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The alleged militia, De-Eye Group, has sued journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni and his employer, demanding 10 million cedis as compensation for alleged defamation contained in his documentary, ‘militia in the heart of the nation’. In a writ issued at the High Court Wednesday, the group said “without any reasonable, just or probable cause,” Manasseh claimed in his documentary that De-Eye Group was operating a militia in connivance with the New Patriotic Party administration. That, according to De-Eye Group, was “slanderous and defamatory,” hence praying the court to order Manasseh and the Multimedia Group to “render and unqualified apology” to the…

At least eight children have died and many more are feared trapped after a building containing a school collapsed in the Nigerian city of Lagos. The school, which was on the top floor of the three-storey building in Ita Faji on Lagos Island, had more than 100 pupils, a rescue official told the BBC. About 40 pupils were pulled out alive, the official said. Rescuers were frantically searching for more. The cause of the collapse was not immediately clear. The collapsed building was a residential block containing a number of apartments as well as the school, residents and rescue officials…

Government has warned its officials and members of parliament who are engaged in what it described as arm flexing in the current impasse at the University of Education, Winneba, to cease forthwith. Minister of State in charge of tertiary education, Prof Kwesi Yankah said Wednesday that such officials ought to know that the government, the legislature and the university are autonomous of each other. “…of course you can display your enthusiasm in the interest and affairs of the University but there are limits. Over enthusiasm ought to be curbed,” he advised, adding “the arm flexing ought to stop; the arm…

Ghana’s astute scholar and ethnomusicologist, Emeritus Professor Joseph Hansen Kwabena Nketia has died. The 97-year old man who was regarded as a bridge between Ghana’s indigenous and modern culture, died Wednesday. He would have been 98 years on June 22 this year. Family sources confirmed the demise of the Ghanaian patriotic to 3news.com Wednesday afternoon, said Prof JH Nketia was rushed to the Legon Hospital on Monday after he complained of illness. He was admitted, but “passed on at  2:55 am today at the hospital,” one of the sources told 3news. He has over 80 classical African music compositions and…

The Rising Sun Montessori School, situated at Dome within the Ga East Municipality in the Greater Accra region, has been adjudged the overall best school in the 2018 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) within the municipality. The school, though started its operations in the area in 2013, stood above over 200 other schools for the crown in the municipality. Information indicates that all the 19 students registered for the examination made a record that has never been witnessed in the municipality for a decade. The school, based on its incredible performance, was rewarded at the 62nd Independence Day anniversary celebration…

Communications Officer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, and his two deputies have been summoned by the Police CID for questioning over the alleged criminal comments said to have been made by the party chairman in a leaked audiotape. The three national officers have since 10:00am Wednesday been at the Police CID headquarters in Accra waiting to be ‘interrogated’ over the leaked tape which the party said claimed was doctored despite an earlier admission by Kwaku Boahen that it was authentic. Our correspondent Bright Addo reported a while ago that Sammy Gyamfi, Kwaku Boahen and Godwin Ako Gunn…

Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey[/caption] The Foreign Affairs Minister has underlined Ghana’s remarkable role in championing the values of the Commonwealth which includes protection of human rights, promotion of good governance, free trade as well as literacy and education. Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey said it is Ghana’s unshakeable belief in promoting freedom for all which sparked the chain of the independence struggle in Africa and ended the dark cloud of colonialism in Africa. On the occasion of the Commonwealth Day which also marked the 70th Anniversary of the Commonwealth of Nations, the Minister said Ghana continues to play an invaluable role in the…

The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has accepted blame for the total blackout experienced in some parts of the country Tuesday night, and apologised to Ghanaians for the outage, which triggered backlash against the Power Distribution Services (PDS), formerly ECG. Some parts of western and northern Ghana, as well as most parts of Accra were affected by the outage that happened few minutes after 7:00pm Tuesday. It was heralded by low current and fluctuations. GRIDCo explained Wednesday that the power outage was caused by a system failure of its transmission lines in the west tripped together with all generating units…

Some Members of Parliament have been stripped off their leadership positions within some select committees of parliament in view of their commitments outside the legislative House. A motion effecting the changes in the composition of some parliamentary select committees was tabled by Deputy majority leader Sarah Adjoa Sarfo and adopted by the House Tuesday despite initial objection to it. The changes were necessitated by the fact that some of the leaders and members of these select committees have taken appointments outside of parliament on the continent and in the sub-region. Ranking member of the health committee opposed the motion indicating the…

Over 30 different categories of staff including senior lecturers of the University of Winneba have been “sacked, suspended and demoted arbitrary” for various reasons, the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has claimed. The executive committee of UTAG at an emergency meeting Tuesday concluded the latest turbulence at the university which has triggered protest from the student body clearly shows the Vice Chancellor, Rev Prof Anthony Afful-Broni, has failed in his mandate. The latest crisis at the university was sparked by the dismissal of some senior staff of the university including the local president of UTAG, Dr. Frimpong Kakyire Duku…