allocate some GH¢1.2 billion to the implementation of the Free Senior High School (SHS) programme in 2018. The amount is three times higher than the GH¢400 million that was allocated to the programme in its first…
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President Akufo-Addo has charged managers of Private Tertiary Institutions to prepare themselves to absorb free Senior High School graduates in 2020. According to the President, Public Tertiary Institutions will not able to admit all the…
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The Minister of Agriculture in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mahmoud Hojjati, on Tuesday, 14 November paid a working visit to Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia. Hojjati is in Ghana for the 6th session of the Ghana-Iran Permanent Joint…
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The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has announced that any increase in the prices of fuel will cause them to increase transport fares across the country. General Secretary of GPRTU, Issah Khalifah said their members will not…
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A woman has been raped and killed at Kasoa in the Central Region after gunmen stormed the guesthouse where she served as a receptionist on Monday evening. The body of the lady, whose name is yet to be given, was left in a pool of blood…
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Most Reverend Philip Naameh, President, Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) and Archbishop of Tamale has observed that the concept of bride price in the country had been taken out of its original traditional context and becoming…
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Mrs Tina Mensah, the Deputy Minister of Health, has advised pregnant women to attend regular antenatal clinics to know their health conditions for medical attention rather than visiting prayer camps. She said attending antenatal care…
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The government’s flagship district industrialisation programme, One District, One Factory (1D1F) is likely to receive a GH¢430 million allocation in next year’s budget, when the Minister of Finance presents the economic policy statement to…
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