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The ongoing end of semester examination of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) was Tuesday evening disrupted by a confusion between management of the university and students. Information gathered by 3news.com indicated the school authorities sacked students, some of whom were suspected not to have fully paid their fees or registered, from taking part in the exam. A video available to us shows a woman said to be the Assistant Registrar of the University, Mrs Armah, directing students to leave the exam hall amidst some reluctance from the students. Some of the students who spoke to the…

Ghanaian-American inventor, Dr. Thomas Mensah has expressed confidence Kumasi will soon turn into an aviation hub in West Africa. In an interview with TV3’s Natalie Fort, he said an amount of $400 million has been secured for the setting up of an aircraft maintenance facility which will create numerous jobs for the youth in the Ashanti region. “With the support of Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, we are working on this airport facility in Kumasi, an airport which serves as a maintenance hub; where airplanes from the entire West Africa will fly to Kumasi and engineers from Kwame Nkrumah University…

Ghanaian-American inventor, Dr. Thomas Mensah has expressed confidence Kumasi will soon turn into an aviation hub in West Africa. In an interview with TV3’s Natalie Fort, he said an amount of $400 million has been secured for the setting up of an aircraft maintenance facility which will create numerous jobs for the youth in the Ashanti region. “With the support of Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, we are working on this airport facility in Kumasi, an airport which serves as a maintenance hub; where airplanes from the entire West Africa will fly to Kumasi and engineers from Kwame Nkrumah University…

Terrorism has heightened in Burkina Faso in the past year[/caption] A security analyst Emmanuel Kutin, has advised churches to take their security into their own hands instead of relying on state security apparatus. Speaking in an interview on TV3 Midday Live following the terrorist attack in neighbouring Burkina Faso, Mr. Kutin who is the Executive Director of African Centre for Security and Counter Terrorism, observed that the state security would usually react rather than take steps to prevent such attacks. “I think the churches should take their own destiny into their own hands. If you want to rely on the…

Hackers were able to remotely install surveillance software on phones and other devices using a major vulnerability in messaging app WhatsApp, it has been confirmed. WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook, said the attack targeted a “select number” of users, and was orchestrated by “an advanced cyber actor”. A fix was rolled out on Friday. The attack was developed by Israeli security firm NSO Group, according to a report in the Financial Times. On Monday, WhatsApp urged all of its 1.5 billion users to update their apps as an added precaution. The attack was first discovered earlier this month. WhatsApp promotes itself…

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture has demolished more than 50 structures on its land at Damfa in the Adentan Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. The seven-hour exercise was done in the presence of armed police officers. As far back as 1960, about 562 hectares of land was secured by Ghana’s first president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, to be used for agricultural activities including dairy production, and to also serve as steady farm for breeding animals. The land has, however, been encroached by individuals who have put up different structures on it. Most buildings were at various stages of completion…

An impressive ceremony has been held at the Pentecost Convention Centre (PCC), Gomoa Fetteh to inaugurate Pentecost Students and Associates (PENSA) International, a union of all PENSA institutions across the globe. The event, which took place on Tuesday, May 7, 2019, during the Heads’ Session of the 16th Extraordinary Council Meeting of The Church of Pentecost, was heralded by drama, choreography and musical performance. Under the Vision 2023, PENSA, which operates under the Youth Ministry, shall be organised to have a worldwide focus of possessing the campuses and equipping them to be agents of transformation in the society. Addressing the…

The Head of Programmes for the Africa Centre for Security Counter Terrorism, Sulley Ibrahim, has warned that the importation of 1,575 guns poses a far more security threat than perceived. A consignment of handguns and gauge pump action guns were cleared at the Tema Port but seized last week, an incident which whistleblowers initially suspected was illegal. Upon further interrogation, the police said the guns were legally imported, but the Africa Centre for Security Encounter Terrorism insists the Interior Ministry must come clear to allay any fears. Speaking in an interview with Kwesi Asempa on Onua FM, Mr. Ibrahim noted…

Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has stated that a world class facility has been made available in Ghana in anticipation of hosting the Africa Free Trade Secretariat. Mr. Oppong Nkrumah disclosed this on Monday, May 13 when he received a 10-member delegation from the African Union in Ghana to ascertain the country’s preparedness to host the Secretariat. “We have residential facilities for the Director General and staff in a number of optional places in Accra that we will be taking them to. “We have world class office accommodation in the Central Business District which we will be taking them too.…