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A 44-year-old man, Francis Goka, from Frankadua in the Volta Region who is hoping to become an engineer, has graduated from Junior High School with joy. He wrote his last paper in the Basic Education Certificate Examination on Friday at the Frankadua R/C Junior High School where his two daughters are also pupils. Mr Goka expressed optimism that qualifying the exams to Senior High School would boost his dream of becoming an engineer but said it would also require the support of philanthropist to support him financially. Currently, he takes care of his education and that of his five children-…

Theresa May has says she will put together a government with the support of the Democratic Unionists to guide the UK through crucial Brexit talks. Speaking after visiting Buckingham Palace, she said only her party had the “legitimacy” to govern, despite falling eight seats short of a majority. Later, she said she “obviously wanted a different result” and felt “sorry” for colleagues who lost their seats. But Labour said they were the “real winners”. The Lib Dems said Mrs May should be “ashamed” of carrying on. The Tories needed 326 seats to win another majority but they fell short and…

Public Affairs Director of the Ghana Police Service, Superintendent Cephas Arthur, has been reassigned to head the East Legon District Police Command as the Commander. Supt. Arthur takes over from DSP Emmanuel Basintale, who was interdicted in March this year following his alleged involvement in a gold scam worth nearly GHC2 million. READ: Legon Police Commander, 6 officers interdicted over GHC2m gold scam Meanwhile, Supt Arthur’s deputy, DSP Sheila Abayie-Buckman, takes over as the new Director of Public Affairs at the Police Headquarters in a latest reshuffle by the Inspector General of Police, David Asante Apeatu. ACP David Oklu, has…

Ghana’s Kotoka International Airport in Accra will from Monday close its VVIP and VIP lounges to the public until further notice, the Foreign Affairs Ministry has announced. “…It has become necessary to shut down the V.V.I.P and V.I.P Lounges at the Kotoka International Airport, with very limited access, from Monday 12th June, 2017 until further notice,” a statement from the Ministry said. No reasons were given by the Ministry for the temporary closure of the lounges at the country’s main international airport, except to say it is “due to circumstances beyond its control”. The Ministry said special arrangement would be…

Major Maxwell Adam Mahama was a soldier’s soldier. A soldier is he or she who commits to die, so that the Nation may live; so that we may live in peace and tranquillity. Major Maxwell Adam Mahama lived the creed of the Ghana Armed Forces to its letter. At the gates of the Military Academy and Training School where his career as a soldier began, there is an inscription that states that they who pass through that gate commit to defend the Nation on land, in the air and on the seas, even at the peril of their lives. If…

A UNAIDS report on HIV prevalence in women shows that Ghana is among countries with the highest prevalence rate in West Africa. As many as 160,000 women and girls in Ghana are living with the virus, the report said. The 2017 report titled “When women lead, change happens – women advancing the end of AIDS” provides global statistics on the prevalence of HIV among women across the world. The report also highlights the contributions, challenges and successes of the UNAIDS in the fight against HIV/AIDS. According to the report, 18.6 million women and girls are reported to be living with…

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The price listing of Floyd Mayweather’s visit to Ghana is one that will definitely send heads turning, eyes rolling and tongues wagging in what may probably be the highest fees seen in a visit by any personality to Ghana. After announcing his visit to his ‘motherland’ Ghana, boxing legend Floyd Mayweather seems to be making waves even before his imminent arrival in the country. The event which is being organised by Baby Jet promotions is set to attract a host of important personalities including former boxers, chiefs and government officials who are all likely to grace the occasion. A price…

The Vice President of the Republic, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Friday embarked on the second phase of a nationwide Ramadan Tour. The three day tour will see him visit a number of mosques in the Upper East, Northern and Brong Ahafo Regions, during which he will join the faithful to pray for Ghana as they undertake the holy fast. Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is expected to return to Accra on Monday June 12, 2017. Source: 3news.com | com

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has taken to popular social media platform, Facebook, to defend both his name and that of his wife, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, and virtually taunting his critics. Rawlings says for all those trying to tag him and his wife as corrupt in order to justify their dishonest and corrupt ways, it simply “won’t wash.” And for all others who also think that his high praise for President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo’s integrity is out of place because he is dancing with a political opponent, Rawlings says he does not care if Nana Addo was the son…