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Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Minister of Information, has said about 1.2 million children will be benefiting from the Free Senior High School (SHS) programme by the end of the year. To support the increasing numbers of students under the programme, 8,000 teachers would be employed within the same period. The Minister said this at the just ended Town Hall Meeting in Bolgatanga, the Upper East Regional Capital. He said all programmes introduced by the Government would be carried out successfully to deliver the needed change and improve the economy. He called on the citizenry to give maximum support to…

Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Minister of Information, has said about 1.2 million children will be benefiting from the Free Senior High School (SHS) programme by the end of the year. To support the increasing numbers of students under the programme, 8,000 teachers would be employed within the same period. The Minister said this at the just ended Town Hall Meeting in Bolgatanga, the Upper East Regional Capital. He said all programmes introduced by the Government would be carried out successfully to deliver the needed change and improve the economy. He called on the citizenry to give maximum support to…

Hong Kong’s chief executive Carrie Lam has used a colonial-era emergency law to ban face masks after months of angry protests. The measure was announced on Friday, after the city saw widespread violence on 1 October, the 70th anniversary of Communist Party rule in China. Ms Lam said the violence was “destroying the city” and authorities could not “just leave the situation to get worse and worse.” The ban is to come into effect on Saturday. But observers say the regulation will be hard to enforce and hugely controversial. Mask-wearing activists marched on Friday afternoon – as the ban was…

Former Chief of Defence Staff Brigadier General Joseph Nunoo-Mensah has advised ex-president John Dramani Mahama not to contest the 2020 elections. In an interview with Nuong Faalong on TV3’s Hot Issues, scheduled to be aired on Saturday, October 5, the former National Security Advisor said he does not understand the rationale behind John Mahama’s comeback as he needs to accept defeat and hang his armour. He said the best thing the former president should have done was to support someone else with his expertise to lead the National Democratic Congress (NDC) instead of contesting again. “It’s too late now to…

If people want to do their own law practice, they can go on the internet. Members of the public can go on the internet and turn themselves into lawyers if they want to.” If you’re wondering, that’s Justice Sophia Akuffo, Chief Justice of the Republic of Ghana. The same Chief Justice who reintroduced the wearing of wigs, arguing that it will “preserve the tradition and uniqueness of the work of judges.” And who described the work of a professor — who had done an extensive research into the political coloration of Supreme Court judgments in ‘political cases’ — as unfortunate, foreign and dangerous, stressing…

The Ghana Traders Union Association (GUTA) has criticised ECOWAS for failing to step in to get Nigeria to open its borders with neighbouring West African countries, which were recently closed. Nigeria is said to have closed the borders in a move by the government to stop about 45 products from being smuggled into the country from other ECOWAS member states. Also, some ECOWAS citizens who have had brushes with the law are allegedly being repatriated by Nigeria, yet the populace nation is said to be preventing other nations from deporting Nigerians in similar situation. According to GUTA, the closure of…

The Ghana Traders Union Association (GUTA) has criticised ECOWAS for failing to step in to get Nigeria to open its borders with neighbouring West African countries, which were recently closed. Nigeria is said to have closed the borders in a move by the government to stop about 45 products from being smuggled into the country from other ECOWAS member states. Also, some ECOWAS citizens who have had brushes with the law are allegedly being repatriated by Nigeria, yet the populace nation is said to be preventing other nations from deporting Nigerians in similar situation. According to GUTA, the closure of…

The Ghana Police Service has rejected assertions that it has been shielding its personnel who misconduct themselves. Director General of the Police Public Affairs Department, ACP David Senanu Eklu advised the public to “be very careful in suddenly concluding that once you see a police officer misconducting himself, he’s always left off the hook”. Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of a three-day training programme for senior police which ended in Accra Thursday, ACP Eklu insisted officers who misconduct themselves are taken through the laid down police disciplinary procedures. “When you’re interdicted as per police service regulations you’re to be…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has initiated steps to make the acting Inspector General of Ghana Police (IGP) COP James Oppong-Boanuh as the country’s substantive police chief. Sources within Police top hierarchy told 3news.com Thursday evening that Nana Akufo-Addo has submitted the name of COP Oppong-Boanuh to the Council of State for approval. The President, according to the sources, has also pencilled COP Christian Tetteh Yohuno, who is the current Director General of MTTD, for consideration and approval as the deputy Inspector General of Police. There is currently an ongoing Council of State meeting in Accra to deliberate on and…