TEWU Accuses Yankah of Interference
Members of the Teachers and Education Workers Union (TEWU) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have accused the government of interfering in the reconstitution of the...
Tag: chancellor
‘Newsfile’ on JoyNews
The media this week has been saturated with news that made headlines and attracted public attraction.
The KNUST impasse seems to have no end in sight as the roadmap agreed upon by the government and...
Constitution of Council Fails as Gov’t Clashes with UTAG, TEWU
Government’s attempt to force the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) and Teachers and Education Workers Union (TEWU) at KNUST to present entirely new representatives to the school’s...
TEWU Accuses Yankah of Interference
Members of the Teachers and Education Workers Union (TEWU) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have accused the government of interfering in the reconstitution of the...
Trump To Visit UK In July
US President Donald Trump is to visit the UK on Friday 13 July, after previously cancelling a trip amid claims he would face mass protests. It will not be the full-blown state visit Mr Trump was...
Private Universities To Be Liberated From Oppressive Policies
The Minister of State in charge of tertiary education, Professor Kwesi Yankah, says government’s will free private tertiary institutions from policies that fight them as they strive to achieve full...
Akufo-Addo Lands In Germany, Meets Angela Merkel Wednesday
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has arrived in Dortmund, Germany, to participate in the 5th German-African Economic Forum which takes place today, February 27. Nana Akufo-Addo is expected to...
Bawumia Now Acting President As Akufo-Addo Leaves For Three-Nation Visit
Bawumia now acting President as Akufo-Addo leaves for three-nation visit Ghana’s president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left Accra Friday for a 10-day three-nation visit to Togo, United States and...
Professor Arrested Over Grace Mugabe’s Dodgy PhD
The vice chancellor of the University of Zimbabwe has been arrested in connection with an investigation into the awarding of a doctorate to former first lady Grace Mugabe. Levi Nyagura was detained...
Deputy Minister Dares Prof. Aryeetey To Go To Court Over Medical Centre Expose
Deputy Health Minister Kingsley Aboagye-Gyedu has dared former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana to take him to court, if he feels maligned by the exposé on his involvement in the...
Court’s Decision On UEW Vice Chancellor Mocked
A judgment by the High Court in Winneba, which found the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education (UEW), Professor Mawutor Avoke, and the school’s Finance Officer, Dr. Theophilus Senyo...
University of Mines and Technology Appoints Kufuor First Chancellor
Former President of the Republic, John Agyekum Kufuor has been appointed the first ever Chancellor of the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT). The appointment was announced by the University...
History of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
KNUST – A Prestigious and uniquely standardized tertiary institution and pride of the Ashantis, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology has remained undefeated and a model for various...
9-Member Commission To Oversee Creation of New Regions
President Nana Akufo-Addo has inaugurated a nine-member Commission of Inquiry to see to the creation of at least five new regions. The Commission would be chaired by a retired Supreme Court judge,...
European Support For Sahel ‘mutually Reinforcing’
French and German support for a regional Sahel force to battle jihadists will persuade other European nations of the benefits of backing the regional counter-terror measure, Germany's defence...
UEW Brouhaha: UTAG Charges CJ To Probe Matter
Some members of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), have urged the Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, to probe what happened in court on June...
Vice Chancellors Ghana Wades Into UEW Impasse
Vice Chancellors Ghana has charged the new Council of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) to ratify all decisions taken by the previous Council. It maintained in a statement that the previous...
France Announces Plan To Vet Asylum-Seekers In Libya
France will set up processing centres in Libya for asylum seekers trying to reach Europe across the Mediterranean, President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday. "The idea is to create hotspots to...
Germany’s Ambivalence Over Refugees Hit Big Screens
The biggest grossing German movie last year was a fizzy feel-good summer comedy about the country's refugee influx, "Welcome to the Hartmanns". Just a year on, German screens are darkening with "Club...
Joshua Alabi Urges Caution In Handling Petition Against EC
Former Vice Chancellor of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) Professor Joshua Alabi has called on the president to exercise utmost caution in handling a petition brought before him...