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The Ghana United Nations Students and Youth Association (GUNSA) is asking the government to undertake a nationwide vaccination exercise in schools in the wake of viral infections. GUNSA in a statement on Saturday encouraged government to start the exercise early next year. “Vaccinate and deworm all students at the commencement of new academic year,” it suggested. Government should also fumigate all second cycle schools nationwide against bedbugs and other disease-carrying insects, it added. GUNSA is also asking the government to among others: Decongest schools, especially boarding houses, following revelation by the Ghana Health Service that the crowded nature of classrooms…

The National Chairman of the People’s National Convention, Bernard Anbataayela Mornah who was detained for several hours at the Nima Police Station has been released. He was arrested together with some 19 others who had gathered at the Kawukudi park in Accra Saturday morning to rally support for victims of human rights abuses in neighbouring Togo. The police said their gathering was unlawful and accused them of engaging in acts that could breach Ghana’s peace. But Bernard Mornah told TV3 News 360 after his release Saturday evening that he satisfied the Public Order Act to assemble at the venue after…

Government is determined to punish severely, anyone whose actions and or inactions negatively impact on the smooth implementation of the Free Senior High School programme, the Vice President, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has warned. The Free Senior High School policy is a major flagship programme of the New Patriotic Party government, began in September 2017. However, there have been reports of pilfering by some school authorities of the free food supplied by government, as well as the charging of unapproved fees by some school heads. In perhaps the most high profile of the reported thefts, the Police Criminal Investigations Department…

South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has called on the African National Congress (ANC) to stop infighting as it decides who will next lead the party. Mr Zuma warned the future of the ANC was under threat, with South Africans “not happy” with it. The main contenders to succeed him are the deputy president, Cyril Ramaphosa, and former cabinet minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, President Zuma’s ex-wife. Whoever wins is likely to succeed Mr Zuma as South African president. But their bitter leadership battle has raised fears that the ANC could split before national elections in 2019. President Zuma can remain head of…

The inconvenience at Medie Presbyterian basic  School is expected to ease after the school received some 100 desks from Voltic Ghana Limited. The company also donated bags of cement to support the cementing of the sandy classrooms. The gesture according to the company is part of their corporate social responsibility and also in line with their commitment in supporting education in the country. The Medie Presby School has been plagued with numerous challenges, including lack of classrooms as the school remains uncompleted. Managing director of Voltic Ghana Limited, François Gazania, was optimistic the gesture will go a long way in…

The chairman of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Bernard Mornah, was arrested on Saturday morning by the police for engaging in an act, 3news.com sources say amounted to illegality. He was bundled together with a security analyst Ibard Ibrahim and whisked to the Nima Police Station in Accra where they were detained. The two were picked up among a crowd that had gathered at the Kawukudi park at Kanda near the Accra Girls School to rally in support of the volatility in neighbouring Togo. Demoralized Bernard Mornah said he was at a loss why the police would act in such…

A student of Tempane Senior High School in the Upper East region has died of meningitis, 3news.com has gathered. The student was admitted at the Presbyterian Hospital in Bawku on Wednesday, December 13 in a critical condition. He unfortunately passed away Saturday morning in Bawku while on admission, TV3’s regional correspondent Rabiu Tanko Mohammed reports. His death comes less than a week when another student of Bawku Senior Technical School died after being diagnosed with meningitis. About 25 more students are currently on admission for observation. Some of them have been confirmed to have meningitis, Rabiu said. The mood at…

The Member of Parliament for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini is giving credence to claims that petition asking for the impeachment of the Electoral Commission boss, was cooked at the presidency. The process to remove the EC boss Mrs Charlotte Osei began with a petition to the president in July that suggested she has abused her office, caused financial loss to the state and breached Ghana’s procurement laws. Mrs. Osei issued a statement calling the petition “frivolous, baseless and are actuated by malice and ill will”. READ MORE However, a prima facie case was established against her by the Chief Justice…

Over two years since the June 3 disaster at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle which claimed over 150 lives in 2015, some of the victims are still on admission at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra receiving treatments. Apart from these, victims of the Madina Atomic Junction in Accra gas explosion are also on admission three months after the incident. The Commander of the 37 Military Hospital, Brigadier General M. A. Yeboah-Agyapong, who made the revelation, said the victims are still at the hospital due to lack of funds to purchase essential medicines as well as to undergo surgeries. He was speaking in…

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has underlined the need for new thinking to enable the nation to take control of its natural resources to propel it into economic prosperity. He said it should not be business as usual and that it was time to think outside the box. This required building the skills, capacity and expertise to become better managers of the gold, bauxite, cocoa and other resources the country had been blessed with. Dr. Bawumia was addressing the opening of a two-day meeting of Regional Ministers in Kumasi on Friday. Facilitated by the Ministry of Local Government and Rural…