By: Angelina Tukpe DATE: International Mother Language Day is observed every year on February 21. This year, the special day falls on Wednesday. History: On February 21, 1952, four students were killed as they started the movement to make Bengali the official language in Bangladesh. In November 1999 the General Conference of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation …

Officials from the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have arrived at the premises of Parliament today. Their mission is to disconnect the legislative house from the national power grid due to outstanding debts amounting to GH₵23 million. The company has been engaged in an aggressive revenue mobilisation drive for the past year. The officials were spotted on the premises and around some …

Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful, Kennedy Agyapong, appears to have taken a swipe at Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia over the latter’s assertion that he is just like a driver’s mate in the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government and should be made president – the driver – so he can implement “his own vision.” Speaking in a snippet of …