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Christians in Sekondi-Takoradi in the Western Region will this year usher in Christmas with a musical concert that will see some of the prolific gospel musicians set the mode for the yuletide. The event, All Saint Victory Dance 2017, is being organised by the Ashanti Crew in partnership with a subsidiary of Media General, Takoradi-based Connect 97.1FM. The auditorium of the Holy Fire will on the eve of Christmas be on fire when Yaw Sarpong, Philipa Baafi, KODA, Nacee, S.K Frimpong and other gospel musicians mount the stage to entertain hundreds of Christians from various churches in the metropolis. Ahead…

The High Court in Winneba has found the Vice Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba, Professor Mawutor Avoke, and the school’s Finance Officer, Dr Theophilus Senyo Ackorlie, guilty of procurement and other financial irregularities. The court subsequently ordered the retrieval of all monies paid to the contractors that worked on the North Campus roads and a forensic audit of the project. It also awarded GHc 8,000 in damages against the University. The university was dragged to court by one Supi kofi Kwayera who said the Vice Chancellor and the Finance Officer were operating under the institution’s defunct Governing Council.…

Source: 3news.com | Ghana

A train and a school bus have collided near Perpignan in southern France, leaving at least four children dead and many other people injured. Twenty people were injured and 10 of them were in a critical condition, after the crash on a level crossing between Millas and Saint-Féliu-d’Amont. The bus had picked up pupils, aged between 13 and 17, from a nearby secondary school before it was hit. Pictures from the scene showed the bus split in two by the force of the crash. Train operator SNCF said witnesses had reported seeing the barriers at the level crossing down at…

The Communications Director for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) branch in Chicago has warned that some proposed amendments of the party’s constitution will affect its membership. Richard Ahiagbah said the amendment that sought to prevent Ghanaians with dual citizenship from contesting for positions in the party will cut some people away from the party. The governing New Patriotic Party’s would converge at Kumasi on December 17, 2017 for its National Delegates Conference where some amendments to the party’s constitution would be adopted. The party is expected to accept a decision of its National Council in pursuant to Article 9(b) of…

The Accra Region Police Command commenced investigations into a police corporal who allegedly has been assisting armed robbers with guns for operations. Apart from supplying guns to the robbers, Corporal Raymond Amegashie of the Tema Region SWAT team, was said to be a participant of some of the robbery operations. The 35-year-old Cpl. Amegashie is believed to be the leader of a robbery gang that attacked and robbed a supermarket at Nungua in the Greater Accra region around 9.30 Tuesday night. They reportedly made away with GHC54,000 from the Asante Supermarket amidst sporadic firing of AK47 riffles. Three of the…

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly ( AMA) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Accra Symphony Orchestra (ASO) to position the latter as the City’s Orchestra and cultural ambassador. With the agreement, the orchestra is expected to be more accessible to and entertain residents Accra. Per the MOU signed Thursday, the AMA would provide the necessary platform for the ASO to share its musical experience with residents in Accra and feature ASO in all relevant international sister city programmes. The ASO on its part would create and implement programmes at parks and event centres within the city as well as…

More than 271 people have died in Accra through road accident between January and November this year, statistics from the MTTD has revealed. This figure has seen a dramatic increase by 58 deaths from that of last year. The statistics showed there has been a dramatic increase in the number of accident cases recorded within the period compared to the same period last year. Indiscipline among drivers and pedestrians has been identified as the major cause of these accidents. Speaking at the signing of memorandum of understanding between the city of Accra and the Accra Symphony Orchestra in Accra, the…

Ground-breaking reforms and innovations introduced through the West Africa Regional Fisheries Program (WARFP) continue to protect not only the fisheries, but other sectors. On Saturday, 23 September 2017, Justice Boualem Bouguetaia, President of the Special Chamber of the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), delivered a judgement in the dispute concerning delimitation of the maritime boundary between Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire. The verdict was as follows: –  “That the single maritime boundary for the territorial sea, the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf within and beyond 200 nm starts at BP 55+ with the coordinates 05°…

The largest ever powership in the world, Osman Khan, was on Thursday inaugurated at the Tema Fishing Harbour to supply reliable and uninterrupted electricity to Ghanaians. The karpowership has the capacity to generate 470 megawatts of power. Deputy Minister of Energy, Joseph Cudjoe, revealed the powership replaces the 225 megawatts powership, Karadeniz Powership Aysegul Sultan, TV3’s Ebenezer Agyekum reported. Mr. Cudjoe said the Osman Khan powership would be relocated to Takoradi to make use of gas from off the Cape Three points in the Western Region. He indicated with Ghana’s power demand increasing by 10% annually, government will put up…