A former student of PRESEC-Legon, Kwame Brako Asante, has emerged as the overall best student in the 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in Ghana.In addition to this National feat, Kwame was also honoured as the overall second-best student in West Africa, behind Nweze Isabella Chinasa, a student from the Lagoon School in…
Embattled #FixTheCountry convener, Oliver Mawuse Barker-Vormawor, has finally been granted bail by a Tema High Court.He was granted bail on Wednesday, March 16, when he appeared before the court.Oliver Mawuse Barker-Vormawor has been in custody since Friday, February 11, 2022, when he was picked up at the Kotoka International Airport.The bail was granted at GH¢2…
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has granted a one-match approval for Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi to host the World Cup Qatar 2022 playoff match between Ghana and Nigeria.The approval comes after a CAF Licensing Inspector visited the Baba Yara Sports Stadium last Sunday to inspect the facility.In a letter signed by CAF…
A pyrrhic victory of style over substance is the observation of Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare on the ruling of the SC on the voting right of the first deputy speaker of Ghana’s parliament.After reading and listening around, I ask these questions!1. Is representation in parliament limited to just voting?? How about Chairmen of Parliamentary Committees…
A fatal accident has claimed the lives of nine people at Asuboi near Suhum on the Accra-Kumasi Highway(N6).The accident involved a Hyundai universe commercial bus with registration number AK 324-22.The bus crashed head-on with an articulated truck parked off the road at Asuboi.Preliminary investigations by the police indicate that the driver of the Hyundai bus…
The NDC has a revolutionary background. Yes NDC benefited from the 1981 coup. The PNDC rebranded itself into NDC. So one must not be surprised when key personalities of the NDC cry out for coup. They see it as one of the easiest opportunity to come back into government.Probably, the NDC know very well that,…
Information coming in is that the Berekum East Constituency Office of the New Patriotic Party(NPP) has been vandalised.According to information available to GhanaXtra.Com, the party office was vandalised by some supporters of the ruling NPP.The supporters are aggrieved and are accusing the constituency executives of hoarding the Polling Station Executive forms.They destroyed the glass windows,…
The leadership of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has suspended its strike action.The decision to suspend the strike action was announced following a National Executive Committee meeting held on Monday 21st February 2022.However, per section 4(b) of the UTAG’s constitution, members have five days to vote to accept or reject this decision.Meanwhile, the…
The Supreme Court of Ghana has granted an injunction against the reinstatement of Professor Mawutor Avoke as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba, GhanaXtra.Com can report authoritatively.Credible sources available to this portal indicate that the injunction was served on the university around 4:40 pm on Monday, February 7, 2022,Following receipt of the injunction…
A 32-year-old man, Richard Oponin Marfo, has fulfilled his childhood dream by gaining admission to Adisadel College.Richard Oponin Marfo’s dream came to pass after five unsuccessful Basic Examination Certificate Examination(BECE) attempts.Mr. Marfo the oldest among his siblings completed Maria Montessori School at Kumasi in 2004 with an aggregate 10 hoping to further his education at…