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TEWU pushes for 50% hike in base pay ahead of salary talks
TEWU pushes for 50% hike in base pay ahead of salary talks. The Teachers and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU of TUC-Ghana) is calling for a 50 per cent increase in base pay ahead of salary negotiations with the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations. Speaking ahead of the talks in an interview on Joy News…
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Educational CSOs call for teachers’ recruitment and deployment reform
Educational CSOs call for teachers’ recruitment and deployment reform. Civil Society Organisations and education-focused NGOs, Northern Network for Education Development (NNED), CBE Alliance, and School for Life, have called for urgent reforms to Ghana’s teacher recruitment and deployment system to address long-standing inequities and improve learning outcomes in rural schools. According to findings from a…
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HeFRA shuts down 17 health facilities nationwide
HeFRA shuts down 17 health facilities nationwide. The Health Facilities Regulatory Agency (HeFRA) has closed down 17 health facilities across Ghana for operating without valid licenses or under unsafe conditions that pose risks to public health. The action, according to the agency, is part of a nationwide inspection aimed at identifying and sanctioning facilities operating…
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BoG gold reserves hit 37.06 tonnes in September 2025; up by 21.3% so far this year
BoG gold reserves hit 37.06 tonnes in September 2025; up by 21.3% so far this year. The Bank of Ghana’s gold reserves has increased to 37.06 tonnes in September 2025. According to data from the central bank, the gold reserves have risen by 21.3 percent since the beginning of 2025. The gold reserves stood at…
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MOE/GES AI: Revolutionizing Lesson Planning for All Subjects in Ghana’s New Curriculum
MOE/GES AI: Revolutionizing Lesson Planning for All Subjects in Ghana’s New Curriculum. In the fast-evolving landscape of education, preparing lesson plans has traditionally been a time-consuming, meticulous task for teachers. However, the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the Ministry of Education (MoE) are ushering in a new era with an innovative, user-friendly AI tool designed…
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Education Ministry releases GH¢9.5m to settle NSMQ Arrears, expands competition to 177 schools.
Education Ministry releases GH¢9.5m to settle NSMQ Arrears, expands competition to 177 schools. The Ministry of Education has released an amount of GH¢9.5 million to Primetime Limited, the organisers of the National Science and Mathematics Quiz (NSMQ), to clear outstanding arrears from 2023 to date. This announcement was made by Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu during…
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GTEC revokes accreditation of UCC’s MSc and M.Phil. Customs Administration programmes
GTEC revokes accreditation of UCC’s MSc and M.Phil. Customs Administration programmes. The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has withdrawn the accreditation of two postgraduate programmes offered by the University of Cape Coast (UCC), the MSc Customs Administration and the M.Phil. Customs Administration with immediate effect. In a letter addressed to the Acting Vice Chancellor of…
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Court jails two men for 15 years each for robbery and assault.
Court jails two men for 15 years each for robbery and assault. The Tema Regional Police Command has secured the conviction of two men involved in a robbery and rape case that occurred on 27 September 2025 at Okushibli, along the Apollonia–Afienya road. According to police investigations, the 19-year-old victim, a hairdresser, had hired a…
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Man confesses to killing 15 people, as Police arrest 2 over watchman’s murder
Man confesses to killing 15 people, as Police arrest 2 over watchman’s murder. Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the killing of a night security guard, with one suspect confessing to the murder of 15 people. The alleged serial killings include three in Bole and Banda in the Savannah Region, according to the…
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Jealous boyfriend allegedly sets girlfriend on fire.
Jealous boyfriend allegedly sets girlfriend on fire. Residents of Assorko Essaman, a community in the Shama District of the Western Region, are currently in a state of shock after a jealous boyfriend allegedly set his girlfriend’s room on fire, leading to her death and injuring her daughter. The deceased, identified as Regina Nyame, 45, and…
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Two nannies arrested for allegedly drugging twin toddlers in East Legon
Two nannies arrested for allegedly drugging twin toddlers in East Legon. The Airport Divisional Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) in Accra has arrested two nannies for allegedly administering sleep-inducing substances to twin toddlers in their care. According to Superintendent Juliana Obeng, Head of the Public Affairs Unit, during a press briefing, the suspects,…
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Six-year-old boy dies in abandoned well
Six-year-old boy dies in abandoned well. A tragic incident occurred on Monday, October 6, in Koforidua Zongo, in the New Juaben South Municipality of the Eastern Region, when a six-year-old boy lost his life after falling into an abandoned well. According to reports, the child had been missing for some time, prompting his parents and…
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Wontumi pleads not guilty to all 7 charges in fresh illegal mining case, granted GH₵10m bail.
Wontumi pleads not guilty to all 7 charges in fresh illegal mining case, granted GH₵10m bail. Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has pleaded not guilty to all seven charges levelled against him and four others over alleged illegal mining activities in the Tano…
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NSA to begin new registration on October 8; cancels all registrations completed in June
NSA to begin new registration on October 8; cancels all registrations completed in June. The National Service Authority (NSA) has announced that registration for the 2025/2026 service year will officially reopen on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, after a months-long suspension to overhaul its digital platform. Speaking at a press conference in Accra on Tuesday, Acting…
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Wontumi, Akonta mining face six criminal charges over galamsey
Wontumi, Akonta mining face six criminal charges over galamsey. The Office of the Attorney-General has filed a six-count criminal charge sheet at the High Court (Criminal Division) in Accra against the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Wontumi, over alleged breaches of the country’s mining…
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Court rules Harvard can be sued over morgue scandal involving sale of donated human remains.
Court rules Harvard can be sued over morgue scandal involving sale of donated human remains. Harvard University can be sued by families alleging it mishandled the bodies of loved ones donated to its medical school and whose parts were then sold on the black market by the former manager of its morgue, Massachusetts’ top court…
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Student loan: NELFUND kicks as institutions hike tuition fees, charges for profit
Student loan: NELFUND kicks as institutions hike tuition fees, charges for profit. The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has expressed concern over the astronomical increase in tuition fees by some institutions, ranging between 20 and 521 per cent, The Guardian has learnt. A document obtained from the Fund’s internal risk management unit noted that the…
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Madagascar president names army general as new prime minister
Madagascar president names army general as new prime minister. Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina named army General Ruphin Fortunat Zafisambo as prime minister on Monday, a week after dissolving the government in response to ongoing protests over power and water shortages. Zafisambo replaced Prime Minister Christian Ntsay, who was dismissed as part of the president’s move.…
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FDA slaps pregnant woman with GH¢25k fine for advertising unregistered products on TikTok
FDA slaps pregnant woman with GH¢25k fine for advertising unregistered products on TikTok. The Upper East Regional Office of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has slapped a GH¢25,000.00 fine on a pregnant woman for advertising unregistered products on social media. The perpetrator, Madam Perpetual Akurugu, took to TikTok, a social media platform, to advertise…
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Roof of Sekondi Market collapses as parts of the trading space cave in
Roof of Sekondi Market collapses as parts of the trading space cave in. Parts of the Sekondi main market have caved in, leaving dozens of traders affected. The Queen Mother of the market, Nana Krah, confirmed the incident to Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson, host of Connect FM’s Omanbapa Morning Show. She said the collapse occurred…
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WHO estimates at least 15 million teenagers use e-cigarettes worldwide
WHO estimates at least 15 million teenagers use e-cigarettes worldwide. At least 15 million people aged 13 to 15 use e-cigarettes globally, with young people on average nine times more likely to vape than adults in countries with data, the World Health Organization said on Monday. In its first global estimate of e-cigarette use, the…
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Lifeless body of a 24-year-old man found at Eshiem.
Lifeless body of a 24-year-old man found at Eshiem. A 24-year-old man, Ebenezer Donkor, has been found dead at Eshiem, a community near Kojokrom in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis of the Western Region. The body of the deceased was discovered under a high-tension pole with visible bruises and marks believed to be from severe beatings. According…
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12 arrested over destruction of Takoradi–Nsuta railway line
12 arrested over destruction of Takoradi–Nsuta railway line. Twelve persons suspected to be illegal miners have been arrested for allegedly engaging in activities that led to the destruction of a section of the railway line linking Takoradi to Nsuta through Akyem in the Western Region. The suspects, Denis Adom, Alex Kofi Acquah, Kwame Simon, Isaac…
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National Service Authority to address posting, deployment issues Tuesday
National Service Authority to address posting, deployment issues Tuesday The National Service Authority (NSA) has announced that it will hold a press briefing on Tuesday, October 7, 2025, to address what it describes as “recent developments related to National Service posting and pre-deployment activities.” In a statement issued on Monday, the Authority said the session,…
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Anti-government protests resume in several Madagascar cities
Anti-government protests resume in several Madagascar cities. Hundreds of protesters across Madagascar demanded the resignation of President Andry Rajoelina on Wednesday, taking to the streets for a fifth day of demonstrations that have shaken the government, local television broadcasts showed. Spurred by the so-called youth-led “Gen Z” protests in Kenya and Nepal, the demonstrations have…
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Man shot dead by unknown gunmen at Aketechieso mining site
Man shot dead by unknown gunmen at Aketechieso mining site. A man believed to be in his late 30s, identified as Martin Issah, has allegedly been shot dead by unknown gunmen at Aketechieso, a mining community in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti Region. The incident occurred on Sunday, October 5, 2025, when Martin…
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NHIA announces temporary disruption in electronic hospital management systems
NHIA announces temporary disruption in electronic hospital management systems The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has confirmed that some electronic hospital management systems across the country are currently facing temporary disruptions, affecting digital operations at certain health facilities. In a public notice, the Authority assured the public that measures are being taken to address the…
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Teachers must uphold integrity, and parents must rejoin the effort.
Teachers must uphold integrity, and parents must rejoin the effort. Vice President Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has condemned recent acts of indiscipline and violence against teachers, urging the teaching community to uphold integrity and professionalism while calling for stronger collaboration through the revival of Parent-Teacher Associations. Speaking at the 2025 Ghana Teacher Prize ceremony held at…
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French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigns after less than a month.
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigns after less than a month. France’s Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has resigned, less than a day after his cabinet was unveiled. The Elysée Palace made the announcement after Lecornu met President Emmanuel Macron for an hour on Monday morning. The shock move comes only 26 days after Lecornu was…
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NIA to begin issuing Ghana Cards to children aged 6–14 in 56 districts across the country today.
NIA to begin issuing Ghana Cards to children aged 6–14 in 56 districts across the country today. The National Identification Authority (NIA) has announced that it will begin issuing Ghana Cards to children aged 6 to 14 years starting Monday, October 6, 2025. The exercise will cover children who have already registered and will begin…
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