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GES laments declining interest in agriculture education

Acting Executive Secretary of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment at the Ghana Education Service, Felicia Boakye-Yiadom, has revealed the number of students offering agriculture courses at the secondary and tertiary levels has been declining annually. She said it is a source of concern to stakeholders, especially as the nation seeks to use agriculture as a springboard for industrialisation. ...

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Ministers holding party positions in NPP have all resigned – John Boadu

NPP’s John Boadu has confirmed to NEAT FM’s morning show ‘Ghana Montie’ that, all government appointees who double as National Executive members of the NPP have all resigned from their positions. The acting General Secretary of the ‘Elephant’ fraternity says the decision for them to resign from their position was a mutual agreement between the party and the immediate past ...

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Does Aseidu Nketia really think? – Wontumi wonders

The death of Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama has left the nation in a state of distress and one person who has been heavily affected is the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Mr. Bernard Antwi-Boasiako. The NPP Chair who is known to be outspoken has confessed to Peacefmonline.com that he was broken and wept after observing some videos ...

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Ghana drops four places in FIFA Ranking

Ghana has dropped four places in the latest FIFA Ranking for June as the Black Stars ranked 49th position globally and 9th in Africa. The decision not to play any international friendly on the last FIFA free date two months ago has affected the team as the Black Stars slip further. Ghana play their next competitive game against Ethiopia this ...

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Another Akufo family member gets government job

President Akufo-Addo, appears unmoved by accusations that he is not looking beyond family and friends in appointing people into his government. Last week as the President was introducing his cousin, Sophia Akuffo to Ghanaians as the incoming Justice Chief, Daniel Akuffo, junior brother of Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Gloria Akuffo, was also being endorsed to join the government as ...

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France’s Macron names Republican Philippe as PM

President Emmanuel Macron has chosen centre-right mayor Edouard Philippe as France’s new prime minister. Mr Philippe, 46, is not from the president’s new centrist party but from the centre-right Republicans. The choice is seen as an attempt to draw in key figures from both the right and left of French politics. The announcement forms part of a busy first day ...

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DRC announces 9 suspected Ebola cases, including 3 deaths

Kinshasa – One person has been confirmed dead from Ebola in an outbreak in a remote corner of northern Democratic Republic of Congo as health authorities look into a total of nine suspected cases, including two other deaths, the country’s health minister and the World Health Organisation said on Friday. One case of the hemorrhagic fever was confirmed out of ...

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NPP chairman suspended

The New Patriotic Party Chairman of Kumawu constituency Joseph Danso has been suspended by the party’s regional disciplinary Committee. The committee chaired by Dr. Amoako Tuffour suspended Mr. Danso on Saturday for threating President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over the nomination of a District Chief Executive. He was given the opportunity to apologize when he appeared before the committee but ...

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