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A police officer has been shot dead by suspected armed robbers in an unregistered Toyota Camry near the Liberian refugees’ camp in Gomoa Buduburam in the Central Region, 3news.com can confirm. One other officer was severely injured but he is receiving treatment at the Police Hospital in Accra after getting emergency care at St Gregory Catholic Hospital in Kasoa. Eye witnesses told 3news.com that the officers were of the Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service and were on that stretch inspecting unregistered vehicles. They were therefore unarmed. But after the driver of the Toyota Camry…

The Prime Minister of Mauritius, Pravind Jugnauth, paid a courtesy call on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday on the sidelines of the TICAD 7 conference. One matter of discussion had to do with the decolonisation of the island of Diego Garcia, which is currently home to a United States military base. The International Court of Justice, in February 2019, indicated that Britain must give up control of the island to Mauritius. The opinion, issued in The Hague by the court’s majority, said that the decolonisation of Mauritius “was not lawfully completed” when it attained independence because Britain carved…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says his government, over the course of the last two and a half years in office, has succeeded in restoring fiscal discipline in the management of the economy, resulting in the macroeconomic indices pointing in the right direction. According to President Akufo-Addo, the favourable macroeconomic situation prevailing in the country is a firm indication of his government’s commitment to the creation of a conducive business atmosphere needed for the private sector to flourish. Speaking at the plenary session of the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) on Wednesday, August 28, the President noted…

The Chief Justice, Her Ladyship Justice Sophia Akuffo, has commissioned a new District Magistrate Court in Wulensi in the Nanumba South District of the Northern Region. The edifice, which is the first of its kind in the district, was built with the District Development Facility of the assembly. Addressing a mammoth gathering of chiefs and people of Wulensi, Chie Justice Akuffo said her office is working on reforms to facilitate a fast justice delivery system. She hinted of a merger of the lower courts for cases to be heard in one facility. She explained that the merger will lessen the…

The Dean of the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana-Legon, Professor Esi Sutherland-Addy, has admonished the youth to strive to make an input in the country whatever means possible. Prof Sutherland-Addy said it is important to “make an input into personal growth and the country”. She made the call at the launch of the maiden book of retired veteran broadcaster Mike Eghan in Accra. The book is titled ‘MIKE EGHAN, The Emperor’s Story – From the Centre of the World’. The 284-page book is a compilation of unforgettable memoirs of Mike Eghan which are to motivate the youth…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the Chief Executive of the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal Assembly, Gilbert Kennedy Asmah, to move into his official bungalow at Government Hill in the Western North Region. According to the constituency branch of the opposition party, it is unfortunate for the MCE to choose to stay in his private house “where we are not sure of his security”. They claim the bungalow, which has been used by past MCEs, was renovated at the a cost of GH¢83,530.73 and cannot be left unused. “As a responsible political party, we are concerned about the security of…

A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Godwin Edudzi Tamakloe, says the Ministry of Public Procurement adds to the waste of tax payers’ monies. Speaking on TV3’s New Day on Wednesday, the legal practitioner said the Minister of State in charge of Public Procurement, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has no locus in the procurement process. He explained that when the board of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) agrees to a deal, Ms Safo, who is also the Deputy Majority Leader, cannot overturn such agreement. “You have a minister in charge of procurement. Can she disallow a procurement allowed by the…

The formal groundbreaking ceremony for construction works to begin on the multipurpose dam at Pwalugu in the Upper East Region is expected to take place in November, government officials have disclosed. This follows a successful meeting chaired by the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, with key stakeholders including officials of the Ministry of Finance, Volta River Authority, and the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund on Monday, August 26. Construction of the dam, which has been on the drawing board since independence, has become imperative due to the annual floods and deaths that occur in the areas that are within the flow-way…

The flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has revealed the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has no framework for policies it had rolled out. He indicated that unlike the NPP, the NDC has a roadmap for the creation of new regions. The former President made this known while addressing party supporters in the Savannah Region as part of his two-day tour of the region. “I find it disappointing to have a government that only fancy creating opportunities to increase its family and friends size of government without recourse to the development of the country.” At Mpaha…

An Ethiopian man in Kenya was sentenced to four months in prison on Thursday for joking about a bomb after boarding a Kenya Airways flight, the BBC has learned. Chifraye Bekele’s joke led to the cancellation of the Johannesburg-bound flight in April and to a three-hour shutdown of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in the capital, Nairobi. Magistrate Christine Njagi found him guilty of “imperilling the safety of aircraft and persons on board”. According to the judgement, passed on to the BBC, Bekele had said to a flight attendant as she was closing an overhead locker: “Why are you scared?…