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The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers says it will go any length to ensure that there are no longer delays in the implementation of the new national fuel sulphur standards which have been missed three times. Following a 2016 BBC report that the quality of diesel shipped into Africa is toxic due to excessive sulphur content, the National Petroleum Authority in October 2016 reviewed the sulphur specification for diesel from 3000-pmm (parts per million) to 500-pmm. However, consumers resisted the new standard causing further downward review to 50ppm and a January 2017 was set for the implementation of the new standard but…

Queenmother of of Ekumfi Otuam, Nana Anyinfuah III, has called for the body of Ghana’s late President, Professor John Evans Atta Mills to be exhumed and moved to his hometown for a befitting burial. Prof. John Mills died on July 24, 2012 at the 37 Military Hospital; just five months to the December 2012 general elections which he was seeking re-election. He was subsequently buried in August 2012 at a park close to the Osu Castle. The burial place which has been named the Asomdwe Park has since been in a bad state. His tomb, as of February this year,…

African leaders have been asked to see Ghana’s late president, John Evans Atta Mills, as a symbol of good leadership to guide their governance. Former National Youth Organiser of the National Democratic Congress, Ludwig Hlodze, said Prof. Mills was an embodiment of humility, a trait rare among African heads of states. Speaking on Onua FM Monday morning to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the demise of Prof Mills, Mr Hlodze said the late President brought so much respect and honour not just to the people of Ghana but to the entire African continent. He observed Prof. Mills’ good virtue and…

A child rights activist group has sued the West African Examination Council and two others for denying 201 students the opportunity to write some papers of the 2017 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). The 201 students from Kambatiag, Gbingbamoni and Guanbiang junior high schools in the Northern Region could not write their English Language and Religious and Moral Education papers due to what is said to be inconsistent information on the exam centres. According to the plaintiff, Child Rights International, the students cannot be held liable and bear the brunt of such inconsistencies. It consequently sued WAEC, the Ghana Education…

Twenty graduates have been enrolled onto this year’s Maxim Nyansa training programme. In its second year, the annual training seeks to create career opportunities for young African graduates by equipping them with skills in the field of Information Technology (IT). Last year, 10 young IT graduates were enrolled for the pilot programme. The success of the programme in 2016 has seen the number of trainees doubled. “They will be hosted for 50 days at our chosen temporal training campus. We are liaising with companies for industrial experience and mentorship for our students after training,” Stanley Dankyira, one of the brains…

Veteran actor McJordan Amartey says he would have been still on the screens doing what he loves most but for his leg. Popularly known as Sugar Daddy in his hay days of acting, McJordan Amartey lost his right leg to diabetes in 2012. A memory he wants to remain in the past, he said not even a cry “to realms of government” got him help. “There was nothing,” he told TV3’s ‘entertainment prefect’ Owusu Worae at his residence in Banana Inn, Accra. The 81-year-old said his passion for acting is still alive “provided I am made to sit”. He has…

Ghana Premier League champions Wa All Stars came from two goals down on Sunday to draw 2-2 with Ebusua Dwarfs at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium. The Mysterious Boys drew the first blood in the 12th minute of the Match Day 24 fixture through Stephen Bentil. The home side took that goal into the break only to double their lead in the 52nd minute. Isaac Kwain’s freekick deflected to beat All Stars’ goalie Rashid in post. But the retaliation was quicker than the home fans expected after Paul Asare within a minute of Dwarfs’ second goal beat Michael Abu in…

The Deputy Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Bright Wireko Brobby, who is also the Member of Parliament for Hemang Lower Denkyira Constituency in the Central Region has appealed to assembly members in the country to stay away from active politics to help bring development to their respective electoral areas. According to him, the Local Government Act, Act 462 of 1993, established assemblies with the mandate to exercise legislative, deliberative and administrative authority. He lamented, however, how the metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies have turned to partisan politics. Speaking to Onua FM’s Central Region correspondent Kwame Kakarba in an interview,…

Acting General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, John Boadu, has urged government appointees and the members of the party to collaborate effectively to ensure mutual benefits. To achieve this, he said, there ought to be regular interface between government appointees and the party at the various levels. He underscored the need for government appointees to open their doors for members of the party, especially party footsoldiers and offer them the needed support. He was speaking at the Brong Ahafo regional annual delegates conference of the party on Saturday, July 22, at the auditorium of Sunyani Technical University. The conference…