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The Minority in Parliament has called on the Commission of Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate what they describe as secretive and unjust recruitment practices within various security agencies. This request comes amid reports that 11,000 individuals from a long-standing pool of applicants are being recruited. The Minority has expressed concerns about the lack of transparency in this …

The Ho High Court has dismissed a petition challenging the validity of the election of John Peter Amewu, Member of Parliament for Hohoe, on the grounds of lack of jurisdiction. The petition stemmed from concerns raised by approximately 17,000 voters from the Santrofi, Akpafu, Likpe, and Lolobi (SALL) enclave, comprising 13 communities. These voters did not participate in the 2020 …

Adoa News Three time Paralympian, Rapheal Botsyo Nkegbe, founder of the Gogetdem Racing Club in partnership with Wheels for Change in United States of America (USA), has presented three new racing chairs to the next generation of para-athletes to sharpen their talents in the sport. The beneficiaries were Perpetual Sabban, Emmauel Gyasi and Fadiga Mohammed all from Gogetdem Club. In …

The industrial action by the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) has entered its 7th week, as members have refused to return to the classrooms in blatant disregard of GTEC’s directive and the subsequent freezing of their July salaries. The teachers laid down their tools in protest of their poor conditions of service and the government’s failure to …

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has released the fixtures for the 2024-25 Ghana Premier League Season. The start date of Friday September 6, 2024, is 82 clear days from the end of the just ended 2023/24 season. FC Samartex 1996 will open their defence of the Premier League title with an away tie at Dreams FC. Giants Hearts of Oak …

What a difference a week makes! It’s been filled with game-changing scientific breakthroughs and community-led innovations, passionate activism that called out the big issues around access to the latest advances, and the promise of renewed political commitment to sustaining an effective response to HIV. All of these elements came together at AIDS 2024 with our theme, Put people first! From the …

The Ministry of Health has clarified details regarding the service contract with Service Ghana Auto Group Limited amid concerns raised by Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa. He claimed a procurement deal for ambulance spare parts valued at $34.9 million was a scheme by former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, former Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, and the private …

The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said that the credit scoring system that he is proposing in Ghana will make it easier for the ordinary Ghanaian to purchase essentials such as cars, mobile phones. He says it will also ensure that Ghanains obtain loans at lower interest rates. With the very significant issuance of …

Former General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), Professor Titus K. Beyuo has criticized the government’s handling of nursing admissions and recruitment. Speaking during the second edition of Adom TV’s Badwam Sectorial Debate on Friday, July 26 at the Accra Digital Center highlighted a troubling trend, alleging that admissions to nursing training colleges have been restricted to 50% or less, with …

About 30,000 non-professional teachers in pre-tertiary institutions have been given a window of opportunity to regularise their stay in the classroom by the end of the year. Under a special dispensation through a collaboration between the National Teaching Council (NTC) and the Ghana Education Service (GES), the teachers have up to December to obtain the appropriate teaching registration and licensing. …