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Ghana’s first ever music talent reality show, TV3 Mentor, is staging a comeback with a reloaded season in November this year. For seven consecutive years, Mentor piqued the interest of thousands of television viewers in the country with intriguing live studio performances that wowed the audience until the show went on hiatus in 2013. With seven seasons, TV3 Mentor solidified itself as the best entertainment show on TV at the time, making it a not-miss humour-filled thriller for almost all television viewers on Sunday nights. After six years break, organisers of the popular music talent reality show have repackaged it…

Ghana’s first ever music talent reality show, TV3 Mentor, is staging a comeback with a reloaded season in November this year. For seven consecutive years, Mentor piqued the interest of thousands of television viewers in the country with intriguing live studio performances that wowed the audience until the show went on hiatus in 2013. With seven seasons, TV3 Mentor solidified itself as the best entertainment show on TV at the time, making it a not-miss humour-filled thriller for almost all television viewers on Sunday nights. After six years break, organisers of the popular music talent reality show have repackaged it…

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has been selected to lead a government delegation to Harare to represent Ghana at the final funeral rites of Robert Mugabe on Saturday September 14, a statement from the presidency announced. He will be joined by Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Charles Owiredu; a nephew of the late Sally Mugabe, Mr. Queesy Ninsin-Imbeah; and officials of the Foreign Ministry. The late Mugabe’s first wife, Sally Mugabe, neè Hayfron, was a Ghanaian. Mr Mugabe, who was 95, died last week while undergoing medical treatment in a Singapore hospital. His body will lie in…

The New Patriotic Party has cleared 11 persons who were initially disqualified from contesting in the party’s parliamentary primaries in orphaned constituencies in four regions. They are Betty Atsupe Gorleku (Ada constituency), Clement Wilkinson (Amasaman), Alexander Amanor Narh-Gbeeku (Ashiaman), Harry Harold Quartey (Korle Klottey), Nathaniel Nii Naatey Atswele Nartey and Micheal Nii Yarboi Annan (Odododiodio). The rest are Solomon Donkor (Juaboso), Alex Joseph Avoka Asuma (Binduri), Daniel Gariba (Buisa South), Abubakar Wuni (Bawku Central) and Dr Frank Yirenkye (Biakoye) Manaf Ibrahim and Gifty Ndoma of Asawase and Ejura/Sekyeredumase respectively, who were suspended by the party for misconduct, are to “apologise…

A woman who delivered quadruplets at the Salaga Government Hospital and could not produce enough breast milk to feed them has lost one of the babies. The 28-year-old Lydia Gurmah delivered on August 31 and had difficulty producing enough breast milk to feed the four babies forcing midwives at the facility to contribute on daily basis to buy baby food supplement for the children. “The babies are doing well, as well as the mother but the stress of delivering quadruplets is affecting the mother psychologically thus her inability to produce enough breast milk,” the  maternity ward in-charge, Ms Genevieve Bakari,…

Jean Mensa, Chairperson of the Electoral Commission[/caption] The Electoral Commission has been sued by two paramountcies who were put under Oti Region after the recent re-regionalization. The Lolobi and Akpafu traditional areas, prior to the re-demarcation, were under the Hohoe Municipality in the Volta Region. Nana Akoto  Masakyi  III, Paramount Chief  of Lolobi Traditional  Area, and Nana Tetteh-Attu  IV, Adontenhene  & Acting Paramount  Chief of Akpafu Traditional Area, on behalf of their people, are now challenging the powers of the EC to create a district in Ghana. “A declaration that the inclusion of Lolobi and Akpafu communities under the Jasikan…

President Nana Akufo-Addo has ordered the Ministry of Finance to with immediate effect, suspend the use of the controversial management software in the educational sector, which has triggered agitations in the sector. Government through the Public Services Commission adopted the use of the Human Resources Management Information System (HRMIS) in 2012 to establish a comprehensive and a common human resource database for all public service employees in the country. Some government institutions were moved onto the system in phases. The Controller and Accountant General recently migrated employees of Ghana Education Service onto the HRMIS but the various teacher unions have…

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) received a cash transfer totalling GHS90 million from the now collapsed Heritage Bank Ghana Limited as minimum capital to help meet the requirements of the licence granted its shareholders, the Herald reported. The documents indicated that the money was transferred by Stanbic Bank Ghana Limited on behalf of the Heritage Bank to BoG on 30th December 2016. According to the documents, the money was transferred into the account of Heritage Bank at BoG as part of stated capital required by BoG by persons and institutions that wanted to set up banks at the time. The…

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) received a cash transfer totalling GHS90 million from the now collapsed Heritage Bank Ghana Limited as minimum capital to help meet the requirements of the licence granted its shareholders, the Herald reported. The documents indicated that the money was transferred by Stanbic Bank Ghana Limited on behalf of the Heritage Bank to BoG on 30th December 2016. According to the documents, the money was transferred into the account of Heritage Bank at BoG as part of stated capital required by BoG by persons and institutions that wanted to set up banks at the time. The…

A senior staff at the Bank of Ghana, Gilbert Addy, has been sacked “for gross misconduct in relation to corrupt transactions and for accepting bribes”. Mr Addy was found complicit in the award of the Ghana Retail Payment Systems Infrastructure contract to Sibton Switch Systems Limited in 2016. He is said to have received GH¢410,000 from Sibton Switch Systems Limited and its parent company, Sibton Communications Limited, via his company, GIB JUST Systems Limited. This came to light following investigations by the Central Bank’s international legal counsel after Sibton gone to the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) over breach…