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Ghanaian musician, Obrafour, is set to establish a modern educational facility at Kwahu-Abene to serve as a model of education in the Kwahu East District of the Eastern Region. The legendary rapper, who also hails from the region, disclosed this when he paid a courtesy call on traditional leaders of the Kwahu paramountcy. According to the star, his not-for-profit organization, Obrafofro Nti Foundation, will transform the main primary school in the area; Abene Methodist Basic school, to become a beacon of education in the Eastern Region. As part of the project, the Foundation will also build more modern facilities, including…

Ghanaian musician, Obrafour, is set to establish a modern educational facility at Kwahu-Abene to serve as a model of education in the Kwahu East District of the Eastern Region. The legendary rapper, who also hails from the region, disclosed this when he paid a courtesy call on traditional leaders of the Kwahu paramountcy. According to the star, his not-for-profit organization, Obrafofro Nti Foundation, will transform the main primary school in the area; Abene Methodist Basic school, to become a beacon of education in the Eastern Region. As part of the project, the Foundation will also build more modern facilities, including…

The Ghana Education Service has admitted that its directive asking heads of senior high schools to withdraw all teaching staff who acquired their degree through distance education and sandwich was in error. The affected teachers, the letter dated April 15, were to be re-posted to render their services in basic schools. “Do well to cooperate with these serious directives,” a copy of the letter addressed to the headmaster of St. Fidelis Senior High School, sighted by 3news.com caused apprehension among teachers. Following 3news.com’s publication which drew attention to the directive, the Ghana Education Service recoiled and issued another directive to calm…

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) has estimated that about 820 million people around the world do not have enough food to eat, according to its 2019 report on the state of the World’s Food Security and Nutrition. Launched on Monday, July 15, the report seeks to address the zero-hunger goal in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goal 2 and highlights the compositions of undernourished people in the world and the strides continents are making to improve lives. Key in the report is the continuous increase in the number of undernourished people in the world…

Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has told the Chinese government that Ghana is making good progress with the utilisation of the 3 billion-dollar China Development Bank (CDB) Loan. The minister briefed the Chinese government on how the loan facility was being utilised when she held bilateral talks with her Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi. The talks were held on the sidelines of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Coordinators’ meeting which took place recently in China. She told the Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, that out of the 3 billion dollars, 1 billion-dollar has been utilised to…

Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has told the Chinese government that Ghana is making good progress with the utilisation of the 3 billion-dollar China Development Bank (CDB) Loan. The minister briefed the Chinese government on how the loan facility was being utilised when she held bilateral talks with her Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi. The talks were held on the sidelines of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Coordinators’ meeting which took place recently in China. She told the Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, that out of the 3 billion dollars, 1 billion-dollar has been utilised to…

Chairman of the National Peace Council of Ghana, Most Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Kwaku Asante, has tasked the youth to be concerned with issues of politics in the country. He said this while speaking on “the role of the young person in the journey towards the future” at the annual Young People’s Week celebration at the Wesley Cathedral Methodist Church in Kumasi. He expressed worry over the youth’s apathy toward issues of the nation’s political interest and encouraged them to get involved; reminding them of the inevitable repercussion the decisions being made today will have on their future. Rev. Asante however,…

A Tamale-based non- governmental organization, Save Self Ghana, is calling on stakeholders and Ghanaians to take appropriate actions to mitigate the effects of climate change through tree planting. Speaking at a tree planting event organized by the organization in Tamale, the Executive Director, Prince Kwame Tamakloe, stated that the quest to save the country from the adverse effects of climate change is a collective responsibility. He indicated that, notwithstanding a person’s social status or age, everybody should take part in the fight against climate change. “Climate change effects cannot identify the rich or the poor. Your social status, age or…

A member of the National Democratic Congress legal team, Abraham Amaliba, has accused president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of employing his ex-girlfriends and family members into various positions in the country. He alleged “the president has 65 relatives occupying various positions in the country” when the NPP has previously accused the former president, John Mahama, of making his government a ‘friends and family government’. He made the allegation on TV3’s New Day on Wednesday, July 17.  He claimed Nana Akufo-Addo has been giving appointments to undeserving people due to his relationship with them. “NPP think they are ordained rulers in…