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The Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education, Professor Kwesi Yankah has sent out a strong message to public universities to desist from increasing the cost of admission forms for the next academic year. This comes on the back of reports that some public tertiary institutions have increased the cost of admission forms for undergraduate and diploma programs for the 2018/2019 academic year. According to the Business and Financial Times newspaper, some public universities have increased the cost of admission forms to about 18%. The increment, according to the paper, follows government directive to  public universities to cede 34%…

Ghanaian skeleton athlete Akwasi Frimpong has earned himself a spot at the 2018 Winter Olympics, becoming the first male West-African skeleton athlete to compete in the Winter Olympics. A 2013 graduate of Utah Valley University, Frimpong will represent Ghana in the skeleton in the PyeongChang Winter Games held from Feb. 9-25. Frimpong will begin competition in the male skeleton events set to start on Feb. 15. Frimpong tweeted about his excitement to represent his country in the world event, announcing how proud he was. It’s official‼️Proud to announce that I will be representing Ghana at the 2018 Winter Olympics??. Dare…

The Northern Development Authority will in the coming weeks advertise in the national dailies for would-be applicants to bid for projects under the New Patriotic Party (NPP) campaign flagship programme – One Village, One Dam. The Vice President, Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia, who announced this at the 69th Annual New Year School and Conference in Accra Monday, January 15, 2018 assured that the bidding process would be transparent and called on all qualified companies to put in their bid when the time comes for a successful project. This Year’s New Year School and Conference is on the theme: “Job Creation…

Two parents have been arrested in California after police found they allegedly kept their 13 children captive at home, some “shackled to their beds with chains and padlocks”. David Allen Turpin, 57, and Louise Anna Turpin, 49, were held on charges of torture and child endangerment. The couple’s children – aged two to 29 – lived in Perris, 59 miles (95km) south-east of Los Angeles. Officers were alerted by one of the victims, a 17-year-old girl. The girl – who appeared to be “only 10 years old and slightly emaciated” – on Sunday managed to escape and call the emergency…

Transport fares are likely to go up by the close of this week, that’s coming from the Ghana private roads transport union. Earlier this month, the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) announced a possible increase in fares due to increment in the prices of spare parts. The Abossey Okai Spare Parts Dealers Association however denied any price increase of their products. But the GPRTU insists prices of vehicle spare parts have gone up in recent times, hence the need to adjust transport fares. Speaking on 3FM’s Business Daily, General Secretary of the GPRTU, Issah Khalifa says the union is…

A Deputy Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Georgina Opoku Amankwah, clashed with officials of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) when she resumed work on Monday. Madam Opoku Amankwa who disregarded a directive by EOCO said she will only vacate her office if President Akufo-Addo asked her to do so. Officials of EOCO, led by the Director, ACP K.K. Amoah, had stormed the offices of the Electoral Commission to forcefully remove Georgina Opoku Amankwah, who resumed full official duties in defiance of a directive that asked her to stay away. Madam Opoku Amankwah was directed by EOCO to…

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has announced that, as from January this year, non-residential users of electricity in the country would enjoy an average of 14% reduction in electricity tariffs. According to President Akufo-Addo, not only has Government succeeded in normalising the power situation in the country, “we now want to boost private business in our country.” Thus, the President indicated that “from January this year, the non-residential tariff rate, which is the rate which includes all of you here, is being reduced by an average of 14%. For barbers, it is being reduced by 18%; for hairdressers and…

Ghana’s economy increased from 3.7% in 2016 to an estimated 7.9% in 2017, Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has stated. According to the Vice President, this is the best annual real GDP growth for the first year of any new government since 1992. Speaking at the opening of the 69th annual New Year School and Conference in Accra, Vice President Bawumia said the future looks bright, despite inheriting a gloomy economy. “At the end of 2016: Real GDP growth was down to 3.7% in 2016 from 9.1% in 2008, declining growth in agriculture and industry, rising Unemployment, High Fiscal Deficits,…

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has denied reports that the US Ambassador to Ghana has been summoned by President Akufo-Addo over the derogatory remarks made by President Donald Trump about Africans and Haitians. Donald Trump is reported to have called African countries shitholes in a meeting with law makers on immigration issues. Some African heads of state including the president of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo have condemned and expressed their displeasure over the comments. President Akufo-Addo described Donald Trump’s comment as unfortunate, adding, his comments are unacceptable. “We are certainly not a “shithole country”. We will…

Some suspected members of the terrorist group, ISIS, have been arrested by the Odorkor Divisional Command of the Ghana Police Service. Suspects Ismail Ali Musah, 31 and Osman Alhassan, 33, a Malian were arrested at the KATA Hostel near Nyamekye. So far, a total of seven hand grenades (bombs) have been retrieved by the police. The police have also mounted a serious search for some ammunition the suspects admitted have already been sold out. “During interrogation suspects admitted having sold some arms and ammunition into the Ghanaian community already,” 3news.com gathered from the police on Monday. “Efforts under way to…