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Tanzanian President John Magufuli has sacked nearly 10,000 civil servants for having fake education certificates. He was responding to the release of a government report into fraudulent qualifications in the public sector. The education minister said that some had been using their relatives’ school certificates, while others did not appear on official records at all. President Magufuli has given those on the list until 15 May to resign or face legal action. The 9,932 people named in the report account for more than 2% of the country’s estimated 450,000 civil servants. Officials convicted of fraud could face up to seven…

The Chief of Staff, Frema Osei Opare has warned chief directors not to sabotage ministers pushing through government policies and initiatives. Madam Frema Osei Opare sternly warned that chief directors found culpable will be severely sanctioned. The chief of staff issued the warning during the signing of the performance assessment for chief directors of the ministries. She indicated, government will not witch-hunt any chief director but provide them with resources to work with, but stressed on the need for them to support their respective ministers in executing government’s agenda. “Do not sabotage or hide things from them,” she told the…

Officials at the Tema Port have denied any knowledge of a container carrying bags of cocaine . This follows revelations that 500 kilograms of cocaine worth about 30 million dollars had disappeared from the port. Media reports indicated that 10 bags of cocaine, hidden in a consignment of rice had vanished from the ports under mysterious circumstances. According to the reports, a ship alleged to be carrying some containers with cocaine on board arrived at the Tema Port in  December 2016 but the suspected cocaine vanished before February 23, 2017 when all stakeholders conducted compulsory tests on the container. There…

Three chief directors at the ministries risk being dismissed if they fail to improve their performance in the next round of performance assessment for this year. The three have currently been giving a second chance by the civil service council to up their game. For the 2016 – 2017 performance review, 27 chief directors were assessed by the office of the head of civil service. Out of the 27 chief directors assessed, only five scored excellent with 90 percent mark while nine of them scored good with 80 percent mark. Ten of the directors scored between 50-60 percent while three…

The brand new kit flown in from both South Africa and the UK for the Ghana Rugby national team, the Ghana Eagles, landed in Accra a few days short of the kickoff of the first match against Benin at the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday 30 April at 3 pm. It is to equip the national Rugby team for their encounters in the Rugby Africa Regional Challenge Tournament – Group West 1 between Benin, Ghana and Togo that will take place from 30 April 2017 to 7 May 2017. The President of Ghana Rugby, Mr Herbert Mensah, presented the kit…

Gambian President Adama Barrow has expressed his country’s gratitude to Ghana and President Akufo-Addo for “defending Gambia’s democracy” during their time of a political struggle. Mr. Barrow was in Ghana on Friday April 28, 2017 to personally express his appreciation to Ghana for the role the country played when former president of the Gambia, Yahya Jammeh refused to hand over power after an election in the country. After several months of negotiations through ECOWAS, Mr. Jammeh gave up the position as president of the country with Adama Barrow taking over as President after he had been sworn-in in a foreign…

The quest to seek greener pasture in war-torn Libya by an 18 year old boy has left him with serious regret and disappointment. Brian Mensah he tells TV3, he travelled three weeks through the desert at the age of 14 to Libya to do construction work. Watch his accounts as he joins 300 other returnees on Thursday April 27, 2017. Source: 3news.com | Ghana

Mr. Alex Agyekum, Member of Parliament of Mpohor Constituency in the Western region, has debunked claims that he fictitiously influenced the appointment process of Mpohor district chief executive. On Connect FM Thursday Morning News, the former NPP chairman of Mpohor Constituency, Mr. George Bernard Eshun, who was a contender to the DCE post, accused Mr. Agyekum of assigning some people to compile particulars of some NPP polling agents and later presented it to the presidency as an evidence of protest against him (Eshun). His accusation follows the publication of the 212 MMDCEs by the president on Wednesday, which named Ignatius Asaah…

Chaos characterised Friday’s sitting of the Asokore Mampong Municipal Assembly to confirm the President’s nominee for the municipal chief executive position, Alhaji Alidu Seidu. The nominee polled eight of the 15 votes cast by the assembly members, representing 47 per cent. The figure fell short of the two-thirds majority required to become the MCE for the Assembly. Apparently not happy by the development, some supporters of New Patriotic Party pounced on the assembly members and beat them for not voting for the nominee. They did not understand why the assembly members, 14 of who are perceived to be NPP members,…

Coaches of premiership clubs, Accra Hearts of Oak, Aduana Stars, West African Football Academy are up against each other for the maiden Coach of the Month Award. Yusif Abubakar of Aduana Stars, Frank Elliot Nuttal of Accra Hearts of Oak and WAFA’s Klas Rasmussen are competing for the award by the Premier League Board that seeks to recognise coaches who perform exceptionally well in a particular month. The three were shortlisted based on their performance for the month of April Yusif Abubakar Yusif Abubakar of Aduana managed a 1-1 draw against Asante Kotoko, won 3-0 against Tema youth, 2-1 in…