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One of Ghana’s best music producers, Da’hammer of The Last Two fame, has revealed he produced the much-talked about Pae Mu Ka album for the celebrated hip-life musician Obrafour at no cost. The 10-track maiden album of the musician released in 1999 has this week been trending on social media and grabbed headlines as it marks 20 years. All hail Obrafour as ‘Pae Mu Ka’ hits 20 Da’hammer, who led a four-man production team for the album told Giovani Caleb on 3FM Drive Wednesday that he decided to make a mark with it, hence the decision not to charge Obrafour…

Even before balloting is held for this year’s National Science and Maths Quiz, a school from the Ashanti Region has been disqualified. Agogo State College has been disqualified for fielding an unqualified contestant during the Ashanti Region competition last March. The school is said to have fielded the contestant during the contest with Tweneboa Kodua SHS, Wesley  SHS-Konongo and Gyaama Pensan SHTS. The Ghana Education Service (GES) directed the disqualification of Agogo State College. Tweneboa Kodua SHS, therefore, takes the place of Agogo State College in the preliminary round, which starts on June 17, because they came second in that…

The lead speaker at the third June 4 Revolutionary lecture, Professor John Bright Kobla Aheto, says for Ghana to achieve good public governance, it needs a dynamic and broad-minded leader who is an upright steward and possesses a flawless vision to pioneer the country’s transformation. He described the current political dispensation as a big joke and said the New Patriotic Party and the National Democratic Congress had “completely failed the nation”. Professor Aheto said in view of the gross retrogression of our nation, the only viable thing to do is to resort to sustainable good governance as a national agenda.…

President Nana Akufo-Addo has credited the late Chairman of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Council of Elders, C.K. Tedam, with the clever resolution of the internal crisis that bedevilled the Party ahead of the 2016 elections. He said C. K. was the last link to the people who founded the NPP tradition and the current generation of NPP members, noting the lessons that he gave the present generation was very far sighted. The President said this when a delegation of elders of the family of the late C. K. Tedam and elders of the New Patriotic Party called on him…

Deputy Chief of Staff and Political Assistant to the President, Francis Asenso-Boakye has said the implementation of the current policies and programmes of the Nana Akufo-Addo’s government, such as Free SHS, Planting for Food and Jobs, One-District-One Factory, (1D1F), and the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication (IPEP) are important steps towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals of ending all forms of poverty by the year 2030. He described Ghana’s current efforts as more direct and focused in alleviating the plight of the poor and that the impact even within two years of its implementation is obvious. Mr. Asenso-Boakye was…

Francis Asenso-Boakye[/caption] Deputy Chief of Staff and Political Assistant to the President, Francis Asenso-Boakye has said the implementation of the current policies and programmes of the Nana Akufo-Addo’s government, such as Free SHS, Planting for Food and Jobs, One-District-One Factory, (1D1F), and the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication (IPEP) are important steps towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals of ending all forms of poverty by the year 2030. He described Ghana’s current efforts as more direct and focused in alleviating the plight of the poor and that the impact even within two years of its implementation is obvious. Mr.…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a new cabinet in which, for the first time in the country’s history, half of all ministers are women. In another unexpected move, one of the women is from the opposition. He appointed veteran opposition politician Patricia de Lille, who had stood for the Good Party, as minister of infrastructure development. The African National Congress party won a general election on 8 May. South African journalist Verashni Pillay told BBC Newsday that the move to have half of all cabinet posts occupied by women was a “surprise”. But it shows that the head…

The Ghana Police Service will, by the end of June this year, begin the implementation of spot fines to tackle indiscipline on the country’s roads, the Executive Director of the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC), Mrs May Obiri-Yeboah, has said. She said seven years after the passage of the road traffic regulation, it was now time to operationalise the spot fine system. Under the new system, to be led by the police, drivers who flout road regulations for a number of times will also have their licences revoked. “We hope that this intervention will help deal with reckless and undisciplined…

The African continental free trade agreement legally came into effect at midnight, but the countries that have signed up have until July to work out the details of how it will work. Ghana in April 2018 ratified the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement that will help African countries carry out trade within their borders without restrictions. Ghana is said to be lobbying to host the Secretariat for the AfCFTA. The AU’s commissioner for trade and industry has been celebrating the news: Historic milestone! #AfCFTA Agreement has today come into force. We celebrate the triumph of bold, pragmatic &…

The African continental free trade agreement legally came into effect at midnight, but the countries that have signed up have until July to work out the details of how it will work. Ghana in April 2018 ratified the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement that will help African countries carry out trade within their borders without restrictions. Ghana is said to be lobbying to host the Secretariat for the AfCFTA. The AU’s commissioner for trade and industry has been celebrating the news: Historic milestone! #AfCFTA Agreement has today come into force. We celebrate the triumph of bold, pragmatic &…