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MoE welcomes SHS ‘freshers’ to 2025/26 academic year
The Ministry of Education (MoE) has extended its best wishes to the 590,000 first-year Senior High School (SHS) students who have reported to their various schools.
The students reported between Saturday, October 18 and Monday, October 20, to begin the 2025/26 academic year.
A statement signed by Mr Hashmin Mohammed, Press Secretary to the Minister of Education, and copied to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Accra, said:
“This marks a significant milestone in their academic journey and a new chapter in their educational pursuit.”
“The Ministry warmly welcomes all newly admitted students to the secondary education system and urges them to approach this next phase of their learning with dedication, discipline, and enthusiasm,” the statement added.
The Ministry commended parents and guardians for their patience and cooperation throughout the school placement process.
It also announced that placement into schools and residential status for the 2025/26 academic year had officially closed. Accordingly, parents and guardians were urged to proceed to their assigned schools to complete enrollment formalities and ensure their wards settled in smoothly for the commencement of academic work.
“The Ministry of Education reaffirms its commitment to providing quality, equitable, and inclusive education for all Ghanaian children and assures the public that every effort is being made to ensure a smooth and successful start to the new academic year across the country,” the statement said.
“We once again welcome our young learners to the senior high school family and wish them the very best in their academic and personal development.” — GNA
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Miniser for Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu has revealed a major shake up at Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) following recent power outages.
In a post on Facebook, Felix Kwakye Ofosu disclosed that Minister for Energy and Green Transition, John Jinapor has asked the CEO of GRIDCo to step aside pending investigations into fire incident at Akosombo power control center.
Also, he further noted that there has been a major shake up in the leadership of the ECG in the Ashanti Region.
“At 2pm tomorrow, Minister for Energy and Green Transition, Hon John Jinapor, will hold a major briefing on recent developments in electricity distribution,” he concluded.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
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Abu Trica’s extradition case: Prophets, fetish priests demand pay for spiritual solution …Lawyer reveals
Mr Oliver Barker-Vormawor, a lawyer for embattled Frederick Kumi, affectionately called Abu Trica and has made a shocking revelation over the behaviour of some members of the clergy.
According to him in a post on social media, the difficult part of Abu Trica’s trial is not the law but the number of ‘Men of God’ and fetish priests demanding financial sacrifices to help resolve the matter spiritually.
Oliver Barker-Vormawor posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2026, “The most difficult part about the Abu Trica case; is not the law.”
He continued: “It is the number of, prophetesses, evangelists and fetish priests, who have called or messaged to ask us to pay for spiritual solutions.”
It would be recalled that in March this year, the Gbese District Court dismissed a preliminary objection filed by Abu Trica, challenging the extradition proceedings initiated at the request of the United States.
The court, presided over by Anna Akosua Appiah Gottfried Anaafi Gyasi, in its ruling held that the offences forming the basis of the extradition, particularly wire fraud, constitute extraditable offences under the 1931 treaty between Ghana and the United States.
He was then given 15 days counting from March 27 to appeal the decision of the court or be surrendered for extradition to the US.
Against this backdrop, he was on Tuesday, April 22, granted a bail in the sum of GH¢30,000,000 by an Accra High, pending the appeal of his extradition
Mr Kumi was arrested in Ghana in December 2025 following an indictment by United States authorities, alleging that he played a role in a romance scam network that defrauded elderly American victims of more than $8 million.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
