Mr. Benjamin Adjabeng, the headmaster of the school, is reported to have lodged a formal complaint at the Akyem Kukurantumi police station, following the event. The police is also reported to have arrested an accomplice at the school’s kitchen to assist the investigation. In the meantime, the matron and the taxi driver are still at large. This case, however, is not isolated as food theft in second-cycle institutions is very prevalent. On April 28, 2021, Ghana Education Service (GES) directed the management of some 53 Senior High Schools (SHS) in the Ashanti Region to co-operate with the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to investigate some infractions related to the supply of food items.

The 39 deputy ministers-nominees were appointed under 24 portfolios by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, reports citinewsroom.com. Ten of the nominees are women. First-time Members of Parliament, Hassan Tampuli and John Ampontuah Kumah, also made the cut with a number of others maintaining their portfolios from the president’s first term. They include Abena Osei-Asare at the Finance Ministry, Mohammed Amin Adam, William Owuraku Aidoo at the Energy Ministry, Osei Bonsu Amoah for the Local Government, Decentralisation & Rural Development ministry, and Tina Mensah at the Health Ministry, among others. Also, a former deputy Minister of Finance, Charles Adu-Boahen, has been nominated as the Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance, a statement from the presidency indicated.

The West African nation has been plunged into a political crisis which saw a coup d'etat occur last week, the second in nine months. But Adib Saani in an interaction with GhanaWeb said the latest move by ECOWAS was one that demonstrated their lack of understanding of the Malian situation. "This is possible through enhanced partnership and collaboration amongst member states towards building resilient institutional capacity to prevent coups and ensure that human securities are well catered for. “It is in the best interest of ECOWAS to ensure peace and security in Mali. I expect the ECOWAS Chair to demonstrate more assertiveness and leadership in getting Mali, which by the way is on the brink, back on track,” he concluded.

The development comes after the Committee from May 26-28, 2021, commenced its third scheduled meeting of the year to review economic developments of the country to ascertain its monetary policy rate decision. Some economists have predicted the central bank is expected to maintain its policy rate at 14.5 percent for a seventh consecutive time. My expectation is that the policy rate will be maintained again,” he earlier told Citi Business News in an interview monitored by GhanaWeb. At the Bank of Ghana’s 99th MPC meeting, it kept its monetary policy rate unchanged at 14.5 percent, a figure which was has remained the same since March 2021. The policy rate is of key interest to businesses operating in the country as it influences the interest rate on loans and determines the rate at which the central bank lends to commercial banks.

This is where Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana’s premier Teaching Hospital comes in. The numbers are scary; so says the Head of the Accident, Emergency and Orthopaedics Department at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr. Frederick Kwarteng. “The average number of cases vary but we have about 20 a day, sometimes we can have 40 accident victims in a day. Korle Bu Teaching Hospital is the country’s premier Teaching Hospital and because we are the very last referral center, we have positioned ourselves at all times in readiness for every kind of injury that is brought. “The biggest challenge when it comes to managing accident victims is the financial cost.

Benjamin Adu acting together over 2 plots of Land in the La (Tseado) area and states as follows,” the statement read in part. It continued, in point numbers 3 and 5 that, “I have never dealt with nor sold the land to Lydia Forson - 0209552097/Kevin Aggor/Dr. “Claims of ownership or involvement of this by Mr. Adjei-Mensah Korsah are false. Details from the letter further indicated that Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah was using his influence, with the help of some military personnel, to intimidate the supposed actual owner of the land. The UpdateLater, Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah wrote two separate letters, from Marfo & Associates, his lawyers, to two news portals to retract two separate stories they published about the lawmaker.

Narrating the circumstances that led to him using the Apam Police Station as his exam hall, Smart said during his secondary school days, he was sneaking out of campus to NPP campaign grounds. Upon seeing that, Captain Smart said, “I disrupted the entire process; the campaign didn’t come on, but I was ambushed and was heavily beaten by the crowd. The administration reprimanded me for preventing the NDC from campaigning, [and] decided that I go to the Apam Police Station to write my final exam at the police station. Because of this party, I wrote my final exam at the police station; what are people talking about…” Captain Smart stated further. As Captain Smart, I want the NPP to be a better political party.

The filmmaker in an interview with Graphic Showbiz said she never slept her way to the top, adding that exchanging sex for movie roles does not in any way guarantee success. “If you ask for God’s favour and you are really interested and work hard, God’s favour will be upon you and you will become a star. The stars you see today did not become so overnight, it is many years of hard work and dedication so be patient, work hard and seek the face of God and at the appointed time, you will get there,” she further advised. The discussion on ‘sex for movie roles’ keeps resurfacing as some actresses, producers and directors claim to have been victims. A few days ago, actor, director and scriptwriter Kwaku Twumasi revealed that actresses offer themselves for sex to directors in order to be cast in movies.

When the story broke out in March this year, it triggered a lot of public discourse on the need for a national guideline for senior high schools. The case eventually ended up in court after the two students, Nana Kwaku Nkrabea and Tyron Marhguy, each filed cases on the matter. The two were both denied admission into the Achimota School although they had qualified and were duly placed there through the computerized school selection and placement system. That, however was not enough for the School to simply admit them after it argued that it does not admit students wearing dreadlocks. It is expected that today’s ruling on the matter will bring finality to the unrest and the confusion that has characterized the case, as well as help shape any policy in that respect, for the future.

It is trading against the Pound Sterling at a buying price of 8.1364 and a selling price of 8.1451 as compared to last Friday’s trading of a buying price of 8.1347 and a selling price of 8.1435. The Euro is trading at a buying price of 6.9912 and a selling price of 6.9981 as compared to last Friday’s trading of a buying price of 6.9934 and a selling price of 7.0003. The South African Rand is trading at a buying price of 0.4166 and a selling price of 0.4169 as compared to last Friday’s trading of a buying price of 0.4167 and a selling price of 0.4171. Nigeria’s Naira is trading at a buying price of 71.5393 and a selling price of 71.5828 as compared to last Friday’s trading of a buying price of 71.6527 and a selling price of 72.0014. And the CFA is trading at a buying price of 93.7336 and a selling price of 93.8261 as compared to last Friday’s trading of a buying price of 93.7041 and a selling price of 93.7966.

Business News of Monday, 31 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• The price of cocoa dropped on the market today at a unit price of -20.00• Cotton also dropped up slightly and stood at -0.56• Coffee also went up at a unit price of +6.50On the commodities market today May 31, 2021, the price of Crude Oil is sixty-six dollars, ninety-three cents ($66.93) as compared to last Friday’s trading of sixty-five dollars, sixty-nine cents ($65.69) to open the 23rd trade week of the 2021 fiscal year. Gold is trading at one thousand, nine hundred and four dollars, thirty-four cents ($1,904.34) as compared to last Friday’s trading of one thousand, eight hundred and ninety dollars ($1,899.00). Cocoa is trading at two thousand, four and ten dollars ($2,410.00) as compared to last Friday’s trading of two thousand, four hundred and fourteen dollars ($2,414.00). Meanwhile, Cotton is also trading at eighty-two dollars, zero point five cents ($82.05) as compared to last Friday’s trading of eight-two dollars, thirty-nine cents ($82.39). And Coffee is trading at one hundred and sixty-one dollars ($161.85) as compared to last Friday’s trading of one hundred and sixty-two dollars, twenty-five dollars ($162.25).

Entertainment of Monday, 31 May 2021Source: mynewsgh.comRapper Medikal born Samuel Adu Frimpong has revealed that he does not always have money and that is what real life is all about. This is contrary to what the world thinks about the rapper who is believed to be very rich and live a luxurious lifestyle“When I go out to town, I doll out cash most of the times. But sometimes I also go broke and that is the reality people miss. It’s not all the time we have money to give to people because we also go broke sometimes.” He shockingly revealed in an interview monitored by MyNewsGh.comMedikal used the opportunity to advise the youth in Ghana to work hard to ensure that their next meal does not depend on the benevolence of other people. He believes that if people are dependent on the benevolence of people they may never leave poverty but when they try to work hard, they will leave the level they find themselves currently and be better persons in the future.

Narrating the circumstances that led to him using the Apam Police Station as his exam hall, Smart said during his secondary school days, he was sneaking out of campus to NPP campaign grounds. Upon seeing that, Captain Smart said, “I disrupted the entire process; the campaign didn’t come on, but I was ambushed and was heavily beaten by the crowd. The administration reprimanded me for preventing the NDC from campaigning, [and] decided that I go to the Apam Police Station to write my final exam at the police station. Because of this party, I wrote my final exam at the police station; what are people talking about…” Captain Smart stated further. As Captain Smart, I want the NPP to be a better political party.

“I sat down for 30-minutes, took a glass of wine, picked my pen, got a paper; started scripting something,” Captain Smart told KSM on ‘The KSM Show’ on Saturday monitored by GhanaWeb. He added that in that same week he decided to “start Facebook live which he calls Smart TV”. Captain Smart explained he did not go to any politician to buy any microphone, “I got it myself. The following evening Smart TV was on and surprisingly I had 5.8 million people watching. So, if you are a youth and you refuse to think, you will always be thanking people.”Captain Smart was given a one-month suspension off air following his scathing critique of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s administration.

“When I got the offer to come to Accra, I visited former President Kufuor and told him that I am coming to Accra. He gave me his usual look and told me that if I wanted to go to Accra, then I should be very careful. He added that the advice of former President Kufuor has stuck with him for a very long time. Captain Smart who was responding to the description of him being a stomach journalist said, “any journalist without a stomach is a fake journalist”. If you call me a stomach journalist, I look at you and laugh,” he explained further.