Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Ghana, and Head of the Youth Bridge Research Institute, Professor Ransford Edward Van Gyampo, has cautioned political actors to desist from whipping up tribalistic and ethnic sentiments in their bid to canvass votes in the run-up to the December polls. He believes this practice will only deepen the already existing polarised ...
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President Akufo-Addo will be in my African Cabinet – Prof. Lumumba
Renowned Kenyan pan-Africanist Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba has acknowledged the leadership qualities of President Akufo-Addo by saying the Ghanaian president will make his list of exclusive African leaders. Speaking to Kweku Sakyi Addo in an exclusive interview on Assase Radio’s Sunday Night Live, the renowned Kenyan orator named the creme de la creme of visionary African leaders in what ...
Read More »Ten killed in deadly Somalia prison break attempt
Officials in Somalia say 10 people have died during a shoot-out inside the capital Mogadishu’s main prison. A spokesman for the information ministry said six inmates who were members of the jihadist group al-Shabab were killed and four security personnel also died. There are reports that one of the prisoners managed to get a pistol off a prison warden and ...
Read More »GII builds capacity of journalists for objective electioneering reportage
Mrs. Linda Ofori-Kwafo, the Executive-Director of Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), the local chapter of Transparency International, has advised journalists to be fair and objective in their reportage regarding the December General Election. Journalists were tasked to demonstrate neutrality, adhere to ethics of the journalistic profession, devoid of political biases and pursuance of personal interests, but work to help strengthen the ...
Read More »New JHS and SHS curriculum set for roll-out – Education Minister
The Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has revealed that Cabinet has approved the Common Core Programme (CCP) Curriculum for Junior and Senior High School and that it is expected to roll out at the beginning of the next academic year. The Minister, who is also MP for Manhyia South and is popularly known as ‘NAPO’, made these revelations in ...
Read More »‘Unplanned’ La General Hospital to be re-organised as 21st century facility
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has cut the sod for the commencement of construction of the La General Hospital Redevelopment Project. At the sod-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, August 11, 2020, President Akufo-Addo indicated that the redevelopment project has been occasioned by a report from the Ghana Health Service, which indicated that the five-storey structure of the Hospital had developed gaping cracks, ...
Read More »Ghanaian who invented water bicycle makes a sweeping bicycle
The adept young Ghanaian engineer known for the famous water bicycle invention has proven he has a bag of ideas as he comes up with another innovation- a sweeping bicycle. Frank Darko has invented a tricycle that sweeps along as you ride it and he calls it a ”sweeping bicycle.” The Takoradi based engineer explained that his invention is a ...
Read More »Youth is significant to any country’s development – Dr. Kofi Amoah
Dr. Kofi Amoah, a celebrated Ghanaian businessman has underscored the importance of ‘well-groomed’ youth to the development of the country. According to the Citizen Kofi CEO, the success or otherwise of a nation hinges largely on how it takes care of its youth. In this regard, Dr Kofi Amoah has advised the formulation and implementation of policies that seek to ...
Read More »Coronavirus: Stranded Ghanaians in Amsterdam to be evacuated next week
Ghana’s High Commission in Amsterdam, Netherlands, has responded to a directive from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration to return Ghanaians in the European country to Accra. Detailing the evacuation arrangement in a communiqué to GhanaWeb, the mission said the stranded Ghanaian nationals will be evacuated on Monday, August 17, 2020, at 9:00 am via a KLM flight. ...
Read More »Manifestoes have not outlived their usefulness – Political science lecturer
A senior lecturer at the History and Political Science Department of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr. Kwasi Amakye-Boateng, has maintained that manifestoes are still relevant in the political and electoral process of Ghana. According to the lecturer, manifestoes have specific characteristics and roles that they play in the electoral process, thus, have not outlived their relevance. ...
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