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Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Dramani Mahama will speak on the recent complaints about missing names in the voter register on Thursday, September 24. According to his campaign team, the former president will address the nation on the issue from the headquarters of the NDC at 1:00pm. A statement issued by Campaign Spokesperson James Agyenim-Boateng on Wednesday said the NDC leader will speak to the nation “on the integrity challenges of the electoral process and unfolding events that threaten to undermine Ghana’s stability and democracy”. Mr Mahama on Tuesday, September 22 suspended his four-day campaign tour of…

Onua Television, a subsidiary of leading Ghanaian media conglomerate Media General, is set to introduce a new entertainment talk show dubbed Anigye Mmrɛ. The show will be driven by analysis of topical issues and discussion on approaches to develop the creative arts sector. Anigye Mmrɛ is set to premiere on Thursday, September 24 from 8:30pm to 10:00pm on the free-to-air channel and will be hosted by the multiple award-winning broadcaster, Christian Agyei Frimpong. The show has a segment to review all the news making the headlines within the week and another segment to profile celebrities, industry kingpins and other key stakeholders…

The Managing Director of CalBank, Philip Owiredu, has re-affirmed the commitment of CalBank to continue with their long-standing relationship in the development and promotion of Ghana Beach Soccer. Mr Owiredu and senior CalBank officials met with the President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kurt Okraku, as well as the Chairman of Ghana Beach Soccer, Yaw Ampofo Ankrah, and his executives for the first time since the Kurt Okraku administration took office. “I hope this long standing relationship with beach beach soccer which will now place the sport under the umbrella of the Ghana FA would see even more strides…

Pressure group Let My Vote Count Alliance (LMVCA) is advising the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) to desist from using cluster systems in subsequent voter registrations. This, according to the group, would help avoid double registration and improper deletion of names from the register. They have blamed the EC and ascribed the alleged double registration and missing of names from the current voter register to the use of the cluster system of registration. Director of Operations for LMVCA John Hall, speaking on the Yensempa morning show on Onua FM on Wednesday, September 23 censured the EC for grouping polling centers during…

Former members in the East Gonja Municipal Assembly of the Savannah Region are angry with the Assembly over delays in the payment of their ex-gratia a year after their tenure of office expired. According to them, the East Gonja Municipal Assembly is deliberately refusing to pay them the ex-gratia and have since given the assembly a two-week ultimatum to credit their accounts or face their wrath. Speaking to 3news.com, the leader of the aggrieved former assembly members, Inusah Ibrahim, said almost all assemblies across the country have paid the ex-gratia except the East Gonja Assembly. “As former Assembly members, we…

The head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) has praised African leaders for supporting a joint continental strategy to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. John Nkengasong told the BBC’s Newsday programme that public health initiatives on the continent, including increased testing, contact tracing and wearing of face masks, had led to a drop in new coronavirus cases. The World Health Organization (WHO) previously said the Covid-19 outbreak in Africa may have passed its peak. On Monday it released fresh data that indicated Africa had reported a 12% drop in new virus cases. Dr Nkengasong said: “Our numbers reflect…

3Sports, the sports department of leading television network TV3, will on Wednesday, September 30 hold a debate for four of the country’s mainstream political parties – New Patriotic Party (NPP), National Democratic Congress (NDC), People’s National Convention (PNC) and Progressive People’s Party (PPP). Airing at 9:00pm, the debate is intended to give the parties an opportunity to speak to their policy statement on sports as captured in their 2021-2025 manifestos. The event will be held at the McDan La Town Park in La, Accra and will see the parties take turns to answer questions from the hosts Thierry Nyann and…

Former Member of Parliament for Bawku Central Constituency Adamu Dramani Sakandi is dead. He died on Tuesday, September 22, 3news.com gathers. Adamu Sakandi represented the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2008 parliamentary elections and won. But his citizenship was challenged in court. He was subsequently jailed for forgery and perjury after being accused of possessing British and Burkinabe passports but standing for and voting in elections in Ghana. He was pardoned after his health deteriorated while in jail. He worked for NHS Primary Case Trust in UK and schooled at the University of Portsmouth. Source: 3news.com|Ghana 

Ace journalist with the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation Abdul Hayi Moomen has revealed he once washed plates and cleaned toilets in the UK as a student on holidays. “While in school [at the University of Ghana], during holidays, I would travel to the UK and do what university students called ‘any work’ and we did any work. You’ll go and find job with a factory or […] I’ve washed plates, I’ve cleaned toilets at the Next plc [a clothing shop in the UK],” he said. Mr. Moomen said this in an exclusive interview on Talk To Solomon – a Youtube based…

The Special Prosecutor, Martin Alamisi Amidu, has within hours replied the Executive Director of STRANEK-Africa over a petition the latter submitted to have the controversial Agyapa Royalties deal investigated. Nii Tettey Tetteh had petitioned the Office of the Special Prosecutor in a letter dated Tuesday, September 22, 2020 and jointly signed by Emmanuel Osei, the Director of Policy and Political Affairs, to have the deal approved by Parliament on Friday, August 14 investigated. “Indeed, it is a deal that has shaken the foundations of our moral and ethical society and left all reasonable-minded Ghanaians perplexed,” the petition noted. “Your outfit…