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The Director of Tema Ports under the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), Edward Kofi Osei, has been removed from his post by President Nana Akufo-Addo. Though Mr Osei was asked to hand over his position to General Manager in charge of Legal, Mrs Sandra Opoku, by March 3, he complied with the directive on Friday, March 1. A source at the GPHA said Mr Osei was relieved of his post because he turned 60 years last year. He was said to have sought an extension of his two-year contract which had ended from the presidency, according to our source, but…

A team of police investigators are leading the chairman of the National Democratic Congress, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo to his residence in Accra to pick up his mobile phone. Interrogators demanded for his mobile phone as part of evidence gathering in the ongoing investigations into a leaked audiotape he is said to have allegedly threatened insecurity in the country. Mr Ofosu-Ampofo was on Monday arrested and given what his lawyers say are “probable charges of conspiracy to cause harm, threatening harm, rioting and assaulting public officer after he reported himself to the Police CID for a marathon interrogation. He has since this…

National chairman of the National Democratic Congress Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo has been charged by the Police CID after a marathon interrogation over a leaked tape in which he is said to have made comments threatening insecurity in the country. The legal team which has since morning been at the Police CID headquarters in Accra, told 3news.com a while ago Mr Ofosu-Ampofo has been charged with conspiracy to cause harm, threatening harm, rioting and assaulting public officials. He has been granted a 400,000-cedi police bail with two sureties. He is to report again at the Police CID on Thursday March 7 for…

A lower court in Kumasi has refused bail for three persons accused of being part of a 12-man gang that shot and killed one person at the Ashanti regional office of the National Democratic Congress. Legal counsel for the three had submitted to the Asokwa District Court to bail the suspects who have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder, arguing they showed good faith by turning themselves in to the police after being declared wanted. But police prosecutor, ACP Okyere Darko, objected to the bail request, claiming a bail for the three will frustrate efforts to arrest the prime…

Three weeks after the UBA group launched its operations in Mali, the global financial city of London hosted a high level gathering of business and public sector leaders on Thursday February 28, 2019, as the new UBA franchise, UBA UK was formally birthed in the United Kingdom amidst high expectations. At the upscale ceremony which was held at The Prestigious Shard in the city of London, UBA UK was formerly introduced to business leaders across Europe and Africa with a commitment from the UBA Group of its readiness to galvanise trade and commerce between Europe and Africa. The formal launch is sequel…

Security analyst, Dr. Kwesi Aning says legislating as a means to curb vigilantism will not work without proper recourse to what leads to the formation of such groups. According to Dr. Aning, the issue of vigilantism is deep rooted, hence, it ought to be tackled from what breeds the vigilante groups, instead of just passing a legislation to clamp down on their activities. He was responding to question on the way forward in dealing with vigilantism when he appeared before the Commission of Inquiry investigating incidents that led to violent activities during the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election. His comments come…

The National Union of Ghana Student (NUGS) is calling on government to intervene in the case of child slavery on the Volta Lake. The attention of the students’ mother union was brought to a documentary that was telecast on CNN with the heading Troubled Waters. The documentary exposed the plight of children of school-going age being exploited in a manner akin to slaves in their own motherland. Already, government has protested the content of the documentary and says it will produce its sequel to it. Gov’t of Ghana protests CNN ‘Child Slavery’ documentary According to the documentary, 20,000 children work…

The Mandela Washington Fellows Association of Ghana over the weekend inducted into office seven new executives made up of President, Vice President, General Secretary, Treasurer, Financial Secretary, Project and Programmes Coordinator and Media and Publicity Director to govern and support the activities of the Association. Speaking at the inauguration at the Secretariat of the Mandela Washington Fellowship at Soronko Academy in East Legon, Accra, where the colourful ceremony was held, the newly elected President, Dr. Hilda Mantebea Boye, assured the alumni network of the commitment of the new executives to the mission of the Fellowship. She also added: “In the…

Public basics schools in Ghana are bedeviled with numerous challenges. These challenges precede the implementation of the 1987 educational reform. Some of these as captured in most research findings includes; inadequate access, low learning outcomes (reports by EGRA), inadequate and in some cases lack of educational resources, inefficient teacher management and support systems, financial challenges and governance and accountability challenges. Governments over the years have made conscious efforts to improve the quality of education at the Basic level. One of the prominent interventions was the enforcement of the FCUBE in 1995 which was targeted at improving access to Basic schools.…

Public basics schools in Ghana are bedeviled with numerous challenges. These challenges precede the implementation of the 1987 educational reform. Some of these as captured in most research findings includes; inadequate access, low learning outcomes (reports by EGRA), inadequate and in some cases lack of educational resources, inefficient teacher management and support systems, financial challenges and governance and accountability challenges. Governments over the years have made conscious efforts to improve the quality of education at the Basic level. One of the prominent interventions was the enforcement of the FCUBE in 1995 which was targeted at improving access to Basic schools.…