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Education Minister Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, says the collapses and fainting spells of some of the parents and students at the Black Star Square were staged. According to the Minister, some persons who wanted to mar the efforts of the Ministry to address the issues of placement of students into Senior High Schools bribed some people to feign exhaustion and collapse. “We opened the center at the independence square to address the needs of Ghanaians who want to go to school, but some evil people have decided to pay GHc 20 and GHc 50 to people to go there and stage fainting…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said Education Minister Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh lacks the know-how on how to effectively run the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS). This was contained in statement signed by NDC Communication Officer Sammy Gyamfi following hitches with the system, which has left many students ‘struggling’ at the Black Star Square in Accra. According to the NDC, the minister has failed to oversee a smooth placement of students to various senior high schools in the country, something his predecessors did effortlessly. This comes after hundreds of students due for senior high school this year…

The challenges facing the Senior High School computer placement system have forced Deputy Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum to cut short his trip to the United Kingdom and race back to Ghana to help resolve the issues. Dr Adutwum who delivered the keynote address at the 2019 UKFIET conference, our sources say, will return to Accra Wednesday to offer the team on the ground  “solution to the challenges” that have created chaos. There were rumours that the deputy minister who is well-versed in the management of the system, has been sidelined in the placement exercise this year, with claims…

President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa has apologied to Ghana for the recent xenophobic attacks in his country that resulted in the death of and injuries to several African nationals. Minister of State at the Office of the South African presidency Jeffrey Thamsanqa Radebe, who delivered the apology to President Nana Akufo-Addo on Tuesday, indicated President Ramaphosa abhorred the attacks which saw shops looted and properties destroyed. “This is not in line with constitutional democracy,” Mr Radebe stated, and described the attacks as “affront to the rule of law”. Three Ghanaians were injured in the renewed xenophobic attacks on foreigners…

Stall owners and traders at the Pedestrian Shopping Mall in Accra have served notice they will no longer pay taxes to the Korle-Klottey Municipal Assembly until the market is given a significant facelift. The market, which was built in 2007 to accommodate traders who hitherto sold along the streets and pavements at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle, has not seen any major renovation. Their threat comes on the back of government failure to refurbish the market that has suffered at least three fire outbreaks in recent times, which the traders say, have greatly destroyed part of the market. They have thus…

Stall owners and traders at the Pedestrian Shopping Mall in Accra have served notice they will no longer pay taxes to the Korle-Klottey Municipal Assembly until the market is given a significant facelift. The market, which was built in 2007 to accommodate traders who hitherto sold along the streets and pavements at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle, has not seen any major renovation. Their threat comes on the back of government failure to refurbish the market that has suffered at least three fire outbreaks in recent times, which the traders say, have greatly destroyed part of the market. They have thus…

Education Minister Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh has refused to answer questions on the challenges facing the placement of students into senior high schools across the country. Problems associated with the computerised school selection and placement system caused thousands of desperate prospective SHS students from across the country and their parents to throng the Independence Square in Accra Monday to have their issues resolved. One collapses as scores throng Black Star Square over school placement The issues, ranging from non-placement and wrongful placement among others, have triggered public outrage with critics questioning the competence of the managers of the system in view…

Acting IGP James Oppong-Boanuh says the police failed in rescuing the four girls who went missing in Takoradi last year for various reasons. According to him, “for various reasons,” the police “were unsuccessful in obtaining and acting on accurate actionable intelligence on time” to rescue the girls who have now been confirmed dead upon DNA test He however did not state the reasons, but according to him, all leads given by the suspects in the case to the police and their Nigerian counterparts since July last year did not yield results as they were “unreliable”. Ruth Abakah, Priscilla Blessing Bentum,…

An uncle of the now-confirmed-dead Takoradi girls, Kwame Tawiah, has alleged that the Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, once called the family to say the suspected kidnappers wanted a ransom. He said the CID boss called his sister on March 13, 2019, and told her never to discuss with anyone what she was going to tell her and that the suspected kidnappers were demanding a huge ransom before they released the girls. “We have the recording on the CID. She told my sister she should not tell anyone.”…

Nominations have opened for senior positions within the Ghana Football Association effective Monday, September 16, 2019. 3news.com checks at the GFA secretariat revealed the first day of the opening was slow as very few people have shown interest in the various positions. Nomination forms are available online and can also be picked up from the GFA secretariat for the positions of Regional Football Association (RFA) members, Executive Committee members and President of the Ghana Football Association. Officials at the GFA told 3news.com there has been no significant interest in the positions so far. Meanwhile, there are calls from some quarters…