Ghana News Articles

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) says the University of Ghana (UG) should close down following the uncertainty regarding the commencement of academic work. NUGS says the resolution of the local Chapter of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UG-UTAG) to boycott classes, despite management’s decision to begin academic …

The Business and Executive Committee of the University of Ghana (UG) has directed that academic activities for the 2021/2022 academic year commence on Monday, February 28, 2022. A notice signed by the Registrar, Emelia Agyei-Mensah, on Thursday indicated that the decision to start classes was taken at a meeting held …

A shooting incident at an Accra High Court has temporarily brought the trial of the Canadian girls’ kidnappers to a halt. The presiding judge at Criminal Court 5, Justice Lydia Osei Marfo immediately suspended proceedings and took to her heels after the shooting incident from the weapon of a prison …

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, announced the appointment of Ghana’s former Foreign Affairs Minister, Hanna Serwaa Tetteh, as his Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa. She succeeds Parfait Onanga-Anyanga of Gabon, to whom the Secretary-General reiterated his deep gratitude and appreciation for his dedicated …

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) says it will resume its suspended industrial action if government fails to fulfil the promise of improving its members’ working conditions within 14 days. UTAG announced a suspension of its strike that lasted more than 40 days at an emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has noted that as of February 8, the country’s total Covid-19 death toll stood at 1,431. From February 5 – 8, 2022, five deaths were recorded. On its website, the Service noted that current active cases stand at 396. Out of these cases, five are …

The Labour Division of the Accra High Court has placed an injunction on the ongoing strike by the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG). With the injunction, UTAG is required to suspend the strike action and return to the negotiation table. The order from the Court follows an appeal by …

It looks like Prophet Nigel Gaisie and Honorable Kennedy Agyapong have trashed the hostile relationship between them. The founder of the Prophetic Hill Church and Assin Central MP have been at loggers for years now. The hostile relationship between the two saw the MP accuse the Prophet of being a …

Management of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCo) has announced that the allowance arrears for Career Path Training Programme (CPTP) and Heal Ghana trainees have been processed for payment. This covers the months of September and October 2021. Payment is expected to commence in the shortest possible time. “Kindly note that …

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been ranked the 12th best in Africa ahead of the University of Ghana, which placed 29th in the 2022 Global Universities Rankings. Based on their research performance and ratings by members of the academic community across the world, KNUST and …