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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is scheduled to deliver his maiden address to the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, September 21. He will also hold a meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres the next day. These were contained in a release issued by the Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, on Friday. According to the release, President Akufo-Addo will leave Accra Friday night for New York, USA, where he will lead Ghana’s delegation to the 72nd Session of the UN GA. While in the US, the president will engage in a series of Sustainable Development Goals…

The Member of Parliament for Cape Coast North and a Deputy Minister of Education, Barbara Asher Ayisi, has called on the parents in the Central Region to invest in the education of their children. The Deputy of Education in charge of Basic Education urged pupils in basic schools to stop watching telenovelas. Speaking to Onua FM’s Central Region correspondent Kwame Kakarba after embarking on ‘My First Day AT School’ tour, Mrs Ayisi said the telenovelas have negative effects on their education and therefore cautioned them not to watch. The Deputy Minister also distributed 5,000 exercise books to some selected schools…

Managing Director of the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) Kenneth Ashigbey has tendered in his resignation letter, 3news.com can confirm. Mr Ashigbey wrote to employer National Media Commission (NMC) to relinquish his post. In a letter sighted by 3news.com and dated September 14, 2017, Mr Ashigbey assured staff of GCGL that its leadership “is secure and all our plans are progressing very well”. Mr Ashigbey is, however, yet to get a response from the Commission over his resignation, 3news.com gathers. “I am still awaiting that response and I will inform you accordingly,” he stated in his letter to the staff.…

The new smart ‘Ghana Card’ shall be the only card to be used in transactions where identification is required as provided by law, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said. He added that the card will bring to an end the phenomenon of several agencies taking the biometric details of Ghanaian citizens. Speaking after receiving his ‘Ghana Card’, President Akufo-Addo said the smart cards, which have tactile features to help the visually impaired, are “safer and in line with current trends”. The promise of a new national identification card was made by the president during the 2016 electioneering campaign. The…

An “improvised explosive device” was detonated on a Tube train in south-west London during Friday’s rush hour, Scotland Yard has confirmed. The blast, at Parsons Green station on an eastbound District Line train from Wimbledon, is being treated as terrorism, police said. Twenty-two people are being treated in hospital, mostly for burn injuries. Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said hundreds of detectives, working with MI5, are investigating the explosion. Mr Rowley refused to answer whether anyone had yet been arrested over the incident at the station. Pictures show a white bucket on fire inside a supermarket bag, with wires trailing on…

Is your last post on Facebook going to land you in jail? It might do if it ruins a criminal trial. And the government is now looking for evidence of whether new laws are needed to stop it happening. The Attorney General, the government’s top law officer, is asking judges, police and victims’ groups for examples of where posts, chat and tweets have compromised a trial. So how can a post on social media cause such damage? And what can you do to protect yourself? Well, it’s all down to whether you say something that would influence a jury. Seven…

Head Coach of Ghana’s Black Star B Maxwell Konadu has given reasons why players were deployed to play at unusual positions in Thursday night’s encounter 2-0 win over Guinea in the WAFU tournament. The local Black Stars’ triumph over the Syli Nationale at the Cape Coast Stadium put them on top of Group A as the first game of the group between Mali and Nigeria ended in a goalless draw. Thomas Abbey played at left back, an unfamiliar position for the player, who has been on top form for his team, Hearts of Oak, this season. Other players came on…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is expected to be the first to be given a new national ID card under the new identification management system. The new cards, to be issued for free at first, will be ready from Friday, September 15. These were made known by the Executive Director of the National Identification Authority (NIA), Professor Ken Attafuah. Addressing the media on Wednesday, Prof Attafuah said the new smart cards will meet the modern aspirations of the people of Ghana. It will bring to an end the era of multiple ID cards for a single Ghanaian, the head of…

The first wave of tickets for the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia went on sale on Thursday. Fans can submit their applications via the Fifa website and tickets will be sold in two phases. Prices will range from £79 for a second-round group match to £829 for the final in Moscow. In line with previous ticketing policies, Russian residents will have a special price category with tickets starting at £17. The most expensive ticket for the 2018 World Cup final at £829 is a £151 increase on the equivalent ticket at the Brazil 2014 final in Rio de Janeiro.…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says illegal methods of fishing, as well as the over-exploitation of Ghana’s marine resources cannot continue, as they threaten the very essence of the country’s existence. According to President Akufo-Addo, over the years, and especially in recent times, nearly all of Ghana’s marine fisheries and some inland fisheries have been overfished. This, he said, is buttressed by the last stock survey conducted in April 2016, which shows that sardines, the dominant fish stock, are disappearing from Ghanaian waters. “Although population growth can be said to be a contributory factor, the ‘twin-evils’ of illegal fishing and…