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The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says claims of purported leakage of papers in the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) are false. “The false information [is] circulating on social media,” WAEC said in a statement on Tuesday but noted, “there has been no leakage of examination papers for the WASSCE for School Candidates, 2019.” The examination body through its Deputy Director, Public Affairs Mrs. Agnes Teye-Cudjoe, however said the Council in its monitoring of the examination received information regarding examination malpractices. “In some cases, pre-arranged cheating has been reported by insiders with school authorities creating hideouts where…

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says claims of purported leakage of papers in the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) are false. “The false information [is] circulating on social media,” WAEC said in a statement on Tuesday but noted, “there has been no leakage of examination papers for the WASSCE for School Candidates, 2019.” The examination body through its Deputy Director, Public Affairs Mrs. Agnes Teye-Cudjoe, however said the Council in its monitoring of the examination received information regarding examination malpractices. “In some cases, pre-arranged cheating has been reported by insiders with school authorities creating hideouts where…

File picture[/caption] A heroic move by over 50 youth from Shama and it’s environs in the Western region has resulted in the arrest of two persons suspected to have attacked a taxi driver and snatched his car on Monday, around 11pm. Narrating the incident, the leader of the youth, Justice Nana Asiedu who is also a commercial driver told CONNECT FM’s OMANBAPA morning show host Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson the victim called on phone to inform them his car had been taken from him by three brawny persons and a female accomplice. According to the leader, two of the culprits…

Former Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Nana Oye Lithur says she had wanted to keep her divorce case secret but it unfortunately got leaked and rather went  viral. Speaking on the 3FM Drive, the former minister said it was never her or that of her husband, Tony Lithur’s wish for such a private matter to be all over the internet.. “Neither of us went public, it was leaked.” Nana Oye Lithur noted that all the allegations about the cause of the divorce are all false. “All that was circulating on social media were not true, but we are…

Former Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Nana Oye Lithur says she had wanted to keep her divorce case secret but it unfortunately got leaked and rather went  viral. Speaking on the 3FM Drive, the former minister said it was never her or that of her husband, Tony Lithur’s wish for such a private matter to be all over the internet.. “Neither of us went public, it was leaked.” Nana Oye Lithur noted that all the allegations about the cause of the divorce are all false. “All that was circulating on social media were not true, but we are…

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Pastor Mensa Otabil[/caption] RE: Some scriptures in the Bible are senseless and stupid  The International Central Gospel Church has noted with concern a publication first sighted on brownqh.com and subsequently on ghanaweb.com entitled “Some scriptures in the Bible are senseless and stupid – Mensa Otabil.” The said article references portions of a message preached on Sunday 13th January 2019 by Pastor Mensa Otabil, which was subsequently featured on our Living Word television broadcast on Sunday 26th May, 2019 as the basis for this unfortunate heading. It opens with an assertion that Pastor Mensa Otabil claims that some scriptures in the…

Hajia Alima Mahama[/caption] The Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama, is expected to announce the road map on the election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) on Wednesday. The minister will take her turn at the Meet the Press Series today where the announcement would be made. The election of MMDCEs was a major campaign promise by the NPP in the 2016 general elections. Hajia Alima Mahama will use the media encounter to provide further details on the status of the agenda, a statement by the Local Government Ministry said. She will also give…

Chairman of the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, Ben Abdallah Banda, has hinted that the new Vigilante Bill will not deal with the recent Ayawaso West Wogon by-election violence. The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), through a petition to parliament, had wanted to have the bill applied to altercations that took place during the by-election. The Offinso South MP said some of the concerns raised by the NDC have been taken on board, and are being examined and at the appropriate time, the board will speak to them. Speaking on 3FM Sunrise morning show, Mr. Banda noted that there…

Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) says it will begin spilling excess water from the Weija Dam as it warns residents to evacuate. Communities that are likely to be affected include: Tetegu, Oblogo, Pambros Salt, Lower McCarthy Hill, Lower Weija, Bojo Beach, Ada Kope, Tsokome and surrounding communities. This is part of routine measures to safeguard the dam, GWCL said in a statement on Tuesday, without stating when the spillage would be done. “With the onset of the rains, the water level is rising and getting close to the safe operating level of 47ft. Like every dam, its safe operating levels…