Ghanaian PhD students in the UK are in a major crisis because the government has not been able to pay their tuition and stipends through the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat for a long time. Some of these students have even dropped out of their programs. Students are now facing more and more debts, threats of eviction,…
The government has promised that the West African Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo) will not cause too much trouble with the electricity supply while it does scheduled maintenance on its gas facilities in Ghana on Sunday, January 18, 2026, from 6:00am to 3:00pm. The Ministry of Energy and Green Transition and the Ghana Grid Company Limited…
On January 14, 2026, Ambassador Khadija Iddrisu, the Chief Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, met with Taro Kawase, the Director of the First Africa Division of Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to improve relations between Ghana and Japan. They talked about trade and investment, education, building capacity, and exchanges between people. Ambassador Iddrisu…
Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the Minister for Government Communications, has said that the government is looking into the decision by the previous Akufo-Addo administration to give the Saglemi Housing Project to a private developer. He said this is because they are worried that it goes against the project’s original goal of providing affordable public housing. On…
On Monday, January 19, judicial service workers all over Ghana will go on an indefinite nationwide strike because they haven’t been paid their back wages. The Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) said that the government did not pay eight months’ worth of salary that was due last year, even though the President approved…
Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, who used to be the Deputy Minister of Education, has asked for a full review of the Senior High School (SHS) curriculum and all the teaching materials that go with it. This is because there are concerns about a controversial definition of gender identity in the Physical Education and Health teachers’…
The University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB) is offering the Chinese Government Scholarship (CSC Type A – Bilateral Program) for Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD degrees. Benefits: Eligibility: Deadline: March 15, 2026 For more information, visit: https://shrtslug.biz/8BHBQ
Dr. Mark Assibey-Yeboah, former MP for New Juaben South, has praised Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson for implementing what he describes as “common-sensical” fiscal controls that are curbing overspending, unchecked borrowing, and the perennial accumulation of government arrears, stating in an interview with Umaru Sanda Amadu on Channel One TV’s Face to Face on…
Kofi Asare, Executive Director of Africa Education Watch (EduWatch), has called on the government to quickly send teachers to areas that need them and give them the promised allowances for working in those areas. He warned that not hiring teachers in 2025 has left about 30,000 classrooms without teachers and made the teacher shortage worse…
The Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has ordered a comprehensive audit of all health facilities in the Oti Region to strengthen service delivery and safeguard patient safety, directing the Technical Advisor to the Ministry of Health, Dr. Korku Awoonor, to form a technical working group to assess the structural integrity, operational capacity and overall…
