Group Petitions General Legal Council
A group of law degree holders calling themselves Concerned LLB Graduates have called on the General Legal Council to facilitate automatic admissions into the Ghana Law School by scraping this...
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Honourables Or Horribles?
Have you ever heard this tale of Two Road Ministers? Well, one was from Ogyakrom; the other from Anago. They met at one of these numerous konom-tea (committee) meetings at an international forum....
Ghana Produces 1.7 Billion Tonnes of Waste Annually
Ms Heather Troutman, a research fellow, Urban Planning, UN Development and Programme, says Ghana produces 1.7 million tonnes of plastic waste annually, which could be recycled to produce affordable...
How Do You Get Academic Reference?
Recently, a reader wrote to demand of me a very difficult favour. He needed a reference as part of the requirements for a master’s degree application. The writer, who only described himself as...
McConnell, Republican Leader ‘boxed In’ On Health Care
Mitch McConnell may be Washington's master political tactician, but the Senate majority leader's failure to bring an "Obamacare" repeal bill across the finish line appears as a rare and costly...
3FM’s ‘Jollof War’- Let There Be No Cease Fire!
“So, which aspect of journalism do you consider majoring someday?” friends, family and well-wishers have asked me times without number. Oftentimes, I give them an answer that makes them turn to...
Lower Building Costs To Drive Down High Housing Prices
It is an undeniable fact that correcting Ghana’s housing deficit would require concerted efforts by both the government and private sector. At Citi FM’s Housing Forum which came off on Tuesday at...
Dr. Siaw Agyepong Honoured With Man of the Year, Business Award
Founder and Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies, Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong, has been awarded Man of The Year, Business (Magnate Award) at the second edition of the Exclusive Men of...
Painless Patch Could Replace Flu Jab
Vaccines delivered via a painless, throw-away patch could one day eliminate the need for needle-and-syringe flu injections, researchers said Wednesday after completing a preliminary trial. Equipped...
Kwaku Azar To ‘make Sense’ Out of SC Decision On Ghana School of Law
One of Ghana’s legal luminary, Professor Kwaku Asare, will on Thursday evening ‘make sense’ out of the Supreme Court’s declaration of the admission criteria of the Ghana School of Law as...
‘Kaakro’ Made With Rotten Plantain Can Give You Cancer
A former dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Ghana, Legon, Professor George Tawia Odamtten, has cautioned the public against eating ‘kaakro’, mashed plantain, made into balls and...
Zoomlion Boss Named Man of the Year At 2017 EMY Awards
The founder and Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong has been awarded Man of The Year, Business(Magnate Award) at the second edition of the Exclusive Men of...
Freed Chinese Intellectual Spoke Out For Change
Liu Xiaobo, who won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize from behind bars, was for decades a vocal champion of democracy and human rights until Chinese authorities locked him up for speaking out. The...
China Releases Nobel Laureate Liu With Terminal Cancer
China's jailed Nobel peace prize laureate Liu Xiaobo has been granted medical parole after being diagnosed with terminal liver cancer last month, his lawyer told AFP on Monday. Liu, who had about...
S. Korea’s Moon Heads To US As North Threat Grows
South Korea's dovish new President Moon Jae-In -- who backs engagement with the nuclear-armed North -- heads to Washington this week for talks with his hawkish US counterpart Donald Trump, as...
China’s Hydropower Frenzy Drowns Sacred Mountains
Towering walls of concrete entomb lush forests on mountainsides in southwest China as workers toil on the dry riverbed below to build the country's latest mega-dam. The colossal construction site in...
Nana Addo Dashes To Nigeria For ‘informal’ Visit
In what he describes as an “informal visit”, President Akufo-Addo met the Acting President of the Federal Republic, Professor Yemi Osibanjo. The reason for the visit is not immediately known...
Fifa Looking Into Russia Football Doping Claims
Fifa says “it is still investigating allegations” that footballers were involved in a state-sponsored doping programme in Russia. At least 30 sports, including football, covered up samples...
Prayer of Prospective Ghana Law School Students [Article]
On 22 June 2017, the Supreme Court unanimously declared that the imposition of an entrance examination and interview requirements by the General Legal Council for the Professional Law Course violates...
Africa Has Biggest ‘corruption Industry’
The Minister of Environment, Science and Innovation, Professor Frimpong Boateng, has said that it will be very difficult for a country that has deeply been engulfed by corruption to succeed....